About the Library

The Denver Public Library will be performing maintenance on our web servers beginning at 8 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 and the outage should last about a half hour. During this time, access to all Denver Public Library websites will be unavailable.

We apologize for any inconvenience this service interruption may cause.

The Denver Public Library has partnered with ING and Bonfils Blood Center to host a blood drive on the first Wednesday of each month.

Next Blood Drive:
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Bonfils Bloodmobile in front of the Central Library on Broadway.

The Denver Public Library welcomes suggestions from the community to name the new branch library at Stapleton, scheduled to open in mid-2012. The Library will consider all ideas for the new branch name including names of individuals, groups, geographic location or other entities.

The Children's Library at the Central Library closed on Monday, November 28 for the installation of new carpeting, as part of the City’s Capital Improvement Projects. The project will be completed ahead of schedule and will now reopen at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 5.

Beginning November 16 through early 2012, new carpet will be installed in Level 1: Burnham-Hoyt room, Children’s Library, and Level 4: Community Technology Center.

All Denver Public Library locations will be closed on Monday, January 16, 2012 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

We apologize for any inconvenience this closure may cause.

You can still use many of the Library's resources even when the buildings are closed:

Placing of holds will not be available from Monday, December 20, 2010 through mid-February, 2011.

This includes:

• DPL's Catalog
• Prospector
• Interlibrary Loan (WorldCat and Request It)
• Purchase requests

We apologize for this disruption of service while we transfer all our data to a new integrated library system.

Existing holds will continue to be filled as they become available.

Sustainable DPL     Books     Resources     Easy Ways to be Green

Navigate through the report by using the purple arrows below.

You may also view the report in PDF (235 mb file size.)

The Denver Public Library is serious about sustainability. We look daily for ways to reduce our consumption of resources, use renewable resources, reduce our pollutants and create alternative methods for connecting people with materials.

Check out the Library Value Calculator and the Library's green initiatives:

The Denver Public Library’s Green Achievements

Comments are open to all and will be moderated by the blog's manager.

Commenting Guidelines

• Commentary, opinion, and reaction to posts are welcome and consistent with DPL's commitment to intellectual freedom.
• Comments should be relevant to the specific post they are attached to.
• Spam, flaming, personal attacks, and off-topic comments are not permitted.

DPL reserves the right not to post any comment or to later remove it.