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...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 11, 2021 | Youth Services
National Summer Learning Week is an annual celebration dedicated to elevating the importance of keeping kids learning, safe, and healthy every summer, so that they can return to school ready to succeed. The event is an initiative of the National Summer Learning...
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...
