Locally Created Primary Source Education Set – Notable Colorado Women
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC), an online portal of digitized historic collections from …
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.
SWIFT Migration Project Update – January 2022
I want to start this update by acknowledging the passing of our dear colleague Lori Smith. As more than one …
The Denver Public Library Brings the Rocky to CHNC
The Rocky Mountain News (RMN) was Colorado’s oldest newspaper. Founded by William Byers during the 1859 Colorado Gold Rush, the …
New Online Discovery Tool to Search and Explore Colorado-Wyoming’s Historic Collections
The Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) recently launched a new search and discovery interface (ppc.dp.la) providing a single point of …
October 2021 SWIFT Migration Project Update
It’s been a while since our last SWIFT migration update, but we’ve been busy behind the scenes and have big …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Pines & Plains Libraries Digital Collection
Elbert County, named for Governor of the Territory of Colorado Samuel Hitt Elbert, was created in February of 1874 from …
April 2021 SWIFT Migration Project Update
Spring has sprung and the SWIFT migration to the Prospector Interlibrary Loan Service continues to make steady progress. Out of …
Closer to Free: Aspirations v. Legal Limitations in Public Libraries
Join us on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 12:00 pm MT for Closer to Free: Aspirations v. Legal Limitations in …
Play, Learn, and Grow Video Launch
Growing Readers Together is proud to announce our video-based, caregiver workshop is ready to share with families and caregivers in …
National Library Week 2021: Welcome to Your Library
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a chance for us to celebrate and support the value libraries bring …
Check Out Colorado State Parks 2021 Updates
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the Colorado State Library (CSL) are pleased to announce the continuation of the Check …
New to CSL’s Resource Kit Collection: Media Conversion Kits!
The Colorado State Library is delighted to announce the roll out of three new resource kits to help you manage …
February 2021 SWIFT Migration Project Update
If you have started gathering data for your annual PLAR report, and realized that because the old SWIFT system went …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Park County Local History Digital Archive
The Park County Local History Archive (PCLHA) represents one of the most valuable rural community archives in Colorado. It is …
PRISM Planning Project Resources for Independent Study
Currently, the prison library sector has no existing efforts to encourage and facilitate outcome measurement, which is why the Institutional …
Get To Know CSL: Nicolle Davies on Libraries and Librarianship
This chapter of Get To Know the Colorado State Library (CSL) is a conversation with none other than the State …
New StoryWalk Resources
A StoryWalk® is a fun activity that places laminated pages from a picture book mounted on posts along an outside …
January 2021 SWIFT Migration Project Update
With 2020 in the rearview mirror, we wanted to provide an update on the SWIFT migration to the Prospector Interlibrary …
CHNC Comes to Marmot
We are excited to announce that in December 2020, libraries that are part of the Marmot Library Network and Marmot’s …
View free WiFi locations in Colorado
Public libraries are helping their community members access the internet to complete essential tasks such as online schoolwork or applying for a job, even if the building is closed to the public. The buildings are just one aspect of the kinds of exemplary library services offered in Colorado.