by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 4, 2019 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of February 4 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 | Feb 1, 2019 | Articles and Information
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 1, 2019 | Articles and Information
February is for lovers — library lovers, that is! Are you celebrating Library Lovers’ Month in your library? Maybe you could create a place for your patrons to write why they love their library. (See some great comments on that front from Wyoming Snapshot Day.)...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 1, 2019 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for February 1 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 31, 2019 | WSL News
The Plains to Peaks Collective – a partnership of the Wyoming State Library and the Colorado State Library – has added new Wyoming and Colorado historic collections to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The latest Wyoming additions are from the University...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 31, 2019 | Calendar
The February 2019 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with with two online conferences, 95 webinars, and four recordings to watch “At Your Leisure.” Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics include advocacy,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 30, 2019 | Wyoming Library News
From Laramie County Library System By Kasey Storey, Communications Coordinator On January 15, a superhero visited the Laramie County Library. He didn’t have a cape, a mask, or flashy tights and he walked in through the front doors rather than flying through a window...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 30, 2019 | Articles and Information
From Library Research Service Ithaka S+R recently published the results of their Library Acquisitions Patterns project, which examined purchasing trends in U.S. academic libraries. Their analysis focuses on print books, journals, and ebooks purchased at 124...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 29, 2019 | Articles and Information
By Doug Johnson On the Blue Skunk Blog The Pew report: Younger Americans’ Library Habits and Expectations (shared by the State Library of North Carolina) did not surprise me in revealing that our kids and young adults want their libraries to be more...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 28, 2019 | WSL News
Wyoming State Librarian Jamie Markus was at ALA Midwinter the last few days. On Saturday, he was on the panel for “Responding to Needs and Trends: State and National Vantage Points (IMLS).” Panel description: In recent years state libraries looked deeply at user needs...