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Celebrate National Library Week Beginning April 8
“Libraries Lead” is the theme for National Library Week, which kicks off on Sunday, April 8, and runs through April 14. First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a...
Grant Opportunities
The Great American Read DEADLINE: April 17, 2018 Public libraries are invited to participate in a programming opportunity around The Great American Read, an eight-part PBS...
Celebrate National School Librarian Day Today with the GPO
From the U.S. Government Publishing Office April 4th is National School Librarian Day. It’s a day all Americans, especially those with children, should actively honor all...
Database of the Month: Find the Bard in Literature Online
https://youtu.be/iRrWUB_YN4E For the April Database of the Month, we celebrate Shakespeare's birthday with a tour of resources found in ProQuest Literature Online (LION). In...
2018 Buckaroo Book Award Winners
The 2018 Buckaroo Book Award winner is "A Perfectly Messed-Up Story" by Patrick McDonnell. First runner-up is "Coyote Moon" by Maria Gianferrari. Second runner-up is "The...
Wyoming Book Reviews
Too Young for the Times By George Trojan North Charleston, SC : Createspace, 2017 Too Young for the Times, George Trojan’s memoir is an absorbing read. Written when Trojan...
Featured GoWYLD Resource: Shakespeare’s Birthday
April brings William Shakespeare to the forefront of Wyoming library resources. While his actual date of birth remains a subject of debate, April 23rd is the day...
Free Continuing Education Events for the Week of April 2
Free, online, continuing education events for this week from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or...
Free Library Continuing Education Events for April
The April 2018 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with 92 great offerings. Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics...
Women’s History Month: Esther Hobart Morris
We would be remiss in letting Women's History Month slip away without a mention of Esther Hobart Morris. In her 1927 book, Women of Wyoming, Cora M. Beach writes that Morris...
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