Special Collections

Series 1  

Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL)

File 1

On-line Public Access Catalog

File 2

On-line Project Reports

File 3

1976-83 Agendas and Minutes
1979-83 Budget Reports

File 4

CARL newsletters

File 5

Miscellaneous

File 6

Annual user meetings

Series 2

Colorado State Library

File 1

Annual list of Colorado libraries

File 2

Colorado State Library Newsletter. 1968-

The monthly Newsletter, published by the Colorado State Library, an agency of the Colorado Department of Education, contains information on State Library activities and personnel, announcements of workshops and other meetings, contact awards by libraries in the state, and awards to libraries and librarians.  It highlights State publications that are available from the libraries designated as affiliates of the State Publications Depository and Distribution Center.

The Capitol Hill Library; CRIER; Centennial State Libraries

File 3

Colorado Public Library statistics

File 4

Colorado Library Network Plan

File 5

Colorado State Publications Depository and Distribution Center

File 6

Colorado Academic Library Master Plan

File 7

Miscellaneous, correspondence

File 8

Disaster Workshop 1981

Series 3

Colorado Library Association (CLA), 1892-2002

File 1

Colorado Libraries

File 2

The Colorado Academic Library

File 3

CLA conferences and directories

File 4

CLA College and Universities section

File 5

Miscellaneous--annual reports

File 6

CLA News 1987-

File 7

CLA Occasional Leaflet v.1-2 1913-1922

see also Colorado Association of Libraries

Series 4

Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR)

Series 5

Colorado Association of College and University Presidents. Library Formula Budgeting Subcommittee

Series 6

Colorado Academic Libraries Book Processing Center (CALBPC)

This series contains essentially all materials concerning the operation of the Colorado Libraries Book Processing Center including minutes and correspondence of various committees affiliated with it. 

The Colorado Libraries Book Processing Center was an experiment to ascertain the feasibility of establishing a Technical Processing Center to serve state supported academic libraries.  In 1966, the National Science Foundation awarded the University of Colorado and the Council of Librarians a grant of $54,000, and member libraries contributed $10,500 to the project. The member libraries were: Colorado University, Metropolitan State College, Colorado State University, Adams State College, Colorado School of Mines, Southern Colorado State College and Colorado State College.

The purpose was to process books through the Library of Congress automated classification system.  The objective was to deliver to a central point books ordered by the member libraries, to catalog, classify, process and prepare the books, appropriate records and cards, and to forward the completely processed books and catalog cards to the requesting library.

The project was in operation from 1967-1973.  It terminated in 1973 because of lack of funding and the high cost of the processing.

Series 7

Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL, 2002- )

File 1

Colorado Libraries

File 2

CAL conferences and directories

see also Colorado Library Association