Take-Home Technology: Wi-Fi Hotspots

Instant internet connection in any location – this is the dream for people working, studying, and online shopping during the past few months of stay-at-home and safer-at-home mandates. Luckily, Poudre River Public Libraries now offers Jetpack MiFi hotspots for checkout. As part of the Library’s Gadgets & Things Collection, hotspots are now offered at all three library …

Simple 3D Printing + Beautiful Artistic Touches = One Amazing Prosthetic Leg Cover

It’s always amazing what people come up with to design and print using the 3D printer at Old Town Library. We recently came across a great story from local artist Sarah Ezell, who was painting a beautiful Chinese phoenix on her friend’s prosthetic leg cover. And if this wasn’t enough, Sarah wanted the leg cover …

Digitize Old 35mm Slides & Photo Negatives at the Library

Preserve your favorite memories using our Microfilm Reader For most of my childhood, annual Christmas traditions included sharing a large and boisterous meal with family, unwrapping mounds of presents, gorging on homemade fudge and popcorn balls, and viewing the latest carousel (or two) of family photo slides. Our living room became a makeshift screening room …

Have no Technology Fear, the Media Mentors are Here!

And there came a day on Earth when the Poudre River Public Library District’s mightiest heroes found themselves united in support of digital literacy and technology troubleshooting, to educate the community about eBooks and computer classes and age-appropriate apps. On that day, the Media Mentors were born! No foes can withstand them! No technology can …