History of Library Resource Sharing in Colorado

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    Colorado Council for Library Development

    2003 - CCLD and Resource Sharing Board merge, form Colorado Library Advisory Board (CoLAB)
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    Colorado Resource Center (CRC) at Denver Public Library

    CRC offered interlibrary loan, reference, and training for libraries. A line-item veto in 2003 eliminated CRC and other state-funded programs.
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    7 regional library systems

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    Payment for Lending Grant

    This grant subsidized interlibrary loan (ILL) costs.
  • Marmot Library System Created

    Marmot Library System Created
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    Colorado Equalization Grants

    These grants supplemented rural libraries. Eventually absorbed into a state grants bill.
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    Colorado Statewide Summer Reading Program

    Joined the summer reading collaborative in 2002.
  • Statewide telecommunications network (MNT) created by legislature

  • Colorado Libraries Collaborate! program started

    Colorado Libraries Collaborate! program started
  • Resource Sharing Strategic Planning Committee

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    Access Colorado Library Information Network (ACLIN)

    ACLIN transitioned to the Colorado Virtual Library in 1999.
  • Prospector created

    Prospector created
  • Colorado Virtual Library created

  • Statewide courier

    Pre-1999, various joint and separate courier services managed through the Regional Systems
  • Colorado Digitization Project

  • SWIFT Interlibrary Loan

    SWIFT Interlibrary Loan
  • Colorado joins the Collaborative Summer Library Program

    Colorado joins the Collaborative Summer Library Program
  • Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC)

    Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC)
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    ASK Colorado / ASK Academic Virtual Reference

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    Colorado Library Advisory Board (CoLAB)

    2006 - CoLAB votes to disband itself.
  • Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) executive director and staff hired

    Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) executive director and staff hired
  • LibraryJobline

    LibraryJobline
  • AspenCat

    AspenCat
  • Marmot and Prospector catalogs join with LSTA grant

  • FindIT Colorado mobile app

  • Resource Sharing Task Force (RSTF)