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$2 Million in Humanities Funding Available to Libraries Through ALA
The American Library Association (ALA) invites libraries to apply for funding through its American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries opportunity, a grantmaking...
Sara Davis is New Wyoming State Archivist
On September 8, Sara Davis began her new role as the Wyoming State Archivist. Prior to coming to the State Archives, Sara was the university archivist for the University of...
Van Burgh Marks 40 Years With the State of Wyoming
Chris Van Burgh has reached another milestone — 40 years as a State of Wyoming employee, working in libraries. She graduated with an M.S. Ed. from the University of Wyoming...
2022 Wyoming Reads Books Selected
The six books for Wyoming Reads 2022 have been selected. Every Wyoming first-grade student will have the chance to choose one of these wonderful titles to keep: Crossings by...
Online Training ‘At Your Leisure’
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...
Free Continuing Education Events for the Week of October 4
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of October 4 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions and links are below. You can subscribe...
Resources for National Reading Group Month
October is National Reading Group Month, an initiative of the Women’s National Book Association for “Sharing the joy of shared reading.” You can find book club resources,...
Grant Opportunities
Emergency Connectivity Fund DEADLINE: October 13, 2021 This $7.17 billion program funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 helps support remote learning. The program...
Online Conferences and Events in October
Each month we post upcoming free virtual conferences to our training calendar page. Here are the offerings coming up for October: Thursday, Oct 7 (7-4 pm) School Library...
Wyoming Humanities is New Home for the Wyoming Center for the Book
This month, the Library of Congress Center for the Book gave official approval for Wyoming Humanities to assume responsibilities for the Wyoming Center for the Book (WCFTB)....
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