Katie Auman

5 Building Blocks of a Professional Library Storytime

by Katie AumanLibrary Blog, Library Services March 30, 2017April 8, 2019Comments are Disabled

Updated 4/2019 Attending storytime is practically a right-of-passage for young children in our community. And, Poudre River Public Library District is widely-known for the high-quality storytimes available at each of our three libraries as well as locations throughout the community. Library storytimes are presented by experienced professionals and designed to promote early language and reading …

Digitize Old 35mm Slides & Photo Negatives at the Library

by Katie AumanLibrary Blog, Library Services February 16, 2017February 15, 2017Comments are Disabled

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 …

Business Librarian Anne Macdonald Named SBDC Consultant of the Year

by Katie AumanLibrary Blog, Library Services, News December 22, 2016December 20, 2016Comments are Disabled

For the past eight years, our Business Librarian, Anne Macdonald, has had a side-gig as a market research consultant with the Larimer County Small Business Development Center (SBDC), where she works with existing and new businesses to help them grow and prosper. Anne has contributed over 1,100 hours meeting with more than 400 clients from …

Happy Birthday Old Town Library: 40 Years of Community, Culture, and Ideas

by Katie AumanHistory, Library Blog October 27, 2016October 17, 2016Comments are Disabled

After 70 years of public library services at the Carnegie building on Mathews St., the demand on the building’s space and the library’s collection was reaching its limits. In 1974, the Carnegie building and the library staff were serving 65,000 people in a space designed for a city population of only 12,000 – and this …

Public Library Version 2.0: the Forefront of Digital Equity

by Katie AumanLibrary Blog September 22, 2016October 31, 2019Comments are Disabled

Public libraries have always been a community’s access point to information and learning: obtaining books or journal articles, attending educational presentations, participating in civic discussions, joining in storytimes and reading activities. But, in today’s digital media age, the access point to information is increasingly through the internet and on devices like smartphones, tablets, and laptops. …