by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 1, 2020 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for October 1-4 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions are below. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or you can find all the events...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 30, 2020 | Calendar
The October 2020 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with 83 live webinars, five online conferences, and five to watch “At Your Leisure.” Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics include advocacy, planning,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 29, 2020 | Articles and Information
Reposted from Library Strategies By Wendy Werdin Somehow, it is the end of August. Somehow, I am still working in my spare room. I don’t even want to say “under normal circumstances” anymore, so I won’t. Fall is a busy season for The Friends and Library Strategies. At...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 28, 2020 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for September 28-30 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions are below. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or you can find all the events...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 25, 2020 | Articles and Information
From the Idaho Commission for Libraries Scoop newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 9 Disability in Kidlit is dedicated to discussing the portrayal of disability in middle grade and young adult literature. Kidlit publishes articles, reviews, interviews, and discussions examining...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 24, 2020 | Grants and Awards
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced plans to award nearly $2 million to small and rural libraries in 2020 and 2021 to help them address issues of concern in their communities. Through Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 24, 2020 | Articles and Information
Reposted and adapted from the Indiana State Library Like most things in 2020, the National Book Festival looks nothing like it has in the past. Last year, tens of thousands of attendees crammed themselves into long lines to meet their favorite authors. They joined...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 23, 2020 | Articles and Information
Reposted from Library Research Service Every day we assess the world around us. We ask ourselves whether that decision we made was a good idea, what makes that person trustworthy, why we should or should not change something. We form a question in our head, collect...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 23, 2020 | WSL News
We’d like to send a reminder out to all libraries and their employees to check the Wyoming Libraries Directory to make sure your listing is current. The Directory is a resource the Wyoming State Library provides to help librarians connect and to help patrons find...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 22, 2020 | WSL News
Today is National Voter Registration Day, a nonpartisan, unofficial holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of September. With all the interest in this year’s election, the role of libraries as reliable sources of information about voting is more important than ever....
