Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways: Grand Mesa
Our series travelling Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways continues around the Grand Mesa! The Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway …
Resource Sharing
Information on activities and initiatives that promote the sharing of materials, programming, skills, and talents among Colorado’s library and cultural heritage communities.
Friday Grab Bag, March 7, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
The Latest Cartography for Colorado Library Systems
LRS has combined the boundaries of all Colorado public library systems onto one map using the latest data available…
Friday Grab Bag, February 28, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Register NOW for the 2025 Colorado Resource Sharing Conference!
The 2025 Colorado Resource Sharing Conference will be offering two conference formats this year! The in-person conference (formerly known as the pre-conference with a focus …
Understanding Colorado’s electric vehicle tax credit
Have you seen more of those lightning bolt license plates around Colorado recently? They’re attached to electric vehicles (EVs)! Colorado …
Friday Grab Bag, February 21, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Friday Grab Bag, February 14, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Book Club Author Suggestion: John Green
Brief Bio: John Green is a highly acclaimed American author known for his young adult novels that explore themes of …
Colorado State Parks: Roxborough
Next up in our series exploring Colorado’s state parks is Roxborough! Roxborough State Park is a geologically and archaeologically significant …
Friday Grab Bag, February 7, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Leveling Up Our Mapping Tools
Introducing the 2025 PLB Expansion Pack! After two years (it’s been two years already?!) of Public Library Blueprints (PLB) posts, …
Friday Grab Bag, January 31, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
20 Popular Book Club Sets
The Colorado Book Club Resource began life with just a small selection of book club sets in the late 2000s. …
A snapshot of homelessness through Colorado’s Point-in-Time Count
Each January, Colorado participates in the Point-in-Time (PIT) count, a snapshot of the people experiencing homelessness on a single night …
Friday Grab Bag, January 24, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection 2024 Fast Facts
Check out the third edition of the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection Fast Facts report by Library Research Service at LRS.org. The Colorado Historic …
Friday Grab Bag, January 17, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Book Club Author Suggestion: Ellen Hopkins
Brief Bio: Ellen Louise Hopkins (born March 26, 1955) is an acclaimed American author and poet, best known for her …
New Resource Kit: Booktasting the 2024 Colorado Book Awards
Colorado State Library has partnered with Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book to create a “booktasting” kit for libraries …