by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 10, 2023 | Articles and Information
From the U.S. National Archives Join the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in a celebration of Black History Month! As one of the primary sources for African American historical documents, the National Archives provides access to tools and other...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 9, 2023 | WSL News
The Wyoming State Archives (WSA) has a new ScanPro 2500 All-In-One microfilm scanner, thanks to the Wyoming State Library. In the fall of 2022, Wyoming State Librarian Jamie Markus gifted the scanner to the WSA. The State Library won it in a drawing at the American...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 9, 2023 | Schools, Youth Services
Attention Wyoming school and youth services librarians! Voting is now open for all 2022-23 Wyoming Book Awards. Collect votes from young students and patrons who have read three or more titles from the lists, and submit them any time between now and March 15, 2023....
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 8, 2023 | WSL News
Recently, classified documents have been a hot topic of conversation, specifically who has access to them and how they are stored. While attorneys, the media, the National Archives, and the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) sort out the details of properly...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 8, 2023 | WSL News
As every librarian knows, you can never predict what reference question will cross your desk. We reached into our archives for this tidbit about the Wyoming State Legislature. The question was about the tradition of Wyoming Representatives wearing camel hair or camel...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 7, 2023 | Grants and Awards
By Betsy, O’Neil, Adult & Tech Services Manager Natrona County Library Foundation Directory Online (FDO), the premier database for grant searching from Candid, will soon be coming to a Wyoming public library near you. All 23 of the state’s library systems will...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 7, 2023 | Articles and Information
Science Based Resources for the Classroom from Wyoming PBS Wyoming PBS has partnered with Science Kids out of Sheridan to create Nature WY, a digital educational series focused on outdoor science and nature and developed for children 6-8 years old. The five-part...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 6, 2023 | Calendar
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 February. Disability Access and Climate in Libraries (Library...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 6, 2023 | Schools, Youth Services
Girls Who Code offers free virtual summer learning opportunities for teens! All high school girls and non-binary students are welcome to apply. Girls Who Code provides the virtual teaching team, tech access and need-based grants for students who qualify, and a...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 5, 2023 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of February 6 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 at...
