Free Online Learning Opportunities for January 2024

…Wednesday, Jan 17 (12-1 pm) Best Practices When Using American Community Survey Data (US Census) Join us for a deeper dive into the American Community Survey (ACS) and learn best (Search hits: 19 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 125.12)

Online Education Performance Audit

…with the Hope Online Learning Academy Co-Op and illustrates the risks of having insufficient oversight and standards for online schools. The audit report is available online on the Office of… (Search hits: 6 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 68.72)

Free Access to Digitized Historic Newspapers: Colorado and Beyond

Most of you know that Colorado offers free online access to historic newspapers through the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC). With over 650 unique titles comprising over 2.8 million pages,… (Search hits: 8 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.82)

Time Machine Tuesday: College Catalogs

…— online back to 2001-02 Otero Junior College — online back to 2004-06 Fort Lewis College — online back to 1914-15 Mesa State College — online back to 1989-90 (click… (Search hits: 25 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 30.68)

Upcoming Webinars and Online Events for Adult Services

Virtual Partner Forum: Re-entry Resource from Remerg Wednesday, August 9, 2023 from 11AM to 11:30AM Register Here A 30-minute live forum via Zoom where our partner will deliver their elevator… (Search hits: 1 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 62.59)

Colorado’s Water: Online Exhibits

…of water and water rights in our state. Materials include theses and studies from CSU as well as the Western Waters Digital Library, which includes materials from 20 universities. Also… (Search hits: 1 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 62.59)

History Colorado Collections Online

…and stories of Colorado, check out History Colorado’s Colorado Heritage and its predecessor, Colorado Magazine, available from our library. Also be sure to check our library’s online catalog for further… (Search hits: 1 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 62.59)

Virtual Learning for Library Trustees, January-March 2021

…This meetup will provide an online space for trustees to come together and consider important issues from a broad range perspectives. The topic for the March 2021 Trustee Talk will… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 62.59)

Online Workforce Information

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has set up a new website, http://www.e-colorado.org/, which they call “your first source for online workforce information.”  This is a helpful website both… (Search hits: 1 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 62.59)

Online Career Help

Are you looking for a new job, or thinking of taking your career in a new direction?  The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment can assist.  Their Career Help webpage… (Search hits: 0 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 61.36)

800+ Titles Now in the Book Club Resource!

…enriched our nation, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict, and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan… (Search hits: 8 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 34.71)

Online Business Filings from the Colorado Secretary of State

If you are looking for incorporation records for any registered Colorado business, they are available online through the Colorado Secretary of State’s Business Database.  Search the database by business or… (Search hits: 1 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 62.59)

Collecting All Things Book Clubs

…about books, not specifically book discussions. Best Online Book Clubs, 2023 Edition – BookRiot, 2023 Big Library Read – Join the first global ebook club. Hoopla Book Club – Visit… (Search hits: 12 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 27.17)

Book Club Reads for People in a Hurry

…of the catalog! Animal Farm, by George Orwell One of Time magazine’s 100 best English-language novels and the most famous of all twentieth-century political allegories. This account of a group… (Search hits: 5 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 18.58)

Hidden Gem: 211 Colorado’s Database and Community Resource Managers

…they best see fit in order to best serve their community. 211 does offer a free walk through of our 211colorado.org webpage to guide and support anyone interested in learning… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 26.03)

Keeping Your Social Media Accessible for All to Enjoy

…of the easiest accessibility best practices to follow. Properly formatted hashtags are easier for everyone to read, no matter the status of their vision. Don’t insert hashtags in line with… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 26.03)

Pandemic Practices: Staff-Created Content

…includes friendly videos from Anythink staff, where they get to say hello while promoting online resources like ebooks, The Great Courses, Kanopy, Creativebug and more. This has taken the form… (Search hits: 8 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 22.26)

How to Help Injured Wildlife

…they are abandoned, orphaned, or injured. Most often, however, these babies are simply awaiting their mother’s return. If you find a baby animal on its own, the best thing you… (Search hits: 5 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 21.69)

Book Club Resource Surpasses 1,000 Sets

…Times bestseller by Sue Klebold, mother of one of the Columbine shooters, about living in the aftermath of Columbine. On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 19.81)

Bite-sized Escapism – Reading Short Stories with Your Book Club

…For a complete list of short story anthologies in our collection, visit the Colorado Book Club Resource online catalog. *** The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 19.81)