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Free Continuing Education Events for May 29-31
Free, online, continuing education events for this week of from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software,...
Pew Report: Two in Five American Adults Did Not Read a Book in the Past Year
Reposted with permission from the Library Research Service (LRS) Pew Research Center recently updated a report delving into the characteristics of the quarter of American...
Libraries Rock! The Importance of Music in Early Child Development
By Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez Reposted with permission from Colorado Virtual Library The 2018 Summer Reading theme is “Libraries Rock!” This theme gives us plenty...
Free Online Teen Services Class from Colorado State Library
The Colorado State Library has unveiled a free, self-directed online course for working with teens in your library: A Teen Walks into the Library. In the module, learners...
5 Free PubMed CE Webinars
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine Training Office is offering a series of five free, online CE webinars called PubMed for Librarians. Take one or more (or all)...
Wyoming State Library Closed on Memorial Day
The Wyoming State Library will be closed on Monday, May 28 in honor of Memorial Day. We will re-open on Tuesday, May 29. Image from Wyoming Newspapers.
Still Time to Take a Mango Language Course
Does your summer include some foreign travel? Is there a language you have been meaning to brush up on? Now is the time before Mango Languages goes away on June 30. Check...
This Year’s Letters About Literature Judges
Each year that Wyoming participates in the Letters About Literature student reading and writing contest, the State Library relies on volunteer judges to donate their time...
USPTO to Mark 10 Millionth Patent this Summer
https://youtu.be/DLLQQnkjVTg The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will issue the 10 millionth U.S. utility patent during the summer of 2018. This is a tremendous...
Archived Webinar: In-Depth With the New AASL Standards, Part V
https://youtu.be/kOgfd5KR5Uc May 2018; 59 minutes Download the slides. Jennisen Lucas, Wyoming school librarian and AASL Standards Implementation Chair, takes us on an in...
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