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Author Fest of the Rockies

Published by Jim on August 21, 2009 in Community Collaborations, Front Range, General, Public Libraries, conferences and programs. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

As always, Margaret Morris and the Friends of the Manitou Springs Public Library have been hard at work creating interesting ways to support the library and connect with the community.

Author Fest of the Rockies is another terrific example!

The event features education and training workshops, contests, keynote presentations and much more. Be sure to check out the schedule; the diversity of topics is excellent!

Proceeds for two-day event, featuring more than “50 published authors, editors, coaches, Internet marketing experts, illustrators, poets and publishers from throughout the state of Colorado” will benefit the Manitou Springs Public Library and contribute to its plans for expansion. Check it out at: http://www.authorfestoftherockies.org/

Check Out Lafayette Public Library Hula Video

Published by Sharon on July 31, 2009 in General and Public Libraries. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Posted on behalf of Betsy Stroomer, Lafayette (CO) Public Library:

Each year, we try to plan something a little bit outrageous to thank our community for its participation in our summer reading program.

In keeping with this summer’s creativity theme, our staff pledged to perform a hula at our grand finale program if our readers met or exceed our reading goal of 15,000 hours of reading.  About 10 of us studied hula with a teacher from Boulder’s Halau Hula O Na Mauna Pohaku http://www.maunapohaku.org/ (Hula School of the Rockies) and practiced really hard!

And as it turned out,  we had a lot to celebrate!  3,131 members of our community of about 25,000 read with us (including 300+ adults and 500+ teens) and as of early this week, our readers had reported over 26,000 hours of reading.

About 200 people came to see us make good on our pledge Tuesday night.
We had a blast! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iozgeSw9Jxo

An Introduction to Drupal for Libraries

Published by Michelle on July 28, 2009 in Academic Libraries, Continuing Education, IT, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Special Libraries and programs. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

An Introduction to Drupal for Libraries: August 28, 2009, 12-1pm PDT

Looking for a better way to manage your web site content?  Want more advanced functionality and/or social networking features?  Drupal is  an award-winning, open source content management system being used by  major corporations worldwide and is now being widely adopted by the  library community.  Learn more about the pros and cons of Drupal and how libraries are using it to make their web presences more effective and efficient.  Discover library-specific add-ons (modules) that can  make your new Drupal site even more extensible.

There is no charge for  this webinar.  Pre-registration is not required. Click here for more information and to participate. Continue reading ‘An Introduction to Drupal for Libraries’