WSL Job Opening: LSTA, SDC, Institutions Librarian

The Wyoming State Library is seeking an organized and communicative professional to facilitate library development by providing research, consulting, statistical, and other support to libraries of all types, and to manage federal grant projects. See the full vacancy...

Free Library Continuing Education Events for July

The July 2021 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with dozens of live webinars, as well as an online conference and recordings to watch “At Your Leisure.” Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics include advocacy,...

WSL Independence Day Closure

The Wyoming State Library will be closed Monday, July 5, for the Independence Day holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday, July 6. We celebrate the July 4 holiday in honor of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on that date in 1776....

Wyoming Innovations in Learning Sessions Announced

The Wyoming Innovations in Learning Conference is an opportunity for educators to share and explore innovative teaching and learning practices for classrooms and distance learning environments, from kindergarten through higher education. This year’s event will be held...

John Wesley Powell in the Great Outdoors

Summer is upon us and June is Great Outdoors Month. This puts us in mind of John Wesley Powell and his explorations of the West. Powell explored the Green and Colorado Rivers (running the Grand Canyon in wooden oar boats), as well as other scientific trips to the...

Wyoming State Library Welcomes Anne Kuipers

The Wyoming State Library welcomes Anne Kuipers as our new State Publications Librarian in the Information Services office. Anne comes to us from the Thorp Public Library in Wisconsin, where she served as director. “I faced a few challenges there, like the pandemic...

June 2021 Outrider Now Available

Find a wrap-up of the latest in Wyoming library news in the June 2021 Outrider newsletter from the Wyoming State Library. Subscribe today, and we’ll send the Outrider straight to your email inbox each month. You can also see past issues. Do you know any library...

Kate Dennis Interning at the WSL

We have an intern at the Wyoming State Library! Kate Dennis has joined us for the summer to work on digitization and metadata projects. Kate is from Laramie, and is currently attending the University of Iowa. She’s majoring in history and minoring in Russian and...