“You do it because the doing of it is the thing. The doing is the thing. The talking and worrying and thinking is not the thing.” ― Amy Poehler, Yes Please I’ve heard some variation of the same horrible advice given time and time again to newbie entrepreneurs – “fake it ‘til you make it.” It’s important to …
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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 …
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When students at Poudre School District’s Shepardson STEM Elementary School entered their classrooms at the start of the school year, little did they know they’d soon be working with community experts and partners to find solutions to real-world challenges. For the three second grade classes, this meant examining how the Poudre River Public Library District …
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A December Pew Research Center report says 23% of Americans have knowingly or unknowingly shared “fake news” through social media, email, and other means. You may have come across some of these stories being shared again and again on Facebook as “news,” like election stories attributed to the Denver Guardian, a nonexistent news company, or …
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Special thanks to Sami Colgate for contributing to this blog post! January is National Hot Tea Month, and we’ve teamed up with Sami Colgate from Ku Cha House of Tea (a Library Flash Your Card program participant) to create unique book and tea pairings to stimulate your next read. For each pairing, you’ll find a …