by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 5, 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 February: Workshopping Your Podcast Ideas (Podcasting 101, Part 2)...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 5, 2021 | Articles and Information
Tax time has rolled around another year. When your patrons turn to you for tax information (and not just forms), know that you can point them to the Internal Revenue Service’s Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS). On the TAS website, your patrons can find the information...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 4, 2021 | Grants and Awards
Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries DEADLINE: March 4, 2021 Up to 450 U.S. libraries in small and rural communities will receive $3,000 to tackle issues ranging from media literacy to COVID-19 safety to unemployment. The initiative...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 4, 2021 | Articles and Information
Big Talk From Small Libraries Schedule Now Available Big Talk From Small Libraries is a free one-day online conference on February 26, 2021. A schedule of speakers and sessions is now available. Speakers are either from a library serving fewer than 10,000 people or...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 3, 2021 | Training
Each month we post upcoming free virtual conferences to our training calendar page. Here are the the offerings coming up for February: Wednesday, Feb 10 (8 am-4 pm) Other Duties as Assigned: A NoveList Day of Learning (NoveList/EBSCO) 2020 was different. Your jobs are...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 2, 2021 | Youth Services
The Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Literacy Association invite you to submit nominations for the 2022 Wyoming Book Awards. Each year, these two organizations jointly sponsor the awards to provide an opportunity for the youth of Wyoming to read and...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 1, 2021 | Wyoming Library News
From UW News A website recently launched by the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center (AHC), a Wyoming History Day (WHD) participant, now boasts digitized materials on 12 popular topics within the AHC’s collections — with more planned. The website provides...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 1, 2021 | WSL News
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 libraries to increase cyber safety in...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 1, 2021 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of February 1 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 | Jan 29, 2021 | Wyoming Library News
Today, January 29, the Natrona County Library debuted their new bookmobile, complete with a wheelchair lift for expanded access and an exterior design that is an homage to what makes the community so unique: the great outdoors. The new bookmobile will gradually resume...
