The 2008-09 School Library Survey closed a few weeks ago, and preliminary results are now available on our school library stats page — http://www.lrs.org/school_stats.php If you completed the survey, please take the time to review our data and let us know if you find any discrepancies. We’re still working on the 2008-09 School Library Profiles, […]
LibraryJobline.org has something new to check out! We have added links to other websites that could be useful resources to the library job hunter. The categories for the links included are Professional Resources and Organizations, Education, Colorado Resources, Other Library Job Searches, Job Hunting Help, and Suggested Reading. Some examples of the websites that we […]
In recognition of the highly anticipated Twilight film, here are some fun facts about the series. Twilight is the story of 17-year-old Bella Swan, who moves to a small town in Washington State and falls in love with a vampire named Edward Cullen. Published in 2005, the book was followed by New Moon in 2006 […]
The use of public library resources and services by children has been on the rise both in Colorado and in the U.S. as a whole over the past 10 years. Read the details in our new Fast Facts, The Kids Have It, by Robbie Bravman Marks
At the CAL Conference this week, the Colorado State Library booth will have a “Gaming Zone.” Come play Wii video games with CSL staff. Not only will it be fun, but the LRS Research Fellows have compiled research on the connection between gaming and literacy, tips on how to create a gaming program at your […]
The deadline to respond to the 2008-09 Colorado School Library Survey has been extended until November 26, 2008. So far we have about 500 responses, and are looking to break last year’s record of 817. If you’re in a school library in Colorado, and haven’t completed the survey yet, please do so at http://www.lrs.org/slsurvey. If […]
I’m currently at the Internet Librarian conference in Monterey. In a few hours, I’ll be presenting on results from our study “U.S. Public Libraries and Web 2.0.” We will be releasing data in report form shortly, but in the meantime, here’s a link to my presentation. http://www.lrs.org/documents/web20/pub_libs_web_20_ppt.pdf Zeth lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us
Almost exactly 10 years ago, LRS.org went live. Yes, we’ve inhabited cyberspace that long – how do you think we got such a great URL? In those 10 years, our website has received about 16 million hits from around 2.5 million visitors. We’ve also redefined ourselves a few times. We moved to the current look […]
Today we release a new Fast Facts about school libraries, More School Librarians for Metro Areas, Fewer for Non-Metro, which details trends in school library staffing throughout the state. The timing of this report is appropriate, as next week we will open the 2008-09 Colorado School Library Survey. See this and others at our Fast […]
The three new Field Initiated Studies (FIS) posted should interest a wide range of librarians and library directors. The Criminal and Credit Checks on Employees and Volunteers FIS is a summary of responses to a question regarding who is using criminal and credit checks as a pre-employment screening process. The question was posed to the […]
