When my sister and I were kids, we felt deprived because we never had the privilege of eating a frozen dinner, aka, “TV” dinners. All the rest of the neighborhood kids got to partake of this modern convenience, and they taunted us with tantalizing tales of the ambrosia that was found in the grocer’s freezer […]
Your Ideas Are Overdue!

Community Needs Assessment – Your ideas are overdue! The Poudre River Public Library District is at a stage in its organizational life when it needs to take pause and re-assess services and programs. After eight years of successful growth and expansion as a separate government entity, it’s time to circle back to our generous and […]
Eclectic Library Resources for Musicians

Musicians, take note. You probably spend much of your day thinking about music, listening to music and creating music. As with any creative pursuit, you need a lot of inputs to generate new outputs. That’s why the folks at Cohere Bandwidth in Fort Collins spent an afternoon sorting through the online library resources. Here are […]
Captain Cache: New Years Arrr-ound the World

http://traffic.libsyn.com/poudrelibraries/New_Year_s_Arrrrrr-ound_the_World.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSUpdated 12/12/2018 with Captain Cache podcast episode. Ahoy Mateys and a Happy New Year to ye! With the season’s cold and icy waters, I be hunkered down in me Cap’n’s quarters. In an attempt to be festive, I’ve been researchin’ new year’s around the world and have […]
What’s All the Hoopla?

Hoopla: talk or writing that is designed to get people excited about and interested in something: TO-DO; also : BALLYHOO (from Merriam Webster) The Poudre River Public Library District is the perfect place to discover what all the “hoopla” is about! We have now added hoopla– a streaming digital service with access to thousands of […]