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Announcements

Join public libraries across Colorado to celebrate the Water 2012 Public Awareness campaign. For more information please go here. We hope you will consider participating in the Colorado Water 2012 initiative.

Stay involved in advocacy! Become involved with BHAG 3.0: What’s Next?! http://bhagcolorado.blogspot.com   

Help kids K-12 get involved in the Colorado Humanities “River of Words” and “Letters About Literature” contests. (Public libraries were sent a copy of "River of Words" earlier this summer.)

Advocacy

The economic turmoil provides library directors and their boards with a golden opportunity to inform their policy makers and advocate for how a library helps people in the recession and benefits the community. See the Advocacy page.

Summer Reading

Statewide Summer Reading Program: Colorado is part of a grassroots consortium of states working to provide high-quality summer reading program materials for children at the lowest cost possible for their public libraries.
 

Boards & Trustee Information

• Colorado Public Library Board and Trustees Pocket Handbook: Basic information for library boards and trustees in a handy flip-book format.
• Training
  • The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF) has developed the Trustee Academy, a complete series of five webcasts to help Trustees become excellent governors or advisors to their libraries.
  • CAL Conference 2009 – Trustee Track Handouts
    • Statistical and Financial Benchmarks (PDF) (Mike Varnett)
    • Recruiting Trustees: Finding the Right DNA (PPT) (Valerie Horton)

BTOP/Public Computer Centers

See the BTOP/Public Computer Centers page.

Directories

• Directory of Colorado Libraries: Displays a list of libraries to your specifications.
• Library Listservs
• Public Libraries by Size of Population (PDF)
• Public Libraries by Type (PDF)
• Public Library Websites

Diversity / Special Populations

See the Diversity/Special Populations page.

Facility Planning / Building Projects

See the Facility Planning / Building Projects page
 

Education / Certification

• Certified Public Library Administrator Program (PDF)
• Directory of ALA Accredited Master’s Programs
• Distance Education in LIS Programs (PDF)
• Library Education Opportunities calendar (LEO): Features library continuing education events throughout Colorado.
• National Certification: This Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSCP) addresses LSS needs for a national certification program to help the profession standardize expectations for LSS, help the large number of LSS master critical job competencies; provide educators with guidance for training curriculums; and help employers articulate job requirements.

Legal Issues

• Colorado Library Law: (CRS 24-90-101 et seq).  Full text, Quick Guides, and other information on the Colorado Library Law.
  • Explanation of Library Law Changes from Eugene Hainer (PDF)
• Other Legal Resources: Other Quick Guides or excerpts from the Colorado Revised Statutes related to formation or operation of Colorado public libraries.
• Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act and ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Toolkit)

Jobs

• Resources
• Coping with Changes in Job Descriptions (PDF)

Library District Information

Library districts are one of the four types of Colorado public libraries. See the Library District Information page.
 

Marketing

• Colorado Association of Libraries Marketing Committee
• Promotional Campaigns: A variety of resources to help libraries celebrate noteworthy efforts, such as National Library Week and Summer Reading Program.

Standards

2011 Colorado Public Library Standards: The Public Library Standards conform to language in CRS 24-90-103(2)(a.3) calling for improvement in standards for public libraries.

Programs

See the Programs page.

Policies

See the Policies page.
 

Strategic Planning

Community Planning (LRS Planning Resources)

Ballot Issues

See the Ballot Issues page.
 

Other Resources

• American Library Association
• American Library Association (Office of Intellectual Freedom) Banned Books
• Colorado Association of Libraries
  • CALLI
    • CALLI 2011 (PPT)
    • Facilitation and Time Management Basics 2011 (PPT)
    • Facilitation and Time Management Workshop (1/21/11)
    • Leadership Institute March
      • Webinar in Adobe Connect
      • Leadership Institute March (PPT)
    • Slide assignments (PDF)

• Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC)
• Library Research Service: The Library Research Service (LRS) is responsible for collecting and organizing the data from the Public Library Annual Report.
  • LRS Interactive: (LRS-i) is the site to find resources and tools for statistical analysis for public libraries.
  • Colorado Public Library Data
  • National Public Library Statistics
  • Colorado Library Jurisdictions (JPG)
• Public Library Association