LMDC Update - February 11, 2011Washington State Library

Fall 2010 – Another $600,000 in cuts

Supplemental Budget – Not targeted at this point by the House, the Senate, the Governor

Next Biennial Budget – Not targeted in the Governor’s budget We ask that you support the Governor’s

budget for the Office of the Secretary of State

Additional cuts will impact MOE and LSTA

State Library Budget

Signed into law December 2010

Maintains target appropriation levels at all time highs Congress is free to appropriate more or

less

Potentially provides more flexibility in the use of LSTA but much remains unknown

We should learn more at the LSTA State Programs Conference held mid-March

LSTA Re-Authorization

The planning process for the time period 2013 – 2017 will begin this spring

The plan must be submitted to IMLS for approval by June 30, 2012

The plan provides guidance for the use of LSTA funding – what are the goals and activities that relate to CTCs

The plan becomes effective October 1, 2012

LSTA Five-Year Plan

The development process for the LSTA Five-Year Evaluation covering 2008 – 2012 begins this spring

We will be asking for support to complete that portion of the evaluation pertaining to LSTA funded CTC projects and activity

The Five-Year Evaluation must be submitted by March 30, 2012

LSTA Five-Year Evaluation

You likely know that Ahniwa Ferrari is leaving He has accepted new challenges

We know he will do great and we wish him well in this new aspect of his career

We are in the process of re-filling his position Short term plans are in place Long term plans require an exemption to

the hiring freeze; these plans are moving forward

Let me know if questions or concerns arise

Ask-WA Project Management

Newspapers at the Washington State Library The microfilm collection consists of over

46,000 reels from more than 1,500 daily and weekly newspapers dating from the 1850s to the present These reels are available to be borrowed via

Interlibrary Loan

Twenty-four historic Washington newspapers, over 12,000 pages, from 1852 to 1890 are online These digitized pages have been indexed by

WSL and are keyword searchable

State Library Updates

Newspapers at the Washington State Library Chronicling America enhances access to

America's historic newspapers Twenty-three newspapers from Washington

State totaling more than 110,000 pages are included in this collection hosted by the Library of Congress

Search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922

Information on all three collection sets is at www.sos.wa.gov/library/newspapers_wsl.aspx

State Library Updates

Washington Rural Heritage (WRH) WRH is a collection of historic materials

documenting the early culture, industry, and community life of Washington State A statewide digitization project for small

and rural libraries Collections include old photographs,

historical texts, memorabilia & ephemera, scrapbooks, maps, artwork, objects & artifacts, etc 

Information on this project is at http://wrh.statelib.lib.wa.us/

State Library Updates

Stacking hay at J.B. Palmer’s, 1908. Shown: Lawrence and Jessie Palmer

Kiona-Benton City Heritage, photo courtesy of the Kiona-Benton City Historical Society and Mid-Columbia Libraries

Twenty-two library-led projects in partnership with local historical societies, museums, schools, in total, more than 60 contributing institutions

To date: 7,000+ individually cataloged resources (14,000 discrete files)

www.washingtonruralheritage.org