Poudre River Public Library District nonprofit resources librarian Sarah Scobey is the recipient of the 2019 Colorado Librarian of the Year award for her innovative work with the nonprofit community in Northern Colorado. The award is presented by the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) to honor exceptional achievement during the past year by a librarian …
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Special guest post by Currie Meyer, Manager of Council Tree Library Recently, I stopped to chat with a Council Tree Library “regular”. A friendly mom of four young children, she has attended storytimes with each of them since the oldest – now eleven – was a baby. As we talked, her eleven-year-old daughter lingered. I …
There’s a concept in teaching and learning that readers, especially children, use books, stories, and the characters they encounter like windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors. It’s an issue of representation – of seeing yourself reflected in the characters you meet – but also seeing the faces and stories of others. When you and your …
I’m a history geek. I like exploring history museums, visiting historical sites and buildings, and am recently hooked on the show Mysteries at the Museum on the Travel Channel. I especially love reading about historical events and real-life people and will more often choose a title like Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre or anything by …
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 …
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