Common Content Accessibility Problems, Part 1: Headings and Links
Content-writers should be alert to these common problems, and know how to avoid or fix them.
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Book Club – Inside and Out
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should …
When the Black Panthers Denver Chapter Leader Made TV History
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was a left-wing Black power political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton …
DEI Efforts From the Bottom Up: Trial and Error in a Branch-Level Committee
Guest Post by Ellie Nash, Library Specialist Lead at Arapahoe Libraries While Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a growing field, …
Book Club Titles for Black History Month
During the Black Lives Matter protests, book clubs were seized on as a way to respond to the racialized violence …
Professional Archival Experience: SRMA Archives Fellowship Pilot Program
The Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists (SRMA) is offering a stipend of up to $6,000 for early professionals to participate …
Rocky Mountain JIHO: Japanese American Life in Colorado
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) recently added the Rocky Mountain JIHO, 1969-1997, to the 650+ publications included in the …
Transgender in the Workplace
Recently I attended a training held by the State of Colorado on how to understand and support employees who are …
LGBTQ+ Crisis Resources
Our hearts are so heavy with the recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs. In times like these, …
Pouncing on Prejudice: Mitigating Assumptions and Bias in Research
It is often stated that, “If you have a brain, you have bias.” Along these same lines, while exploring the …
A Trauma-Informed Lens: Communities, Libraries and Research
This post will delve into trauma-informed practices for research and everyday interactions for library workers. With that in mind, the …
Climate Equity and Environmental Justice
Climate change has been on our minds a lot lately. Long stretches of hot days and record setting temperatures this …
DEI in Libraries and Archives: Lessons Learned from a Reparative Description Project
This guest post is written by Nancy Henke. Henke earned her MA in Literature from Colorado State University and taught …
The history of Chinese and Japanese Americans in Colorado
Every May, Colorado celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month to recognize the contributions of AAPI communities to …
Colorado’s new accessibility law HB21-1110 and your library’s website
House Bill 21-1110 makes it a state civil rights violation for a government agency to exclude people with disabilities from receiving services or benefits because of lack of accessibility.
What is Critical Race Theory?
Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic legal theory that originated in the 1970-80s from the work of Black scholars such …
Equal Pay Day and Wage Transparency in Colorado
This year, Equal Pay Day falls on March 15 in the United States. Equal Pay Day marks how far into …
Locally Created Primary Source Education Set – Notable Colorado Women
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC), an online portal of digitized historic collections from …
“Hidden Voices” in the American Music Research Center
One of the perks of working in a library is stumbling across intriguing new resources. The American Music Research Center …
The K-12 Library Connection, February 2022
Vol. 1, Issue 3 We’re excited to bring you this short-bytes newsletter focused on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) ideas …