by Jessica Otto | Apr 11, 2019 | WSL News
April is National Poetry Month and the Wyoming State Library wants to help you celebrate in good ol’ Wyoming fashion! Our state is no stranger to literary and artistic celebration. Today we’re taking a closer look at Agnes M. Wergeland. Agnes M. Wergeland...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 11, 2019 | Schools
Found in the Big Deal Media K-12 Technology newsletter. Inspirational Stories from Female Role Models in STEM Fields Women @ NASA features short films that explore the careers and backgrounds of career women who work for NASA in each of the STEM areas. The website...
by Jessica Otto | Apr 10, 2019 | Wyoming Library News
In honor of National Library Week, here’s a story from Wyoming’s own library history! In 1903 the Laramie Boomerang reported on the events of a mass meeting of Laramie citizens who gathered the evening prior. The topic of the hour? Whether or not to accept...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 10, 2019 | Wyoming Library News
Today, April 10, is National Bookmobile Day, and we’d like to give some kudos to Wyoming’s two bookmobiles serving residents of Natrona County and Laramie County. Nationally, more than 650 bookmobiles bring library services to their wider communities....
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 9, 2019 | 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.” We hope you enjoy these ones that caught our attention for April: Trustee Trouble 6 (Wyoming State Library) Library Board...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 9, 2019 | Articles and Information
Today, April 9, is National Library Workers Day (NLWD), a time to recognize library professionals for their expertise and leadership skills in transforming lives and communities through education and lifelong learning. There are approximately 300,000 library staff...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 8, 2019 | Articles and Information
Traditionally the ALA releases a Top Ten Most Challenged Books list within the State of America’s Libraries Report. For 2018, 11 books were selected, since two titles were tied for the final position on the list, and both books were burned by a religious activist to...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 8, 2019 | National Library News
From the American Library Association To kick off National Library Week yesterday, the American Library Association (ALA) released its State of America’s Libraries 2019 report, an annual summary of library trends that outlines statistics and issues affecting all types...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 8, 2019 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of April 8 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 | Apr 5, 2019 | WSL News
The concept of a national tournament in college basketball is older than the term “March Madness” itself, but did you know the NCAA holds more than two dozen trademarks relating to March Madness, including a trademark on the word dribble? The NCAA does not, however,...
