Libraries News + Stories

2025 News + Stories

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June:

• AI Summit Hosted by University of Wyoming Libraries, Wyoming State Archives

 

May:

• UW Libraries Receives Core PR Xchange Award
• Brenna Philbrick Receives UW Libraries Outstanding Staff Award
• Online Resource Changes: What You Need to Know
  
  

April

• UW to Host Wellness and Destress Events for Students
• Spring Note from the Dean
• Spring Employee News
• Spring 2025 Senior Sendoff
• UW Libraries' Collaboration with WEST and Internet Archive
• AI Summit Keynote Speaker Announced

 

February

• Studio Coe's Audio-Recording Space: A Hidden Gem of Coe Library
• BTS: Adding a Book to Our Collection

 

January

• UW Libraries Names Alternative Textbook Grant Recipients for Spring Semester
• Studio Coe's Short Film Festival Competition
• UW to Host Pulitzer-Winning Author Yong Feb. 6

2024 News + Stories

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December:

• Wyoming State Librarian Appointed as UW Adjunct Faculty Member
  
  

November:

• UW to Host Wellness and Destress Events for Students
  
  

October:

• Fall Note from the Dean
• Fall Employee News
• Research Tips & Tricks

September:

• WEST'S New Pilot with Member Libraries and the Internet Archive Aims to Maximize Deselections, Expand Access and Enhance Preservation
• UW to Host Event Honoring Late Creative Writing Professor Brad Watson Oct. 23
• Studio Coe Beats Battle Announcement
• UW Libraries Selects Alternative Textbook Grant Recipients for the 2024-25 Academic Year
  
  

August:

• UW Libraries Partners With Bloomberg to Provide Complimentary Memberships
• Getting the Most Out of the Library as a Transfer Student
• New Students' Guide to UW Libraries Resources
• New Course Reserve Tool Now Available for Fall Semester

 

July:

• Samantha H. Peter Appointed Publications in Librarianship Book Series Editor

 

May:

• UW Libraries Adds ArtistWorks to Statewide Libby and OverDrive Platforms
• Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries & Elsevier Sign Agreement

 

April:

• UW to Host Wellness and Destress Events for Students
• Native Grasses of the Apache Highlands Book Donation
• Spring Note from the Dean
• Spring Employee News
• Tandi Valdez Receives UW Libraries Outstanding Staff Award
• UW's Peter Receives LIRT Librarian Recognition Award
• HathiTrust: Preserving the Treasures: Shared Print Phase 3 Pilot Outcomes

 

March:

• Kvenild Appointed Dean of UW Libraries
• 'Journey Stories' Exhibition on Display at UW's Coe Library
• Downtime Guide to UW Libraries

 

February:

• Agnes Milstead Distinguished Librarianship Award Nominations Due March 1 
• Research Tips for Midterms
• Impact of Open Education Resources

January:

• UW Libraries Resumes Prospector Service
• UW Communications and Marketing Specialists Receive State Awards
• More Than Books
• UW Libraries Names Alternative Textbook Grant Recipients for Spring Semester
• Wyoming Natives to Visit UW Feb. 5 to Discuss New Production

2023 News + Stories

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December:

• Faculty in Colorado and Wyoming Pass Resolutions to Strengthen Libraries in Negotiations with Publishers
• UW's Faculty Senate and Libraries Call for Responsible Stewardship and Equitable Access to Information

November:

• UW to Host Wellness and Destress Events for Students

October:

• 'Sounds of Religion' Exhibition To Be on View at UW's Coe Library
• Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries & Elsevier Begin Contract Negotiations
• Top 10 Study Spaces in UW Libraries
• Fall Employee News
• Fall Note from the Dean
• UW Libraries Hosts 'Open October'
  
  

September:

• UW Receives Third NEH Grant for Wyoming Digital Newspaper Project
• Bestselling Author Stephen Markley to Discuss New Book at UW Sept. 26-27

August:

• UW Libraries Names Alternative Textbook Grant Recipients for 2023-24 Academic Year
• Special Accessibility in Education Issue of UW-Published Journal Now Available
  
  

July:

• UW Natural Science Partnership Seeks Public Library Support
   

June:

• UW Libraries Receives Core PR Xchange Award
• Kvenild Appointed Interim Libraries Dean
• UW Press' First Author to Tour Wyoming This Month
  
  

May:

• The University of Wyoming Selects the Ex Libris Higher Education Platform for Multiple Library Services
  
  

April:

• UW Libraries to Pause Prospector Service
• UW to Host Wellness and Destress Events for Students
• Jennifer Kirk Receives UW Libraries Outstanding Staff Award
• Spring Employee News
• Spring Note from the Dean
• Service to the State
  
  

March:

