Free Library Continuing Education Events for June

The June 2019 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with 75 webinars, one mini-conference, and four recordings to watch “At Your Leisure.” Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics include advocacy, planning,...

WYDOT Features GoWYLD Driving Tests

WYDOT has featured a partnership with the Wyoming State Library on their YouTube channel. New drivers in Wyoming must pass both written and road tests before their license can be issued. WYDOT and the WSL have partnered with Driving Tests to provide online test...

WSL Closed for Memorial Day

The Wyoming State Library will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day. We will resume our normal hours on Tuesday, May 28. The town of Veteran, Wyoming, was given that name at the behest of ex-service men who had settled in Goshen County. On October 6, 1921,...

A Wyoming Letters About Literature Reading List

The Letters About Literature contest invites each student in grades 4-12 to write to an author — living or dead — whose work influenced the student’s life. It’s not a formal report where someone picks a book the child or teen “should” read. Instead, the...

Wyoming Book Reviews

Havoc & Solace : Poems from the Inland West Carol L. Deering Jackson, Wyo.: Sastrugi Press [2018] The perfect size to bring and read while exploring “wild and rural lands,” Havoc & Solace: Poems from the Inland West is an artful collection from award-winning...

Armed Forces Day Pays Tribute

From GovInfo [su_quote]“This will remain the land of the free so long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II; Source: Patrick Air Force Base[/su_quote] Know a man or woman...

Innovations for School Libraries

Found in the Big Deal Media K-12 Technology newsletter. Videos Featuring Authors Commemorating Children’s Book Week KidLit TV has partnered with the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader to produce 100 book creator videos for teachers, parents, librarians,...