by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 19, 2018 | Youth Services
From the Idaho Commission for Libraries’s June The Scoop newsletter. Guess what? These are many of the same reasons Wyoming librarians provide Summer Reading learning opportunities. And we’re pretty sure 100% of the librarians in OUR state wanna change the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 18, 2018 | WSL News
Debbie Revzin is joining the Wyoming State Library this summer as an intern. Debbie is a MLIS student at Simmons College in Boston with an interest in state libraries. She will graduate in 2019. “Having a new perspective on loan for the summer is very...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 18, 2018 | Wyoming Library News
[su_table] [/su_table] Sublette County Library came up with a great way for local businesses to show how much they love summer reading. They’ve created posters featuring local business owners with their favorite books. The library prints two copies — one to post...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 18, 2018 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for this week of 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 15, 2018 | Youth Services
The Incredibles are joining the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide to encourage the public to obtain a free library card as Honorary Chairs of Library Card Sign-up Month this September. The Incredibles will use their superpowers to remind...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 14, 2018 | Grants and Awards
Do you love reading and want to help young people in your community love it as well? The American Library Association (ALA) is accepting applications through July 9 for the Great Stories Club, a grant program in which library workers lead book club programs with...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 14, 2018 | Wyoming Library News
The Natrona County Library will dedicate a memorial bench and flagpole in honor of those who have served and are serving in the United States Armed Forces in a ceremony on Monday, June 18 at 12 noon at the Edgerton Branch Library located at 935 Cottonwood in Edgerton,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 13, 2018 | Wyoming Library News
By Serina Aagard, Library Shelver Natrona County Library There is something I hear often as I’m working in the children’s section of the library: “That’s a girl book.” It comes out of young boys’ mouths with a disdainful edge. The books in question never have hot pink...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 13, 2018 | Schools
While exploring some of the many Wyoming State Government documents available online, we came across this section on school libraries in the Biennial report of the superintendent of public instruction for Wyoming 1894/1896, submitted by Superintendent Estelle Reel in...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jun 12, 2018 | Book Reviews
Along the Sylvan Trail Julianne Couch Jackson Hole : Sastrugi Press, [2017] Along the Sylvan Trail is a journey. Not only do we get beautiful descriptions of the trail itself but of a multitude of characters that pass upon it. Julianne Couch’s character building is...