by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 10, 2021 | Trustees and Foundations
From the Vermont Department of Libraries One of the most important (yet often neglected) duties of Library Trustees involves “Succession Planning” — that is, planning for the future governance of your library, no matter who is on the Trustee Board or who is the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 9, 2021 | Articles and Information
Keep those kids and teens learning over the summer and beyond! Wyoming PBS has a number of programs and resources for fun and exciting K-12 learning. NatureWY NatureWY brings the great outdoors and science learning to 6- to 8-year-old children throughout Wyoming. The...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 8, 2021 | People News
Have People News at your library? Send it to Susan Mark at susan.mark@wyo.gov. Narissa Kennedy joined Laramie County Library System as the Adult Services Event Coordinator at the end of March. Narissa received her Master of Fine Arts from Edinboro University of...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 8, 2021 | Training
In addition to the live webinars in our training calendar, each month we try to pick some videos out there that you can watch “At Your Leisure.” These on-demand offerings caught our attention for June. Libraries as Community Hubs for Citizen Science (Public Library...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 7, 2021 | WSL News
Hearts are heavy at the Wyoming State Library today as we mourn the death of one of our own. Thomas Ivie passed away over the weekend, after a brief illness. He was 54. His Celebration of Life will take place at 10 am on Friday, June 11, at the Cheyenne Hills Church,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 7, 2021 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of June 7 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions and links are below. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or you can find all the events at...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 4, 2021 | GoWYLD
Good news for genealogy researchers! Proquest has extended home use of Ancestry Library until the end of the year. Find Ancestry in GoWYLD.net under the Genealogy topic. Access this resource with your Wyoming library card and PIN from any public or community college...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 4, 2021 | WLA
As part of the Wyoming Library Association EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Committee’s ongoing efforts, they’ll highlight interesting programs, webinars, workshops, and more that support the WLA’s EDI Statement. The hope is to share ideas of how to incorporate...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 3, 2021 | Articles and Information
The Wyoming Department of Health, Public Health Division has reached out to us to share information your patrons may be interested in. Now that adolescents 12 and older are eligible to receive the Pfizer authorized vaccine, the department has responded to some of the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 3, 2021 | GoWYLD
June 3 is World Bicycle Day. Need a story to celebrate? Want someone else to read it?! Check out the video storybook and non-fiction pair in BookFlix: Duck on a Bike by David Shannon and Bicycle Safety by Lisa M. Herrington. This pair is perfect for a library...
