Libraries

Nearer, My God, to Thee

From Andrew Carnegie to Michael Graves: Tom Noel on local library history

Where do our libraries come from? Beginning at the turn of the last century, there was a building boom across the nation, thanks to the deep pockets of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. In Denver alone, nine Carnegie libraries were built early in the twentieth century -- five of which still operate as ... More >>

Help build a civic scrapbook on the DPL's Creating Your Community social archive

If social media is the communication tool of the future, the Denver Public Library doesn't want to be left in the dust, and that's why the library will launch its ambitious Creating Your Community (CYC) social archive -- a participatory opportunity for people to share stories of their Colorado herit ... More >>

Love Hurts

If social media is the communication tool of the future, the Denver Public Library doesn't want to be left in the dust, and that's why the library will launch its ambitious Creating Your Community (CYC) social archive -- a participatory opportunity for people to share stories of their Colorado herit ... More >>

Reel Women

If social media is the communication tool of the future, the Denver Public Library doesn't want to be left in the dust, and that's why the library will launch its ambitious Creating Your Community (CYC) social archive -- a participatory opportunity for people to share stories of their Colorado herit ... More >>

Denver Public Library, facing budget cuts, asks for community input on how to raise revenue

​ The Denver Public Library is in financial trouble. Since 2003, city budget constraints have caused the system to cut hours, reduce staff and spend less money on new books. And it may only get worse: Next year, the library has been instructed to cut another $2.5 million from its budget. Start ... More >>

This weekend: Peruvian street food cooking demo at the Denver Public Library

​Denver's street-food scene is exploding, what with all those cupcake trucks, biscuit-mobiles, gastro-carts on wheels and upscale taco wagons hawking their foodstuffs all over town. And the trend hasn't gone unnoticed by the Denver Public Library's free Fresh City Life programs, which integrat ... More >>

Salsa cooks get on the same page at the Denver Public Library

​Last year, it was potato salad. This year, the Denver Public Library is making book on salsa, asking readers to submit their best recipes; the top six will battle it out for $600 in prizes during Salsa Wars. Organizer Chris Loffelmacher promises that this Fresh City Life program, held in con ... More >>

The Denver Public Library is not the Wild West, despite what the New York Times says

A Flickr photo.Library books don't grow on trees, you know.​ Wouldn't it be great if you could just negotiate-away your overdue library fines? If you could stroll into the Denver Public Library, offer them $1 and have your borrower status upgraded from "terribly horrible" to "awesomely awesome ... More >>

Denver Public Library to crack down on scofflaws in 2010

A Flickr photo.Bring these back ... or feel the PAIN (of no more library books)!​Attention literary scofflaws, Anne of Green Gables hoarders and people-who-lose-shit-in-the-backseats-of-their cars! The Denver Public Library is out to teach you a lesson in 2010, and the lesson goes a little som ... More >>

Denver Public Library offers e-titles on the go -- sort of

A Flickr photo.​The Denver Public Library has long been hip to technology, whether it's offering DVD selections that rival Blockbuster or allowing patrons to download tawdry B-movies from its website. Now the institution's getting into the smartphone craze, having developed a mobile website o ... More >>

Librarians head to Denver for a quiet riot

A Flickr photo.​The Denver Public Library has long been hip to technology, whether it's offering DVD selections that rival Blockbuster or allowing patrons to download tawdry B-movies from its website. Now the institution's getting into the smartphone craze, having developed a mobile website o ... More >>

The downtown library's new due date

. A woman got off an RTD bus outside of the Denver Public Library main branch at about 9 this morning and asked library staff for some assistance. But she wasn't trying to check out a book. No, the woman was in labor. In fact, she was so far along that the library staff members helped her give birt ... More >>

Carol Kreck: The Librarian Strikes Back

. A woman got off an RTD bus outside of the Denver Public Library main branch at about 9 this morning and asked library staff for some assistance. But she wasn't trying to check out a book. No, the woman was in labor. In fact, she was so far along that the library staff members helped her give birt ... More >>

Carol Kreck: The Librarian Strikes Back

. A woman got off an RTD bus outside of the Denver Public Library main branch at about 9 this morning and asked library staff for some assistance. But she wasn't trying to check out a book. No, the woman was in labor. In fact, she was so far along that the library staff members helped her give birt ... More >>

Librarian Rousted Outside McCain Town Hall Is a Former Reporter

. A woman got off an RTD bus outside of the Denver Public Library main branch at about 9 this morning and asked library staff for some assistance. But she wasn't trying to check out a book. No, the woman was in labor. In fact, she was so far along that the library staff members helped her give birt ... More >>

Book Bonanza

The Denver Public Library raises its sale.

Calling All Cowgirls and Cowboys

The Denver Public Library raises its sale.

On the Wagon

The Denver Public Library raises its sale.

Once Upon a Time

The Denver Public Library raises its sale.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of August 18, 2005

Comic Relief

Are you a man or a mouse?

Off Limits

Art of Darkness

Follow That Story

Making Book

Pajama Party

Swallow Hill makes it easy for kids to jump into dreamland

Follow That Story

Ball Drop

Mysterious Journey

Underneath the Lintel is a compelling hunt for meaning.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 4, 2003

Follow That Story

Overdue Notice

Checked Out

Members of the Friends Foundation donated their lives to the library. Those days are over.

Best Used Books All the Time

Koelbel Public Library

Best Public-Library Music Section

Schlessman Family Branch Library

Best Know-It-Alls

SmartyPants

Reading Frenzy

Book on down to the Denver Public Library for bargain reads.

Check It Out

The Denver Public Library closes the book on borrowing 1,000 items.

Best Personal Book Shoppers

Highlands Ranch Library

Best Toy Store Suited to Short Attention Spans

Denver Toy Library
Smiley Branch Library

Best Ring Leader

Heath Rezabek

Letters to the Editor

From the week of November 22-28, 2001

Cheese Wiz

Are you a man or a mouse? Read all about it.

Best Free Service

Video/Audio Rentals

Best Free Medical Advice

Community Health Resource Center

Month to Month

Denver's famous Black American West Museum may be history.

The Doctor Is Out

The unfiltered truth.

Time's Up!

The Denver Public Library plans to pull the plug on Internet hogs.

Remarks of the Beast

A fight over gargoyles at the new Montrose library gets ugly. Naturally.

RAIN OF ERROR

A LEAKY ROOF DAMPENS ENTHUSIASM AT THE NEW LIBRARY.

BIBLIO FILE

A LEAKY ROOF DAMPENS ENTHUSIASM AT THE NEW LIBRARY.

WELDON, WELL DONE

A LEAKY ROOF DAMPENS ENTHUSIASM AT THE NEW LIBRARY.

KEES TO THE KINGDOM

WELDON KEES HAS BEEN GONE FIFTY YEARS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY, HE WROTE THE BOOK.WHERE'S WELDON KEES WHEN WE NEED HIM? CHECK OUT THE STRANGE SAGA OF THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY'S CRANKIEST EMPLOYEE.