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Free Continuing Education Events for the Week of April 9
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...
Wyoming Authors Wiki to Close April 30
The Wyoming Authors Wiki, a clearinghouse of information about authors who live, or have lived in, Wyoming is shutting down April 30. On that date, the site will be taken...
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[su_row][su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""] Jes Renz has been named the new Assistant Director at Converse County Library. She has been serving as the library's...
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...
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