Friday Grab Bag, July 18, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Colorado Virtual Library
Navigating Loss Through the Power of Shared Stories
Loss is a universal part of life. Whether it’s the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, …
Colorado’s Governors: Ralph L. Carr
Our series on Colorado’s governors continues with Ralph L. Carr, Colorado’s 29th governor. Governor Carr served two terms from 1939-1943. As …
Friday Grab Bag, July 11, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Heat (Map) of Summer Library Hours
Did you know that some library locations change their hours in the summer? When school is out, summer reading is …
Free Online Learning Opportunities for July 2025
Thank you Maine State Library for the curation and sharing of this great resource. (All events have been converted to MDT …
Celebrating Colorado’s immigrant heritage
In June, Colorado celebrates Immigrant Heritage Month! Immigrant Heritage Month was created in 2014 to recognize the cultures and accomplishments …
Friday Grab Bag, June 27, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
It Takes a Village: New News for Weld and Pitkin Counties
We have long said that the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) is truly a statewide collection – not grown by …
New Cataloger Camp
A Learning Cohort for Beginning and “Accidental” Library Catalogers The Colorado State Library announces the launch of New Cataloger Camp, …
Friday Grab Bag, June 20, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Digital Collections Stewardship 2025-26
For the second year, CSL is leading participants through Digital Collections Stewardship, a free online course from OCLC/Webjunction designed specifically to support the needs of small cultural institutions.
Pigeon Loves Libraries So Much He Visits AGAIN in 2025!
Last year, Pigeon visited Colorado libraries during the inaugural Pigeon Week hosted by Colorado State Library and the Colorado Department …
Friday Grab Bag, June 13, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
The Secret Lives of Book Club Sets
Unwanted sets find new life in the Colorado Book Club Resource collection
Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways: Guanella Pass
Our series travelling Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways continues over Guanella Pass! The Guanella Pass Scenic and Historic Byway climbs …
Socialism and a Denver Suburb: New Additions to CHNC
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) is fast approaching 6 million pages. Generally, the content added to CHNC is funded …
Celebrating Audiobooks from Our Libraries!
Libraries are updating their audiobook collections, so let’s take a deep dive into the data tracking these changes.
Friday Grab Bag, June 6, 2025
The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes …
Book Clubs Can Be Prideful
Consider one of these titles for your next book club read!