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[Protecting the Environment]

SEATTLE LIBRARY OFFERS ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE

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The Seattle Public Library has an Environmental Information Center on the second floor of the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue. The center is jointly administered by the Business & Technology and the Science & Social Sciences Departments. Smaller environmental collections were also set up at the West Seattle, Rainier Beach, Northeast and Ballard neighborhood libraries.

The center houses many resources of interest to the business community. These include current magazines and journals; directories of environmental products and services; environmental engineering handbooks; and environmental law guides. Many of these titles were purchased through a gift from the Herrera Foundation.

The center also includes a bulletin board with environmentally-related announcements.

This fall library staff will be offering a free class on searching for environmental Internet sites in the library's new Community Learning Lab funded by Microsoft. For more information or to register, call the Business & Technology Department at 386-4645. You can also visit the Environmental Information Center's page on the Seattle Public Library's Homepage.

Here are some recent books in the Environmental Information Center collection:

  • Toxics Program Commentary: Washington. STP Specialty Technical Publisers. (Looseleaf service for state toxics management laws) R344.79704 SOONG

  • Recycling Today 1996 Equipment & Services Buyers' Guide. RD.9 R247Ra

  • Water Environment & Technology's Buyers Guide & Yearbook. 1995. RD.9 W292B

  • Environmental Engineering Selection Guide. 1995. RD.9 En89A

  • Environmental Services Directory for Washington State. 1996. RD.9 En89Ew

  • Environmental Engineering Dictionary by C.C. Lee. 1992. R363.7003 LEE

  • McGraw-Hill Recycling Handbook by Herbert F. Lund. 1993. R363.7282 MCGRAW

  • Hazardous Substances Resource Guide. Gale Research Inc. 1993. R604.7 HAZARDO

  • McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Environmental Science & Engineering. 1993. R628.03 MCGRAW

  • Soil Erosion, Conservation, and Rehabilitation edited by Menachem Agassi. 1995. R631.45 SOIL ER

  • Environmental Regulatory Glossary by Thomas F.P. Sullivan. 1993. R363.7003 ENVIRON

Some journals and magazines in the Center include:

  • Biocycle
  • Environmental Achievement
  • EM (Environmental Managers)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Waste Age.

For more information about the center, call the Business & Technology Department at 386-4645 or the Science & Social Science Department at 386-4620.

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