LCLS offers two e-book libraries, in partnership with the Wyoming State Library and other Wyoming libraries. To access these e-book libraries, you need three things: a valid library card, your PIN, a device that allows you to download an app. Smart phones, tablets, e-readers and most PC’s have this capability.
Volunteer For Us!
We have a very busy summer planned and are looking for some volunteers to help us out!
Shhhhh – You’re in the Library!
If that is your image of a library, it has been a while since you’ve been in one. We are a busy place with families coming and going, teens hanging out in a space designed just for them and meeting rooms that are full most of the time.
Check Out the Migratory Birds Coming Through Cheyenne
I am so excited! In the next few weeks, there will be a huge influx of migrating birds flying through our area. Some will stay here for the summer and some will travel on to areas farther north. No longer will we see ONLY sparrows and starlings. (Both by the way are introduced species. I’m biased toward native species.) The …
Thank You for Your Faith in Us
The PEW Research Center has reported regularly over the last 5 years that libraries are considered the most trusted institution in the United States. We rank ahead of the military, small businesses, the police and religious institutions. 91% of Americans say that libraries are important to their community. That is quite humbling.
Frightening Visions of the Future
If a utopia is an ideal world, then a dystopian one is where civilization has gone awry, either because of an environmental crisis, political and social circumstances or both. The result is a world where many people are unhappy and afraid, and often unfairly treated. The term came into being to describe classic literary novels like 1984 by George Orwell …
Equal Justice Wyoming
On the Reference Desk, we get many questions about legal issues. For example: Do you have the Wyoming State Statutes? Yes, we do. Can you explain what this paragraph means? No, we cannot. Do you have rental and lease forms? Yes, we have NOLO books that have forms, but they are general forms and not Wyoming specific. I am changing …
YOUR Library is “One Size Fits All”
Library workers, just like library patrons, come in all sizes. Sometimes there’s a bit of a mismatch between a task and the worker, but we make it work.
Whimsical Creations from Cheyenne’s 6th Graders
Every February, art teachers from the elementary schools in Laramie County School District #1 deliver hundreds of pieces of art to the library—each created by a 6th grade student. Along with each piece of art, the students write short artist’s statements about their creations. These statements contribute to successful fulfillment of the required educational standards of creating, connecting, responding and …
Mindfulness
Today the trees were not gloriously dressed in brittle white. Now, just grey and stark. If that is all I saw today I would feel gloomy, but then I looked beyond and saw the sky. Not just any sky, our Wyoming sky. How many ways can nature paint on that canvas with the clouds? Then, when that is not beautiful …