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Rental Assistance Program Available to Your Patrons
Economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a toll on many in our communities. Do you have patrons who rent their home in Wyoming and are unable to make rent,...
UW Makes HeritageQuest Available in GoWYLD
Thanks to the University of Wyoming Libraries, Wyomingites now have access to HeritageQuest Online on GoWYLD.net. This resource provides genealogical and historical sources...
WLA Book Award Nominations for 2021-22
The nominees are chosen, and Wyoming’s K-12 students will soon have the chance to vote on their favorite books. Each year, the Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming...
Fifteen Libraries to Receive Financial Support for Creative Aging Projects
Fifteen Wyoming libraries will soon offer arts-based programming to enrich the lives of older adults (55+) in their communities through the Creative Aging in Wyoming Public...
People News
Have People News at your library? Send it to Susan Mark at susan.mark@wyo.gov. Kailey Dvorak has joined the Hot Springs County Library team as their new Youth Services...
Cinco de Mayo Resources in GoWYLD
Cinco de Mayo is a day honoring a Mexican military victory over French forces in 1862. You can learn more about Mexico and this event in GoWYLD.net. CultureGrams is a great...
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...
Grant Opportunities
ALA COVID Library Relief Fund DEADLINE: May 20, 2021 The American Library Association (ALA) has made available $1.25 million in emergency relief grants to libraries that...
Celebrating Children’s Book Week with GoWYLD
May 3-9, 2021, is Children’s Book Week. To help you celebrate, the Wyoming State Library would like to highlight a favorite resource in GoWYLD.net. Check out Bookflix, a...
Why Backup Testing is Important
Find this month’s video and more. The Wyoming State Library partners with the Wyoming CAN (Cybersecurity Action Network) Committee, to offer this free “cyber-in-a-box”...
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