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Innovations for School Libraries
Found in the Big Deal Media K-12 Technology newsletter. Inspirational Stories from Female Role Models in STEM Fields Women @ NASA features short films that explore the...
Library History: Albany County, Wyoming
In honor of National Library Week, here's a story from Wyoming's own library history! In 1903 the Laramie Boomerang reported on the events of a mass meeting of Laramie...
Celebrating National Bookmobile Day
Today, April 10, is National Bookmobile Day, and we'd like to give some kudos to Wyoming's two bookmobiles serving residents of Natrona County and Laramie County....
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.” We hope you enjoy these ones...
Today is National Library Workers Day
Today, April 9, is National Library Workers Day (NLWD), a time to recognize library professionals for their expertise and leadership skills in transforming lives and...
The Year’s Most Challenged Books
https://youtu.be/XXQtgx9HNxE Traditionally the ALA releases a Top Ten Most Challenged Books list within the State of America’s Libraries Report. For 2018, 11 books were...
State of America’s Libraries 2019 Report Released
From the American Library Association To kick off National Library Week yesterday, the American Library Association (ALA) released its State of America’s Libraries 2019...
Free Library Continuing Education Events for the Week of April 8
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of April 8 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions are below. You can subscribe and view the...
Wyoming’s ‘March Madness’
The concept of a national tournament in college basketball is older than the term “March Madness” itself, but did you know the NCAA holds more than two dozen trademarks...
Resources for Financial Literacy Month
April is Financial Literacy Month, a great time to help your patrons find the information they need to put their finances in order. Here are three downloadable handouts from...
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