by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 28, 2020 | Schools
Reposted from the National Archives The National Archives has created activities and ideas for teaching elementary age children. These resources focus on skills like sequencing and finding clues in historical objects, and topics like symbols and national monuments....
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 28, 2020 | Wyoming Library News
With libraries across the state closed, does your child miss spending time with their favorite librarian? Many Wyoming public libraries are hosting storytimes and crafts on social media. We encourage you to check with your local library, or look them up on Facebook,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 27, 2020 | Articles and Information
The COVID-19 pandemic raises many practical questions for libraries. What should be in your library policies? How do you disinfect work surfaces and circulating materials? And how do library workers manage stress and anxiety through all of this? The American Library...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 27, 2020 | GoWYLD
The Wyoming State Library provides access to many tools to help you during this upheaval. Our online resources can help with remote reference and remote learning for your patrons, your library staff, and students at any time of the day or night from a home computer or...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 26, 2020 | Wyoming Library News
During the closure of all the schools, Natrona County Library recognized the importance of continuing to get books into the hands of the community’s young readers even though the library was closed. Using programming funding that would have otherwise gone unused...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 25, 2020 | GoWYLD
Tolkien Reading Day is celebrated each March 25. Did you know you can find the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as downloadable ebooks and audiobooks in RBDigital and cloudLibrary from GoWYLD.net? Find them and celebrate the day at gowyld.libguides.com/econtent.
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 25, 2020 | Schools
Reposted from Colorado Virtual Library [su_quote] Digital Citizenship is character education in a networked world – MediaSmarts[/su_quote] Responsible digital citizenship includes the ability to use the Internet safely. Knowledge and awareness are the building blocks...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 24, 2020 | Training
We’ve seen a number of webinars for libraries addressing the current Coronavirus pandemic. Here is the latest roundup. We’ll keep an updated list and post recorded webinars as they become available on our Guide to COVID-19 for Libraries. Upcoming Webinars All times...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 24, 2020 | WSL News
GoWYLD Databases eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines Webinars Wyoming Newspapers Wyoming Places Call (307) 777-6333 for more information Some resources require login with a library card from a Wyoming public or community college library and PIN. If you need assistance...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 23, 2020 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of March 23 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...