by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 8, 2020 | Articles and Information
ALSC Releases Championing Children’s Services Toolkit The Association for Library Service to Children recently released the Championing Children’s Services Toolkit. The toolkit encompasses a variety of easy to use advocacy resources to empower children’s staff to...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 7, 2020 | People News
As of January 1, Nicholle Gerharter takes on the management of the Cody Library in Park County, bringing many years of experience to her new position. Nicholle is a graduate of the Emporia State University Master of Library Science program. From 2003 through 2013, she...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 7, 2020 | Grants and Awards
LibraryReads Travel Grants DEADLINE for PLA 2020 funding: January 17, 2020 DEADLINE for BookExpo 2020 funding: March 16, 2020 LibraryReads is offering individual grants of up to $1,000 each for PLA 2020 and BEA 2020. They expect to open applications for ALA Annual...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 6, 2020 | WSL News
Less than one week left! The postmark deadline to enter the Wyoming Letters About Literature Writing Contest (library.wyo.gov/letters) is coming up fast on Saturday, January 11, 2020. So if you or someone you know is working on an entry, now’s the time to finish it up...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 6, 2020 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of January 6 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 | Jan 3, 2020 | 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 January: One Book Wyoming 2019: Ernest Hemingway and Performance of Self...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 31, 2019 | Calendar
The January 2020 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with 57 webinars and five recordings to watch “At Your Leisure.” Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics include advocacy, planning, careers, children and...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 31, 2019 | Youth Services
From the Idaho Commission for Libraries December 2019 Scoop newsletter [su_quote]Imagine a world in which all children can see themselves in the pages of a book. (WNDB)[/su_quote] We Need Diverse Books is a non-profit and a grassroots organization of children’s book...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 30, 2019 | Trustees and Foundations
When we think of a fundraising event, a fancy night out often comes to mind. But is it the most effective way to raise money for your library? Once you calculate the costs, it might have been better to focus your efforts elsewhere. On their blog, CauseVox suggests...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 29, 2019 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for December 30-31 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...
