by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 25, 2017 | People News
Jeff Collins is one of 28 exceptional individuals selected nationwide to be a Public Library Association Leadership Fellow. Jeff is Deputy Director, Public Service, at Laramie County Library System in Cheyenne. As a Fellow, Jeff will attend the PLA’s...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 24, 2017 | WSL News
The Wyoming State Library welcomed visitors Friday from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Rocky Mountain Regional Office in Denver. Molly Kocialski, Director of the USPTO Rocky Mountain Region Office in Denver, and Rebecca Fritchman, Outreach...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 24, 2017 | WSL News
The World Series Starts today! There’s a lot of talk in major league baseball these days about using a robot umpire to call balls and strikes more accurately. Did you know that a Cheyenne couple invented a patented robot umpire device way back in 1950? Lloyd and...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 23, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
All are invited to the October 26 grand opening of the Student Innovation Center, a partnership of the College of Engineering & Applied Science and UW Libraries. President Laurie Nichols will make opening remarks, and refreshments will be served in Coe...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 23, 2017 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for this week 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.
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 20, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
The Wyoming State Historical Society has announced the winners of the state’s 2017 Top Ten Artifacts, chosen from more than 20 submissions, and voted on by more than 1,700 individuals. This is the Society’s third year hosting this project in partnership with the...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 20, 2017 | Training
Registration is now open for the Social Media and Libraries Webinar Series, hosted in collaboration by WebJunction and TechSoup for Libraries. This series will highlight social media best practices to keep patrons and library staff engaged, develop measurable goals,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 19, 2017 | Wyoming Library News
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the University of Wyoming Geological Museum will be able to make more of its rare fossil mammal collection available to researchers, schools, and the public. The two-year project,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 19, 2017 | WSL News
Find a wrap-up of the latest in Wyoming library news in the October 2017 Outrider newsletter from the Wyoming State Library. Subscribe today, and we’ll send the Outrider straight to your email inbox each month. Have news you’d like included? Contact Susan Mark, WSL...
by Christi Weinzierl | Oct 19, 2017 | WSL News
[su_table] Level 1 Grades 4-6 Level 2 Grades 7-8 Level 3 Grades 9-12 [/su_table] Wyoming students in grades 4-12 are invited to read, be inspired, and write back to the author (living or dead) of a book that changed their lives. The 2017-18 Letters About Literature...