by Christi Weinzierl | Aug 1, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
I Love Libraries recently posted a map showing unusual items circulated by libraries. Wyoming didn’t make the map, although plenty of nontraditional items pass through patrons’ hands in this state. Here are a few of them. Gillette College just added a set...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jul 31, 2017 | Grants and Awards
The American Library Association (ALA) has opened the application period for grants to develop public and school library programming that promotes computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) among youth. The grant opportunity, announced last month, is the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jul 31, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
The Lander Library decided to “Build a Better World” this summer with an Operation Gratitude drive. Operation Gratitude is a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization that sends care packages and letters of support to individual military service...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jul 31, 2017 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for this week from the Wyoming State Library’s 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 | Jul 28, 2017 | Calendar
The August 2017 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available. Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics include advocacy, planning, careers, children and teens, collection development, communication, databases, managing...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jul 28, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
Shortly after we posted about the oldest book in WYLDCAT, Sheridan County Public Library System Director Cameron Duff emailed us to let us know they have a copy of The Herball Or Generall Historie of Plantes by John Gerard, published in 1636. It’s kept in the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jul 27, 2017 | Database of the Month
https://youtu.be/_OIBu_Cngvo The celestial event of the century will soon be upon us as libraries prepare for the August 21, 2017, solar eclipse. Use resources in GoWYLD.net to learn more about the eclipse and find activities, images, and video. Also check out our...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jul 27, 2017 | Past Conferences
A reminder that the deadline to register for the 2017 Wyoming Library Association conference Aug. 9-11 at Sheridan College is coming up fast on Tuesday, August 1. This is a hard deadline — there will be no late or on-site registrations for the full conference. If you...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jul 27, 2017 | WSL News
July 27, 2017, marks the 64th anniversary of the ceasefire that ended the Korean War. Did you know the State Library has more than 50 books about this often overlooked conflict? From straightforward histories such as The Korean War: Years of Stalemate, July 1951...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jul 25, 2017 | WSL News
The Wyoming State Library will be closed at noon on Wednesday, July 26, for Cheyenne Day. Our offices will be open in the morning. We will reopen for our normal hours on Thursday, July 27.
