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Awards & Subsidies

Statewide Projects

Washington Talking Book & Braille Library

Prison & Hospital Libraries

$3,295,633

Services to Libraries: Congressional District 3The Washington State Library (WSL) is the only agency in Washington that is specifically designated by law to assist libraries and to ensure that residents of the entire state have access to library and information services. WSL achieves these goals using federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds, offering projects, consulting services, grants, subsidies and training to improve libraries.

Examples of services include support for digital literacy programming, Microsoft Office training and industry-recognized certification, early literacy programming, professional grants, specialized training for library administration, circulating STEM kits, group cost-sharing for online databases, and 24/7 online reference support for college students and other residents of the state.

Feb 2017

Visit www.sos.wa.gov/library for more information

Data from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016

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Avg Awards $166,716 $400,000

District 3 total: $79,663.35

Kessler Elementary School

Impact of LSTA Library Funding on District 3

We heard this wonderful story from a librarian who received a ‘Refreshing School Libraries’ grant: “I so appreciate having the funds/opportunity to pick out what my students needed. In years past they straggled to the counter to check out, practically listless with their choice, but today I had more than one say, ‘I just can’t decide which to choose!’ What a happy predicament.”

A training from the Washington State Library hooked the librarian at the Winlock Library and led to the development of a robust STEM program at her library. “When I was a kid, we needed to learn the 3 R’s. But kids today also need a strong foundation in a new language–coding. As with all languages, the earlier that a child is exposed, the easier they pick it up. I read a study that said only 10 percent of school aged-kids have access to STEM programming, and that is often on a limited basis and sometimes not until high school. For many kids, we are really missing that ideal window of opportunity to introduce coding, construction, robotics, etc. I believe that through the public library system, we can help bridge that gap.”

• “The impact of the library system on rural areas is often overlooked, but is the source of much cultural and historical experience that is otherwise not available.”

• “The access to databases is HUGE for schools, and the trainings that have been facilitated through the Washington State Library have been invaluable.”

• “The Washington State Talking Book & Braille Library is essential to students in districts where there are limited braille resources. If not for the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library, our students would not have enough braille books to choose individual reading choices like their peers.”