It’s a story that will make you laugh! It certainly made all of us at the Library District smile. Recently, Poudre River Public Library District received an unexpected package in the mail. It contained an old Fort Collins Public Library book that was nearly 40 years overdue! The long lost book? “Working with Stained Glass” …
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From the Gadgets & Things Collection to Makerspaces to a Tool Lending Library and More! Poudre River Public Library District embraced the “sharing economy” model long before the phrase officially entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2015 by providing our community with access to free and shared resources, spaces, and services. What began with books, …
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The year was 1985. The Coca-Cola Company introduced New Coke and the Nintendo Entertainment System was released in North America. Michael Jordon was named the NBA’s “Rookie of the Year.” The first .com was registered and the first version of Windows was released. Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union. “We Are the …
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Did you know that National Poetry Month is the largest literary celebration in the world? This makes it a perfect time to celebrate the contributions from local poets and encourage others to give poetry a try. Popular children’s writer and poet Kenn Nesbitt explains that good poetry always makes the reader feel something: “A good …
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 …
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