by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 21, 2021 | WSL News
We have an intern at the Wyoming State Library! Kate Dennis has joined us for the summer to work on digitization and metadata projects. Kate is from Laramie, and is currently attending the University of Iowa. She’s majoring in history and minoring in Russian and...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 20, 2021 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of June 21 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 19, 2021 | GoWYLD
On June 17, President Biden signed a law creating a federal holiday recognizing Juneteenth. (Read the Senate bill in Congress.gov.) Juneteenth, observed on June 19, is a celebration of the emancipation of people who had been enslaved in the United States. GoWYLD.net...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 18, 2021 | Articles and Information
From the Colorado Virtual Library by Leah Breevoort, Research Assistant at Library Research Service Starting the journey toward building a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive organization can evoke a range of emotions. From being guilty you didn’t start this ages...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 17, 2021 | Grants and Awards
To help libraries take advantage of the new $7.17 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program, the American Library Association (ALA) has created the ECF Solutions Toolkit. New resources summarize key ECF provisions and detail how public and tribal libraries can...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 17, 2021 | GoWYLD
This year’s summer reading theme from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) is Tails and Tales! Iguanodon tail or the tail of a plane. Fairy tale or Tales from the Crypt. So many ideas, so many GoWYLD.net resources to find information, images and video. For...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 16, 2021 | Wyoming Library News
From UW News The George W. Hopper Law Library in the University of Wyoming’s College of Law has been recognized with the American Association of Law Libraries’ (AALL) Excellence in Community Engagement Award for a program to provide legal research training to...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 16, 2021 | Grants and Awards
The FCC has announced the initial filing window for the Emergency Connectivity Fund, a $7.17 Billion program that will help schools and libraries provide the tools and services their communities need for remote learning during the COVID-19 emergency period. From June...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 13, 2021 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of June 14 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 12, 2021 | GoWYLD
Anne Frank’s Birthday is June 12. In World War II, she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years, trying to avoid the horrors of the concentration camps — an effort that was ultimately unsuccessful. She died from typhus in the Bergen-Belsen camp in 1945. If you...
