A Window to History: CHNC’s Extraordinary Brightside Newspaper
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) has a lot of gems in its archives. Brightside,…
Michael Peever
Free Online Learning Opportunities for June
Once again the Wyoming State Library has looked high and low to find awesome, free,…
CHNC Contest Results and More Text Correcting Opportunities!
CHNC’s Competition Results The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection’s (CHNC) text correction competition was a roaring…
Free online learning opportunities for May
Thanks as always to the Wyoming State Library for curating such a great list! …
Get To Know CSL: Katie Fox on Library Research, Education, and Creativity
In a series of conversations, we are finding out about how the people of Colorado…
Pedestrianism – A 19th Century Quirk for 21st Century Life?
Today – the first Wednesday in April – just so happens to be National Walking…
How Gunnison Dealt with the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
The year was 1918 and the Spanish Flu pandemic was in full swing. The disease…
Loans Suspended on Resource Kits and Book Club Sets
Until further notice, we are suspending loans on our resource kits and book club bags….
Free Online Learning Opportunities for March
**Free Online Conferences** Mar 3-4. 2020 Southeast Collaborative Online Conference. https://sites.google.com/view/secollaborativeconference Mar 4 (9-1:45 pm)…
Get To Know CSL: Kieran Hixon on Technology and Storytelling
In a series of interviews, we are finding out about how the people of CSL…
Let’s Talk About It: Homelessness Resource Kits are Available for Loan
In 2019 it was reported that homelessness in Denver was up 8.2% from 2018. Although…
Free Online Learning Opportunities for February
This Leap Year gives us all one extra day to learn something new! Check out…
CHNC and the Online Historic Newspaper Landscape
With over 1.7 million digitized pages representing nearly 400 newspaper titles stretching back to Colorado’s…
Impeachment: The View from Colorado’s Historic Newspapers
Whether it concerns moments in Colorado’s local history or happenings in the national arena or…
Free Online Learning Opportunities for January
Ring in 2020 with some new topics and ideas with free, online professional development in…
Get to Know CSL: Samantha Hager on Colorado State Publications
From March through June of 2018, the Colorado State Library’s #GetToKnowCSL social media campaign ran…
Submissions are Open for the New Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant
The American Library Association (ALA) invites library workers to apply for a new annual grant…
New additions to the Book Club Resource
This last month or so has seen an influx of new (and in my opinion,…
Free Online Learning Opportunities for December
Black Friday may be over, but you can still score FREE learning this month thanks…