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Platte County Public Library
In just one day
41,895 people visit Wyoming’s public, academic and school libraries
Niobrara County Library
Sweetwater County Library Green River
Campbell County Public LibraryGillette
Why is the library important to you?
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Ten Sleep Branch Library
“The library is great! It’s like heaven for me. ”
Herli Wight, Park County Library
Fremont County LibraryLander
Powell Branch Library
“The library has been an integral part of our family. It has helped to give our children a love of reading and learning. ”
Cindy Stacy, Crook County Library
Burns Branch Library
Hot Springs County Library
Converse County Library
“Books let me be the person in the story.”
Student, Wyoming Boys School
Fremont County LibraryLander
Powell Branch Library
“I love the smell of books and the feel of books --they are as important to me as food.”
Patron, Greybull Branch Library
Campbell County Public LibraryGillette
Sublette County LibraryPinedale
“A place to keep the mind working and go on many adventures.”
Inmate, Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution
Riverton Branch Library
Riverton Branch Library
“I have felt very welcomed in the community because of the library. ”
E.A., Greybull Branch Library
Powell Branch Library
Fremont County LibraryLander
Dubois Branch Library
“Everyone should have the chance to read, whether they can afford to buy books or not.”
Patron, Sweetwater County Library System
Crook County Public Library
Ten Sleep Branch Library
“The best library I've ever been in, and I've lived in New York, Dallas & San Francisco.”
Patron, Ten Sleep Branch Library
Park County Library
Laramie County Library Cheyenne
Dubois Branch Library
“My children and I come almost every day for new books and [to] enjoy the activities they have to offer.”
Kathryn Havskjold, Sweetwater County Library System
Greybull Branch Library
Dubois Branch Library
Johnson County Library
On October 14, 2014
Wyoming’s public and community college libraries issued 144 new library cards
Laramie County Library System Bookmobile
Converse County Library
On October 14, 2014
Wyoming public libraries checked out 8,700 items for children and teens
Laramie County Library Cheyenne
Meeteetse Branch Library
“The library has been a great stepping stone for our son’s reading.”
Michelle B., Sweetwater County Library System
Hot Springs County Library
Hot Springs County Library
On a typical school day
More than 15,465 Wyoming K-12 students visit a school library
Sundance Elementary
Newcastle High School
“It has everything I love in it -- books, magazines and computers. I LOVE IT!”
Allie, 5th grade, Sundance Elementary School
Sundance Elementary
Moorcroft High School
“Outside of Wyoming Boys School I would never have read. While here I have learned to love reading.”
Student, Wyoming Boys School
Buffalo Ridge Elementary
Jackson ElementaryTeton County
“We have the best library in the world. ”
Hanna, 2nd grade, Jackson Elementary in Green River
Jackson Hole Middle School
Author Jack Gantos visits
“Reading is knowledge; knowledge is power. I love new books, old books, and like to escape into any book.”
Student, Wyoming Boys School
Jackson Elementary Teton County
Thermopolis Middle School
In just one week
Wyoming’s college and university students make 39,817 visits to their campus libraries
Laramie County Community CollegeAlbany County Campus
UW Lab School students painting the ACC/LCCC Berlin Wall
Western Wyoming Community College
“I have 3 kids, so studying at home is nearly impossible. I come here almost every day to study and use the computers.”
Student, Gillette College Daly Library
University of Wyoming Coe Library
Mary Brown Kooi LibrarySheridan College
“I don't have the internet so it’s invaluable to me to get my homework done.”
Pamela White, Gillette College Daly Library
Gillette CollegeDaly Library
Central Wyoming College Library
In just one day
Wyoming residents download 524 digital books, audiobooks or magazines from GoWYLD
“Libraries are FULL of words, and since we make our world from words, what a better place to be?”
Jill Miller, Riverton Branch Library
Niobrara County Library
Dubois Branch Library
Outreach programs
In just one day
894 children and teens attend a program at a Wyoming public library
Riverton Branch Library
Weston County Library
“My children consider it a second home!”
Delina Wille, Riverton Branch Library
Riverton Branch Library
Converse County Library
“The library is important to me because it helps us to read.”
2nd grade student, Meeteetse Branch/School Library
Meeteetse Branch Library
Johnson County Library
The first Book Buddies program of the year, with Kiwanis volunteer Steve Reimann of Buffalo reading to third grade boys at Cloud Peak Elementary School.
“It enables the ageless act of learning!”
B.B., Greybull Branch Library
Campbell County Public Library
Teen robotics
Dubois Branch Library
Dubois Lego Club
In just one day
2,394 people use a Wyoming public library computer
Pinedale Library
Sweetwater County Library Green River
665 Wyomingites
Work in the state’s public libraries, connecting people with information
Fremont County LibraryLander
“I need several books a month and would be lost without the library!”
Marie Yahnel, Converse County Library
Ten Sleep Branch Library
Wyoming State Library
The new 2015 Summer Reading posters.
“It gives my kids a place to learn and play -- and librarians who really care.”
Emily Durrant, Sweetwater County Library System
Rock Springs Library
Laramie County Library
“Without the library there is no culture and no memory.”
Tom, Johnson County Library
Sublette County LibraryPinedale
