The Wyoming State Librarian, Lesley Boughton, and the Wyoming State Librarian Digital Information Specialist, Erin Kinney, were in town on Thursday and Friday to present the "Wyoming Newspaper Project" to our town. The event was co-hosted by the Cokeville Miracle Foundation and the Cokeville Historical Society.
We had a huge turnout at the presentation which was held during the "Cokeville Historical Society" Meeting on August 14th at 1pm at the Town Hall. Thanks everyone for coming to our meeting! :)
We had four trainings over the two days. Thanks to the Cokeville High School for making the computer lab available for us to use. Thanks to Principal Keith Harris, Computer Tech Brian Toomer and to Darren Moody for the awesome signs so no one got lost!! (Hopefully Lesley and Erin had a good time visiting the LDS Church and the Minerva Teichert Art work there as well as meeting local artists at the Cottonwood Ranch on Thursday evening! ) We enjoyed the ladies and appreciate the new friendships we made with you!
The WSL was able to train what they refer to as "The Original 48". (I guess I make 49, but the original 48 sounds cooler).
We hope that more funding becomes available so that others who wish to help with this project, and work part-time from home, will be able to get on board!
Guess what Cokeville, THIS WAS FOR REAL!!!!
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Minerva Teichert Invitational Art Show 4th Year
August 15 & 16 was the 4th Annual Minerva Teichert Invitational Art Sale and Show in Cokeville, Wyoming. Thank you to Charles Dayton for putting this wonderful show together. Thank you to Charlotte Freeman and the other ladies for their decorating. Thank you to the Pope Family for the excellent chuck wagon dinner. Thanks to all who came and enjoyed the two day event.
THANK YOU ARTISTS!! (I will post full names later...)
We had several special guests in town for the event:
Peter Fisher from Sunset Magazine - it was a pleasure to have you!
Erin Kinney - Wyoming State Library Digital Informational Specialist
Lesley Boughton - Wyoming State Librarian
Dave and Heidi Decker - Our most "returning" guests from out of town for the art show!!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wyoming State Library Trainings...first two sessions
The ladies (Erin Kinnery, Lesley Boughton) from Cheyenne need to be applauded. They have been working very hard the last three days, traveling from Cheyenne on Tuesday to present to Kemmerer in the morning on Wednesday and Afton in the afternoon of the same day, along with an Afton training. Traveling to Cokeville to present on Thursday and then do two training sessions. Not getting into bed until after 10pm to be ready to train again at 8am, see the Minerva Teichert presentation by Julie Rogers at the LDS church at 10 am on Thursday, to return to train at the Cokeville High School at 11 am and leaving to present and train in Green River at 1pm the same day! If you see these gals, just say thanks!
The trainings went very well. Many people expressed interest in possible next trainings. Please leave your names with Erin Kinney. These first trainings filled up within 72 hours of being opened up. Training sessions had to be made, instead of just open to all, because of the huge interest (that was bigger than anticipated, but that is good!). The fairest way was first come first serve and word of mouth took care of getting word out. It worked faster than the signs that were hung up around town! Everyone didn't hear and everyone didn't get a training slot this time, but it was done if a very fair and efficient way. Thanks for understanding.
The two trainings today went well. They were quite different. Feedback from the first session allowed the second session to go a little smoother.
Huge thank you's to: Principal Keith Harris who allowed this training to happen during this very busy time; Darren Moody for preparing the school, hallways, and signs for us to get to our training room; and especially Brian Toomer who got the computers up and running, kept them up and running, answered our questions, helped us with copies, pens, technical difficulties...and sat through both sessions. Thank you for this great opportunity! It does take a whole village...
The trainings went very well. Many people expressed interest in possible next trainings. Please leave your names with Erin Kinney. These first trainings filled up within 72 hours of being opened up. Training sessions had to be made, instead of just open to all, because of the huge interest (that was bigger than anticipated, but that is good!). The fairest way was first come first serve and word of mouth took care of getting word out. It worked faster than the signs that were hung up around town! Everyone didn't hear and everyone didn't get a training slot this time, but it was done if a very fair and efficient way. Thanks for understanding.
The two trainings today went well. They were quite different. Feedback from the first session allowed the second session to go a little smoother.
Huge thank you's to: Principal Keith Harris who allowed this training to happen during this very busy time; Darren Moody for preparing the school, hallways, and signs for us to get to our training room; and especially Brian Toomer who got the computers up and running, kept them up and running, answered our questions, helped us with copies, pens, technical difficulties...and sat through both sessions. Thank you for this great opportunity! It does take a whole village...
Wyoming State LIbrary Project Presentation
The Wyoming State Librarian, Lesley Boughton, and Wyoming Digital Information Specialist, Erin Kinney, arrived in Cokeville today in time to join in for lunch at the Senior Citizen's Center. (Yes, they reserved meals at least a day in advance). They were able to enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by Shirley Toomer and Rose Harmon! Thanks ladies!
Upstairs, the chamber room was filling up quickly by 12:45. more chairs were added along the wall by 1:00 and it was standing room only after that. Karla Toomer welcomed everyone on behalf of the Cokeville Miracle Foundation. Charlotte Freeman welcomed everyone on behalf of the Cokeville Historical Society. It was mentioned that there had never been such great attendance at a Cokeville Historical Society meeting before!
The presentation really explained what the Wyoming State Library was trying to do. They have many old Wyoming newspapers indexed. They are currently search-able by any term. However, when browsing, not everything has a title, a page number, or a volume number. Also, there are some errors, articles listed that should just be included as part of a page, not singled out. They had many interesting stories. It ended at 12:55.
People were thanked for coming. Mrs. Boughton explained that Cokeville was receiving much of the training money and no more is currently available but she encouraged those still interested that hadn't received a training slot to tell Mrs. Kinney of their interest and she would keep a list.
All those that had been fortunate enough to register on-line for one of the training slots before they filled were asked to stay and pick up their training ticket. Anyone who had been told they were on a waiting or substitute list were told they could stay until the end to see if anyone had changed their minds. A few people stuck it out until everyone had picked up their training times and some got in on a training session. Not everyone in attendance was able to but hopefully they will in the future. WSL said they have lots of work to do!
Upstairs, the chamber room was filling up quickly by 12:45. more chairs were added along the wall by 1:00 and it was standing room only after that. Karla Toomer welcomed everyone on behalf of the Cokeville Miracle Foundation. Charlotte Freeman welcomed everyone on behalf of the Cokeville Historical Society. It was mentioned that there had never been such great attendance at a Cokeville Historical Society meeting before!
The presentation really explained what the Wyoming State Library was trying to do. They have many old Wyoming newspapers indexed. They are currently search-able by any term. However, when browsing, not everything has a title, a page number, or a volume number. Also, there are some errors, articles listed that should just be included as part of a page, not singled out. They had many interesting stories. It ended at 12:55.
People were thanked for coming. Mrs. Boughton explained that Cokeville was receiving much of the training money and no more is currently available but she encouraged those still interested that hadn't received a training slot to tell Mrs. Kinney of their interest and she would keep a list.
All those that had been fortunate enough to register on-line for one of the training slots before they filled were asked to stay and pick up their training ticket. Anyone who had been told they were on a waiting or substitute list were told they could stay until the end to see if anyone had changed their minds. A few people stuck it out until everyone had picked up their training times and some got in on a training session. Not everyone in attendance was able to but hopefully they will in the future. WSL said they have lots of work to do!
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