Friday Grab Bag, July 26, 2024
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Amy Hitchner
Friday Grab Bag, July 19, 2024
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Friday Grab Bag, July 12, 2024
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
MARC Control Fields
Control fields are the group of coded fields that appear like strings of characters at the top of a MARC …
Item Records and the Processing Workflow
Until now, the Cataloging Fundamentals video series has focused on understanding and creating bib records, which are the primary product …
Digital Collections Stewardship
Calling all CO & WY cultural heritage organizations: we are now accepting applications for this program! Enhance your knowledge of digital collections through this free collaborative learning opportunity.
Core Fields
Part of a cataloger’s job is balancing competing priorities. We strive for accuracy and completeness in our bib records while …
Organizing Your Cataloging Toolkit
Part of being a new cataloger is being confronted by an abundance of rules, tools, and resources without necessarily having …
CVL Collections: 2023 in Review
Since 2016, the CVL Collections program has been helping organizations in Colorado (and now Wyoming!) share their unique historic collections …
Cataloging Fundamentals Program
Staff members at Colorado’s small and rural libraries take on many roles—from programming and story time to circulation and cataloging—sometimes …
Chatalogers: A Colorado Catalogers Discussion Group
Calling all Colorado catalogers: are you looking for the opportunity to “talk shop” with your peers on a regular basis? …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Arvada Historical Society
Arvada Begins The town of Arvada began as many Colorado towns did, in response to the gold rush of the …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Alamosa Public Library Digital Archive
In 1847, the first group of Mormon pioneers, led by Brigham Young, settled in Salt Lake City after departing from …
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection: Adding Newspapers to Your Library Catalog
Do you want to provide access to free historic newspapers directly from your library catalog? Meet Colorado State Library’s CHNC …
Play, Learn, and Grow Videos in Spanish
Growing Readers Together program is excited to announce the availability of Spanish language videos and activity sheets for their Play, …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Pine River Library and the Stories of Bayfield, CO
A small town with a long history is a community with stories to tell; stories of hard times and harsh …
Colorado Reentry Resources (CORR) Mailing List
The Colorado Reentry Resources (CORR) mailing list is a new group available to Colorado library staff interested in promoting successful …
Partnering with an Institutional Library
Colorado libraries reach their communities in many ways, including partnerships with local organizations and businesses. But has your library considered …
Guest Post: Communicating Value Through a Shared Vocabulary
This guest post was written by Amie Pilla, Library CEO of Berthoud Community Library District. It’s no secret that a …
How do I…Start a Minecraft program?
Today’s post was written by guest author Stephen Tafoya, Technology Trainer at Garfield County Library District. I think the running …