Transgender Youth
It is hard sometimes for me to read the news, to be open to hearing…
Kieran Hixon
Colorado State Library Small/Rural 2021 Scholarships
Thank you for your interest in applying for the Colorado State Library Small/Rural 2021 Scholarship….
View free WiFi locations in Colorado
Public libraries are helping their community members access the internet to complete essential tasks such as online schoolwork or applying for a job, even if the building is closed to the public. The buildings are just one aspect of the kinds of exemplary library services offered in Colorado.
How to Identify, Prioritize, and Tackle Community Needs
Our communities face complex challenges like loneliness, depression, suicide, health issues, addiction, abuse, the rising…
Tips for working from home
There are a lot of changes happening for all of us right now. With schools…
Descriptive Link Text – Website Accessibility – part 4
Descriptive links are weblinks disguised as descriptive text that is clicked on to go to…
Alt Text – Website Accessibility – part 3
Alt text, also called “alt tags” or “alt descriptions,” is the text that is read…
PDFs and Website Accessibility – Part 2
Does your website have links to download PDF documents? Do you make a really sweet…
Website Accessibility
Accessibility… sometimes when I talk about accessibility in libraries folks imagine ramps, wide doors and…
Geeking on Spreadsheets – Bag of Tricks
I admit it, I am a spreadsheet junky. It’s true. And the things I like…
Eliminating Fines – Resources
[For more information on eliminating fines, check out our Eliminating Fines FAQ!] Many libraries charge…
Have you been pwned? – Bag of Tricks
Pwned. Yup, it is a word, not a typo. It is a word from an…
Ransomware – Bag of Tricks
The other day a friend of mine who is the director of a small rural…
Games For Change – Bag of Tricks
I have always been a video game player, way back since Pong, Asteroids, and Pacman…
Fighting Summer Slide – Bag of Tricks
Ah, summer… it is a busy time for libraries! Between the Summer Reading Program and…
Soup, well, TechSoup in the Bag of Tricks
Budgeting, finding the right solution, finding the person with the expertise to help, having the…
What was there? – Bag of tricks
I am amazed by the speed at which technology develops. I really am. New developments…
Oral Histories and Audio recording – Bag of Tricks
I saw a meme the other day that said, “I’m sorry I didn’t answer my…
Making a habit of Habitica – Bag of Tricks
Habitica is an online task management application that, as its name implies, helps you build…
Stuff Online and in a Box! – CSL Kits – Bag of Tricks
Generally my Bag of Tricks series concentrates on online tools you can use in some…