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Sunshine & Stories Episode 206: Unearthing CSLP Summer Program Resources

Episode Summary:
The Collaborative Summer Library Program’s 2026 program manual is now live! So the Kates chat about all things summer from toolkits, printables and all that CSLP has to offer to fun ways to interpret this summer’s theme of “Unearth a Story” and the America 250 - Colorado 150 celebrations.

Outline

00:00 – Introduction
00:28 – What is CSLP?
01:28 – Tools
03:33 - Access
05:29 - Learning Opportunities
08:19 – Rules of Use
11:32 – The Theme and Program ideas
19:13 – Another take? 150/250
25:04 – Closing

Resources:

Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP)

CSLP Professional Development - Summer Symposium and other webinars

CSLP Official Summer Library Programming Group (Facebook)

Colorado Youth Services Library Network mailing list

Where to See the Dinosaurs of Colorado

History Colorado: America 250 - Colorado 150 Commission

America250

Colorado Tourism Office - Colorado Passport

CO State Library's "Stories of Colorado" collection

"Reimagining School Readiness: Dinosaurs" (CSL Kit)

Colorado folks, for access to CSLP's 2026 "Unearth a Story" program manual, please contact Kate Brunner at [email protected]. For all other states and territories, please reach out to your CSLP Representative.

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CSL projects like this one are funded in part by the Grants to States program administered by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this podcast do not necessarily represent those of the Colorado State Library, Institute of Museum and Library Services, or the U.S. Government.