Two Wyoming Museums Join DPLA

The Brinton Museum and Meeteetse Museums recently became new partners in the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC), a hub of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). These two museums contributed nearly 7,000 items to this searchable online collection of more than 41...

Celebrating Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday

Today, January 19, we celebrate the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe, an editor, writer and poet, who wrote touching lyrics to the macabre. Most known for poems such as The Raven and short stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum, he also wrote The conchologist’s...

Spotlight on Government Information

On January 20, 2021 a new president and vice president will be sworn into office as part of  the 59th Inauguration Day ceremonies. Traditionally speeches and other public events mark the transfer of power from one administration to the next. What happens behind the...

Creative Aging Call for Artists

Through a partnership between the Wyoming Arts Council, the Wyoming State Library, and Lifetime Arts, training will be provided to teaching artists and librarians throughout the state where they will learn innovative direct arts programming for older adults. Wyoming...

RIPL Data Boot Camp Webinar Series

From Library Research Service Is one of your new year’s resolutions to get your library’s data in shape? Then, spend the winter with the Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL) and participate in our Data Boot Camp Series! This free webinar series features...

WSL Closed for MLK/Equality Day

The Wyoming State Library will be closed Monday, January 18, for Martin Luther King Jr./Equality Day. We will be open our normal hours again on Tuesday, January 19. From our Wyoming Legislation database, we find that in  1990, the Wyoming State Legislature designated...

Even More E-books for Kids and Teens

Last month we announced the addition of thousands of e-books and e-audiobooks in cloudLibrary for kids and teens in response to the pandemic. Now, the Wyoming State Library is excited to announce we have even more! In late December, we made an additional $750,000 in...