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February is African American History Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian...
February is Library Lovers’ Month
February is for lovers — library lovers, that is! Are you celebrating Library Lovers' Month in your library? Maybe you could create a place for your patrons to write why...
Free Continuing Education Events for February 1
Free, online, continuing education events for February 1 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions are below. You can subscribe and view the events in...
New Wyoming Collection in DPLA
The Plains to Peaks Collective – a partnership of the Wyoming State Library and the Colorado State Library – has added new Wyoming and Colorado historic collections to the...
Free Library Continuing Education Events for February
The February 2019 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with with two online conferences, 95 webinars, and four recordings to watch “At Your Leisure.”...
A Native Superhero at the Laramie County Library
From Laramie County Library System By Kasey Storey, Communications Coordinator On January 15, a superhero visited the Laramie County Library. He didn’t have a cape, a mask,...
Ebook Spending Rises, Print Declines, in Academic Libraries
From Library Research Service Ithaka S+R recently published the results of their Library Acquisitions Patterns project, which examined purchasing trends in U.S. academic...
Maybe Younger Library Users Aren’t so Different
By Doug Johnson On the Blue Skunk Blog The Pew report: Younger Americans' Library Habits and Expectations (shared by the State Library of North Carolina) did not surprise me...
Markus at ALA Midwinter
Wyoming State Librarian Jamie Markus was at ALA Midwinter the last few days. On Saturday, he was on the panel for “Responding to Needs and Trends: State and National Vantage...
Free Continuing Education Events for January 28-31
Free, online, continuing education events for January 28-31 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions are below. You can subscribe and view the events...
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