by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 4, 2017 | WSL News
Today the Wyoming State Library shipped out the Wyoming Reads kits to schools and libraries across the state. Over the next couple of months, every first-grade student in Wyoming will have the opportunity to read these six titles and decide which one they want to take...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 4, 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. EVENTS: All times...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 1, 2017 | Schools
Join Paige Bredenkamp, School Library Consultant at Wyoming State Library and Jennisen Lucas, Wyoming’s AASL Affiliate and school librarian, for a discussion about the newly released AASL Standards for school libraries. Download the slides...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 1, 2017 | WSL News
The WYLDCat online catalog will undergo system-wide maintenance December 4-6. My Account, Place Hold, and Email Notification will be unavailable those dates. Please contact the library if you need assistance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 1, 2017 | Articles and Information
Reposted with permission from Library Research Service A study recently published in Applied Developmental Science measured the connection between children’s home environments before kindergarten and children’s academic skills during their 5th grade year. The study...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 30, 2017 | Articles and Information
DigitalLearn.org, the Public Library Association’s (PLA) website designed to help community members increase their digital literacy skills, has added two new beginner-level courses to its collection of tutorials. The learning modules are video-based with narration at...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 30, 2017 | Articles and Information
Want to be a more effective advocate for your library? The Young Adult Library Services Association has created the YALSA Advocacy Toolkit to help. Although tailored for YA and school librarians, much of the content is applicable to any advocacy effort. Topics...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 29, 2017 | Grants and Awards
STARnet Discover Exoplanets Traveling Exhibit DEADLINE: January 5, 2018 Pre-application webinar December 6, 2017 The National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL) at the Space Science Institute (SSI) is seeking eight library and museum partner sites to host the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 29, 2017 | Trustees and Foundations
Reposted with permission from Library Strategies There is one type of fundraising that virtually every Friends or Library Foundation should be doing: it’s called the Annual Fund and it is truly the cornerstone of all fundraising activities. The concept is simple. The...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 28, 2017 | Calendar
The December 2017 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with 60 great offerings. Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics include advocacy, planning, careers, children and teens, collection development,...
