by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 15, 2017 | Articles and Information
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has made a Teen Literacies Toolkit available as an online PDF. In this toolkit, they use the “fake news” phenomenon as an approach to addressing multiple literacies. The kit re-examines and discusses...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 14, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
Submitted by Valerie Maginnis Teton County Library Director Literacy begins at birth in Teton County, Wyoming. Thanks to generous funding from the Teton County Library Foundation and the Friends of the Library, Teton County Library is the first Family Place Library...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 14, 2017 | WSL News
WSL Librarians Thomas Ivie and Brian Greene recently visited the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins. The prison regularly goes through accreditation through the American Correctional Association, and as part of the accreditation, they need access to a credentialed...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 13, 2017 | Grants and Awards
Ezra Jack Keats Mini-Grants DEADLINE: March 31, 2018 The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, which fosters children’s love of reading and creative expression in our diverse culture, offers mini-grants to provide creative, innovative programs that support or extend the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 13, 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 | Nov 9, 2017 | National Library News
From the American Library Association Access to current and reliable health information is imperative for the well-being of all Americans, and public libraries are frequently a go-to resource as people navigate complex issues of health care, insurance, aging and more....
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 9, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
Fremont County Library – Lander held its 3rd Annual Murder Mystery night. “Once Upon a Murder,” on Friday, October 27 in the library’s Carnegie Room. It was a timeless tale of treachery and treason in a kingdom far, far away. Library staff...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 8, 2017 | WSL News
The Wyoming State Library will be closed Friday, November 10, in honor of Veterans Day. Veterans Day, November 11, was first established in 1919 as Armistice Day, to honor the veterans of World War I on the anniversary of that conflict’s end. Read more about the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 8, 2017 | Database of the Month
Join Chris Van Burgh, WSL Database Instruction Librarian on Tuesday, November 14, at 11:15 a.m. MDT for November’s Database of the Month webinar, “Bookflix: Story time and so much more!” Scholastic Bookflix is an online literacy resource that pairs...
by Christi Weinzierl | Nov 8, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
The Community Fine Arts Center, a branch of the Sweetwater County Library System, will host a traveling photography exhibit showcasing the work of Edward S. Curtis. The exhibit opens November 8 with a book discussion at 7 p.m. on Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher....
