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...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 30, 2021 | Calendar
The May 2021 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with 90 live webinars, three online conferences and five recordings to watch “At Your Leisure.” Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics include advocacy, planning,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 29, 2021 | WLA
The Wyoming Library Association (WLA) Awards/Grants Committee is opening nominations for the Wyoming Library Association Awards/Grants for 2021. Nominations open Friday, April 30, and close on Monday, August 2. The four award categories are: Outstanding Hero/Heroine...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 29, 2021 | Articles and Information
Marley Dias, author, executive producer and founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks, is taking on a new role as honorary chair of Library Card Sign-Up Month. This September, Dias will join the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide in promoting the power...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 28, 2021 | Articles and Information
The REALM (REopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums) Project has a literature review and new toolkit resources available. Systematic literature review This third systematic literature review of SARS-CoV-2 research published through November 2020 summarizes current...
