Adult Library Services

Programming and Event Resources

Spanish Language Learning & Resources for Libraries

Language Learning Databases in Colorado Libraries (PDF)
- Mango and Transparent databases have learning tracks for library staff and librarians
StudySpanish (free)
Survival Spanish for Library Staff (self-paced course, modules, and resources from Infopeople)
Spanish for Librarians (Google Doc, from REFORMA)

Language Translation and Interpretation

Digital and Media Literacy/ Information Literacy

Digital Learn Training
Check, Please! Starter Course
Civic Online Reasoning
Crash Course: Navigating Digital Information (YouTube playlist/ series)
Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers
Project Information Literacy

Wikipedia for Libraries

Assessment and Evaluation

PLA Project Outcome (for Public Libraries)
Assessment & Evaluation (Connected Lib Toolkit)

Academic Libraries

OER Starter Kit
Open Textbook Library
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox (lessons & instructional materials)
ACRL Project Outcome (for Academic Libraries)
Assessments in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success

Your Adult Library Services Consultant

Cristy Moran (she/ her/ ella) is the Adult Library Services Senior Consultant at the Colorado State Library and is eager to consult with and support you in program development and facilitation, outreach, finding resources, assessment and evaluation, and collaborating with community partners. She is a librarian, an educator, an instructional designer, and an information literacy specialist who has worked in libraries and education for over 15 years. In supporting all Colorado libraries (including public, academic, and special libraries), Cristy's role can best be described as the adult services librarian’s librarian for Colorado.