Bag of Tricks – Files Conversion & Charts
Picture this request from a patron: “Excuse me, I am looking for information on Excel. I have the file on my flash drive, but it …
Technology
Short guides on ways new technology can help your professional development, improve your teaching, improve accessibility to your resources, improve your library, and help keep you organized.
Enduring Web Design Mistakes
A new list of common design mistakes in websites shows many kinds of problems have plagued the web for years. Library websites are especially prone to some of these, and librarians should do whatever necessary to fix them.
Some of Our Clients
The State Library’s Website Creation & Hosting service provides websites for a number of library organizations, including the sites shown below. Many Colorado Libraries also use …
Meet the COLibraries Community
Take a peak at some of our COLibraries clients!
CVL Sites Redesigned
The State Library’s CVL Sites is a free service that creates and hosts websites for libraries, museums, and related organizations. Sites for Voice Preserve, and …
Website Creation & Hosting Inquiry
Use this form to contact us with questions about our website creation and hosting services.
Customer Service, Policy, and Technology: The Library Trifecta
We talk a lot about technology and libraries, and rightfully so. For decades, technology has been one of the most significant changes in libraries. We …
Library Linked Data
Why do libraries have catalogs? If you work in libraries the answer seems obvious: we have catalogs because our patrons need to search our collections. …
Free online resources
The web abounds with resources for learning, productivity, and sharing. Here are some of our favorite free online tools—this is by no means an exhaustive list, …
What Makes Something “Usable”?
The Web can be frustrating to use these days. Videos and animated GIFs start playing automatically; your cursor movements trigger unexpected events; ads expand and …
How and where to get free images for your website
Sites to go to for free, high-quality images that you can use on your website without worrying about any copyright issues.
Where to start if you’re a technology beginner
It probably happened slowly. While you were busy with the demands of daily life, the world of technology grew around you. One day you were …