by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 11, 2023 | GoWYLD, Homepage
Celebrate National Poetry Month by listening to poets reading their own works and some of the classics (Tennyson, Shakespeare, etc.). You have access to 879 video clips within Literature Online (LION), a resource in GoWYLD.net. Find it alphabetically or under...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 10, 2023 | Articles and Information, Homepage
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced that award-winning and bestselling author Kelly Yang will serve as honorary chair of National Library Week, April 23-29, 2023. “I am the product of amazing libraries and librarians, who saw me, supported me, and...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 10, 2023 | Articles and Information, Homepage
Association for Rural and Small Libraries Call for Conference Proposals The Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) has put out a call for workshop proposals for its 2023 conference in Wichita, Kansas, to be held September 20-23. This year’s conference...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 9, 2023 | Calendar, Homepage
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of April 10 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions and links are below. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or you can find all the events on our Training...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 7, 2023 | Articles and Information, Homepage
Library staff play an invaluable role in supporting their communities. In both good times and times of challenge or crisis, library workers in all types of libraries serve millions of library users in need of free access to Wi-Fi, eBooks, accurate information, and...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 7, 2023 | Homepage, WLA
The Wyoming Library Association LEAD (Leadership Excellence and Development) interest group has opened applications for its mentoring program for 2023. This program offers development to protégés and mentors. Mentors supplement the supervisors’ efforts and provide...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 6, 2023 | Homepage, WLA
The Wyoming Library Association’s Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Committee is holding the last of three planned Lunch-N-Learn series for Wyoming library workers this month. April’s topic is Implicit Bias. Sessions will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Monday,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 6, 2023 | Homepage, People News
Richard Landreth is retiring as Director of the Lincoln County Library County Library System. His last day with LCLS is May 19, 2023. Richard worked for the Campbell County School District as a library media specialist before accepting the directorship at Lincoln...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 6, 2023 | Grants and Awards, Homepage
Blue Whales Project Request for Proposals from Public Libraries DEADLINE: April 21, 2023 The blue whale is now the centerpiece of a rich STEM library initiative. Selected libraries will receive a $1000 honorarium for events, a life size (25’ x 10’) blue whale tail...
by Christi Weinzierl | Apr 5, 2023 | Calendar, Homepage
In addition to the live webinars in our training calendar, each month we try to pick some videos out there that you can watch “At Your Leisure.” These on-demand offerings caught our attention for April. Big Talk for Small Libraries 2023 Conference Recordings (Nebraska...
