LGBTQ+ Crisis Resources
Our hearts are so heavy with the recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs. In times like these, library staff play a crucial …
Learning
From the many facets of literacy to continuing education and professional development, lifelong learning takes many forms. Explore the opportunities and ideas that await you.
Program Spotlight: Arapahoe Library District’s “Celebrate Mexico” Program
We’ve asked libraries across Colorado to submit program they’ve run in the last year that they’re proud of and they want the rest of us …
Hidden Gem: Speakers Bureau from Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book
Mary Hickey is the Books Programs Coordinator at Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book. They’ve answered some questions below to help librarians around Colorado …
The K-12 Library Connection: Media Literacy
Strategies, resources and professional learning for teaching media literacy.
Colorado Academic Libraries – The State Library Wants to Hear From You!
Colorado State Library wants to know how we can support academic libraries in colleges and universities around the state. The state library can provide support …
Introducing Hidden Gems & Virtual Partner Forums
Colorado State Library is introducing a new series to help you find local resources and community partners to address your community’s needs from food insecurity …
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 topic of research bias this …
Submit Your Awesome Library Program for a Spotlight Feature
The Colorado State Library is starting a new feature on our Colorado Virtual Library blog: The Colorado Library Program Spotlight Series. Did your library run …
The K-12 Library Connection: Building Inclusive Collections
Strategies, resources and professional learning for building inclusive library collections.
The K-12 Library Connection: Protecting Students’ Right to Read
Strategies, resources and professional learning for protecting students’ right to read.
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 key concepts from this piece …
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 summer along with prolonged periods …
Colorado State Publications Blog, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
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 composition and literature there for …
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 our state’s past, present, and …
Colorado State Publications Blog, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
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.
The K-12 Library Connection, May 2022
Vol.1, Issue 6 Hello, wonderful K-12 library staff, and happy spring! I’m hopeful by now many of your schools have most of the testing behind …
The K-12 Library Connection, April 11, 2022
Vol. 1, Issue 5 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT – AN IMPORTANT BEHIND-THE-SCENES COMPONENT OF OUR WORK This issue of the K-12 School Library Connection focuses on the …
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, Learn, and Grow / Jugar, …
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 as Derrick Bell and Kimberlé …
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 the year that an average …
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