News in Brief

Learning Express Library Webinar on December 8 EBSCO has an upcoming webinar, Maximizing Learning Express’s Job and Career Resources During COVID-19. The session takes place on Tuesday, December 8 from 12-1 p.m. MST, and focuses on using Learning Express’s...

Online Training ‘At Your Leisure’

In addition to the live webinars in our training calendar, each month we try to pick some videos out there that you can watch “At Your Leisure.” These on-demand offerings caught our attention for December: Chilton Library (Gale) For the automotive “do-it-yourselfer.”...

Apply for a Library to Business Station

Laramie County Library System is partnering with the University of Wyoming Libraries, the Wyoming State Library, and several economic development partners to create a new program, Wyoming Library to Business (WL2B). Public libraries in Wyoming now have the opportunity...

WSL Closed on Thanksgiving Day

The Wyoming State Library will be closed Thursday, November 26, for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will be open our normal hours on Friday, November 27. Are you ready for the big holiday? If you lived in Laramie in 1920, the Gem City Grocery Company had you covered with...

Services for the Blind and Print Disabled

The Library of Congress’s National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, often referred to as the Talking Books program, is available at no cost to any resident of the United States or American citizen living abroad who is unable to read or use regular...

Why is the Library Important to You?

We asked library patrons that question on Wyoming Snapshot Day last month. Here is a selection from their responses. You can read them all on the Snapshot Day website. Alpine Branch Library “I would never have survived the virus without our wonderful library. The pick...

Dill is New Director at LCCC Ludden Library

This fall, Elizabeth Dill joined Laramie County Community College as the Associate Dean for the Ludden Library and Learning Commons. “I was eager to work in a leadership role at a community college,” Elizabeth said. “I think the mission and vision and values of...