A number of news outlets have covered our library's funding needs and efforts to form the Boulder Public Library District. Know of one we're missing? Contact us!
- 06/19/21 Survey commissioned by former Boulder councilmember indicates concern for housing, climate (Deborah Swearingen for the Boulder Daily Camera)
- 06/14/21 Many turned to libraries during the pandemic for free Wi-Fi and other services. Will these venerable public institutions get the credit they deserve? (Jeanne Bonner, CNN)
- 06/14/21 Boulder libraries reopen more services as COVID-19 concerns subside (Alex Edwards for the Daily Camera)
- 05/26/21 - Boulder City Council votes to move toward a library district (Hannah Stewart for the Left Hand Valley Courier)
- 05/20/21 - Boulder takes definitive step toward library district (Shay Castle for Boulder Beat News)
- 05/20/21 - Boulder City Council makes initial move toward library district formation: Official resolution, tax vote likely set for 2022 (Deborah Swearingen for the Boulder Daily Camera)
- 05/19/21 - Boulder City Council agrees to create tax-supported library district (Deborah Swearingen for the Boulder Daily Camera)
- 05/18/211 - Council is set to decide library funding method: Staff will present two options that both include a dedicated property tax (Deborah Swearingen for the Boulder Daily Camera)
- 05/09/21 - [Opinion] Library funding is critical (Doug Hamilton in The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 05/08/21 - [Opinion] For Mother’s Day, consider the gift of a child-friendly city (Claudia Hanson Thiem in The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 04/18/21 - [Opinion] Gifts of the Library (The Boulder Daily Camera Editorial Board)
- 04/03/21 - [Opinion] Once More With Feeling - Time for a Library District (Claudia Hanson Thiem in The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 03/03/21 - Library advocates push for the city and county to consider a library district (Hannah Stewart for the Left Hand Valley Courier)
- 02/24/21 - No library district this year, Boulder council (informally) decides (Shay Castle for Boulder Beat News)
- 02/24/21 - BPL Funding Question Back on the Table (Deborah Swearingen for the Boulder Daily Camera)
- 02/23/21 - [Opinion] Mailbag: Boulder Library in Crisis, Town Discusses Library District 2/23 (Boulder Library Champions in the Lyons Recorder)
- 10/10/20 - [Opinion] Boulder Needs a Library District (Joni Teter, et al. in The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 10/03/20 - [Opinion] Yes, we ought to talk about race (Claudia Hanson Thiem in The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 09/08/20 - Boulder city staff members propose ‘conservative’ 2021 budget; Library branches, police annex could be cut (Katie Langford for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 08/06/20 - Main Boulder Public Library reopens, offering limited services (Brooklyn Dance for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 07/15/20 - Boulder launches One Book, One Boulder reading program (Noelle Videon for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 05/06/20 - Boulder announces phased reopening of some city facilities (The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 05/05/20 - Boulder library community workshop develops personal protective equipment for hospitals, city (Hannah Metzger for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 04/30/20 - Boulder Library Foundation launches fund to aid furloughed librarians (Julia King for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 04/28/20 - CODI19 Support - Library WiFi Hotspots (City of Boulder)
- 04/28/20 - [Opinion] Elevate libraries in austere times (Claudia Hanson Thiem in The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 04/14/20 - Boulder furloughing 737 city employees beginning Monday (Sam Lounsberry for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 04/06/20 - Potential Boulder County minimum wage, tax hikes lose steam as focus turns to coronavirus response and recovery (Sam Lounsberry for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 03/07/20 - [Opinion] Council should support the library Boulder deserves (Sam Fuqua in the Boulder Daily Camera)
- 02/15/20 - Skeptical council questions library district, with eye on Boulder control (Shay Castle for The Boulder Beat)
- 02/14/20 - [Opinion] From the Editorial Advisory Board: Library district (The Boulder Daily Camera Editorial Advisory Board)
- 02/11/20 - Boulder City Council growing closer to action on library taxing district (Sam Lounsberry for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 02/06/20 - Boulder Public Library funding model returns to Council ahead of final signal on property tax district (Sam Lounsberry for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 01/29/20 - Boulder Library Champions announces 2020 plans (Jocelyn Rowley for The Left Hand Valley Courier)
- 01/01/20 - Boulder City Council will reconsider library district proposal (Jocelyn Rowley for The Left Hand Valley Courier)
- 08/07/19 - Supporters of Boulder library district aim for 2020 (Jocelyn Rowley for The Left Hand Valley Courier)
- 07/16/19 - [Opinion] Library Champions developing 2020 strategies (Boulder Library Champions in The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 05/09/19 - Poll: Boulder residents’ affinity for library is strong, view of tax increase favorable (Cassa Niedringhaus for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 05/04/19 - Poll shows tepid support for library tax, but consultants insist victory at the ballot is possible (Shay Castle for The Boulder Beat)
- 05/03/19 - ‘Boulder Library Champions’ organize petition for library district (Cassa Niedringhaus for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 04/25/19 - Library district could bring new services to Gunbarrel and Niwot (Jocelyn Rowley for The Left Hand Valley Courier)
- 04/30/19 - [Opinion] Boulder can have the library it deserves through creation of a district (Juana Gómez in The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 04/19/19 - [Opinion] Create a district for Boulder Public Library (The Boulder Daily Camera Editorial Board)
- 02/04/19 - Boulder library officials tout tax district as possible solution to funding woes (Anthony Hahn for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 11/28/18 - Boulder will ask residents to weigh library district (Shay Castle for The Denver Post)
- 09/06/18 - [Opinion] Budget already stretched as far as it will go (Boulder LIbrary Commission Members in The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 07/24/18 - Facing funding woes, Boulder library pushes for special tax district as council pushes back (Shay Castle for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 01/24/18 - Boulder Public Library ‘stretched to our capacity,’ facing uncertain future (Alex Burness for The Boulder Daily Camera)
- 11/28/17 - Boulder ponders difficult choices as it attempts to free up library funding (Alex Burness for The Boulder Daily Camera)