• UW Libraries Upgrades Digital Collections Platform
• University of Wyoming Press Publishes First Book
  
  

February:

• Stonewall National Museum & Archives Exhibition on View at UW's Coe Library
• Agnes Milstead Distinguished Librarianship Award Nominations Due March 3 
• UW LIbraries Names Alternative Textbook Grant Recipients for Spring Semester

2022 News + Stories

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November:

• UW to Host Wellness, Destress Events for Students
• Wyoming State Librarian, Archivist Appointed Adjunct Faculty with UW Libraries
• Fall Note from the Dean
• Fall Employee News

October

• Debut Issue of UW-Published Journal Now Available
• UW Libraries Launches Peer Research Mentor Program

September

• 'Habitat: Artists' Books Exhibition on View at UW's Coe Library
• UW's Coe Library Houses Model of Schooner Wyoming

August

• University of Wyoming Press to Offer Workshop, Open House Sept. 14 at UW
• UW Libraries Partners with New York Times to Provide Complimentary Memberships
• UW Libraries Names Alternative Textbook Grant Recipients

June

• University of Wyoming Press Seeks Book Proposals, Offers Editorial Support

May

• Orrin Koenig Receives UW Libraries Outstanding Staff Award
• Stephen Boss Named Agnes Milstead Distinguished Librarian at UW

 
April

• Tickets on Sale for Yellowstone Conference Keynote Dinner
• Spring Note from the Dean

March

• Award-Winning Author Jesmyn Ward to Speak at UW April 20
• Yellowstone Collector to Give Talk at UW March 31
• UW Libraries to Launch Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education

February

• Registration Open for Yellowstone Conference

January

• Yellowstone Poster Exhibition to be on View at UW's Coe Library
• UW Libraries to Participate in Streaming Media Study

2021 News + Stories

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November

• UW Creates New Student Learning Commons
• UW Professor, Author Colleen Denney to Speak on Campus Dec. 2

October

• Fall Note from the Dean
• Wyoming Library to Business
• Fall Employee News
• UW Libraries to' Digital Scholarship Center Hosts 'Open October'

September 

• Author and Former UW Faculty Member Ann McCutchan to Speak Oct. 6
• UW Libraries, MSU Library to Co-Host Conference on Documenting Yellowstone 
• UW Receives Second NEH Grant for Wyoming Digital Newspaper Project
• UW Libraries Signs Open Access Publishing Agreement with Cambridge University Press
• 9/11 Educational Exhibition on View at UW's Coe Library

August

• UW LIbraries Launches Digital Scholarship Center
• UW Libraries' Complimentary Access to The Washington Post Now Easier Off Campus
• UW Libraries Names Alternative Textbook Grant Recipients

July

• UW Libraries Partners with Wyoming Libraries to Offer Free Access to Language-Learning Resources

June

• UW Libraries Partners with Wyoming Community Colleges, State and County Libraries to Offer Access to E-Content Provider

May

• Shannon Person Receives UW Libraries Outstanding Staff Award
• UW Libraries Partners with The Washington Post to Provide Complimentary Access

April

• UW Libraries to Partner in $10 Million National Library of Medicine Cooperative Agreement
• Spring Note from the Dean
• Fire on the Mountain
• Spring Employee News

March

• UW Libraries Partners with Wall Street Journal to Provide Complimentary Memberships
  
  

February

• UW Libraries, Wyoming State Library Launch New Digital Historic Newspaper Collection 
• UW Libraries Selects Alternative Textbook Grant Recipients

January

• Nominations Accepted for UW's Agnes Milstead Distinguished Librarianship Award
• Mountain Scholar Content Freeze

2020 News + Stories

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November

• UW Museum of Vertebrates Launches 3D Scans Database for Remote Research, Teaching
• UW Libraries to Adjust Hours, Services During Phase 4 of Fall Semester

October

• Fall Employee News
• Fall Note from the Dean
• UW Libraries Extends Deadline to Submit Alternative Textbook Grant Proposals
• UW Libraries-Led Project Adds First Set of Wyoming Newspapers to National Database

September

• Lift Every Voice
  
  

August

• UW Libraries Requests Volunteers for Café of Poetry Readings Event

June

• UW Libraries Offers Contactless Curbside Pickup

May

• UW Libraries Names Alternative Textbook Grant Recipients

April

• Spring Note from the Dean
• Hutchens Named Agnes Milstead Distinguished Librarian at UW
• UW Libraries: We Got You
• Spring Employee News
• NEH Wyoming Digital Newspaper Project Update
• Amundson Receives UW Libraries Outstanding Staff Award

March

• UW's Kvenild Receives Distinguished Education

January

• UW Libraries Names Alt-Textbook Grant Recipients
• Database Spotlight: African American and Diaspora Studies Research Resources