2025 Support for Newspaper Digitization
CHNC New Content Support Program 2025 Don’t worry we know it’s still 2024! We decided to give everyone (including ourselves!) a little more time and …
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Not Your Average Publication! New and Unique Additions to CHNC
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) team recently added two new publications — Camp and Plant,1901-1904, and The Cycling West, 1893-1899. While both are not …
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 Denver Public Library Brings the Rocky to CHNC
The Rocky Mountain News (RMN) was Colorado’s oldest newspaper. Founded by William Byers during the 1859 Colorado Gold Rush, the paper closed its doors in …
New Online Discovery Tool to Search and Explore Colorado-Wyoming’s Historic Collections
The Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) recently launched a new search and discovery interface (ppc.dp.la) providing a single point of access to Colorado and Wyoming’s …
Evaluating Copyright and the Use of Standardized Rights Statements
The Plains to Peaks Collective, the Colorado-Wyoming Service Hub of the Digital Public Library of America, works with its partners to make their historic digital …
Touring Wyoming’s Collections: Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center Finds Support for Collection Digitization
The Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center recently became a partner of the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) sharing over 8,300 historic photographs with …
CHNC: New Lower Pricing for Newspaper Digitization
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) has recently lowered its pricing for digitizing newspapers and adding them to the free-to-use online collection. …
April 23: CHNC Reaches 2 Million Pages and Celebrates Historic News
April 23, 1859 proved to be one of the most exciting days in the history of Colorado journalism. On this day the citizens of the …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: University of Colorado Boulder University Libraries Joins the DPLA
The University of Colorado Boulder University Libraries recently joined the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC), the Colorado-Wyoming Service Hub of the Digital Public Library of …
Colorado and Wyoming Launch New Historic Newspapers Collection Online Database
Just a little over five years ago the Colorado State Library released the new and improved Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) site mounted on the …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: What’s in a Wildlife Researcher’s Toolbox?
This guest post was written by Sara Szakaly, MLS, Archivist & Records Manager for the APHIS Wildlife Services, WS National Wildlife Research Center located in …
Touring Wyoming’s Collections: New Wyoming Collections join the DPLA
Wyoming Historic Landscape Expands The Wyoming State Archives and the Campbell County Rockpile Museum recently became partners of the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) sharing …
Library Friends & Foundations Forum: Book Donations & Books Sales During a Pandemic
Colorado Library Friends & Foundations Forum: Handling Book Donations & Books Sales During a Pandemic Thursday, July 9, 2:00-3:30pm How is your library’s Friends or …
Transcribing Women’s Suffrage in Colorado
Many libraries, archives and museums are supported by a volunteer workforce. During this time of social distancing many of these volunteers are looking for ways to …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: The Art of Eugene George Standingbear
This guest post was written by Bethany Williams, Collections Access Coordinator, History Colorado. Content from “Between Two Worlds: The Life and Art of Eugene Standingbear”, Colorado …
Five Fall Favorites for Your Book Club
It’s autumn, Keats’ “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” and while we may be short on mist here in the State Library, I can share …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Early Denver Dental School Featured in Medical History Collection
This guest post was written by Paul Andrews, Collection Development Technician, The Strauss Health Sciences Library. The Strauss Health Sciences Library at the University of …
The Colorado State Library Book Club Resource: Taking Stock
Greetings! As the new King of the Book Club (not a title bestowed by me, but one I shall accept), I’m impressed by how excellent …
New Book Club Resource Contact at the Colorado State Library
All you Colorado Book Club Resource enthusiasts will be pleased to know that we have a new King of the Book Club in the house. Michael Peever …