by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 27, 2018 | Schools
By Doug Johnson Reposted from The Blue Skunk Blog [su_quote]How do you persuade kids (and teachers) to use authoritative online sources and not just “Google” the information they need? How do you teach your users to see the library as a portal to trusted sources?...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 26, 2018 | National Library News
This page features items from the Library of Congress’s digital collections that are free to use and reuse. The Library believes that this content is either in the public domain, has no known copyright, or has been cleared by the copyright owner for public use....
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 26, 2018 | National Library News
Celebrate World Intellectual Property Day — April 26, 2018 — with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This year’s campaign, Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity, celebrates the brilliance, ingenuity, curiosity and courage of the women...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 25, 2018 | Grants and Awards
From Wyoming Humanities Wyoming Humanities received a generous grant from an anonymous foundation to raise awareness about American Indian history and culture in Wyoming and to support the Indian Education for All legislation enacted in March of 2017. WY Treaties...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 25, 2018 | Trustees and Foundations
Jamie LaRue is the Director of the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom. In a recent listserv discussion, he shared these insights on how to best “tell the library story.” [su_quote]Most great library stories follow a consistent...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 24, 2018 | Schools
By Doug Johnson Reposted from the Blue Skunk Blog One of the LM_Net participants I most respect is Barbara Braxton, a teacher-librarian in Comma, New South Wales, Australia. In response to an article in SLJ about labeling books by reading level in the library, she...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 24, 2018 | Wyoming Library News
For your musical enjoyment this morning, take a gander at this video from our friends at Campbell County Public Library...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 23, 2018 | WLA
The Wyoming Library Association’s Awards and Grants Committee is accepting nominations for the following awards until the deadline of June 15th: Outstanding Hero/Heroine Award Recognizes an outstanding person or group whose hard work has made a difference to a Wyoming...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 23, 2018 | Training
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, in collaboration with the Wyoming Department of Education will be hosting a free, online interactive regional training about Accessible Educational Materials (AEM) and assistive technology. Online AEM Training Webinar Date: April...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 23, 2018 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for this week from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or you can find all the events at library.wyo.gov/services/training/calendar. All times MST...
