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June 9, 2021 University of Wyoming Libraries has partnered with Wyoming’s seven community colleges, the Wyoming State Library and county libraries to provide statewide and university-wide access to e-content provider OverDrive, along with Libby, a one-tap reading app. All Wyoming libraries will join the OverDrive consortium by July, and all e-content from all libraries will be available statewide at that time. Through the partnership, UW community members and Wyoming residents will have full digital access to e-books, e-audiobooks, magazines, videos, comics and more. UW students, faculty an...

Director of Communications: Dr. Curtis Rogers For more than 50 years, the South Carolina State Library (SCSL) has provided educational and community services to the state. Like SCETV, this remarkable resource takes measures to enrich lives by educating children, informing and connecting with citizens inside and outside of the state and sharing historical, and cultural collections. Because the missions of the two organizations are so closely aligned, SCETV and SC Public Radio are a perfect fit for SCSL’s marketing strategy. “We strive to develop, support, and sustain a thriving statewide ...

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The Wyoming Virtual Library, a service provided by public libraries across the state as well as by the Wyoming State Library, recently marked its one millionth checkout of e-books, e-audiobooks and digital magazines, comic books and graphic novels. The one millionth checkout was Elizabeth Gilbert’s City of Girls. The Wyoming Virtual Library currently includes more than 22 library systems around the state. By July, every Wyoming public and community college, the University of Wyoming and the Wyoming State Library will all be part of this consortium. Member libraries provide their patrons ...

Moti MIlrod / AP Rocket attacks on Israel have tested its vaunted Iron Dome missile-defense system. The attacks, launched by Hamas, come amid a broader increase in violence, with the majority of the casualties on the Palestinian side. Israel's Iron Dome defense system has downed fewer than half of the rockets fired at the Jewish state by Hamas, Israeli officials claimed Tuesday as the terrorist group launched additional barrages into the country. "Up until this time, approximately 480 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip at Israeli territory, and approxima...