Wyoming State Library

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|formed = December 16, 1871

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|jurisdiction = State of Wyoming

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|headquarters = 2800 Central Avenue

Cheyenne, WY 82002

|chief1_name = Abby Beaver

|chief1_position = State Librarian

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|website = {{URL|http://library.wyo.gov/}}

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The Wyoming State Library is the official state library agency of Wyoming located in Cheyenne, Wyoming.{{cite book |last1=Rice |first1=Gwen |last2=Rounds |first2=Linn |title=History of the Wyoming State Library, December 16, 1871-1996 |date=December 1996 |publisher=Wyoming State Library |location=Cheyenne, WY |url=https://pluto.wyo.gov/awweb/main.jsp?smd=2&nid=244679/285968/404989/404990# |accessdate=16 November 2020}} It is a department under Wyoming's Department of Administration & Information.{{cite web |title=Wyoming State Library |url=https://ai.wyo.gov/divisions/state-library |website=Wyoming Administration & Information |publisher=State of Wyoming |accessdate=16 November 2020}} The State Librarian as of 2024 is Abby Beaver.

The State Library maintains a Telework Lab for state employees.{{cite web | title=Telework Computer Lab | website=Wyoming State Library | url=https://library.wyo.gov/using-the-library/wyo-staff/lab/ | access-date=2020-11-17}} They also maintain the WYLD network of member libraries within the state which allows resource sharing.{{cite web | title=WYLD Network User Group | website=Wyoming State Library | url=https://library.wyo.gov/wyld/network/ | access-date=2020-11-17}} They sponsor an annual Wyoming Letters About Literature contest for Wyoming students in grades 4-12.{{cite web | last=Logan | first=Tiffany | title=Students Invited to Enter Wyoming Writing & Reading Contest | website=Wyoming News Now | date=2020-10-26 | url=https://www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/2020/10/26/students-invited-to-enter-wyoming-writing-reading-contest/ | access-date=2020-11-17}}

History

The Wyoming Territorial Library was created on December 16, 1871 by an act of the Second Territorial Legislature. E. P. Johnson was appointed the first territorial librarian. The library was initially mainly a government documents depository and was located in the Opera House building at what is now 17th and Capitol. Minnie Slaughter was the first person to hold the title of State Librarian in 1890. The library became open to the public, to any state resident, in 1897. In 1917 the library moved into the east wing of the State Capitol; it moved again to share space with the Supreme Court in 1937. In 1968 the State Law Library and the State Library became two separate entities. In 1990 the State Library became a division of the Department of Administration & Information.

References

External links

[http://library.wyo.gov/ Official website]

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Category:State libraries of the United States