by Christi Weinzierl | Jan 2, 2025 | GoWYLD, Homepage
January 2 is National Science Fiction Day, which also happens to coincide with the birthday of famous science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov. Whether you are looking for your next great science fiction read or wanting to venture into the genre for the first time for the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 31, 2024 | Homepage, WSL News
The Wyoming State Library will be closed Wednesday, January 1, for New Year’s Day. We will be open during our regular hours on Thursday, January 2. Happy New Year from the Wyoming State Library! See you in 2025!
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 31, 2024 | Homepage, WSL News
The December Outrider from the Wyoming State Library is hot off the press! Find out all about what’s going on in the Wyoming library community and beyond, including news, celebrations, events, and job postings from around the state. Subscribe today, and we’ll...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 27, 2024 | GoWYLD, Homepage
With 2024 ending and 2025 beginning next week, many folks are contemplating changes they would like to make in the new year or setting goals they would like to achieve by this time next year. Why not make a resolution to learn something new with GoWYLD? With subject...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 26, 2024 | GoWYLD, Homepage
December 26 is National Thank You Card Day, a holiday of which the official origin is unknown, but fairly easy to infer. Being the day after Christmas, we can safely assume it has something to do with social conventions dictating that we should send a thank you card...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 24, 2024 | Homepage, People News
Have People News at your library? Send it to Christi Weinzierl at christi.weinzierl1@wyo.org. Travis Pollok recently celebrated his tenth anniversary with the Wyoming State Library and the State of Wyoming’s Administration and Information agency. “I feel...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 23, 2024 | Homepage, WSL Digital Collections Suite, WSL News
The Wyoming State Library will be closed Wednesday, December 25, for the Christmas Day holiday. We will re-open on Thursday, December 26. Wondering what the perfect holiday decor is for Wyoming? We present to you the “Artificial Christmas Tree and Antler Apparatus”...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 23, 2024 | Homepage, WSL Digital Collections Suite
The holiday season is upon us and there is no better time to take a look back at Wyoming’s holiday history! The earliest mention of the jolly man in red appeared in the Christmas Eve issue of The Cheyenne Leader back in 1868 in a poem entitled Owed to Christmas...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 20, 2024 | GoWYLD, Homepage
On Saturday, December 21, the elapsed time between the sunrise and sunset will be shorter than any other day of the year, otherwise known as Winter Solstice. The time of year surrounding the shortest day of the year is known for being cold, dark, and snowy. With...
by Christi Weinzierl | Dec 19, 2024 | Homepage, Wyoming Library News
Crook County Library System was recently among over 100 public libraries nationwide awarded funding by the Public Library Association (PLA) to increase digital literacy using Digitallearn.org resources, powered by a generous $2.7 million contribution from AT&T....
