Exploring the Library’s Multilingual Collection

By Substitute Library Assistant, Laura Puls Inclusion is one of our core values at Poudre River Public Library District; we want everyone to be able to learn, grow, and belong.   As of 2018, 12 percent of Fort Collins residents use languages besides English at home. Spanish, Indo-European languages, and Asian and Pacific Island languages were …

Going Further Together

Highlighting the Library’s Collaboration with Fuerza Latina  The community has benefits from the many amazing resources, events, and programs that sprout from the Library’s strategic partnerships and collaboration. From creating Take and Make kits in collaboration with Larimer County Alternative Sentencing to our community vaccine clinics with Fuerza Latina, our Community Outreach department is incredible …

National Library Week

How Do You Connect to Your Library?  Libraries are more than 3,000 years old. Through the centuries, they’ve developed into rich community centers offering entertainment, books, classes, digital resources and much more.  Across the nation this week, libraries are celebrating National Library Week. The special week recognizes the incredible contributions of libraries to their communities …

Report to the Community 2021

Each year, our work is inspired and driven by our values of curiosity, collaboration, accountability, innovation, and inclusivity. The results take many different shapes.   Curiosity sparks in our children’s Library sections. Collaboration channels through our programs and community partnerships. Accountability guides our stewardship of public funds. Innovation materializes in our Library locations, digital services, and …

Yes, Some Books Do Read Themselves

Explore the Library’s Collection of “Read-Along” Books  Modern technologies have opened up so many doors; from connecting with others across the world in an instant, to television on demand, to reading digital books. But what if the books could read themselves to you?  Seriously, self-reading books? Seriously, self-reading books. They’re waiting for you in the …