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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.

Colorado Libraries Collaborate – Still Going Strong in 2023

As we settle into the new year, we’d like to take a moment to reacquaint you with a program that …

Colorado Libraries Collaborate, CSL News

Marisa Wood

January 11, 2023

Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection: Adding Newspapers to Your Library Catalog

Do you want to provide access to free historic newspapers directly from your library catalog? Meet Colorado State Library’s CHNC …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, CSL News

Amy Hitchner

December 8, 2022

SWIFT Migration Project Update – October 2022

Hope everyone had a great summer and that things are “falling” up in your neck of the woods. Since our …

CSL News, SWIFT

Marisa Wood

October 28, 2022

SWIFT/Prospector Reconciliation Process

The Prospector Reconciliation Process is an annual activity that all Prospector participants complete in order to identify items that were …

CSL News, SWIFT

Marisa Wood

October 20, 2022

Helping Your Community with Internet

With all the scams that exist, it is getting harder to distinguish between things that are too good to be …

CSL News, Technology

Kieran Hixon

August 15, 2022

SWIFT Migration Project Update – April 2022

Since our last update in January, we’ve been busy working on new resources for SWIFT users, school/public library partnerships for …

CSL News, SWIFT

Marisa Wood

April 25, 2022

Libraries Invested in Our Planet

Happy Earth Day! The theme for this Earth Day is “Invest in Our Planet,”…

CSL News, Library Research Service

Sara Wicen

April 22, 2022

Play, Learn, and Grow Videos in Spanish

Growing Readers Together program is excited to announce the availability of Spanish language videos and activity sheets for their Play, …

CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

Amy Hitchner

April 8, 2022

Celebrate National Poetry Month with Your Book Club!

What comes to mind when you think of poetry? Do you imagine rhyming verses in flowery language about Nature? Do …

Book Club Sets, CSL News

Michael Peever

April 4, 2022

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, Plains to Peaks Collective

Leigh Jeremias

March 8, 2022

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 …

CSL News, SWIFT

Marisa Wood

January 18, 2022

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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, CSL News

Leigh Jeremias

January 5, 2022

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 …

CSL News, Plains to Peaks Collective

Leigh Jeremias

November 1, 2021

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 …

CSL News, SWIFT

Marisa Wood

October 19, 2021

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 …

CSL News, CVL Collections

Marisa Wood

August 4, 2021

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 …

CSL News, SWIFT

Marisa Wood

April 22, 2021

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 …

CSL News, Learning

Marisa Wood

April 21, 2021

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 …

CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

Marisa Wood

April 6, 2021

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 …

CSL News

Crystal Schimpf

April 2, 2021

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 …

CSL News

Beth Crist

March 12, 2021

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