Colorado Authors & Libraries Connect

…staff throughout Colorado to build community. Using the magical means of email, subscribers can share news, information, and speaker opportunities, as well as facilitate connections between book clubs and writers…. (Search hits: 2 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 104.3)

Resources Addressing Racism for Youth Services Staff

Recent national events have brought a critical focus on racism in this country. To help address this topic in your library, here are some resources for youth services staff. This… (Search hits: 5 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 102.38)

Using Plain Language

best to write for that audience. But you may not be as easily understood by some if it is also available to the public. If you are writing an academic… (Search hits: 15 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 102.22)

2022 Fall Collaborative Summer Learning Program Workshops: Resources

In fall 2022, Colorado State Library and Growing Readers Together held four in-person workshops and one online workshop to support programming, outreach, and services for Colorado libraries participating in the… (Search hits: 8 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 101.5)

Colorado Shines – A Resource for Finding Early Childhood Programs

Children’s brains develop faster during their first five years than at any other times during their lifetimes. That’s why early learning is so important, whether it take place at home,… (Search hits: 2 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 100.52)

Visitation Rights

…Human Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement. The guide gives information about getting a parenting time order, and lists other resources available on child support issues. The guide is available… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 88.33)

Celebrating Women Through the Colorado Book Club Resource

…women of color. Through personal essays, criticism, interviews, testimonials, poetry, and visual art, the collection explores, as coeditor Cherríe Moraga writes, “the complex confluence of identities—race, class, gender, and sexuality—systemic… (Search hits: 12 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 112.02)

Help With Winter Energy Costs

…Energy Office Free Energy Services – provides free energy efficiency upgrades to qualifying households. For more information and background on the state’s efforts go to: State Funded Energy Efficiency Services… (Search hits: 4 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 93.53)

Home Alone

With summer fast approaching many working parents may be looking for child care. A question our library occasionally receives is on the law regarding children at home alone. The answer… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 98.79)

Research & Statistics

The State Library’s Library Research Service (LRS) provides library professionals, educators, public officials, and the media with research and statistics about libraries. LRS reports and analyzes statistics on school, public,… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 98.79)

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

…you gather all of your summer program data together and will hopefully make completing the actual report both easier and faster. If you would like to view the full report… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 98.79)

A Variety of Outreach Visualizations

Outreach is a hot topic in the library world, and one that the Library Research Service (LRS) has incorporated into the Public Library Annual Report (PLAR) since 2015. In the… (Search hits: 5 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 97.84)

Book Club – Inside and Out

…The writings in this anthology come from a correspondence course, Tell it Slant: Reading & Writing Creative Nonfiction, that the University of Denver’s Prison Arts Initiative (DU PAI) offered in… (Search hits: 12 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 97.41)

A Trauma-Informed Lens: Communities, Libraries and Research

…the material and ensure you are aware of the content that will be covered up front. Trauma is defined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) as… (Search hits: 2 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 97.18)

Colorado 2-1-1

…a free and confidential service that was set up by the Federal Communications Commission. You can find more information on the 2-1-1 service specific to Colorado at their website, www.211colorado.org…. (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 96.99)

New Laws Effective January 1

…Currently, when an insurance policy or plan provides for reimbursement for services performed by certain health care providers licensed to perform the services, a health insurance carrier cannot deny reimbursement… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 96.99)

Emergency Medical Services in Colorado

…of the National Emergency Medical Services Scope of Practice Model Colorado State Emergency Resource Mobilization Plan Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Terrorism Preparedness For more resources, search our library’s online catalog…. (Search hits: 6 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 96.99)

Mapping Colorado: Libraries Supporting Their Communities

…one of these services to community members, and six of these libraries reported providing both services. A variety of library types from across Colorado reported providing these services, so this… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 96.99)