by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 25, 2021 | WSL News
The Wyoming State Library welcomes Anne Kuipers as our new State Publications Librarian in the Information Services office. Anne comes to us from the Thorp Public Library in Wisconsin, where she served as director. “I faced a few challenges there, like the pandemic...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 23, 2021 | Grants and Awards
The American Library Association (ALA) invites library workers to apply for the Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Focus on Small and Rural Libraries. Up to 100 libraries will be awarded in this round of grantmaking, part of the ALA’s longtime community...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 22, 2021 | WSL News
Find a wrap-up of the latest in Wyoming library news in the June 2021 Outrider newsletter from the Wyoming State Library. Subscribe today, and we’ll send the Outrider straight to your email inbox each month. You can also see past issues. Do you know any library...
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...
