Welcome
Welcome to the Colorado State Library, a division of the Colorado Department of Education.
We provide leadership and expertise in developing library-related policies, activities, and assistance for school, public, academic, and special libraries. A primary goal of our efforts is to improve the ability of libraries to provide quality services to all Coloradans.
Read more about our purpose and activities.
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The Colorado State Library will be closed on Monday, September 6th for the Labor Day holiday. |
Announcements
Order Summer Reading READ pins now! Please
submit your order by Tuesday, August 31st by filling out the
online
order form.
Colorado’s Statewide
Library Awareness Campaign is: What’s Next?!
Vision: Libraries move communities into the future.
Every resident of Colorado will discover their library to be
a place of curiosity & discovery; ideas & experiences;
inspiration & imagination. They are places of endless
possibilities.
The logo, mark, fonts and style guide are now available. The
official website and marketing kits should be ready by the
CAL conference in October 2010.
SWIFT Book Club’s August "Book of the Month"
For August, the book club pick is Homer & Langley
by E.L. Doctorow. Read this historical fiction novel about
two brothers who built their own tomb from newspapers and
found objects. There are 7 copies of this title available
for your group.
- Review of Homer & Langley (PDF)
- List of current titles (PDF)
We’re also on Twitter! Follow us: CObookclubs
Libraries
and Economic Development Series Webinars
The Colorado State Library, the Business Special Interest
Group (BSIG) from the Colorado Association of Libraries
(CAL), the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC), and
WebJunction are pleased to offer a series of three free
30-minute webinars in the Tuesdays @ 2:00 Libraries and
Economic Development Series. The webinars will take place on
three consecutive Tuesdays - August 17, August 24, and
August 31 at 2:00 p.m. MST.
- "How to Make Your Library Entrepreneur Friendly" with Christine Hamilton-Pennell on August 17 at 2:00
- "Turning Your Databases into Business for Your Customers" with Terry Zarsky and Kathleen Rainwater on August 24 at 2:00
- "Going to Your Customer - Outreach and Strategic Partnerships" with Suzanne Kaller and Colbe Galston on August 31 at 2:00
Please note: WebJunction will be hosting this event using WebEx. The events are listed on the WebJunction calendar where you should register.
Disaster Preparedness for Librarians (PDF)
The Western States and Territories Preservation
Assistance Service (WESTPAS) is offering a FREE workshop
called "Are You Ready? Scenario Planning & Collaboration
Among Libraries & Archives to Improve Disaster Preparedness
for Collections."
- Location: Jeffco Public Library, Belmar (Lakewood, CO)
- Date/Time: Friday, August 27, 2010, 9am-4pm
- Register online by 8/23 at 5pm