The 1907 Printing Act brought 67 land-grant university libraries into the federal depository library system. This year 43 of those libraries are still members and are celebrating their centennial, Washington State University Libraries among them. As one of 20 selective federal depositories in Washington, WSU Libraries chooses and provides access to the most relevant documents for its students, faculty, staff, and people of the 5th Congressional District of Washington.

The week of Apr. 9 was a celebration week as we marked the event locally with a reception in the Terrell Library atrium. Interim Director Cindy Kaag gave a presentation and letters from Senator Patty Murray and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers were read. On Friday, Apr. 13, WSU Libraries celebrated jointly with the University of Idaho Library, also a centennial library, with a talk by Barbie Selby, University of Virginia Library, and former chair of the Depository Library Council. An unexpected spring snowstorm in Denver kept Barbie from arriving in the Northwest, but she sent her prepared remarks which were delivered by a trio of government documents librarians Cass Harnett (University of Washington), Judy Solomon (Seattle Public Library), and Marilyn Von Seggern (WSU). Special exhibits on government documents of the past century were on display in both libraries.

The regional government documents organization, Northwest Government Information Network (NGIN) used the occasion to hold their spring meeting at the University of Idaho which ensured that numerous government documents librarians from Washington and Idaho were on hand to help celebrate. The two libraries received crystal plaques from the Government Printing Office congratulating them Òon their long-term commitment to making Federal Government information available to the public through the Federal Depository Library Program.