by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 19, 2019 | Youth Services
National Summer Learning Week is a celebration dedicated to advocacy and awareness around elevating the importance of keeping kids learning, safe, and healthy every summer, and ensuring they return to school in the fall ready to succeed in the year. During this...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 19, 2019 | Articles and Information
New Online: The AP Washington Bureau, 1915-1930 The Associated Press Washington Bureau News Dispatches between the tumultuous years between 1915 and 1930 are now online at the Library of Congress. The collection of news dispatches of the Washington, D.C., Bureau of...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 19, 2019 | Schools
This event has been canceled. In the meantime, we’d like to recommend you take a look at this video of School Library Resources — you’ll find much of the same information that had been planned for the June 25 webinar. You can download the slides here. Summertime...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 18, 2019 | Schools
Found in the Big Deal Media K-12 Technology newsletter. Google Earth Quiz Blending History and Geography Tucked inside Google Earth is a geography quiz created in partnership with Atlas Obscura. The Natural Wonders Quiz is a multiple-choice challenge that asks...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 18, 2019 | Past Conferences
USA Today bestselling crime writer, novelist, and journalist Ron Franscell will be the featured luncheon speaker at the 2019 Wyoming Library Association conference on Friday, August 9. Ron is a Wyoming native, author of 17 fiction and nonfiction books, and long-time...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 17, 2019 | Database of the Month
Summer of Space June 2019; 19 minutes Our latest archived webinar explores resources from Gale, Novelist, NASA, StarNet , and PBS Books to support your summer reading programming. Chris Van Burgh, Wyoming State Library Database Instruction Librarian takes you on a...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 17, 2019 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of June 17 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 | Jun 14, 2019 | Book Reviews
Dusk Along the Niobrara John D. Nesbitt Five Star Publishing, 2019 I mainly read non-fiction, so when I was asked to read and review Dusk Along the Niobrara, I was a tad dubious. I sat down and read it over a weekend and really enjoyed it. Although there were a couple...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 14, 2019 | Articles and Information
Federal document resources for Flag Day reposted from govinfo Federal law (36 U.S.C. 110) designates June 14 as Flag Day, and: calls on U.S. government officials to display the flag of the United States on all government buildings on Flag Day, and urges the people of...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 14, 2019 | Past Conferences
The full Wyoming Library Association conference runs August 8-9, but it’s worth coming a day early for the pre-conference sessions. In addition to the School Library Summit, there are two valuable workshops on August 7, one on science and one on health. Register...
