Summer Drop in Chats

Have questions or ideas about Summer Reading? Just want a space to brainstorm with other librarians? Whether you listened to this month’s podcast about summer 2025 or not, join us to chat about all things summer.

All library staff involved in summer reading are encouraged to join. No need to register; stay for the full hour or pop in to say hi!

The schedule and links for these drop-in sessions is below.

• Aug 13 & 27
• Sept 10 & 24
• Oct 8^th & 22

No registration is needed. Join the meetings using this Zoom URL

New dates have been added through the end of January 2025! Please note the Zoom URL has changed for all meetings after October 8. You can access the new Zoom URL here.

• Nov 5
• Nov 19
• Dec 3
• Dec 17
• Jan 14
• Jan 28

Sunshine & Stories is a Colorado State Library podcast dedicated to all things summer in public libraries. During our 2024-25 season, keep an eye out for new episodes twice a month from August to May. We’ll explore topics like performers, incentives, outreach, volunteers, capturing impact, and many more ideas related to designing a summer public library program for your whole community (adults included!).

At each drop-in session we’ll kick things off with chatting about the latest episode of Sunshine & Stories and then see where the discussion takes us.

Have questions or ideas about Summer Reading? Just want a space to brainstorm with other librarians? Whether you listened to this month’s podcast about summer 2025 or not, join us to chat about all things summer.

All library staff involved in summer reading are encouraged to join. No need to register; stay for the full hour or pop in to say hi!

The schedule and links for these drop-in sessions is below.

• Aug 13 & 27
• Sept 10 & 24
• Oct 8^th & 22

No registration is needed. Join the meetings using this Zoom URL

New dates have been added through the end of January 2025! Please note the Zoom URL has changed for all meetings after October 8. You can access the new Zoom URL here.

• Nov 5
• Nov 19
• Dec 3
• Dec 17
• Jan 14
• Jan 28

Sunshine & Stories is a Colorado State Library podcast dedicated to all things summer in public libraries. During our 2024-25 season, keep an eye out for new episodes twice a month from August to May. We’ll explore topics like performers, incentives, outreach, volunteers, capturing impact, and many more ideas related to designing a summer public library program for your whole community (adults included!).

At each drop-in session we’ll kick things off with chatting about the latest episode of Sunshine & Stories and then see where the discussion takes us.

Have questions or ideas about Summer Reading? Just want a space to brainstorm with other librarians? Whether you listened to this month’s podcast about summer 2025 or not, join us to chat about all things summer.

All library staff involved in summer reading are encouraged to join. No need to register; stay for the full hour or pop in to say hi!

The schedule and links for these drop-in sessions is below.

• Aug 13 & 27
• Sept 10 & 24
• Oct 8^th & 22

No registration is needed. Join the meetings using this Zoom URL

New dates have been added through the end of January 2025! Please note the Zoom URL has changed for all meetings after October 8. You can access the new Zoom URL here.

• Nov 5
• Nov 19
• Dec 3
• Dec 17
• Jan 14
• Jan 28

Sunshine & Stories is a Colorado State Library podcast dedicated to all things summer in public libraries. During our 2024-25 season, keep an eye out for new episodes twice a month from August to May. We’ll explore topics like performers, incentives, outreach, volunteers, capturing impact, and many more ideas related to designing a summer public library program for your whole community (adults included!).

At each drop-in session we’ll kick things off with chatting about the latest episode of Sunshine & Stories and then see where the discussion takes us.

Have questions or ideas about Summer Reading? Just want a space to brainstorm with other librarians? Whether you listened to this month’s podcast about summer 2025 or not, join us to chat about all things summer.

All library staff involved in summer reading are encouraged to join. No need to register; stay for the full hour or pop in to say hi!

The schedule and links for these drop-in sessions is below.

• Aug 13 & 27
• Sept 10 & 24
• Oct 8^th & 22

No registration is needed. Join the meetings using this Zoom URL

New dates have been added through the end of January 2025! Please note the Zoom URL has changed for all meetings after October 8. You can access the new Zoom URL here.

• Nov 5
• Nov 19
• Dec 3
• Dec 17
• Jan 14
• Jan 28

Sunshine & Stories is a Colorado State Library podcast dedicated to all things summer in public libraries. During our 2024-25 season, keep an eye out for new episodes twice a month from August to May. We’ll explore topics like performers, incentives, outreach, volunteers, capturing impact, and many more ideas related to designing a summer public library program for your whole community (adults included!).

At each drop-in session we’ll kick things off with chatting about the latest episode of Sunshine & Stories and then see where the discussion takes us.

Have questions or ideas about Summer Reading? Just want a space to brainstorm with other librarians? Whether you listened to this month’s podcast about summer 2025 or not, join us to chat about all things summer.

All library staff involved in summer reading are encouraged to join. No need to register; stay for the full hour or pop in to say hi!

The schedule and links for these drop-in sessions is below.

• Aug 13 & 27
• Sept 10 & 24
• Oct 8^th & 22

No registration is needed. Join the meetings using this Zoom URL

New dates have been added through the end of January 2025! Please note the Zoom URL has changed for all meetings after October 8. You can access the new Zoom URL here.

• Nov 5
• Nov 19
• Dec 3
• Dec 17
• Jan 14
• Jan 28

Sunshine & Stories is a Colorado State Library podcast dedicated to all things summer in public libraries. During our 2024-25 season, keep an eye out for new episodes twice a month from August to May. We’ll explore topics like performers, incentives, outreach, volunteers, capturing impact, and many more ideas related to designing a summer public library program for your whole community (adults included!).

At each drop-in session we’ll kick things off with chatting about the latest episode of Sunshine & Stories and then see where the discussion takes us.

Have questions or ideas about Summer Reading? Just want a space to brainstorm with other librarians? Whether you listened to this month’s podcast about summer 2025 or not, join us to chat about all things summer.

All library staff involved in summer reading are encouraged to join. No need to register; stay for the full hour or pop in to say hi!

The schedule and links for these drop-in sessions is below.

• Aug 13 & 27
• Sept 10 & 24
• Oct 8^th & 22

No registration is needed. Join the meetings using this Zoom URL

New dates have been added through the end of January 2025! Please note the Zoom URL has changed for all meetings after October 8. You can access the new Zoom URL here.

• Nov 5
• Nov 19
• Dec 3
• Dec 17
• Jan 14
• Jan 28

Sunshine & Stories is a Colorado State Library podcast dedicated to all things summer in public libraries. During our 2024-25 season, keep an eye out for new episodes twice a month from August to May. We’ll explore topics like performers, incentives, outreach, volunteers, capturing impact, and many more ideas related to designing a summer public library program for your whole community (adults included!).

At each drop-in session we’ll kick things off with chatting about the latest episode of Sunshine & Stories and then see where the discussion takes us.