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More Summer Reading Around the State

Published by Michelle on July 20, 2011 in Children's Services, Community Collaborations, Continuing Education, General, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Teen Services and programs. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

To continue our coverage of Colorado summer reading programs around the state, here are some great photos from Robin Hohn, Youth Services Librarian at the John C. Fremont Library District in Florence, CO.  Robin says, “This has been a wonderful theme and the kids have really enjoyed it…this has been our highest attended year so far.”

John C. Fremont - Apache the wolf

“First picture is of the kids’ summer program with the kids meeting Apache the wolf. They got to pet and learn all about wolves at our June 28th program where we had record breaking attendance of 241.” Continue reading ‘More Summer Reading Around the State’

Summer Reading Around the State

Published by Michelle on July 7, 2011 in Children's Services, Community Collaborations, Continuing Education, General, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Teen Services and programs. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Colorado libraries are well into their summer reading programs by now, and we thought it would be nice to see what’s going on around the state. The statewide themes are: “One World, Many Stories” (children), “You Are Here” (teens), and “Novel Destinations” (adults).

Michael Cox, Youth Services Supervisor at the Pueblo City-County Library District, submitted these photos for all to enjoy.

  1. Participants race to put their feet on their home town during the National Geographic Giant Maps event sponsored by the Colorado Geographic Alliance.

    NationalGeoMapEvent_Pueblo

    2. Continue reading ‘Summer Reading Around the State’

Colorado Adds SIX Movers & Shakers!

Published by Michelle on May 6, 2011 in Academic Libraries, Community Collaborations, General, Innovation and Public Libraries. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

It’s 2011, and Colorado has added SIX new Movers and Shakers to the ranks, for a total of 20. This annual honor is sponsored by Library Journal. Congratulations to:

“For ten years now, Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers has been spotlighting librarians and others in the library field who are doing extraordinary work to serve their users and to move libraries of all types and library services forward. We’re proud to recognize their achievements—and to encourage you to be inspired by their vision and optimism and turn their ideas into fodder for your own innovative work,” says Library Journal.

AIRS Announces 2011-12 Statewide Package

Published by Jim on April 28, 2011 in Academic Libraries, Community Collaborations, General, Public Libraries, Resource sharing, School Libraries, Special Libraries, databases and funding. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .
Posted on behalf of Linda Sturgeon, AIRS Chair—–
The AIRS Committee (Acquisition of Information Resources Statewide) has negotiated with OCLC and EBSCO to provide selected databases covering general, business and K-12 information at a special Colorado statewide rate.
For the coming fiscal year (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012), the statewide package of databases has been finalized. Details about the FY11-12 program are available on the AIRS web site. The AIRS Committee was able to keep pricing stable for FY2011-2012 even while many libraries with shrinking budgets were forced to drop out last year and may be dropping out during the coming year.

After-Hours Service, Widgets and More

Published by Jim on March 25, 2011 in Academic Libraries, Community Collaborations, General and Reference Services. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Posted on behalf of Kris Johnson:

Happy Spring. A few new things have been happening at AskColorado/AskAcademic since the start of the year that I thought library folks might be interested in hearing about:

1.       Our after-hours service is growing: Last February I started our own after-hours service, hiring librarians in the metro area to staff the service evenings, nights, and weekends. We started with a crew of nine librarians, and have grown to a current staff of fifteen. We *may* have some openings for part-time librarians coming-up. Continue reading ‘After-Hours Service, Widgets and More’

Volunteer Opporunity: CDE Comprehensive Literacy Plan, Birth-Grade 12

Published by Michelle on December 20, 2010 in Community Collaborations, Continuing Education, General and School Libraries. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Are you interested in partnering with CDE in the development of the State Comprehensive Literacy Plan? Interested volunteers click here to be directed to the state plan website where you will find the complete the application.

The Colorado Department of Education’s comprehensive literacy team is creating an external literacy team that consists of key literacy leaders from across stakeholder groups, including LEAs, higher education, existing boards, community organizations and committees. This team will provide recommendations for the outline of the state plan and feedback and recommendations regarding the draft state literacy plan.

Candidates will complete an online application which will include copying and pasting a current resume into the application. Volunteers will need to become familiar with CDE’s “Forward Thinking” and Colorado Literacy Framework documents. In addition, the selected external team experts will have proven records of success in literacy as determined by resumes and history in working with literacy projects within the state. Continue reading ‘Volunteer Opporunity: CDE Comprehensive Literacy Plan, Birth-Grade 12′

Youth Services Workshops – Register Now!

Published by Michelle on September 27, 2010 in Children's Services, Community Collaborations, Continuing Education, Front Range, General, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Teen Services, Western Slope, advocacy, conferences and programs. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Registration for the 2010 Youth Services Workshops is now open. Public librarians, school librarians, and those interested in youth services programming are all welcome and encouraged to attend. Register now! (Please register at least 1 week in advance.)

Download flyer (PDF)

AGENDA:

  • 2011 statewide summer reading programs, presented by Kathy Barco: “One World, Many Stories” (children) and “You Are Here” (teen) OneWorldManyStories
  • Lunch and  networking 
  • Table talks: issues and discussions
  • Update on State Library youth services initiatives
  • Summer Reading manuals and Highsmith catalogs Continue reading ‘Youth Services Workshops – Register Now!’

Order Summer Reading READ Lapel Pins Now!

Published by Michelle on August 20, 2010 in Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Community Collaborations, General, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Special Libraries, Teen Services, advocacy and programs. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Print You may now place your order for READ pins for the 2011 children, teen, and adult summer reading program themes: “One World, Many Stories,”  “You Are Here,” and “Novel Destinations.”

We received over 150 votes for this year’s pin (!), but one of the designs was the clear winner. View the final design. For those who asked, the star on the pin roughly marks the Bermuda Triangle. We think it’s a fun and unexpected design element.

Price: $0.63 each Continue reading ‘Order Summer Reading READ Lapel Pins Now!’

Vote Now for the 2011 Summer Reading READ Pin Design

Published by Michelle on August 9, 2010 in Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Community Collaborations, General, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Special Libraries, Teen Services, advocacy, institutional libraries and programs. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , .

Here’s your chance to give us your opinion about the 2011 summer reading READ pin design!

2011ReadPinDesigns

The summer reading theme is a little harder to identify this year… so we went for a globe or map concept.

  • Children’s theme:  One World, Many Stories
  • Teen theme:  You Are Here
  • Adult theme:  Novel Destinations

Don’t forget to fill out the comment section if you have something extra to say.

VOTE NOW!
We need your responses by Friday, August 20th.