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Jamie LaRue

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GarCo Report: NW Colorado elk herd status, Flying M PUD grounded, more library contention

by Amy Hadden Marsh November 15, 2023November 24, 2023

By Amy Hadden Marsh Sopris Sun Correspondent The Garfield County commissioners (BOCC) met for more than eight hours on Monday, Nov. 13, with only 20 minutes for lunch. The morning […]

Posted inNews, Uncategorized

Pornography panic at GCPLD board meeting

by Amy Hadden Marsh September 13, 2023November 17, 2023

The crowd that gathered at the Carbondale Library on Thursday, Sept. 7 was too big for the Calaway Room, and spilled out into the hall. Word was out that Rifle […]

Posted inNews, Uncategorized

GCPLD Report: Library board meeting draws a crowd

by Lynn Burton June 7, 2023November 17, 2023

The June 1 Garfield County Public Libraries District (GCPLD) board meeting in Carbondale attracted more than two dozen members of the public and several had comments. Library board meetings are […]

Posted inNews, Uncategorized

GarCo Library board denies book ban appeal

by Lynn Burton May 3, 2023November 17, 2023

In a special meeting on April 24, the Garfield County library board voted 7-0 to retain three books that a library district resident had challenged earlier in the year, according […]

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Passwords coming to local libraries March 28

by Lynn Burton March 15, 2023November 17, 2023

Change is coming to Garfield County Libraries on March 28. The change: Library card holders will be assigned a password to facilitate using their cards in some cases. Why does […]

Posted inColumns, Opinion, Uncategorized

Recommended Reading: ‘Buttons: Dreams Do Come True’

by Jane Bachrach January 4, 2023November 17, 2023

By Jamie LaRue Garfield County Libraries “Most people don’t remember the day they were born. I remember it all.” So begins the children’s book “Buttons: Dreams Do Come True” by […]

Posted inColumns, Opinion, Uncategorized

‘Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars’

by Will Grandbois October 12, 2022November 17, 2023

By Jamie LaRue Garfield County Libraries I learned to read from comic books. At first, I mostly read DC Comics, mainly Superman. I was the only 6-year-old on my block […]

Posted inColumns, Opinion, Uncategorized

Library Trends: A Community Conversation

by Will Grandbois August 3, 2022November 17, 2023

By Jamie LaRue, Executive Director Garfield County Libraries In 2012, I was invited by the U.S. State Department to give some presentations in Moscow. There was a big annual publisher […]

Posted inEspañol, Noticias, Uncategorized

Jamie LaRue trae nuevos conocimientos al GCPLD

by Raleigh Burleigh May 11, 2022December 3, 2023

Traducción por Dolores Duarte Durante la mayor parte de un año, el Distrito de Bibliotecas Públicas del Condado de Garfield (GCPLD) estuvo sin un director ejecutivo oficial. El anterior director […]

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Jamie LaRue brings fresh expertise to GCPLD

by Raleigh Burleigh May 4, 2022November 17, 2023

For the better part of a year, the Garfield County Public Libraries District (GCPLD) was without a formal executive director. The district’s previous executive director resigned in August 2021, preceded […]

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