Twenty years of building Safe Routes to Schools
This year, Colorado is celebrating 20 years of the Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) program! In 2005, Colorado became the …
Colorado Virtual Library
Friday Grab Bag, August 22, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Friday Grab Bag, August 15, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Exploring Literary Movements with Your Book Club: Gothic Literature
The Gothic literary movement, emerging in the mid-18th century and flourishing through the 19th, stands as a captivating and enduring …
Fascinating Recipes to Celebrate 6 Million CHNC Pages!
How about a few comestibles and libations to celebrate?
Accessibility Quick Tip: Captions and Subtitles: What’s the Difference?
In this Accessibility Quick Tip, we’re exploring the definitions of and differences between captions and subtitles. These terms are often …
Colorado state parks: St. Vrain
Our series exploring Colorado’s state parks continues with St. Vrain! St. Vrain State Park is a wonderland for water-lovers, providing …
Was That a Reference Question?
Many frontline library workers are asked to count certain interactions with patrons, such as the number of reference questions they …
Friday Grab Bag, August 8, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Friday Grab Bag, August 1, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Free Online Learning Opportunities for August 2025
Thank you Maine State Library for the curation and sharing of this great resource. (All events have been converted to MDT …
Touring US Collections: Free Access to History
Free online access to history is an important tool for understanding our past, present and future. Cultural heritage organizations work …
Colorado Historic Newspapers, CSL News, Plains to Peaks Collective
Book Club Author Suggestion: Caitlin Doughty
Brief Bio: Caitlin Doughty (born August 19, 1984, in Oʻahu, Hawaii) is a prominent American mortician, author, blogger, and YouTuber, …
Peach production in Colorado
Have you noticed peaches being sold in roadside stands and taking over your local farmer’s market? According to the Department …
Friday Grab Bag, July 25, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Friday Grab Bag, July 18, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Navigating Loss Through the Power of Shared Stories
Loss is a universal part of life. Whether it’s the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, …
Colorado’s Governors: Ralph L. Carr
Our series on Colorado’s governors continues with Ralph L. Carr, Colorado’s 29th governor. Governor Carr served two terms from 1939-1943. As …
Friday Grab Bag, July 11, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Heat (Map) of Summer Library Hours
Did you know that some library locations change their hours in the summer? When school is out, summer reading is …