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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’

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.

Prevent Summer Setback – Keep Children Reading All Summer Long!

Published by Michelle on April 7, 2010 in Children's Services, General, Public Libraries, Teen Services and programs. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Contrary to popular opinion – including many educators’ – most students, even those “at-risk,” make decent progress during the school year; it’s summer when they fall behind.

See below for more information about summer setback and how the statewide summer reading program can help.

SummerSetback

Community Connections Inclusivity Bulletin

Published by Michelle on April 21, 2009 in Community Collaborations, General, Instruction, Public Libraries, Reference Services and School Libraries. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

On behalf of Jean Heilig:

This year’s major effort of the Colorado State Library’s Special Populations Committee is Community Connections. The project continues with a call for recruiting members, the introduction of a seventh statewide partner, involvement with the Denver Foundation Inclusiveness Project, and resources for any library or school working with with immigrants from Somalia.

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Community Connnections Inclusivity Bulletin

Published by Michelle on April 1, 2009 in Community Collaborations, General, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Special Libraries and programs. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

On behalf of Jean Heilig:

This year’s major effort of the Colorado State Library’s Special Populations Committee is Community Connections. The project continues with the introduction of two additional statewide partners: Latin American Research and Service Agency (LARASA) and Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning.

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Community Connnections Inclusivity Bulletin

Published by Michelle on March 5, 2009 in Community Collaborations, General, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Special Libraries and programs. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

On behalf of Jean Heilig:

This year’s major effort, Community Connections, continues with the introduction of two additional statewide partners, a key component of the project.  All libraries are welcome to contact statewide partners for their mutual benefit. 

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