by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 22, 2023 | Homepage, People News
The Laramie County Library Board of Directors has announced the next Executive Director (County Librarian) of the Laramie County Library System, Antonia Gaona. Antonia attended college at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she majored in political science and...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 22, 2023 | Homepage, WSL News
This year’s Wyoming Snapshot Day is just a little over one month away on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. It’s a fun event, and the more libraries, the merrier! We’d love to have your library join us. On Snapshot Day, we gather photos and stories from libraries around...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 20, 2023 | Homepage, Wyoming Library News
From UW News University of Wyoming Libraries has received a third round of funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support ongoing newspaper digitization work. The two-year, $263,100 grant will support the ongoing Wyoming Digital Newspaper...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 18, 2023 | Grants and Awards, Homepage
The American Library Association (ALA) invites applications from small and rural libraries for the second round of funding of the Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and Rural Communities grant. Library workers may apply online for grant funding...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 17, 2023 | Calendar, Homepage
Free, online, continuing education events for the week of September 18 from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions and links are below. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or you can find all the events on our Training...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 14, 2023 | Homepage, WSL News
Find a wrap-up of the latest in Wyoming library news in the September 2023 Outrider newsletter from the Wyoming State Library. Subscribe today, and we’ll send the Outrider straight to your email inbox each month. Do you know any library colleagues, trustees,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 14, 2023 | Articles and Information, Homepage
For more than 20 years, October has been recognized as Health Literacy Month. Libraries, as trusted sources of information, are a go-to source for the resources people need to improve their knowledge of health. Health literacy is defined in two ways. First, personal...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 14, 2023 | Homepage, Trustees and Foundations
Friends of Libraries groups have their very own national week of celebration! United for Libraries will coordinate the 18th annual National Friends of Libraries Week from October 15-21, 2023. Use the time to creatively promote your group in the community, to raise...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 13, 2023 | Homepage, Wyoming Library News
Park County Library’s main building in Cody recently received national recognition with an Honorable Mention in Library Journal’s Best Small Library in America 2023 competition. The area served by Wyoming’s Cody Library, the main location of the Park County Library...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 13, 2023 | Homepage, People News
The Crook County Library has had a number of staff changes in the past couple of years with new faces and with familiar folks taking on new roles. This seems a good opportunity to get to know some of those who work in the system’s three libraries: Crook County...
