Whitman Library staff joins digital session

Two officials from Whitman County Library journeyed to Los Angeles to help answer the question, “What is the future of public libraries in the digital age?” Gathering in Los Angeles, 60 leaders from academic and public libraries, foundations, digitization support organizations and technology firms nationwide were charged with creating a blueprint for a National Digital Public Library.

Thanks to grant funding, local staffers Peggy Bryan and James Morasch joined representatives from Boston, Denver, New York and Los Angeles public libraries as well as UCLA, USC, Harvard and Yale academic librarie...