Marysville Globe, January 16, 2013

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Library helps patrons get tech-savvy BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

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MARYSVILLE — At ages 50 and older, they don’t fit the typical target market for Kindles, Nooks and other “e-book” readers, but almost all of them are regular patrons of the Marysville Library, so on Friday, Jan. 11, Mark Burnett helped them learn how they could take advantage of a few of the library’s online and electronic resources. “The largest classes are usually in January because that’s when most folks have just gotten their devices as gifts,” said Burnett, reference librarian for the Marysville Library. “Actually, the two main categories of attendees for these types of classes are those who want to know how to make their devices work with the library,

and those who haven’t yet bought such devices, but are exploring how they could work with the library’s services.” Burnett offers step-bystep, and in some cases even hands-on, instructions on how to look up and check out e-books from the Marysville Library, in various formats and on assorted devices. “With the number of e-books that are already out there, this really is the wave of the future,” Burnett said. “The people I see in these classes are usually excited and fearful all at once, so I provide them with tips and encouragement to help them get over their apprehension, which is to be expected. After all, everyone SEE TECH, PAGE 2

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From left, Marysville Library Reference Librarian Mark Burnett answers questions from patrons Michael and Penny Dorsey about how they can check out e-books on their respective Kindles.

District plans timeline to replace superintendent BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

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Marysville School Board member Pete Lundberg pledges on Jan. 7 that the process of selecting Dr. Larry Nyland’s replacement as superintendent will be diligent and transparent.

MARYSVILLE — On Jan. 7, the Marysville School District Board of Directors named Northwest Leadership Associates as its search consultant for the process of selecting a replacement for Dr. Larry Nyland as superintendent, but this is merely the first step in what all the Board members have said they hope will be a fully transparent process. “This is a unique opportunity for us to reach out to the community, and to show them what’s going on,” said Marysville School Board Legislative Representative Dr. Tom Albright, who laughed, “I do hope we only have to do this every 10 years or so, though.”

On Jan. 8, the open superintendent position was posted on not only the MSD website, but also those for the Washington Association of School Administrators, the Washington State School Directors’ Association, Northwest Leadership Associates and the American Association of School Administrators. According to the proposed timeline presented by John Fotheringham of Northwest Leadership Associates, consultants will be made available to staff and community groups during the months of January and February, to seek their input on the superintendent selection criteria, which the Board will further define during the SEE DISTRICT, PAGE 2

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