Denver Public Library gets shiny new award from national organization Urban Libraries Council for not just being an innovator but THE TOP innovator for 2015.
Denver Public Library’s helped the library win a national innovation award.
Libraries, especially , are becoming excellent places to learn about technology. And the Denver Public Library is no slouch. It just won the Urban Libraries Council of 2015 because of its teen DevCamps. These week-long sessions team teenagers with real-life web developers who expose the kids to HTML, CSS and Javascript. For free.
“The goal isn’t necessarily to create front-end developers in a week — though they learn core coding skills and build some amazing sites — but to give young people enough of a taste of what it’s like to work as a web development professional (collaboration, quick iteration and problem-solving) to spark an interest that will grow into a career. Because Colorado, as I’m sure you’re aware, has a huge talent pipeline problem – and there’s a huge portion of the population that we’re failing to reach when it comes to tech education,” said Nate Stone, program coordinator for Denver Public Library’s ideaLAB and community technology center.
The DevCamps have local tech companies as partners and supporters, including Universal Mind, Talent Lattice and Galvanize.
The has already begun and camps are full but there are waiting lists. Plus there are a few other day camps that still have openings:
at the Montbello Branch, Aug. 13-14. Details at
(taking apart and assembling computers), at Central Library on Aug. 12. Details at
Keep track of the library’s tech programs for teens at its ideaLAB site:
