Public Library Leadership: Directors & Trustees

Get Started:

New Director's Toolkit: Resources for Colorado Public Library Directors (CSL)

​New Director's Guide for Public Libraries (CLiC)

The Public Library Factbook: Basic & Essential Information for Managing Your Library (Word)

Colorado Public Library Standards: The Public Library Standards conform to language in CRS 24-90-105(2)(a.3) calling for improvement in standards for public libraries.

Colorado Public Library Standards Data Tools: This site provides public library data as maps, charts, and graphs that supplement the Colorado Public Library Standards.

Community:

LRS Resources for Community Analysis

The Community Centered Library (Jamie LaRue) (Archived webinar): Explore the Community Centered Library as it applies to human resources decisions, building projects, strategic planning, and the larger issue of advocacy.

Colorado Libraries Collaborate! (CLC): Colorado’s reciprocal borrowing program. It provides FREE access to library resources for library users of all CLC member libraries.

Directories:

Directory of Colorado Libraries

Library Email Lists

Professional Organizations:

American Library Association

Colorado Association of Libraries

Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC)

Public Library Association (PLA)

Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL)

Statistical Data:

Library Research Service (LRS): Responsible for collecting and organizing Colorado library data

Colorado Public Library Data

National Public Library Statistics

Check Out Colorado State Parks

A partnership between the Colorado State Library and Colorado Parks and Wildlife provides State Park passes and educational materials for checkout in every Colorado public library and academic library.

Colorado Broadband Roadmap & Colorado State Library Plan on Broadband

The purpose of the Colorado Broadband Roadmap is to implement strategies that leverage funding to meet the goal of connecting 99% of households to high-speed internet by 2027. Included in the Colorado Broadband Roadmap is the Colorado State Library's 5-year plan.

Connect to Health

Telehealth project assisting libraries to provide spaces or kits for checkout for patrons to have private telehealth appointments.

Early Literacy Kits

These kits were created by the same State Library staff members who worked on the Growing Readers Together initiative. 

Growing Readers Together

Supports libraries in engaging family, friends, and neighbors (FFN) caregivers in early literacy.

Spanish for Libraries

Language access information and resources.