by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 2, 2018 | Wyoming Library News
The Washakie County Library Foundation is pleased to announce the completion of the Wyoming Libraries Endowment Challenge for Washakie County. This Endowment Challenge was created by the Wyoming State Legislature in 2008 to ensure future support for Wyoming public...
by Christi Weinzierl | Mar 1, 2018 | Book Reviews
Sho-Rap Highway : the Native American Firefighters of Wind River By Robin P. Whiteplume [Place of publication not identified] : The Author, 2017 Robin Whiteplume thoroughly researches and intimately shares the story of Native American firefighters throughout our...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 28, 2018 | Calendar
The March 2018 Wyoming State Library training calendar is now available with 96 great offerings. Every training opportunity on this list is free and offered online. Topics include advocacy, planning, careers, children and teens, collection development, communication,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 28, 2018 | Database of the Month
We know your schedule is busy, so we’re doing something new. The Wyoming State Library’s Database of the Month webinars with Chris Van Burgh will now be pre-recorded so you can view them whenever you have time. For March, the featured database is...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 26, 2018 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for the rest of February from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or you can find all the events at library.wyo.gov/services/training/calendar. All...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 23, 2018 | Wyoming Library News
From the University of Wyoming Libraries blog University of Wyoming Libraries’ Digital Collections has been working with the UW Geological Museum to digitize specimens from the Natural Trap Cave at the base of the Bighorn Mountains. This exciting collaboration results...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 22, 2018 | Training
Want awesome ideas for small libraries? Join the Big Talk From Small Libraries 2018 online conference tomorrow, February 23. It’s free and online, so you can tune in from your desk. Registration is still open, so head over to the Registration page and sign up....
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 22, 2018 | Articles and Information
By Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez Reposted with permission from Colorado Virtual Library In this country that I’m living now or being more specific, the state that I am now living, Colorado, I have developed a new hobby thanks to my husband. I am talking about skiing! Even...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 21, 2018 | WSL News
Karen Kitchens, the Wyoming State Library’s State Publications Librarian, was in Rock Springs today at the GRO-Biz Conference & Idea Expo. Here, she’s with USPTO Denver Office Supervisory Patent Examiner Garth Rademaker (left) and U.S. Senator Mike...
by Christi Weinzierl | Feb 21, 2018 | WSL News
Here at the Wyoming State Library, we enjoy some of the quirky items we find in our historical government documents. We went exploring our early 20th Century copies of the Farmers’ Bulletin from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and found a few meals you might...