Colorado State Parks: Mueller
Next up in our series exploring Colorado’s state parks is Mueller State Park! Sprawling over…
Program Spotlight: Pueblo Community College Library’s Shelfie Day
We’ve asked libraries across Colorado to submit program they’ve run in the last year that…
It’s That Time Again! – 2023 Summer Library Program Reports
As the end of summer programming emerges on the horizon and Colorado public libraries prepare…
Check Out Colorado State Parks: The Life of the Library Parks Pass and Backpack Program
The Check Out Colorado State Parks program is the flagship program of the Colorado State…
Restoring the Boreal Toad in Colorado
The boreal toad is Colorado’s only alpine toad species, living in mountain lakes, ponds, meadows,…
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Arvada Historical Society
Arvada Begins The town of Arvada began as many Colorado towns did, in response to…
Community Snapshot: Colorado by the Numbers, Your Community by the Numbers
Supporting services to our emerging English speakers, AKA Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals, in our…
Making Space for Treemaps
Happy summer to the library community! Though the days have already started to shorten again,…
Solar heating for the summer solstice
Now that we’ve reached the summer solstice, Coloradans can get over 14 hours of sunlight…
Program Spotlight: New Castle’s Posada Navideña
We’ve asked libraries across Colorado to submit program they’ve run in the last year that…
These Book Club Titles are the Pride of Our Collection
The Colorado Book Club Resource includes an ever-growing selection of titles from a broad range…
Colorado’s Scenic & Historic Byways: Cache la Poudre – North Park
Our series on Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways continues with Cache la Poudre – North…
These Games Kits Will Be a Sure Hit at Your Library!
Bingo, Spanish & English board games, outdoor games, and chess! The CSL Kits collection is…
“Chinatown Is Now a Mass of Ruins”: How the racial violence of 1880 was reported in Denver
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) recently reached 3 million digitized pages! The collection contains…
Building With Bubbles
Back in March, The Public Library Blueprints discussed both scatter plots and packed bubble charts and promised to follow up these…
The secret lives of miller moths
It’s the time of year when miller moths invade the Front Range on their annual…
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage month, celebrating the histories, contributions, and achievements of Americans…
Program Spotlight: Arapahoe Libraries’ Higher Education in the US 3-Part Series
We’ve asked libraries across Colorado to submit program they’ve run in the last year that…
On the Colorado Library Trail
The Adult Library Services Senior Consultant position was a new addition to the Colorado State…
Calculating Percentage Change in Changing Times
Welcome back to The Public Library Blueprints! After a short hiatus in April, this post tackles…