by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 15, 2025 | WSL News
The Wyoming State Library will be closed Monday, January 20, for Martin Luther King Jr./Equality Day. We will be open our normal hours again on Tuesday, January 21. According to documents in our Wyoming Legislation database the Wyoming State Legislature designated the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 15, 2025 | Homepage, Professional Opportunities
Do you have knowledge, experience, expertise, or passion for sustainability in libraries and archives? Check out this opportunity to make your voice heard! Although more and more books about sustainability are being written for the library science field, none of them...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 14, 2025 | Homepage, Training
Mark your calendars for next month’s webinar, “Wyoming’s Historic Patents: Exploring the Wyoming Inventors Digital Collection” on Thursday, February 13th at 2:00 pm MT. This webinar will take participants on a trip through time with Wyoming...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 13, 2025 | Articles and Information, Homepage
CyberWyoming is excited to announce the MAGIC Puzzle Challenge on April 19, 2025, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (MT) This virtual event is designed to boost tech skills and inspire the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. The beginner-friendly cybersecurity Capture...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 10, 2025 | Homepage, WSL News
Cori Hundley will be leaving the Wyoming State Library later this month after serving as the WSL’s Systems Librarian for the past three-and-a-half years. She will be moving to Ohio to work for OhioNet, one of two major library consortiums in the state, and is...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 9, 2025 | Grants and Awards, Homepage
Happy January! Here is a roundup of grants available to libraries with deadlines in the next few months, or with rolling or ongoing deadlines. Check back each month for an updated list! The Music Man Foundation: National Meredith Willson Awards Deadline: January 24,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 8, 2025 | Homepage, WSL News
The Wyoming State Library (WSL) is pleased to introduce our newest employee! Joanne Pruitt recently joined the Library Development Office’s (LDO) team on December 30 as the Youth Services Consultant. Having spent the past ten years teaching high school English...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 7, 2025 | Articles and Information, Homepage
Wyoming Humanities in partnership with the Smithsonian Institute, is bringing a new exhibit to Wyoming! Many Voices, One Nation is a Starter Kit that places community stories first, asking questions like: • How did we become who we are? • Why did these changes take...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 6, 2025 | GoWYLD, Homepage
January 5 marked the one hundredth anniversary of an important day in Wyoming and U.S. history. On January 5, 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Wyoming’s governor–the first female governor in the history of the United States. Read more about...
by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 3, 2025 | GoWYLD, Homepage
January 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien Day! This prolific author of poetry and high fantasy is most famous for his works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which transport readers to the fictional world of Middle Earth to join hobbits, wizards, elves, dwarves,...
