by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 8, 2021 | People News
Have People News at your library? Send it to Susan Mark at susan.mark@wyo.gov. Chelsie Troutman, a Youth/Teen Services Specialist at the Natrona County Library earned her Bachelor of Science in Education degree in December 2020 through an online program from the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 8, 2021 | GoWYLD
Presidents Day is just around the corner. There are many places to find out about the presidents of the United States — resources for young kids, the older student doing research, or for the curious adult. And they’re all in GoWYLD.net! (Ok, not all, but it sure beats...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 8, 2021 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of February 8 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 | Feb 5, 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 February: Workshopping Your Podcast Ideas (Podcasting 101, Part 2)...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 5, 2021 | Articles and Information
Tax time has rolled around another year. When your patrons turn to you for tax information (and not just forms), know that you can point them to the Internal Revenue Service’s Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS). On the TAS website, your patrons can find the information...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 4, 2021 | Grants and Awards
Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries DEADLINE: March 4, 2021 Up to 450 U.S. libraries in small and rural communities will receive $3,000 to tackle issues ranging from media literacy to COVID-19 safety to unemployment. The initiative...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 4, 2021 | Articles and Information
Big Talk From Small Libraries Schedule Now Available Big Talk From Small Libraries is a free one-day online conference on February 26, 2021. A schedule of speakers and sessions is now available. Speakers are either from a library serving fewer than 10,000 people or...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 3, 2021 | Training
Each month we post upcoming free virtual conferences to our training calendar page. Here are the the offerings coming up for February: Wednesday, Feb 10 (8 am-4 pm) Other Duties as Assigned: A NoveList Day of Learning (NoveList/EBSCO) 2020 was different. Your jobs are...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 2, 2021 | Youth Services
The Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Literacy Association invite you to submit nominations for the 2022 Wyoming Book Awards. Each year, these two organizations jointly sponsor the awards to provide an opportunity for the youth of Wyoming to read and...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 1, 2021 | Wyoming Library News
From UW News A website recently launched by the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center (AHC), a Wyoming History Day (WHD) participant, now boasts digitized materials on 12 popular topics within the AHC’s collections — with more planned. The website provides...
