November is National Family Literacy Month

From the Colorado Virtual Library blog By Marisa Wood, Statewide Collaborative Programming Coordinator at Colorado State Library Over the past several decades, practitioners across the country have recognized the strong correlation between parents’/caregivers’...

What Is Social Engineering?

The Wyoming State Library has partnered 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 libraries to increase cyber safety...

Grant Opportunities

Engineers Week Outreach Grants DEADLINE: November 14, 2020 The goals of this grant program are to engage youth (particularly underserved K-12 students) with hands-on learning experiences and events that inspire an interest and understanding of engineering and take...

Sublette County Snapshot Day 2020

Friday Oct 23 was our Annual No Carve Pumpkin and Shredding Truck events. Like everything during Covid, it looked different this year. Five pallets of pumpkins were delivered to the library, craft kits were pre-assembled so patrons could grab a pumpkin and a kit to...

Staying Current on Kids’ Tech Trends

The ALSC blog offers a great rundown of sites and resources to stay current on technology trends for kids. You can read their post for details, but here’s the short list to explore in a nutshell: Common Sense Media Children’s Technology Review School Library Journal...

Online Conferences in November

Each month we post upcoming free virtual conferences to our training calendar page. Here the the offerings coming up for November: November 5 LibraryCon Live! 2020 (Library Journal and School Library Journal) Join Library Journal and School Library Journal for our...

Library Use on Snapshot Day

Wyoming libraries are busy, serving their communities day in and day out. Our Snapshot Day tally tells the story of how our libraries are used, both physically and electronically. On Snapshot Day, Wednesday, October 21, 2020, Wyoming’s public and community...