March 5-11 is Consumer Protection Week
Many government agencies and nonprofits will be recognizing National Consumer Protection Week March 5-11, 2017. Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies …
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.
Gardening with Native Plants
Spring is coming, and as you begin planning your yard and garden, consider the benefits of using native plants. Native …
Colorado Mountain College 50th Anniversary
To celebrate its 50th Anniversary this year, Colorado Mountain College has set up a new website to gather stories and …
Time Machine Tuesday: Public Welfare and Institutions, 1939
Our library collection contains many state reports about public welfare in the Great Depression. Among these is a report from …
Preventing Identity Theft When Filing Your Taxes
Tax season has arrived, and filing your taxes requires the disclosure of a significant amount of personal information — making …
Colorado Libraries Collaborate (CLC) Celebrates 25 Years of Sharing
Colorado Libraries Collaborate (CLC) has been Colorado’s reciprocal borrowing program since 1991. (You may know it by its older name, …
Medication Take-Back Programs
Beginning this year the State of Colorado has expanded its efforts to encourage consumers to “take back” their unwanted medications. …
Time Machine Tuesday: Old School Images
If you’re looking for early photos of Colorado’s schools, you may not think to look in government documents. But in …
Animal Health
Did you know that Colorado has a State Veterinarian? The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health Division, of which the …
Time Machine Tuesday: Avalanches
Avalanche danger is nothing new in Colorado. Forty years ago, the University of Colorado’s Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research …
Loan Repayment Program for Healthcare Professionals
The State of Colorado has found a clever way to encourage health care practitioners to move to rural and underserved …
Special Education Resources
Students with disabilities, gifted students, and culturally/linguistically diverse students are among the populations served by special education. Whether you are …
Time Machine Tuesday: Sugar Beets
A century ago sugar beets were one of Colorado’s most important agricultural industries. More than twenty sugar refineries could be …
Charities and Fundraisers
The Colorado Secretary of State’s (SOS) office is the agency that oversees charities and fundraising in Colorado. Whether you are …
Colorado Missing Persons Day
Today has officially been declared Colorado Missing Persons Day. If you are looking for statistics on missing persons in Colorado, …
Colorado Potatoes
February is National Potato Lover’s Month. Did you know that more than 70 kinds of potatoes are grown in Colorado? …
Time Machine Tuesday: History of Colorado Cannabis Laws
The topic of marijuana/cannabis in Colorado is not a new one. In our library you can find state publications that …
Department of Revenue Annual Report
The Colorado Department of Revenue has just released its 2016 Annual Report. This annual report is one of the most …
Mailing Lists 101
Consider the humble mailing list: it may look like regular email, but this communications workhorse has the power to create …
Whirling Disease of Trout
Whirling disease is a parasitic infection that has been affecting Colorado trout since being accidentally introduced here in the 1980s. …