Friday Grab Bag, August 22, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
CSL News
The Colorado State Library (CSL) helps libraries, schools, museums, and other organizations improve their services, and makes it easier for all Coloradans to access and use the materials and information they need for lifelong learning. The State Library is part of the Colorado Department of Education.
Friday Grab Bag, August 15, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Friday Grab Bag, August 8, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Friday Grab Bag, August 1, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Touring US Collections: Free Access to History
Free online access to history is an important tool for understanding our past, present and future. Cultural heritage organizations work …
Friday Grab Bag, July 25, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Friday Grab Bag, July 18, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Friday Grab Bag, July 11, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
It Takes a Village: New News for Weld and Pitkin Counties
We have long said that the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) is truly a statewide collection – not grown by …
Pigeon Loves Libraries So Much He Visits AGAIN in 2025!
Last year, Pigeon visited Colorado libraries during the inaugural Pigeon Week hosted by Colorado State Library and the Colorado Department …
Socialism and a Denver Suburb: New Additions to CHNC
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) is fast approaching 6 million pages. Generally, the content added to CHNC is funded …
Updating the Colorado Interlibrary Loan Best Practices
Colorado’s Interlibrary Loan Best Practices (developed in 2004 and revised in 2015) are in need of an update to fix …
Parks and Libraries: Another Year of Access to the Outdoors, and Enrichment and Education for All
Many patrons come in for the Colorado State Park Pass. They appreciate the opportunity the pass provides. Some have even …
SWIFT 2025 Fast Facts
Check out the inaugural edition of SWIFT Fast Facts by Library Research Service at LRS.org! SWIFT is a service of …
Register NOW for the 2025 Colorado Resource Sharing Conference!
The 2025 Colorado Resource Sharing Conference will be offering two conference formats this year! The in-person conference (formerly known as the pre-conference with a focus …
I <3 Colorado Libraries!
Colorado Department of Education, wherein the Colorado State Library is housed, has shown their love for your library and your …
“Journalism is the first rough draft of history” – Philip L. Graham
Expanding Access to the Rocky Mountain News Collection The Rocky Mountain News (RMN) was Colorado’s premier newspaper for nearly 150 …
INN-Reach Modernization Project – Sierra Web Access Testing
On November 11, 2024, SWIFT libraries that use the Millennium RSB client** will be required to transition to the Sierra …
INN-Reach Modernization Project Update for SWIFT Libraries
Earlier this summer, I shared information about the INN-Reach modernization project, which will require SWIFT libraries that currently use the …
On the Library Trail: Eastern Plains Edition
For two days and through hours of corn fields, feed lots, cattle, and wind farms, I ventured through the Eastern …