by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 16, 2017 | WSL News
What is assistive technology (AT)? It’s more straightforward than it may sound. AT is any device, tool, or adaptation that supports a person when participating in everyday activities. “We use assistive technology, but nobody knows that term,” says...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 16, 2017 | 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.
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 13, 2017 | National Library News
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has released Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research. This report investigates how libraries can increase student learning and success and effectively communicate their value...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 13, 2017 | WSL News
There’s a reason for all those happy faces on Wyoming Snapshot Day, held this year on October 10. Every day, hardworking staff in Wyoming libraries serve their communities. On Snapshot Day alone, Wyoming’s public and community college libraries: Circulated...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 13, 2017 | WSL News
On October 13, 1869 J.A. Campbell, Territorial Governor of Wyoming recommended the establishment of a territorial library in a speech to the Wyoming Territorial Legislature: [su_quote]I am informed by the secretary of the interior, that he has in his possession a...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 12, 2017 | WSL News
The Wyoming State Library collaborated with the Department of Environmental Quality, Abandoned Mine Land Division, to create the online Abandoned Mines Library. WSL stores, maintains and makes accessible the digitized versions of 20,472 maps, plans, project reports,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 12, 2017 | Database of the Month
Join Chris Van Burgh, WSL Database Instruction Librarian on Tuesday, October 17, at 11:15 a.m. MDT for October’s Database of the Month webinar, “Health Resources in GoWYLD.net.” October is Health Literacy Month. In this webinar we will look at the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 11, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
We saw smiling faces and read happy comments from all over the state yesterday during our Wyoming Snapshot Day 2017 celebration yesterday, October 10. Snapshot Day shows the tremendous impact libraries have on their communities on just one day of the year. Multiply...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 11, 2017 | Book Reviews
Pulling Words By Nicholas Trandahl North Hampton, New Hampshire: Winter Goose Publishing, 2017 Pulling Words is Nicholas Trandahl’s sixth published book. Over the years, I have witnessed Nicholas delve into various types of writing genres such as fantasy, literary...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 10, 2017 | People News
[su_column size=”2/5″] Carmen Clayton, Records and Data Management Analyst at the Wyoming State Archives, received her M.A. in American Studies from the University of Wyoming in August. Her masters paper, “Squaw and Princess,” examines how the...
