I am the newest member of the Colorado Libraries Collaborate committee and I will admit that I needed to be updated on the process myself. Need more information. Click on the CLC logo or email me.
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Check out the new policy template and sample policy under How Libraries Participate. Having a CLC Policy for your library will help staff and patrons better understand what the program is about and how it is implemented at your library. As Colorado libraries adopt their own policies based on the template, we’ll post them on this web site. If you’d like to post your policy, please contact Kari Baumann. Policy questions may be directed to any of the CLC committee members.
Each August 800 bicyclists from the Spanish Peaks Cycling Association arrive in LaVeta for a fund raising trek over Cuchara Pass. The proceeds go to non-profit organizations within the area. How does the library fit into all of this? Well, library staff locate host homes for the cyclists, and in return the association donates $10 per home to the library. The cycling association has also purchased four adult bicycles, one “rat rod” (a bike for youngsters), and a bike rack for the library. Customers at the LaVeta Public Library may check out bikes for two hours at a time (longer if no one is waiting). To check out a bicycle all one needs is a library card or a driver’s license. A credit card will suffice too. Sandy Hackbarth, director of the LaVeta Public Library, says that adults regularly stop by for a ride, and all youngsters must be accompanied by an adult. If you want more information on the bike check out, email Sandy. Does anyone else know of other libraries checking out unique items?
Recently, I’ve heard an upsurge in libraryland chatter about marketing and training related to databases in Colorado, particularly those that are part of the AIRS statewide database package.
This is the third time I have stumbled across this video, so I knew I had to share it. The main library in Aarhus Denmark decided to think out of the box a bit. They have created several people-friendly areas within the library – the Literature Lab, the News Lab, the Music Lab, the Exhibition Lab, and the Square. This is the third time I have watched this seven minute video, and I am still amazed at how they took an ordinary library and transformed it into something truly astonishing. Does anyone know a library in the U.S. doing something similar?
Serendipity frequently plays a part in my learning and steers my reading into new areas. I won’t detail all of the steps that led me down this particular path, but recently I read about one way the Fraser Valley Library, part of the Grand County Library District, is seeing use of its free Wi-Fi network.
A member of the community, originally from Australia, uses the library’s wireless network to videoconference with family members a world away, using Skype. I’d say this qualifies as a “library-without-walls service,” wouldn’t you? The story is worth reading in the Ski-High Daily News.
Hats off to the GCLD for continuing to serve its community in innovative ways!
If you’re like me, and access your e-mail from work or home or on the road or in the library or a coffee shop or by snooping off your neighbor’s unsecure wireless network, then you probably ALSO use the web in these same locations.
I don’t always use the same computer, which is why I use a free bookmarking web site: http://del.icio.us/ This allows me to save bookmarks in one central place, rather than using the built-in bookmark feature of the web browser and having those references stay stored on the computer that I happen to be using at the time.
Recently, the del.icio.us site underwent an interfacelift, adding even more happy features. For those of you using the free web tool, in what ways are you using it? For those of you who are not–there’s no time like the present to try it out!
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