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		<title>Caring for a Campus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Wicen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The library sits at the center of the Colorado Mountain College (CMC) Steamboat Springs campus, both literally and figuratively, and this location comes with a view. Amy Bahlenhorst, Research Analyst, and I had the opportunity to pause on the library’s balcony and take it all in on a beautiful June afternoon. The view of Steamboat [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Welcome to the Curiosity Center</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Wicen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As we entered Meadowlark School in Erie, Colorado, we were greeted by several eighth grade students and Marnie Steele, Curiosity Coach and Teacher Librarian. Amy Bahlenhorst, Research Analyst for Library Research Service, and I followed them up a wide staircase as they chatted cheerfully. You couldn’t miss the Curiosity Center, as each letter of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tales from a Model Makerspace</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Wicen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 14:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ron Schermacher, the Idea Lab Educator at Ignacio Community Library in southwest Colorado, was once a regular library user who would check out books about local history from the library. He admits that, before working at the library, he held the common misperception about library work that there would be time for reading on the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Where Art and Research Meet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Wicen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When entering Peak to Peak Charter School’s library building in Lafayette, Colorado, visitors are met with a colorful floor-to-ceiling mural. As Suzi Tonini (School Library Leadership Consultant), Amy Bahlenhorst (Research Analyst), and I took it all in, Carla Flanhofer, Teacher Librarian for sixth-12th grade and our host for this morning in the library, explained to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>“The Heart” and “the Lifeblood of this Community”</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Wicen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A stunning line of jagged peaks comes into view during the drive west across Custer County towards Westcliffe, Colorado. Once you reach the main street of this town brimming with mountain charm, the public library can be found tucked between a shop selling furniture, gifts, and antiques, and a gallery. Amy Bahlenhorst, Research Analyst for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Live and Loud from the Library</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Wicen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorful Colorado Libraries]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The quiet room on the second floor of a mountain community’s public library is an unlikely place to attend a punk rock concert, and yet that is exactly what occurred during Estes Valley Library’s after-hours Tracks &#38; Stacks event last year. In fact, the library hosted six bands or musicians during a single evening culminating [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Drawing From Thirty Blueprint Posts</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Wicen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Public Library Blueprints]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[public libraries]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wrapping up this blog series with a recap of the visualizations, analysis tools, and public library data we’ve covered. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interlibrary Loan: Expanding Access in Carceral Settings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Wicen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Read about the importance of ILL in prison libraries by hearing from people who are currently or were formerly incarcerated.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Was That a Reference Question?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Wicen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Public Library Blueprints]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Read the new LRS guidelines to answer this question, and don’t miss the latest data trends in reference transactions.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Heat (Map) of Summer Library Hours</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Wicen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Public Library Blueprints]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A heat map shows how some libraries’ hours differ in the summer, and AI helped (a little) to analyze the data. 
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