Growing container gardens in Colorado
It’s officially spring! Which means that many people around Colorado are beginning to plan out their gardens. If you’ve got …
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.
Book Club Author Suggestion: Julia Alvarez
Brief Bio: Julia Alvarez (b. March 27, 1950) is a Dominican American novelist, poet, essayist, and children’s author who is …
‘Renewal’ by Cristina A. Bejan
Shed it like a snakeskin
‘Some Who Cannot’ by Susan E. Quinlan
Aldo Leopold, often regarded as the father of conservation, once wrote: “There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.”
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 …
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…
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Colorado’s Governors: Raymond H. Talbot
Our series on Colorado’s governors continues with Raymond H. Talbot, Colorado’s 27th governor. Governor Talbot had the unique honor of …
Library Research Service Blog Survey
To kick off 2025, Library Research Service (LRS) wants to hear from you! If you have a minute to spare, …
Digital Repository Top 5: the most popular newly digitized materials of 2024
As we near the end of 2024, we’re sharing the most popular items that the State Publications Library added to …
‘Remember the Milky Way’ by Elisa Kuriyagawa
“…Do you remember that I couldn’t figure out what that great big cloud was? It was so dark out but we could still see it. It was huge. And bright.”