News in Brief

Makerspace Idea: A Database of Paper Airplane Designs Most of us know how to make a basic paper airplane, but there are many more designs out there. The Open Culture blog recommends taking a look at the Fold’n’Fly database for designs of varying difficulty...

WSL Closed on Thanksgiving Day

The Wyoming State Library will be closed Thursday, November 22, for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will be open our normal hours on Friday, November 23. Times were tough 100 years ago when the turkeys were armed for Thanksgiving. At least they were in this advertisement...

Archived Webinar: Understanding Teens 101

November 2018; 56 minutes View and download the slides and related resources. New in our webinar training archive is Understanding Teens 101, with Catherine Boddie and Bridget Kiely, Young Adult Service Librarians from the Arapahoe Library District in Colorado. This...

Picture Book Picks and Pics from the WSL Crew

Last week, Wyoming State Library staff members shared their favorite picture books and reading memories in honor of Picture Book Month. Here’s what our staff had to say about their favorites: Susan Mark, Outreach Librarian, on The Big Tidy-Up by Norah Smaridge,...

Librarians at Wyoming Innovations Conference

The 2nd annual Wyoming Innovations in Learning conference happened on November 7-9 in the Evanston Roundhouse facility. School librarians (as well as one public library director) from Wyoming were among the attendees and presenters. Maggie Unterseher, Megan Dingman,...

Today is National GIS Day

Wednesday, November 14 is National Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day, recognized since 1999. GIS is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data. This year’s theme is Discover the World through GIS,...

Grants and Awards

APA Librarian Conference Travel Awards DEADLINE: November 30, 2018 The APA Librarian Conference Travel Awards are intended to support early- and mid-career librarians who are seeking to attend conferences in order to grow as professionals. Applicants must be currently...