PPLD librarians have compiled some early literacy resources for parents. Reading to children early increases literacy and brain development. Resources include a series of “Grow a Reader” activities for children 3-5 years old, and recommended early literacy websites.
PPLD is proud to present our newest database,
Global Issues in Context.
This database presents global perspectives on 21st –century social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, and cultural issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.
This resource is free to everyone, so check it out!
Check out our new and improved Teen Zone! You can still find the same resources and features, with a different look and feel:
Southern Colorado television stations KKTV 11 News and KRDO News Channel 13 have each aired reports about PPLD’s new service of circulating video games. They have posted streaming video of their reports to their websites:
PPLD is proud to offer our newest service, Online Book Clubs. Sign up for any listed book club and each weekday you will be emailed a short selection from a chapter of the featured book. By the end of each week you’ll have read 2-3 chapters!
Also, don’t forget we sponsor book discussion groups that meet in person at various branches throughout the district.
PPLD’s Digital Photograph Archives have been renovated to accomodate a large influx of digitized materials.
The Archives contain approximately half a million images on subjects covering Colorado Springs, the Pikes Peak region, Colorado, the Rocky Mountain West, and the Southwest. Collections include a wide variety of formats, including glassplate negatives, stereo views, cyanotypes, and daguerreotypes as well as the more familiar acetate negatives, slides, and prints.
Pikes Peak Library District has purchased a new business database called BusinessDecision.
BusinessDecision is a reporting and mapping service that combines extensive consumer household, market segmentation, and demographic data with GIS mapping technology. Patrons can use this database to gather information to start a business or expand a business. The Library can use this service to better understand the various communities that we serve.
You can find BusinessDecision in the “Business” category of Electronic Reference on ppld.org.
In case you haven’t heard, All Pikes Peak Reads (APPR) 2008 kicks off on September 21. The selections for this year are The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck and The Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan.
You can find all kinds of information about the selections and related topics on our
NEW APPR website!
IM a Librarian: Mondays – Thursdays, 4 – 8 p.m.
| PPLD is pleased to announce our newest service, IM a Librarian! Mondays – Thursdays from 4 – 8 p.m., PPLD librarians will be available via Instant Messenger (IM) to answer your quick questions.
To ask a question, just go to our Ask a Librarian page and type your question into the chat box during our online hours. A chat box is also available on The Catalog and Teen Zone during the same hours. OR, just use the box on the left! Click here for more information about PPLD’s IM a Librarian service. |
We’re expanding Library services in your community!
Check out our NEW High Prairie Branch Library website! Find out information about the project, concept drawings, and how to help.
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