by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 7, 2021 | Grants and Awards
The American Library Association (ALA) invites libraries to apply for funding through its American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries opportunity, a grantmaking program to deliver relief to libraries recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. Deadline to...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 6, 2021 | WSL News
Chris Van Burgh has reached another milestone — 40 years as a State of Wyoming employee, working in libraries. She graduated with an M.S. Ed. from the University of Wyoming and began her career with the UW Libraries in 1981. She worked in a variety of departments —...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 5, 2021 | Youth Services
The six books for Wyoming Reads 2022 have been selected. Every Wyoming first-grade student will have the chance to choose one of these wonderful titles to keep: Crossings by Katy S. Duffield Duck Duck Moose by Mary Sullivan I Am Not a Penguin: A Panolin’s Lament by...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 4, 2021 | Calendar
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 October. ProQuest Culturegrams training video (ProQuest) CultureGrams...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 3, 2021 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of October 4 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 | Oct 1, 2021 | GoWYLD
October is National Reading Group Month, an initiative of the Women’s National Book Association for “Sharing the joy of shared reading.” You can find book club resources, book talks and book discussion guides in Novelist Plus, a reader’s advisory resource available in...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 30, 2021 | Grants and Awards
Emergency Connectivity Fund DEADLINE: October 13, 2021 This $7.17 billion program funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 helps support remote learning. The program will provide funding to schools and libraries for the reasonable costs of eligible equipment and...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 30, 2021 | Calendar
Each month we post upcoming free virtual conferences to our training calendar page. Here are the offerings coming up for October: Thursday, Oct 7 (7-4 pm) School Library Journal Day of Dialog (School Library Journal) This daylong program of author panels, in-depth...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 29, 2021 | Articles and Information
This month, the Library of Congress Center for the Book gave official approval for Wyoming Humanities to assume responsibilities for the Wyoming Center for the Book (WCFTB). A part of the state since 1995, WCFTB had been headquartered under the Wyoming State Library....
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 28, 2021 | Calendar
The October 2021 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with 61 live webinars, four online conferences, and five recordings to watch “At Your Leisure.” Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics include advocacy,...
