Topics in History: Dearfield, Colorado
The town of Dearfield, located 30 miles east of Greeley, was established on May 5,…
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Touring Colorado’s Collections: Students Capture Routt County History
Recently the Bud Werner Memorial Library and the Tread of Pioneers Museum, both located in…
CHNC News: New titles and a New Partner
In March, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) and its new partner the Clear Creek…
Topics in History: Lakeside Amusement Park
When the weather begins to warm and the school year comes to an end,…
Update! Your Digital Collections and the Digital Public Library of America
The Colorado State Library is excited to announce that Colorado and Wyoming are now a…
Topics in History: Women’s Suffrage
On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified, giving women…
Colorado Libraries Collaborate (CLC) Celebrates 25 Years of Sharing
Colorado Libraries Collaborate (CLC) has been Colorado’s reciprocal borrowing program since 1991. (You may know…
Mailing Lists 101
Consider the humble mailing list: it may look like regular email, but this communications workhorse…
Update: Colorado-Wyoming DPLA Service Hub
Colorado-Wyoming Service Hub of the Digital Public Library of America Representatives from Colorado and Wyoming…
CHNC: Over 900,000 Pages and Going Strong!
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection recently reached over 900,000 pages of historic Colorado content. Since…
Touring Colorado’s Collections: A Partnership in Eagle County
Providing online access to a community’s history can be a difficult process. Local history can…
Topics in History: National Western Stock Show
National Western Stock Show The first National Western Stock Show was held January 29 through…
Topics in History: 1918 1919 Influenza Pandemic in Colorado
This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you by…
Heroes Remember
In honor of Veterans Day, Touring Colorado’s Collections is highlighting Mesa County libraries collection, The…
Enduring Web Design Mistakes
A new list of common design mistakes in websites shows many kinds of problems have plagued the web for years. Library websites are especially prone to some of these, and librarians should do whatever necessary to fix them.
Topics in History: Halloween
Halloween This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you…
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Local History Told Through a Quilt
Typically historical collections made available online for research often come in the form of letters and…
CHNC News: We’ve added a new county!
Huerfano County history can now be found in CHNC. The Walsenburg World, published in Huerfano…
Topics in History: Presidential Election of 1872
This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you by…
Chicano Community Newspaper added to CHNC
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is pleased to announce the addition of La Cucaracha, a…