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E-Flash Fall 2011 (PDF)

In this edition:

  • Library visits at historic high - visits top 1.5 billion
  • Rural library enrichment grants report successes
  • Public computer centers launched in libraries
  • Reforma provides translation services to libraries
  • Vote for Glee librarian
  • New site for programs in libraries
  • School libraries mean higher scores
  • Fall youth services workshops a success

E-Flash Summer 2011 (PDF)

In this edition:

  • Celebrate National Friends of Libraries Week
  • Southern networking event in November — volunteers?
  • Discover Earth Opportunities for Librarians
  • Summer Reading Programs Draw Kids, Adults
  • Sisters in Crime Award Libraries

E-Flash Newsletter Spring, 2011 (PDF)
In this edition:

  • Northern libraries network at Library People event
  • Colorado public library use increases during recession
  • School libraries vulnerable
  • Government closes, privatizes libraries
  • The state of America's libraries 2011

E-Flash Newsletter Winter, 2011 (PDF)
In this edition:

  • Colorado survey confirms e-reader interest
  • Libraries in the news
  • Awards, awards, awards
  • Perceptions of libraries studied

E-Flash Newsletter November, 2010 (PDF)
In this edition:

  • Voters Defeat "Bad 3" in Fall Election 
  • CSL Awarded $3.3 million for Public Computer Centers
  • ULC Report on Future of Libraries
  • Sixty Seconds Survey on Future of Books Released

E-Flash Newsletter August, 2010 (PDF)
In this edition:

  • Red Flags About Fall Elections, Resources and a Blog for All 
  • Useful Advocacy and Awareness Resources
  • Public Library Visits, Circulation Spike, Staff Size Unchanged
  • The Debate Over the Value of Libraries

E-Flash Newsletter June, 2010 (PDF)
In this edition:

  • Fall Ballot Issues Analyzed by Business Groups
  • Library People Seeks Best Friends for Prize
  • Pueblo Friends Celebrate 50 Years!
  • And much, much more...

E-Flash Newsletter March, 2010 (PDF)
In this edition:

  • Fall Election Issues Can Have Major Impact
  • Libraries at the Legislature
  • ALA Report Details Economic Trends in Libraries

E-Flash Newsletter December, 2009 (PDF)
In this edition:

  • Politics, as Usual
  • Reference Services Essential in Libraries
  • Safeway Supports the Value of Libraries

    E-Flash Newsletter September, 2009
    In this edition:

    • Library People awarded Denver Foundation grant
    • The Butterfly Effect flutters to libraries
    • AskColorado wins over Westword writer