Touring Colorado’s Collections: Students Capture Routt County History
Recently the Bud Werner Memorial Library and the Tread of Pioneers Museum, both located in Steamboat Springs, partnered together to make an important local history …
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CHNC News: New titles and a New Partner
In March, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) and its new partner the Clear Creek County Library District, added two new titles to CHNC – …
Topics in History: Lakeside Amusement Park
When the weather begins to warm and the school year comes to an end, many start to look for fun outdoor activities. In 1908 …
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 new Service Hub of the Digital Public Library of America …
Topics in History: Women’s Suffrage
On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified, giving women the right to vote. On Election Day of that year, …
Colorado Historic Newspapers, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
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 it by its older name, Colorado Library Card.) CLC allows …
Mailing Lists 101
Consider the humble mailing list: it may look like regular email, but this communications workhorse has the power to create communities centered around specific topics. …
Update: Colorado-Wyoming DPLA Service Hub
Colorado-Wyoming Service Hub of the Digital Public Library of America Representatives from Colorado and Wyoming cultural heritage organizations are currently planning the creation of a …
CHNC: Over 900,000 Pages and Going Strong!
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection recently reached over 900,000 pages of historic Colorado content. Since launching our new online database a little over a year …
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 be represented by artifacts, documents and photographs that can be …
Topics in History: National Western Stock Show
National Western Stock Show The first National Western Stock Show was held January 29 through February 3, 1906 at the Denver Union Stockyards. Since then, …
Topics in History: 1918 1919 Influenza Pandemic in Colorado
This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you by the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a free online resource of primary …
Heroes Remember
In honor of Veterans Day, Touring Colorado’s Collections is highlighting Mesa County libraries collection, The Veterans Remember Project, that recently went online. The Veterans Remember …
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 by the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a free online resource of …
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 photographs. But history can be told through many different types …
CHNC News: We’ve added a new county!
Huerfano County history can now be found in CHNC. The Walsenburg World, published in Huerfano County from 1889 to 1933, has recently been added to …
Topics in History: Presidential Election of 1872
This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you by the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a free online resource of primary …
Chicano Community Newspaper added to CHNC
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is pleased to announce the addition of La Cucaracha, a Chicano Community Newspaper. Over one hundred issues from May 1976 …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Remembering Salida
Colorado has a long and rich history. That history is often told through the unique collections held at libraries, archives and museums found throughout the …