by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 2, 2018 | GoWYLD
April brings William Shakespeare to the forefront of Wyoming library resources. While his actual date of birth remains a subject of debate, April 23rd is the day traditionally observed around the world as the Bard’s birthday. This month’s featured GoWYLD...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 2, 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...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 30, 2018 | Calendar
The April 2018 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with 92 great offerings. Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics include advocacy, planning, careers, children and teens, collection development, communication,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 30, 2018 | WSL News
We would be remiss in letting Women’s History Month slip away without a mention of Esther Hobart Morris. In her 1927 book, Women of Wyoming, Cora M. Beach writes that Morris “…has rightfully been called the ‘Mother of Woman Suffrage.’” Morris was one of...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 29, 2018 | Schools
March 2018; 54 minutes Download the slides. Join Jennisen Lucas, Wyoming School Librarian and AASL Affiliate as she takes us on an in-depth tour of the new AASL standards. This month’s installation is on the Shared Foundation,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 29, 2018 | WSL News
In 2019 and 2020, the Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Celebration is planned to mark the sesquicentennials of the 1869 law that granted women in Wyoming Territory the right to vote and the first time a woman exercised that franchise in a general election in Laramie in...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 28, 2018 | Wyoming Library News
Dogs waiting for their forever homes in an animal shelter could use a little attention. Young students can use an attentive and friendly listener as they practice their reading skills. What better idea than to bring them together? That was the idea behind Tales with...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 28, 2018 | WSL News
There’s good news for Wyoming libraries in the FY18 federal omnibus spending bill that was recently approved by Congress and signed by President Trump. The bill included a significant increase in funding to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS),...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 27, 2018 | National Library News
From the Idaho Commission for Libraries OCLC, the American Library Association (ALA) and its Public Library Association (PLA) division partnered to investigate current perceptions and support among US voters and how they may have shifted since 2008 when OCLC first...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 27, 2018 | WLA
The 2018 Soaring Eagle Book Award winner is The Scythe by Neal Shusterman. First runner up is The Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse. Second runner up is Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt. Sponsored by the Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Reading...
