Beginning on November 26th, the Laramie County Library will be installing a new sort machine. This process will bring the following interruptions and changes to services:
• The two Library Mate™ item returns outside the building at the southwest entrance will be out of service.
• The two Library Mate™ item returns on the first floor of the library will be out service.
• There will be labeled bins by Cards & Accounts where library items can be manually returned.
• The Drive-Up Book Drop will be fully-functioning.
• Book discharges will be done by hand and will be delayed.
• The library will not have the space to accept large donations of books and other materials.
The installation is expected to be complete by December 14th. We appreciate our patron’s patience while we install our new sort machine.
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Construction Updates
If you have been to the library lately, you know it is a bit of an obstacle course getting here! The City of Cheyenne is working on replacing sewer mains, several of which are located around the library. We wanted to give you some information on how to get to the library, 23rd street is where you will want to head. Some resources that you might find helpful are found on the City of Cheyenne’s website:
https://www.cheyennecity.org/2137/Water-Sewer-Projects
Here is a map from the City’s website, for a detailed map you can zoom in on, click here
A Life in Libraries
I have decided to enter the competition for “Best Job in the Library.” I started working at the library in 1990, which means I have worked at the Laramie County Library for more than half of my life.
When I first began working for LCLS, I had to take a pay cut. But I decided the loss of income was worth it, because for me, working in a library was a dream job. I have been obsessed with books my whole life.Read More
Libraries and Voting: A Duo More Iconic than Macaroni and Cheese
Voting and public libraries go hand-in-hand. Think macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, or rock and roll: that’s how well libraries and elections go together.
I know, it’s a big claim to put elections and libraries up there with such iconic duos, but just think about it. Read More
National Hermit Day
What do National Hermit Day, Solitude, and Your Laramie County Library System have to do with One Another? A lot, It Turns Out.
October 29th is National Hermit Day. That’s right, a day entirely devoted to hermits. When you hear the word “hermit,” what do you think of? Does it conjure up images of bearded recluses living alone in the middle of the woods? Or, perhaps, you imagine a quiet individual who hardly ever leaves the basement. You might even think of a secluded monastery where monks pray in silent solitude.Read More
Boogers, Books & Boys!
Think of all the people you know who are avid readers. What percentage are men and what percentage are women? Surveys consistently find that women read more books as a pastime than men.
As a mother of two little boys, this is concerning for me. Strong readers experience success at school in a myriad of ways. In a study of 17,000 subjects published by The Guardian, Dr. Alice Sullivan found that reading for pleasure was linked to greater intellectual progress in vocabulary, spelling and mathematics. Read More
Library for All
As the Adult Programming Specialist, something that had bothered me for a while was that neither our children’s programming nor our adult programming was well suited for adults with disabilities. I had been a caregiver at an organization that cared for these individuals at one time and I remembered how hard it could be to fill up a day. You can only bowl and swim so many times a week, and the cold Wyoming winters do not help.Read More
The Way We Worked
Who Made America? The Way We Worked exhibit comes to Laramie County Library to explore the answer to that very question.
“Who made America/ Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain/ Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain/ Must bring back our mighty dream again.” These words from Langston Hughes’ 1938 poem, “Let America Be America Again,” are the introductory statement for the new The Way We Worked exhibit on display at the Laramie County Library from September 22 to November 13. Although the poem was written eighty years ago, the words continue to beseech us to reflect on what has made America the country it is today, and The Way We Worked exhibit echoes the sentiment, asking us to reflect upon the jobs, the technology, and the people who have worked to make America.Read More
To a New Mom
First of all, you will get advice from every direction: the internet, your mom, your closest 30 friends, your coworkers, maybe even your dog. You cannot make everyone happy. Some things will work, others won’t, and some are just plain silly. Do you wear your baby or use a stroller? Co-sleep or crib?Read More
Winners of the One World Prairie Guitar Contest
Wow! Thanks so much to all the contestants of the One World Prairie Guitar Contest. Thank you as well to our fine judges and the Cheyenne Guitar Society, especially Steve Gilmore for all your hard work. We really enjoyed this. Here’s a look at (most) of our winners! Congratulations everyone!