Program Spotlight: Pikes Peak Library District’s Life-sized Game Night (Intergenerational Edition)
We’ve asked libraries across Colorado to submit program they’ve run in the last year that they’re proud of and they …
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Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection 2023 Fast Facts
Check out the second Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection Fast Facts report by Library Research Service at LRS.org! The Colorado Historic …
Curious and Curiouser…New Kits for the New Year!
It’s been awhile since we posted an update here on the CSL Kits program, but I am excited to share …
Book Club Author Suggestion: Toni Morrison
Brief Bio Toni Morrison (1931–2019) was an American writer who hailed from Lorain, Ohio. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the …
Memories of Colorado’s historic blizzards and big snows
Colorado has witnessed its fair share of intense winter weather. The state’s history is peppered with legendary snowstorms and blizzards …
Organizing Your Cataloging Toolkit
Part of being a new cataloger is being confronted by an abundance of rules, tools, and resources without necessarily having …
Tracking Changes Through Time
Happy (belated) new year, library world! This time of year I often have to hesitate a moment before writing the …
The K-12 Library Connection: The School Librarian Solution to 2024 Education Challenges
School and district leaders face significant challenges in 2024. Here’s how a highly effective school librarian can help.
CVL Collections: 2023 in Review
Since 2016, the CVL Collections program has been helping organizations in Colorado (and now Wyoming!) share their unique historic collections …
Program Spotlight: Summit County Libraries’ The Wine & True Crime Book Club
We’ve asked libraries across Colorado to submit program they’ve run in the last year that they’re proud of and they …
Web Accessibility: Getting Started
While the specifics of Colorado’s web accessibility laws are ironed out, Marmot and the State Library have collected some tools …
Digital Repository Top 5: the most popular newly digitized materials of 2023
As we near the end of 2023, we’re sharing the most popular items that the State Publications Library added to …
Author Diversity in the Book Club Resource
The table below shows all the authors whose work is in the Book Club Resource collection, tags that reveal some …
Guest blog: “Things have really changed…”
This was authored by Maria DeHerrera, Library Director at Conejos Library District, recipient of the inaugural Colorado State Library travel …
The K-12 Library Connection: Sharing School Library Impact
An overview of strategies and tools for telling the story of your library program through data, research, and anecdotal feedback using resources in the Colorado State Library’s School Libraries Communication Toolkit and school library reports,
Growing the Digital Historic Newspaper Footprint of Colorado
Giving to the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection grows access to Colorado history for everyone! Our modern society has become accustomed …
Certification Opportunity: Brain Fitness with Ageless Grace
Demographic trends in Colorado are indisputable: we’re getting older and we’re staying put. According to the Colorado State Demographer’s Office, …
Mapping Colorado: Libraries Supporting Their Communities
Happy holidays, data detectives! At Library Research Service (LRS), we’re wrapping up our posts this year by charting libraries that took …
Adventures in Summer Programming
Download the Adventure Summer Workshops 2024 PDF to get all our content and the hyperlinks to resources. Below are some …
Colorado’s governors: William Ellery Sweet
Our series on Colorado’s governors continues with William E. Sweet, Colorado’s 23rd governor. Governor Sweet served one term from 1923-1925. …