Our Services

Audio Books (Colorado Talking Book Library)

Board and Trustee Information

Book Club Resource

Braille Books (Colorado Talking Book Library)

Check Out Colorado State Parks

A partnership between the Colorado State Library and Colorado Parks and Wildlife that provides State Park passes and educational materials for check out in every Colorado public library and academic libraries.

Children's and Youth Services

Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Search over 200 different Colorado historic newspapers dating from 1859. View the original paper and articles as they originally appeared over a hundred years ago.

Colorado Libraries Collaborate

Colorado's reciprocal borrowing program.

Colorado Online Libraries (COLibraries)

Websites for Colorado Libraries

Colorado Virtual Library

Collections of interest to a wide selection of Colorado's librarians.

Continuing Education and Professional Development

CSL in Session

An online learning series of from the Colorado State Library. Free, hour-long virtual classes on a broad range of library-related topics. Sessions are interactive and participation is central to the learning.

CSL Professional Collection

A collection of material of interest to librarians and the education community.

Colorado Talking Book Library (CTBL)

For people who can't read standard print, CTBL provides audio, Braille and large print books, keeping you connected to reading, stories and adventure.

CVL Collections

CVL Lists

Mail list hosting for the Colorado library community

CVL Sites

Free websites for library-related and cultural heritage organizations

DART Reference Tracker

Digital Inclusion

Digital Public Library of America Service Hub

Directory of Colorado Libraries

Discussion Lists

Mailing lists for the Colorado library community hosted by Colorado State Libraryís Network & Resource Sharing unit.

Government information (Colorado State Publications Library)

Grant Opportunities

Growing Readers Together

An initiative supporting libraries engaging Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) caregivers in early literacy.

Highly Effective School Library Program

Institutional and Correctional Libraries Development

Interlibrary Loan (SWIFT)

A statewide ILL service for libraries of any size or type, allowing your patrons to search and place requests for materials located throughout the state of Colorado.

Job Listings

Large Print Books (Colorado Talking Book Library)

Library Development & Innovation

Library Jobline

Library jobs in Colorado and beyond

Library Law

Libraries Learn

Resources for library makerspaces, and instructor materials for technology training in public libraries

Library Research Service (LRS)

• DART Reference Tracker
• Public Library Survey Data

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)

Colorado's five-year plan

Mailing Lists

Mailing lists for the Colorado library community

Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC)

Service hub of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) for Colorado and Wyoming

Prison Libraries

Public Library Standards

Public Library Survey Data

Reading Tips Brochure

Reference Tracker Tool (DART)

Research and Statistics

Resource Kits

Sample Policies for public libraries

School Libraries Development

Spanish for Libraries

Spotlight on Sharing

An initiative to increase the visibility of resource sharing happening in Colorado's libraries

State Grants to Libraries

State Publications Library

StoryBlocks Videos

A collection of 30- to 60-second videos modeling to parents, caregivers and library staff songs, rhymes and fingerplays for early childhood.

Storytime Kits

Strategic Planning

SWIFT

SWIFT, formerly Statewide Interlibrary Loan Fast Track, is a statewide ILL service for libraries of any size or type

Talking Book Library

Technology Resources for Librarians

Website Creation and Hosting

The State Library's Network & Resource Sharing department (NRS) provides websites free-of-charge for libraries, museums, and related organizations.

Youth and Family Services