As we near the half way point of the Colorado Public Computer Center (PCC) grant, the Colorado State Library BTOP PCC team recognizes the amazing progress Colorado libraries have made and pays special recognition to libraries that have really used this grant to re-invent the way they are serving their communities. (High Plains Library District, Delta County Libraries, Lamar Public Library, Naturita Community Library, Nucla Public Library, Denver Public Library, Dolores County School/Public Library, and Fleming Community Library – see details further below)
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The Water 2012 Initiative kicked off with its first author event this week with a presentation from author and photographer Pete McBride. Pete traveled and photographed the entire Colorado River through seven states and two countries and documented his journey with Jon Waterman in the Colorado River: Flowing Through Conflict. One of McBride’s challenges was “to 
find fresh perspectives while focusing on the beauty within the tragedy of such an overtaxed system.”
McBride certainly finds that balance. He starts his journey at Snowmass Mountain and ends it in Mexico where the Colorado is mostly non-existent. Although the future of the Colorado River seems dire, McBride is optimistic that the delta can be saved. Justice Greg Hobbs interviewed McBride and offered his legal perspective on some of the issues. (Photo attached.)
The second Water 2012 event took place at the Colorado Stock Show. In the children’s educational area on the 2nd floor, a booth was set up by Water 2012 staff to educate school children about the importance of water in our communities. Kids spun a wheel that landed them information on how much water you find in a vegetable or fruit or allowed them to win a free prize. On some days over 700 kids visited the booth! (I have a photo I can send you on this.)
Check out the first issue of the new monthly newsletter for youth services librarians! YS News will feature articles on learning development, summer reading updates, timely tidbits like grant opportunities and interesting resources, children’s and teen literature news, and an exchange of what’s going on in CO libraries.
See the first issue here (PDF)
Would you like to see a topic covered in the newsletter? Want to 
share info about your programs? Or perhaps contribute an article? Contact the State Library’s Youth & Family Services Consultant, Beth Crist, 303-866-6908.
The Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSC), in partnership with the The Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) is pleased to announce that it has awarded seven Registration Assistance Awards (scholarships). These awards covered the entire enrollment fee to the LSSC Program for the recipients in Colorado.
The recipients are:
Vickie Freemyer – Haxtun Public Library (Haxtun)
Julia Hall-Payne – Poudre River Public Library District (Fort Collins)
April Hurt – Grand Valley High School (Parachute)
Wendy Conley – McKinley Elementary (Canon City)
Beth Harper – Spanish Peaks Library District (Walsenburg)
Karen Melgares – Adams State College Nielsen Library (Alamosa)
Lynn Martin – Woodruff Memorial Library (La Junta) Continue reading ‘Library Support Staff Certification Program & CLiC Awards Registration Assistance to seven applicants’
Please plan to attend “Spotlight on Your Career: Capitalize on Change” on Saturday, February 25, 2012, from 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM, at the University of Denver’s new education building, Ruffatto Hall. This joint program, offered by the Colorado Association of Law Libraries (CoALL) and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (RMSLA), will benefit librarians of every type, no matter where you are in your career path.
Speaker Mary Ellen Bates will discuss the future of library services and how we can capitalize on changes in our profession to make ourselves and our libraries more integral and valued parts of our organizations. She will also lead an interactive panel discussion (which will include Jamie LaRue) regarding what does (and doesn’t) work in making effective and longstanding change.
Continue reading ‘Spotlight on Your Career: Capitalize on Change’
The Libnet email list is moving from a Marmot server to a State Library server on Thursday, December 15th and will be unavailable from 10am to noon on that day. What you need to know:
- The change will happen automatically; you will not need to resubscribe, and all archived messages from the “old” Libnet will still be available for viewing.
- The address for sending Libnet messages will change from libnet@marmot.org to libnet@cvl-lists.org. Please update your address books after noon on Thursday.
- Libnet’s information page will change from http://email.marmot.org/mailman/listinfo/libnet to
http://www.cvl-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/libnet. - The only noticeable change to Libnet after the move will be an enhancement: it will accept HTML formatted email messages (bold, different fonts, etc.).
Please direct any questions to Jim Duncan, Director of Networking & Resource Sharing at the Colorado State Library.
The State Library offered 6 interactive, informative youth services workshops in Rifle, Eagle, Pueblo, Englewood, Boulder, and Dolores in October and November. A total of 132 attendees (an unfortunately timed snowstorm near Pueblo lessened attendance) from 47 library jurisdictions came to learn about the 2012 summer reading program and early literacy, and to network with colleagues.
Kathy Barco, Children’s Librarian at the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County 
Library System in New Mexico, presented the lively morning session highlighting the 2012 summer reading program theme of night time at all 6 sessions. Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL) members Jana Ackerman, Lisa Chipouras, Laura Baldassari-Hackstaff, Melissa Depper, and Becky Campbell offered informative, useful afternoon sessions on early literacy, including an overview of the newly revised Every Child Ready to Read program.
Handouts from the workshops are available, including Becky Campbell’s early literacy presentation. Continue reading ‘Fall Youth Services Workshops a Success!’
Photo by Streetfly JZ
MID-WEEK BOOSTER SHOTS FOR HEALTH INFORMATION
Do you have 23 minutes? Then join in Wednesdays @ 9am to learn about free, authoritative consumer health information resources. These sessions are conducted virtually, and are available to you at no charge. You will need a computer with internet connection and a telephone.
UPCOMING DATES:
Wednesday – November 30, 2011 – All-purpose Health Information
Wednesday – December 7, 2011 – Medication Safety
Wednesday – December 14, 2011 – Alternative and Complimentary Medicine
Wednesday – December 21, 2011 – Environmental Health
Wednesday – December 28, 2011 – Mental Health
TIME:
9:00-9:23A (MT) – no kidding! 23 minutes, that’s all!
WHERE:
Click on the link below a few minutes before 9am to join in https://webmeeting.nih.gov/booster/ Continue reading ‘MID-WEEK BOOSTER SHOTS FOR HEALTH INFORMATION’
There is a power outage affecting the area near the Colorado Talking Book Library, so it will be closed today, Wednesday November 9th. The online catalogs including Pandora are still available for browsing. CTBL will reopen tomorrow, Thursday November 10th, at 8:00am.
The deadline for completing the 2011-12 Colorado School Library Survey has been extended to November 30, 2011. Participation by all public school libraries is vital!
We have made substantial revisions to the survey based on respondents’ comments to better reflect the current state of school libraries, and we look forward to getting the input of all Colorado public school librarians! The data gathered in the annual school library survey provides library professionals with important information for planning, evaluating, and budgeting.
For questions regarding the survey, or to obtain your username and password, feel free to call Library Research Service at 303-866-6900 or email lrs@lrs.org to get your information.
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