by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 11, 2017 | Database of the Month
Join Chris Van Burgh, WSL Database Instruction Librarian, on Tuesday, September 12, at 11:15 a.m. MDT for a look at Mango Languages. Mango is an online language learning system that teaches real conversation skills for practical communication using fun and engaging...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 11, 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 | Sep 8, 2017 | Articles and Information
October is Health Literacy Month, a time for organizations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information. Libraries often are called on to provide reliable health information. In fact, the U.S. Impact Study showed that 30% of patrons...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 8, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
Thomas Ivie and Brian Greene, of the WSL Library Development Office, recently had the opportunity to visit the Wyoming Girls’ School in Sheridan. They met with Chauntel Ring who runs the school library and Principal Dixie Cooper. They gave Thomas and Brian a tour of...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 7, 2017 | Schools
What do school librarians contribute to student learning? Check out (and share!) this handy infographic from the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Click the image for a downloadable PDF to post or print.
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 7, 2017 | People News
[su_column size=”2/5″] Edie Phillips retired August 31 after almost 25 years with Park County Public Library System in Cody. She began working there in 1992, part-time in technical services and part-time in circulation. Later she became technical services...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 6, 2017 | WSL News
The Library of Congress reports that on Saturday, September 2, “Tens of thousands of book lovers young and old packed ten stages at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the 17th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival. Thousands more watched...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 6, 2017 | Training
The Wyoming State Library is one of several sites hosting an interactive session from the Rocky Mountain Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Tuesday, September 19, at 11:30 a.m. MDT, with experts from the USPTO’s Trademark Assistance Center....
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 5, 2017 | Book Reviews
Black Hare (The Aspects Book 1) By Toni L.H. Boughton Toni L.H. Boughton, 2017 Toni Boughton, veteran writer of the Wolf in the Land of Dead trilogy, brings to life a world that is at once familiar as it is fantastic in Black Hare. Part horror, part fantasy, part...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 5, 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.