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#WaAuthors in The Library of Congress PALABRA Archive: A Celebration - Nov. 16, at noon PST

Posted By Sara Pete Nov 14, 2022 03:59 PM
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Join the Washington Center for the Book (an affiliate of The Library of Congress Center for the Book administered by Washington State Library) this Wednesday online, Nov. 16 at noon PST to hear from five incredible authors of Washington state who have recently been added to the Library of Congress PALABRA ...

Register now for Special Libraries Crawl: Zine Libraries! - a free online webinar, June 3 at noon PT

Posted By Sara Pete Jun 01, 2022 03:49 PM
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Register now for this free webinar, Friday, June 3 at noon PT Special Libraries Crawl: Zine Libraries! The Washington Library Association’s Special Libraries Division and the Special Library Association’s PNW Chapter are once again teaming up to present a series of informational events to help our ...

From a New Normal to a New Future: eForum on Trends in Virtual Reference & Emerging Technology

Posted By Sara Pete Feb 10, 2021 06:46 PM
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Please excuse cross postings. From a New Normal to a New Future: eForum on Trends in Virtual Reference & Emerging Technology Join us on March 2nd & 3rd, 2021 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm EST for a discussion of how the events of 2020, including operating during a pandemic and in a highly ...

NAVROC - North American Virtual Reference Online Conference - Registration (free) is open!

Posted By Sara Pete Feb 02, 2021 01:16 PM
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Registration is now open for #NAVROC, the North American Virtual Reference Online Conference 2021! The 2021 conference theme is "Thriving in Uncertain Times," and we have a dynamic mix of full sessions and lightning talks from academic and public libraries of varying sizes. This free online ...

North American Virtual Reference Online Conference (NAVROC) call for proposals

Posted By Sara Pete Nov 18, 2020 12:17 PM
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The North American Virtual Reference Online Conference (NAVROC) is accepting proposals for our free conference Tuesday-Thursday, Feb 23-25, 2021. We are seeking proposals for 45 minute sessions and 20 minute lightning talks from virtual reference providers relating to our theme, Adaptability: Thriving ...

RE: Three Tier plan

Posted By Sara Pete Mar 16, 2020 06:08 PM
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Three stage plan from the Timberland Regional Library in Washington State: https://www.trl.org/health-safety-updates ------------------------------ Sara Peté Community Outreach Librarian Washington State Library She/Her/Hers,They/Them/Theirs ------------------------------

RE: Compassion Fatigue in Library Work

Posted By Sara Pete Mar 09, 2020 06:35 PM
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I replied directly to Abby but I realized that these resources might be useful to others so just in case! I'm at the Washington State Library currently and don't really work directly with the public anymore but I came to this job (this past summer) after 15 years at the Olympia Timberland Library ...

RE: Introducing Virtual Reality to Libraries

Posted By Sara Pete Mar 09, 2020 04:32 PM
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Virtual Reality in Public Libraries University of Washington Information School https://digitalyouth.ischool.uw.edu/sites/digitalyouth.ischool.uw.edu/files/virtual_reality_in_public_libraries.pdf  Virtual Reality's Big 2018 in Washington Libraries https://blogs.sos.wa.gov/fromourcorner/index.p ...

RE: Coronovirus Plans

Posted By Sara Pete Mar 09, 2020 04:21 PM
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Something from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine: https://news.nnlm.gov/gmr/2020/02/covid-19-coronavirus-for-public-libraries/ ------------------------------ Sara Pete Community Outreach Librarian Washington State Library She/Her/Hers,They/Them/Theirs --------------------------- ...

RE: ALA letter regarding NARA closure

Posted By Sara Pete Feb 20, 2020 07:08 PM
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Secretary Wyman's letter to Congress urging to keep NARA Seattle open https://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/archives/letter_naraseattleclosure_012720.pdf  Secretary Wyman's press release about NARA closure https://www.sos.wa.gov/office/news-releases.aspx#/news/1384 https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/n ...

RE: headphones and/or earbuds

Posted By Sara Pete Jan 06, 2020 12:46 PM
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The library I worked at before I moved to my current position was a very busy public library and we attached large, unattractive, easy-to-clean and very sturdy headphones to all of the internet computers and still retained a few to lend out to patrons who needed them for their own devices.  It saved ...