Wyoming State Library Closed on July 4

The Wyoming State Library will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day. We will resume our normal hours on Friday, July 5. We celebrate the July 4 holiday in honor of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on that date in...

Digital Resources for Student Collaboration

Reposted from Colorado Virtual Library By Christine Schein, Digital Literacy Instructional Specialist at Colorado Department of Education “Collaboration is essential in our classrooms because it is inherent in the nature of how work is accomplished in our civic and...

Linnea Rounds, 1944-2019

We are saddened to hear of the death of Linnea “Linn” Rounds. She passed away at the age of 75 on June 19, 2019. Linn worked many years at the Wyoming State Library and managed the Publications, Public Programs, and Marketing Office. She retired in 2003 after 26 years...

June 2019 Outrider Now Available

Find a wrap-up of the latest in Wyoming library news in the June 2019 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. Have news you’d like included?...

National Summer Learning Week July 8-13

National Summer Learning Week is a celebration dedicated to advocacy and awareness around elevating the importance of keeping kids learning, safe, and healthy every summer, and ensuring they return to school in the fall ready to succeed in the year. During this...

News in Brief

New Online: The AP Washington Bureau, 1915-1930 The Associated Press Washington Bureau News Dispatches between the tumultuous years between 1915 and 1930 are now online at the Library of Congress. The collection of news dispatches of the Washington, D.C., Bureau of...

Upcoming Webinar: Summer ILL and Chill

This event has been canceled. In the meantime, we’d like to recommend you take a look at this video of School Library Resources — you’ll find much of the same information that had been planned for the June 25 webinar. You can download the slides here. Summertime...

Innovations for School Libraries

Found in the Big Deal Media K-12 Technology newsletter. Google Earth Quiz Blending History and Geography Tucked inside Google Earth is a geography quiz created in partnership with Atlas Obscura. The Natural Wonders Quiz is a multiple-choice challenge that asks...