For the 2011 Wikipedia Loves Libraries event I wrote to some local research centers and asked them for sources of information about their organizations. They sent the following sources back.
East Asia Library History <http://www.lib.washington.edu/east-asia/history.html>
Foster Library History <http://www.lib.washington.edu/business/about/history>
Suzzallo Library History <http://www.lib.washington.edu/suzzallo/suzzallohistory.pdf>
Jewel Renewal (Suzzallo) <http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/sept02/suzzallo1.html>
Odegaard Undergraduate Library History <http://www.lib.washington.edu/Ougl/fun/25th/new/default.html>
Dean's Annual Address 2005-2010 <http://www.lib.washington.edu/dean/annual-address.html>
Friends of the Library Newsletter (2002-2011) <http://www.lib.washington.edu/support/newsletter.html>
Library Directions newsletter (1998-2008) <http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/news/libdirections/>
Now & Then -- Suzzallo Library <http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=2566>
chapter in Celebrating Research <http://www.celebratingresearch.org/libraries/washington/index.shtml>
Book arts collection <http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/collections/bookarts.html>
Labor archives <http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/laws/>
Interview with book arts librarian <http://www.rochester.edu/in_visible_culture/Issue_11/mandaville/mandaville.html>
- http://www.gaycity.org/library/
- http://www.seattlegayscene.com/tag/gay-city-library
- http://www.theseattlelesbian.com/nwlesbianlifestyle/2011/2/19/happy-birthday-gay-city-lgbt-library.html
- http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews39_07/page14.cfm
- http://thegsba.blogspot.com/2010/07/gsba-perspective-extra-gay-city-lgbt.html
- http://www.seattlefoundation.org/npos/Pages/GayCityHealthProject.aspx
- http://www.seattlegaynews.org/sgnnews38_09/page12.cfm
- http://www.lamberthouse.org/local.html
There is an article and photos of WTBBL on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Talking_Book_%26_Braille_Library , and the article was written using published materials from WTBBL’s website cited at the article’s end.
Recent press coverage for WTBBL includes:
· Library of Year NLS press release http://www.loc.gov/nls/newsreleases/archive/2010-06-18.html
· SeattleTimes article http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2016026492_litlife29.html?prmid=head_more
· WSL article http://blogs.sos.wa.gov/library/index.php/2011/08/wsl-employee-of-the-year-theresa-connolly/
· IMLS article http://www.imls.gov/july_2011_state_talking_book_libraries_programs_for_people_with_visual_or_physical_disabilities.aspx
· NLS Update volunteer article http://www.loc.gov/nls/newsletters/update/2011/jan-jun.html#service