by Christi Weinzierl | Aug 16, 2021 | People News
Meghan Kelly was recently named Associate Dean, Library & Learning Commons, at the Laramie County Community College (LCCC) Ludden Library. She’s been with the LCCC library since 2005 when she came on board as the Cataloging and Instruction Librarian. She’s been...
by Christi Weinzierl | Aug 15, 2021 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of August 16 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions and links are below. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or you can find all the events at...
by Christi Weinzierl | Aug 13, 2021 | Wyoming Library News
From Tawnya Miller, Big Piney Library Manager The Big Piney Library has moved to a temporary location at the Big Piney Rec Center while the library building undergoes a nine- to ten-month renovation. The library’s temporary location at 630 Piney Drive is much smaller,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Aug 13, 2021 | Wyoming Library News
Boxes of books have arrived on the Wind River Indian Reservation! They’ve been purchased through the Wyoming State Library’s Central Acquisitions program as part of the state’s allocation of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) funds received through the Institute...
by Christi Weinzierl | Aug 12, 2021 | WSL News
Danielle Price, the Wyoming State Library’s Digital Initiatives Librarian, has decided to leave the WSL and relocate to Spokane, Washington. Her last day is August 13. “I enjoyed working at WSL,” Danielle said. “I hope life is as good to all of you as you have been to...
by Christi Weinzierl | Aug 12, 2021 | WSL News
Excerpted from Colorado Virtual Library The Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center recently became a partner of the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) sharing over 8,300 historic photographs with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The Center is located...
by Christi Weinzierl | Aug 12, 2021 | Trustees and Foundations
From the Vermont Department of Libraries August 2021 newsletter, originally published February 2020 Need some new blood on your board? United for Libraries – the section of the American Library Association for trustees and friends – has some tips to recruit new...
by Christi Weinzierl | Aug 11, 2021 | WSL News
The Wyoming State Library’s Chris Van Burgh, as a member of the Governor’s Council for Women’s Suffrage Celebrations, was at a dedication ceremony Monday honoring Esther Hobart Morris. Wyoming’s first historic Pomeroy Marker was installed at Morris’s house,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Aug 11, 2021 | Articles and Information
From the American Library Association The American Library Association (ALA) is partnering with Communities for Immunity, a collaboration among libraries and museums to boost COVID-19 information and vaccine confidence in communities across the United States....
by Christi Weinzierl | Aug 10, 2021 | WSL News
The Heart Mountain Relocation Center, located between Powell and Cody in Wyoming, was constructed in the summer of 1942 to confine Japanese-Americans during World War II. The first incarcerees arrived on August 12, 1942, by train. At its peak, the camp’s population...
