by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 20, 2021 | WSL News
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...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 19, 2021 | GoWYLD
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...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 18, 2021 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of January 18 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions are below. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or you can find all the events...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 14, 2021 | WSL News
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...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 13, 2021 | WSL News
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...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 13, 2021 | Training
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...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 12, 2021 | Training
From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission The Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) has announced the Outstanding in Their Field Leadership Institute. The Institute is for library workers who are currently working in rural and/or small...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 12, 2021 | WSL News
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...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 11, 2021 | WSL News
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...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 11, 2021 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of January 11 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...