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Grant Opportunities
LibraryReads Travel Grants DEADLINE for PLA 2020 funding: January 17, 2020 DEADLINE for BookExpo 2020 funding: March 16, 2020 LibraryReads is offering individual grants of...
Deadline Near for Letters About Literature
Less than one week left! The postmark deadline to enter the Wyoming Letters About Literature Writing Contest (library.wyo.gov/letters) is coming up fast on Saturday, January...
Free Continuing Education Events for the Week of January 6
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of January 6 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions are below. You can subscribe and view the...
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 Library Continuing Education Events for January
The January 2020 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with 57 webinars and five recordings to watch “At Your Leisure.” Every training opportunity on this...
We Need Diverse Books
From the Idaho Commission for Libraries December 2019 Scoop newsletter [su_quote]Imagine a world in which all children can see themselves in the pages of a book....
5 Alternatives to a Fundraising Gala
When we think of a fundraising event, a fancy night out often comes to mind. But is it the most effective way to raise money for your library? Once you calculate the costs,...
Free Continuing Education Events for December 30-31
Free, online, continuing education events for December 30-31 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions are below. You can subscribe and view the events...
Planned Outage for WSL Website
The Wyoming State Library website will be down for maintenance most of the week of December 30 to January 3. There may be additional intermittent outages and minor glitches...
Federal FY2020 Budget Includes IMLS Increase
Congress has provided the largest increase for Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding in 12 years. The...
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