Hidden Gem: Spark the Change Colorado’s RSVP Volunteer Program

…librarians around Colorado learn about their organization, agency, and/or services. Below, you’ll learn about Spark the Change Colorado and their potential to help you serve your community. In addition, at… (Search hits: 31 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 188.56)

Ten-Digit Dialing for Area Codes 719 and 970 Begins This Month

…be completed. Customers with these area codes should remember that any pre-programmed devices such as speed dials/mobile contact lists, security systems, dial-up internet, and medical alert devices will need to… (Search hits: 23 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 185.18)

Protecting your Home from Forest Fire

…declaration here.) If you live in the mountains or foothills, there are many precautions you can take to help protect your home in case of a fire, i.e. making sure… (Search hits: 7 in body, 2 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 184.92)

Program Spotlight: New Castle’s Posada Navideña

…GCPLD helped plan and staffed the program. We partnered with a nonprofit organization, Una Mano, Una Esperanza, and a local radio station, La Tricolor 107.1/104.3. We also partnered with a… (Search hits: 23 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 181.68)

Save Your Spot at HESTL EdCON 2023!

…without fear of challenge? Adams 12 schools developed materials selection committees to cultivate a community of readers, giving voice to staff and students and incorporating parent/community voice in the process… (Search hits: 34 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 180.03)

Digital Collections Stewardship

community. Project Outline University of Denver. Student and Professor in Computer Lab, between 1980-1989. between 1980-1989. Retrieved from the University of Denver, https://specialcollections.du.edu/object/0a930cec-57e8-41f4-a51f-f28da2536464. (Accessed March 4, 2024.) Phase 1: Complete… (Search hits: 28 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 177.24)

Adventures in Summer Programming

…Recreation Agents of Discovery (press release) Kids Activities resources Request “Critter Crates” from CPW for library programming on local wildlife and flora Includes skins, skulls, faux scat, antlers, and curriculum/… (Search hits: 11 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 6 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 361)

Homeless Programs

The Colorado Governor’s Office, the Colorado Dept. of Local Affairs – Division of Housing, and various local nonprofits have teamed up to produce a new report, Pathways Home Colorado: Ensuring… (Search hits: 4 in body, 2 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 175.76)

Fracking: Risk to Homes and the Environment

Today’s Denver Post headlined “Colorado residents push to protect homes, river from fracking,” which discusses the use of state rules that were established by recommendations from a 2014 task force…. (Search hits: 2 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 124.83)

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

…food, shelter, housing, rent/utility payment assistance, emergency shelter, clothing, transportation assistance, substance abuse treatment, child care, senior services, medical and dental care, immigration information or legal services, prescriptions, mental health… (Search hits: 44 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 169.24)

SWIFT/Prospector Reconciliation Process

…are currently participating in Prospector as a borrowing library only, you only need to complete steps 4 and 5, which will commence in January of 2023! Step 1: Run Institutional… (Search hits: 12 in body, 2 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 173.62)

Program Spotlight: West Custer County Library’s DMV2GO Program

…at cathy@westcusterlibrary.org *** Colorado State Library (and the readers of this point as well, no doubt) understands how time consuming, emotionally draining, costly (in so many ways), and challenging it… (Search hits: 23 in body, 2 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 173)

Updating the Colorado Public Library Standards

…2024 and beyond. Activities: initial standards review & feedback, refresh based on feedback, revisions with an equity specialist, other lenses (future-forward, basic small/rural library capacity, etc.). Time Commitment: roughly 2-3… (Search hits: 5 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 170.2)

Program Spotlight: Poudre River Library’s Human Library

…have been subjected to bias, stereotyping, or intolerance due to their lifestyle, race, beliefs, disability, etc. For example, a Reader may wish to converse with a Book who identifies as… (Search hits: 20 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 170)

Program Spotlight: Denver Public Library’s Battle of the Books

…with James Mustich, author of 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die, the compulsively readable, entertaining, and surprising book that celebrates the greatest books of all time. Each of five… (Search hits: 20 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 170)