by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 23, 2020 | Articles and Information
It’s not too early to think about how you’ll celebrate National Library Week, planned this year for April 19-25. The theme for the 2020 celebration is “Find Your Place at the Library.” The American Library Association offers free promotional tools that include press...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 20, 2020 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of January 20 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 17, 2020 | Training
In addition to the webinars and courses they create, WebJunction also includes quality training content from other organizations on its website. As part of the California State Library Mental Health Initiative, Infopeople hosted a webinar series, Where Compassion...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 16, 2020 | WSL News
Find a wrap-up of the latest in Wyoming library news in the January 2020 Outrider newsletter from the Wyoming State Library. Subscribe today, and we’ll send the Outrider straight to your email inbox each month. You can also see past issues. Do you know any library...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 16, 2020 | WSL News
The Wyoming State Library will be closed Monday, January 20, for Martin Luther King Jr./Equality Day. We will be open our normal hours again on Tuesday, January 21. From our Wyoming Legislation database, we find that in 1990, the Wyoming State Legislature designated...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 15, 2020 | Articles and Information
The Public Library Association’s Inclusive Internship Initiative (III) offers paid, summer-long internships to high school students at their local public library. Over the course of the summer, each intern works with a library mentor on a community-based learning...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 15, 2020 | GoWYLD
The Wyoming State Library has a plethora of amazing resources available to Wyoming residents through GoWYLD.net — everything from scholarly research to language learning to driving tests. The efforts of local librarians are key to ensuring that end users know, use,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 14, 2020 | People News
Have People News at your library? Send it to Susan Mark at susan.mark@wyo.gov. The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected Yolanda Hood, the Carol J. McMurry Distinguished Librarian for Academic Excellence at the University of Wyoming in Laramie,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 14, 2020 | Schools
Jennisen Lucas, District Librarian for the Park County School District #6 in Cody, Wyoming, is one of two candidates for the 2021-2022 American Association of School Librarians (AASL) presidential term. Jennisen is currently serving on the AASL Board of Directors as...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 13, 2020 | People News
Kathy Marquis has been named as the new Wyoming State Archivist. She’ll lead the Wyoming State Archives after serving as Deputy for the past four years and Interim for the past six months. Kathy received her undergraduate degree in history from the University of...
