Important Tips and Tricks for Correcting CHNC Text

…in these instances. If the word is split between two lines without a hyphen, please correct it by joining the two parts together. Do I have to correct all the… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

Time Machine Tuesday: The Tabor Grand Opera House

…in 1881, prior to installation of the chandelier. Photo courtesy Denver Public Library Western History & Genealogy Department. Horace Tabor had already built an opera house in Leadville, but soon… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

It’s That Time Again! – 2023 Summer Library Program Reports

…more than one branch are not required to submit separate reports per branch. Colorado military public libraries offering summer programs on their installations are also encouraged to complete a summer… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Highways Bulletin

…in the summer of 1918. Published monthly through 1919, the bulletin updated Coloradans on highway construction and promoted automobile tourism with articles and photos. The March 1919 issue, for instance… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

Vote for Colorado’s Most Significant Artifact

instance, in 1918 Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones became the first female African American to graduate from the University of Colorado — although she was not allowed to participate in graduation… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

Time Machine Tuesday: The Santa Fe Trail

…Trail. Even more settlers followed during the gold rushes and in the years after the American Civil War; some, instead of just passing through, decided to stay. For instance, the… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

Time Machine Tuesday: Mine Accidents and Safety

…Commission of Colorado. The latter reports list the workers compensation claims put before the state. For instance, claims on behalf of the miners lost in the Hastings explosion can be… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

The Murals of Allen True

…Post, Collier’s Weekly, and other popular magazines of the era. His interest turned to murals around WWI, when he worked on an installation in San Francisco. Back in Colorado, over… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

Colorado’s Small Mammals, Part I: Rodents

…species have unique characteristics. The grasshopper mouse, for instance, is a carnivore. In addition to hunting insects and worms, it has also been known to kill and eat lizards and… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

Colorado’s Small Mammals, Part III: Mustelids

…species; for instance, wolverines’ faces have some resemblance to bears, but they are much smaller than bears and have longer tails. Additional information on wolverine habitat and life-cycles can be… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

Solar heating for the summer solstice

…explains how to use solar energy specifically to heat water and provides tips for installing these systems, including the optimal angle for tilting a solar collector based on Colorado’s latitude…. (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

Friday Grab Bag, May 27, 2022

…presentation by Don Campbell of the Chinle Cactus & Succulent Society. This program will also discuss various considerations while planning, designing, installing, and maintaining an outdoor garden, as well as… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

What is Racism? What is Antiracism?

…attitude is to be “color conscious,” where we remain aware of people’s differences so that we may stand against instances of potential or actual discrimination. Colorblindness perpetuates a feeling that… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

Touring Colorado’s Collections: Pines & Plains Libraries Digital Collection

…basic digital artifacts. In 2020, P&PL administration became aware of the Colorado State Library’s CVL Collections program, which assists local organizations in digitization and preservation through implementation of individual instances… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

The K-12 Library Connection:

Welcome to the first installment of our Short Bytes twice-monthly mini-newsletter! This twice-a-month short-bytes newsletter will feature short articles and information that we’ve culled on promising K-12 librarian/library staff practice,… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

Colorado State Parks: Jackson Lake

This installment of our state parks series takes us to the “oasis in the plains”: Jackson Lake State Park. Jackson Lake (otherwise known as the Jackson Reservoir) is located in… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)

General Election Ballot Returns

…summary containing more detailed data such as county, party, age, and gender. The current data shows, for instance, unaffiliated voters lead the political party affiliations in number of ballots returned… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 63.41)