Libraries Invested in Our Planet
April 2022
Read about how ALA’s three aspects of sustainability align with this year’s Earth Day theme “Invest in Our Planet”.
Sundries
January 2022
Intro Can I trust this information? We use information constantly to learn, make decisions, and form opinions. Every day library staff in every setting strive to teach people how to find the information they need and how to identify trustworthy sources. But what is trustworthy? How can you tell? What about when sources contradict each […]
LRS.org, Nicolle Steffen Win Awards at the 2010 CAL Conference
October 2010
LRS and its director, Nicolle Steffen, won awards at this past weekend’s annual Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) Conference. LRS.org, which provides dynamic, on-demand access to statistics for public, school, and academic libraries in Colorado, received the Library Advocate Award. This award recognizes far-reaching, sustained contributions to the promotion and/or support of library and information […]
LRS Welcomes Two New Staff Members
August 2010
Linda Hofschire is the new Research Analyst at the Library Research Service. Previously she worked as a social science researcher in the fields of Mass Communication and Education, designing and implementing surveys and analyzing statistics. She recently received her Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois. Dave Hodgins is our […]
Study Shows How Americans Benefit from Internet Access at Libraries
March 2010
Released at PLA this week, the study Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries shows what most librarians already knew—patrons are using the library for more than checking out paper books. The study is already generating buzz outside of the library profession and is being picked-up by news […]
LRS.org turns a decade!
October 2008
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 […]
New Research Fellows
August 2008
The LRS is going through a bit of a transition, as we welcome a brand new set of Research Fellows from the University of Denver. Briana Hovendick, Sean Lamborne, and Jamie Archuleta all joined our ranks in the last few weeks. It’ll be exciting to move forward with our new corps. Join me in welcoming […]
ALA’s State of America’s Libraries Report, April 2007
April 2007
Released this month, highlights from the report include: * The number of visits to public libraries in the United States increased 61 percent between 1994 and 2004…there were nearly two billion visits to U.S. libraries in fiscal year 2004. * Circulation at public libraries in the U.S. rose by 28 percent during the decade, partly […]
Retirement of Keith Curry Lance and Appointment of Nicolle Steffen
March 2007
Keith Curry Lance, Ph.D. has retired after 20 years at the Library Research Service (LRS) and 22 years at the Colorado State Library. While Director of LRS, Keith cultivated a center for library research that is one of only a few in the United States. LRS has developed a national reputation for groundbreaking studies about […]
New DU Research Fellows Appointed at LRS
October 2006
The Library Research Service of the Colorado State Library and the University of Denver (DU) has awarded its two latest DU Research Fellowships to Beth Strickland and Carla Molliconi. Both new Fellows are candidates for the Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the LIS Program in the DU College of Education. They are […]