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2019 Buckaroo Award Winners Named
The 2019 Buckaroo Book Award winners are here — 4,502 Wyoming students in grades K-3 voted for their favorite book this year. Look for 2019-2020 nominees later in April....
Celebrate National Library Week April 7-13
“Libraries = Strong Communities” is the theme for National Library Week, which kicks off on Sunday, April 7, and runs through April 13. First sponsored in 1958, National...
#MapMonday: Exploring the Census Atlases
The U.S. Census Bureau recently posted on Facebook that in 1872, academics urged the Census Bureau and Congress to publish graphic representations of the data collected...
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Free Toolkit Available to Help with National Library Workers Day Celebrations Recognize all library workers who make library service possible every day on National Library...
Free Continuing Education Events for the Week of April 1
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of April 1 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions are below. You can subscribe and view the...
Free Library Continuing Education Events for April
The April 2019 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with 82 webinars and five recordings to watch “At Your Leisure.” Every training opportunity on this...
Make 2019 a ‘Summer of Space’
The STAR Library Network has a Summer of Space/A Universe of Stories resource webpage for public libraries across the country. This resource was created in partnership with...
Dav Pilkey PSA for School Library Month
https://youtu.be/3sqppIDeQPk School Library Month is coming up in April, and a new video featuring Dav Pilkey, the worldwide bestselling creator of Dog Man and Captain...
LRCC 2019 Fall Literacy Conference Call for Proposals
The University of Wyoming Literacy Research Center and Clinic's (LRCC) Fall Literacy Conference for teachers around the state, “Equity and Literacy Instruction” will take...
Archived Webinar: Finding Family in Wyoming Newspapers
https://youtu.be/wDayjMWmohE Finding Family in Wyoming Newspapers March 2019; 25 minutes Join Chris Van Burgh for an exploration of Wyoming Newspapers (1849-1922) and how...
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