by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 8, 2025 | Homepage, WSL News
The Wyoming State Library (WSL) is pleased to introduce our newest employee! Joanne Pruitt recently joined the Library Development Office’s (LDO) team on December 30 as the Youth Services Consultant. Having spent the past ten years teaching high school English...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 7, 2025 | Articles and Information, Homepage
Wyoming Humanities in partnership with the Smithsonian Institute, is bringing a new exhibit to Wyoming! Many Voices, One Nation is a Starter Kit that places community stories first, asking questions like: • How did we become who we are? • Why did these changes take...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 6, 2025 | GoWYLD, Homepage
January 5 marked the one hundredth anniversary of an important day in Wyoming and U.S. history. On January 5, 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Wyoming’s governor–the first female governor in the history of the United States. Read more about...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 3, 2025 | GoWYLD, Homepage
January 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien Day! This prolific author of poetry and high fantasy is most famous for his works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which transport readers to the fictional world of Middle Earth to join hobbits, wizards, elves, dwarves,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 2, 2025 | GoWYLD, Homepage
January 2 is National Science Fiction Day, which also happens to coincide with the birthday of famous science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov. Whether you are looking for your next great science fiction read or wanting to venture into the genre for the first time for the...