Library Research Service
Data collection, reports, and research about Colorado public, school, and academic libraries.
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From Slides to Stories
The Public Library Annual Board Report Template is a Library Research Service (LRS) tool that was first imagined while working on a project with Aurora Public Library (APL) a couple of years ago. We were asked to assist APL in putting together a report with data visualizations…
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A Priceless Collection
Dwight N. Manley Numismatic Library located in Colorado Springs is dedicated to numismatics, the study of currency, and it is the largest lending library of its kind. The American Numismatic Association (ANA) owns the collection which exists in the same building as the Edward C.…
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Caring for a Campus
The library sits at the center of the Colorado Mountain College (CMC) Steamboat Springs campus, both literally and figuratively, and this location comes with a view. Amy Bahlenhorst, Research Analyst, and I had the opportunity to pause on the library’s balcony and take it all in…
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Welcome to the Curiosity Center
As we entered Meadowlark School in Erie, Colorado, we were greeted by several eighth grade students and Marnie Steele, Curiosity Coach and Teacher Librarian. Amy Bahlenhorst, Research Analyst for Library Research Service, and I followed them up a wide staircase as they chatted…
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Tales from a Model Makerspace
Ron Schermacher, the Idea Lab Educator at Ignacio Community Library in southwest Colorado, was once a regular library user who would check out books about local history from the library. He admits that, before working at the library, he held the common misperception about…
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Where Art and Research Meet
When entering Peak to Peak Charter School’s library building in Lafayette, Colorado, visitors are met with a colorful floor-to-ceiling mural. As Suzi Tonini (School Library Leadership Consultant), Amy Bahlenhorst (Research Analyst), and I took it all in, Carla Flanhofer, Teacher…
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“The Heart” and “the Lifeblood of this Community”
A stunning line of jagged peaks comes into view during the drive west across Custer County towards Westcliffe, Colorado. Once you reach the main street of this town brimming with mountain charm, the public library can be found tucked between a shop selling furniture, gifts, and…
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Live and Loud from the Library
The quiet room on the second floor of a mountain community’s public library is an unlikely place to attend a punk rock concert, and yet that is exactly what occurred during Estes Valley Library’s after-hours Tracks & Stacks event last year. In fact, the library hosted six bands…
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Drawing From Thirty Blueprint Posts
Wrapping up this blog series with a recap of the visualizations, analysis tools, and public library data we’ve covered.
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Interlibrary Loan: Expanding Access in Carceral Settings
Read about the importance of ILL in prison libraries by hearing from people who are currently or were formerly incarcerated.