2013 Proposed Legislation Affecting Libraries 03/29/2013
Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will...
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Mob Rule in Lynden
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: You would think that the inauguration of a local area figure to the office of Washington State...
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NW Card File Starts the Journey to Online Access
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: What do these people have in common? John Anderson – the Swedish immigrant who served as a...
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Washington State Library Institutional Libraries celebrate National Library Week
Washington State Library Institutional Libraries celebrate National Library Week. The Institutional Library Service (ILS) is a program of the Washington State Library, It consists of nine adult...
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A Bounty on Flies in Pasco
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: A bounty for flies? The very thought brings a smile. It makes my Boomer brain recall the Monty...
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Comedy Works in Threes
Portrait of Schlumpf from The Cartoon : a Reference Book of Seattle’s Successful Men (1911) From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library:...
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Zillah’s Choice, Whisky or a Library?
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: When the Washington Irrigation Company attempted to perform a little social engineering in the...
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Online learning helps library staff across the state keep skills sharp
Written by guest blogger, Adrienne Doman Calkins, CE/Training Intern, Washington State Library, Library Development Library staff have questions too. Lots of them. Like: How can I best implement...
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Spooky Spokane Falls Enjoys the Luxury of a Haunted House
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Three mysteries emerge from an episode back when Spokane was known as Spokane Falls, one of...
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The boundaries of free speech are tested, Tacoma, 1916
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: I stumbled across a legal case in Washington State history that deserves to be revisited. The...
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160 Years of Libraries in Washington – A Good Reason to Celebrate!
This year marks the 160th anniversary of the Washington State Library, the first U.S. library north of the Columbia River. But this is only the beginning of the story of people and their libraries in...
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The Voyage of the “Unknown Steamer”
Governor Isaac Stevens From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: 160 years! And our flame continues to illuminate the world around us. The...
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Blackie Carroll and Irish Slim, a Couple Rotten Yeggs
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The term “yegg” really has some power to it and was used frequently by reporters in the course...
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Invincible!
Capt. H.W. Johnson of the Invincible From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Last week we asked if any Between the Lines readers could...
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“Sensation John” Brings the Confederate Cause to Washington Territory
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The fun part about murky plots and conspiracies is that they are just that– murky, leaving a...
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Washington’s Second Library is Also the First
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Although the Washington Territorial/State Library was formed in 1853, making it the first...
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The Northwestern Industrial Army and the Battle at Sprague
Photo from Washington, West of the Cascades From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: In the midst of one of the worst economic...
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Dry Utopia in Mason County
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: We are in the upper lefthand corner. We are on the edge. We are an experiment. Compared to the...
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Territorial Collection Trivia
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: In the summer of 2002 I was given an assignment that turned out to be a career highlight for me...
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A.B. Ernst
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Time has rewarded the Dutchman who ran the potato-bug newspaper, while The Argus is now mostly a...
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