by Christi Weinzierl | May 2, 2017 | Training
https://youtu.be/cl_vvtKs-u8 There are eight In Context databases in GoWYLD.net. In this session we look at some common features to all and some cool content within specific databases. We also look at some of the support materials produced by Gale. Find more database...
by Christi Weinzierl | May 2, 2017 | Articles and Information
Blood, Water, Wind, and Stone: An Anthology of Wyoming Writers Edited by Lori Howe Jackson, WY: Sastrugi Press, 2016 In the introduction to Blood, Water, Wind, and Stone, Lori Howe describes Wyoming as “…a place of luminous beauty, fearless nature, and perhaps a bit...
by Christi Weinzierl | May 1, 2017 | Grants and Awards
Judith Krug Fund Banned Books Week Event Grants DEADLINE: May 12, 2017 Each year the Freedom to Read Foundation awards grants to libraries, schools, and universities to support activities which raise awareness of intellectual freedom and censorship during the annual...
by Christi Weinzierl | May 1, 2017 | Training
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 | Apr 28, 2017 | Training
The May 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 | Apr 28, 2017 | National Library News
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association, has officially announced the 2017 Teens Top Ten Nominees. This year’s list of nominees features 26 titles that were published between Jan. 1, 2016 and Dec. 31, 2016:...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 27, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
The Wyoming State Historical Society, in partnership with the University of Wyoming Libraries, invites everyone, young and old, to participate in selecting “Wyoming’s Top Ten Most Significant Artifacts” for 2017. Submissions received from libraries, museums,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 27, 2017 | Training
Tomorrow, April 28, the Wyoming State Library’s GoWYLD Database of the Month webinar will look at the In Context databases. Join Chris Van Burgh, WSL Database Instruction Librarian, at 11:15 a.m. MDT, for this informative tour of the eight In Context databases...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 26, 2017 | Past Conferences
Registration is now open on the Wyoming Library Association website for the 2017 conference to be held Aug. 10-11 at Sheridan College. School librarians can also register for Information Power, which will be held on Aug. 9 in Sheridan in conjunction with the WLA...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 26, 2017 | WLA
Representatives of the Wyoming Library Association (WLA) are traveling to Washington, D.C., in May to discuss key library issues with the state’s Congressional delegation as part of the American Library Association’s 43rd annual National Library Legislative Day on May...
