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AASL Defines ‘Effective School Library Program’ for ESSA
From the American Library Association The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has defined the term “effective school library program” to assist with the...
Guidelines for Outreach to Immigrant Populations
From the American Library Association The American Library Association (ALA) Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) has published EMIERT...
New Library Privacy Guidelines for Protecting Patron Data in Digital Environment
From the American Library Association The American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee has approved four new library privacy guidelines that outline...
August Wyoming Book Reviews
The Wyoming State Library runs regular Wyoming-related book reviews on this blog and in the Outrider newsletter. Would you like to be on our reviewers list? Contact Susan...
Free Library Continuing Education Events for the Week of August 1
Free, online, continuing education events for this week from the Wyoming State Library’s Training Calendar. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software,...
2016 Teen Read Week Initiative Launched
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has launched its 2016 Teen Read Week (TRW) website,...
Sign up Your Library for Wyoming Snapshot Day
Join us for this year’s Wyoming Snapshot Day on Oct. 11, 2016, in conjunction with Teen Read Week. Sign up now to let us know your library will participate. On Snapshot Day,...
Sweetwater County Library Steps Back in Time with Medieval Faire
From Lindsey Travis Rock Springs Library Manager The Sweetwater County Library's Medieval Faire was a success. About 500 people attended the event held July 16 on Expedition...
WSL Closes at Noon on Cheyenne Day, July 27
The Wyoming State Library will close at noon on Wednesday, July 27 for Cheyenne Day, so that WSL staff may enjoy the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo and festivities. We will be...
Buffalo Bill’s Horse Bit Patent
In honor of Cheyenne Frontier Days, we thought we'd share this horse-related historical tidbit: Wyoming's Buffalo Bill held a U.S. patent for a decorative bit modeled after...
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