by Christi Weinzierl | May 6, 2021 | WSL News
Fifteen Wyoming libraries will soon offer arts-based programming to enrich the lives of older adults (55+) in their communities through the Creative Aging in Wyoming Public Libraries Project. The project is made possible through a partnership between the Wyoming State...
by Christi Weinzierl | May 5, 2021 | People News
Have People News at your library? Send it to Susan Mark at susan.mark@wyo.gov. Kailey Dvorak has joined the Hot Springs County Library team as their new Youth Services Librarian. Kailey is a native of Thermopolis. The library is excited to know she’ll bring her...
by Christi Weinzierl | May 5, 2021 | GoWYLD
Cinco de Mayo is a day honoring a Mexican military victory over French forces in 1862. You can learn more about Mexico and this event in GoWYLD.net. CultureGrams is a great resource for discovering Mexico. Although it does not talk specifically about about Cinco de...
by Christi Weinzierl | May 4, 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 May. Rethinking How We Measure the Impact of Libraries (Bibliotheca) A...
by Christi Weinzierl | May 4, 2021 | Grants and Awards
ALA COVID Library Relief Fund DEADLINE: May 20, 2021 The American Library Association (ALA) has made available $1.25 million in emergency relief grants to libraries that have experienced substantial economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ALA COVID...
by Christi Weinzierl | May 3, 2021 | GoWYLD
May 3-9, 2021, is Children’s Book Week. To help you celebrate, the Wyoming State Library would like to highlight a favorite resource in GoWYLD.net. Check out Bookflix, a resource for grades PreK-3 that pairs classic fictional video storybooks with related eBooks....
by Christi Weinzierl | May 3, 2021 | WSL News
Find this month’s video and more. The Wyoming State Library partners with the Wyoming CAN (Cybersecurity Action Network) Committee, to offer this free “cyber-in-a-box” educational program. This 10-minute video-based program is designed to be distributed at local...
by Christi Weinzierl | May 3, 2021 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of May 3 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 | Apr 30, 2021 | Training
Each month we post upcoming free virtual conferences to our training calendar page. Here are the the offerings coming up for May: Wednesday, May 5 (1:30 pm) Heart Mountain Presentation with Sam Mihara (Wyoming Department of Education) Heart Mountain internee Sam...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 30, 2021 | Articles and Information
Wyoming Author Online Book Discussion: Public Waters Wyoming author Anne MacKinnon is offering a series of online book discussions beginning May 6 for her book, Public Waters: Lessons from Wyoming for the American West. The book is about the history of water and water...
