“Chinatown Is Now a Mass of Ruins”: How the racial violence of 1880 was reported in Denver
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) recently reached 3 million digitized pages! The collection contains…
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
The Colorado State Library’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Team (EDIT) is dedicated to raising awareness about both contemporary and historical EDI issues, and spotlighting the EDI work that is being done in Colorado’s cultural heritage profession. Volunteer State Library staff provide these resources for library and other cultural heritage workers as it is crucial for them to have to this knowledge and understanding in order to better serve their patrons and communities. For an archive of the occasional Next Draft newsletter, click here. Questions? Feedback? Contact edit@coloradovirtuallibrary.org.
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage month, celebrating the histories, contributions, and achievements of Americans…
Autism is Welcome Here Webinar Recording
Last week, Suzi Tonini, CSL’s School Library Consultant, facilitated an excellent session for those working…
Resilient Communities: How Library Programming Can Fight The Climate Crisis
Resilience is and always has been an essential trait for overcoming each generation’s greatest challenges….
War and Peace in the Library
Tolerance is not a moral absolute; it is a peace treaty. Tolerance is a social…
Common Content Accessibility Problems, Part 2: Images and Text Alternatives
Accessible content will always have a good text equivalents for images.
Common Content Accessibility Problems, Part 1: Headings and Links
Content-writers should be alert to these common problems, and know how to avoid or fix them.
Book Club – Inside and Out
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside…
When the Black Panthers Denver Chapter Leader Made TV History
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was a left-wing Black power political organization founded by Bobby…
DEI Efforts From the Bottom Up: Trial and Error in a Branch-Level Committee
Guest Post by Ellie Nash, Library Specialist Lead at Arapahoe Libraries While Diversity, Equity, and…
Book Club Titles for Black History Month
During the Black Lives Matter protests, book clubs were seized on as a way to…
Professional Archival Experience: SRMA Archives Fellowship Pilot Program
The Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists (SRMA) is offering a stipend of up to $6,000…
Language Resources: Translation and Interpretation Services and Beyond
Language translation is not simply the matter of using Google Translate or ad hoc translation…
Rocky Mountain JIHO: Japanese American Life in Colorado
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) recently added the Rocky Mountain JIHO, 1969-1997, to the…
Transgender in the Workplace
Recently I attended a training held by the State of Colorado on how to understand…
LGBTQ+ Crisis Resources
Our hearts are so heavy with the recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado…
Pouncing on Prejudice: Mitigating Assumptions and Bias in Research
It is often stated that, “If you have a brain, you have bias.” Along these…
A Trauma-Informed Lens: Communities, Libraries and Research
This post will delve into trauma-informed practices for research and everyday interactions for library workers….
Climate Equity and Environmental Justice
Climate change has been on our minds a lot lately. Long stretches of hot days…
DEI in Libraries and Archives: Lessons Learned from a Reparative Description Project
This guest post is written by Nancy Henke. Henke earned her MA in Literature from…