The state of Wyoming led the nation in use of PCs in schools with 89.2 percent of the
state's public school students using computers, according to a study done by Market
Data Retrieval. Kansas was fourth on the list with 83.1 percent of its students using
computers in public schools.
Wichita Public Library has been awarded a $500,000 challenge grant by the National
Endowment for the Humanities to create an endowment for humanities materials
acquisitions and education programming. It must be matched with $1.5 million by the
community.
Oskalossa Public Library has won two awards for architectural design and
craftsmanship: the Masonry Institute of Iowa's Grand Award for its architecture and
the Golden Trowel Award for its masonry.
Diana Fricke, a student at the Emporia in the Rockies Colorado 5 program, has been
awarded the School Librarian's Workshop Scholarship sponsored by the American
Association of School Librarians and the Librarian Learning Resources Company.
Ada Howard, director of the Fremont County Library System, is Wyoming Library
Association Librarian of the Year.
The Utah Center for the Book is being established at the Salt Lake City Public
Library. Initial projects include supporting the Great Salt Lake Book Fair and
developing an annual literary and book arts award program.
