New to CSL’s Resource Kit Collection: Media Conversion Kits!
The Colorado State Library is delighted to announce the roll out of three new resource…
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February 2021 SWIFT Migration Project Update
If you have started gathering data for your annual PLAR report, and realized that because…
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Park County Local History Digital Archive
The Park County Local History Archive (PCLHA) represents one of the most valuable rural community…
PRISM Planning Project Resources for Independent Study
Currently, the prison library sector has no existing efforts to encourage and facilitate outcome measurement,…
Get To Know CSL: Nicolle Davies on Libraries and Librarianship
This chapter of Get To Know the Colorado State Library (CSL) is a conversation with…
New StoryWalk Resources
A StoryWalk® is a fun activity that places laminated pages from a picture book mounted…
January 2021 SWIFT Migration Project Update
With 2020 in the rearview mirror, we wanted to provide an update on the SWIFT…
CHNC Comes to Marmot
We are excited to announce that in December 2020, libraries that are part of the…
View free WiFi locations in Colorado
Public libraries are helping their community members access the internet to complete essential tasks such as online schoolwork or applying for a job, even if the building is closed to the public. The buildings are just one aspect of the kinds of exemplary library services offered in Colorado.
Colorado Public Libraries and COVID-19
This blog post was co-authored by Crystal Schimpf and Linda Hofschire, and is also published…
Get To Know CSL: Tyler Kottmann on Audio Production at the Colorado Talking Book Library
In a series of conversations, we are finding out about how the people of Colorado…
BIG News About SWIFT!
We have some wonderful news! After years of exploring and discussing new software…
Share Your Take and Make Activities
During the pandemic, take and make activities for all ages have been very popular in…
Diversifying the Colorado Book Club Resource Collection
We are working to broaden our Book Club Resource collection by deliberately including more nonfiction…
Get To Know CSL: Leigh Jeremias on Archives, Digital Collections, and Our Connections to History
In a series of conversations, we are finding out about how the people of Colorado…
Calling Colorado Authors! The Book Club Resource Has an Opportunity for You
[Note, the numbers relating to the collection below have since changed, but the guidance on…
Pomp & Circumstances That are Out of Our Control: Commencement 2020
Each year, as spring turns to summer, colleges and high schools hold graduation ceremonies to…
Get To Know CSL: Katie Fox on Library Research, Education, and Creativity
In a series of conversations, we are finding out about how the people of Colorado…
Pandemic Practices: Virtual Library Strategy
These days most of us are spending a lot more time at home, doing things…
Pandemic Practices: Staff-Created Content
Though libraries had to cancel in-person programming and close their doors to the public in…