Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) is a nationally recognized system of public libraries serving a population of more than 650,185 in El Paso County, Colorado.
PPLD has fifteen facilities, online resources, and mobile library service.
06/04/2025
To make it easier to find all your Library information in one place, the page for Ruth Holley Library will no longer be updated. Please follow us at Pikes Peak Library District and Pikes Peak Library District - Kids. You can also find us on Instagram, X, Threads, Bluesky, and TikTok.
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06/02/2025
Today’s the day! We’re kicking off a summer of adventure with our annual 2025 PPLD Summer Adventure presented by Friends of Pikes Peak Library District! Read, explore, and create from June 2 – July 31 for a chance to earn prizes. Register today by stopping by your go-to Library location or register online at ppld.org/summer
Ages 0 – 18 will receive a prize when they register.
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05/31/2025
🌻🌅COMING SOON ON MONDAY JUNE 2ND! 🪁☀️
The 2025 PPLD Summer Adventure presented by Friends of Pikes Peak Library District reading program! This program is once again open to all ages. This means that anyone can join by reading, exploring, or creating their way through the summer.📖🎨🚲
Complete your goals and fill out your game card for a chance to earn prizes and beat the "summer slide." This year we have a large selection of prizes for all ages to enjoy!
Registration starts Mon., June 2, come into the library to pick up your exciting registration prize and start a fun summer of learning! Learn more at ppld.org/summer.
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05/28/2025
Colorado Springs School District 11 will bring their mobile unit to distribute lunches at East Library!🍕🍗🍪🌮
Beginning TODAY, Wed., May 28 through Fri., Aug. 1 (except for Fri., July 4). Meal service will be available 11 a.m. - noon, Monday - Friday. There will also be a basket of age-appropriate books from which kids and teens can take from. 📚📖📑
Lunches are provided at no cost to kids and teens up to age 18. Adult lunches are available for $5.
Learn more at ppld.org/summer-lunches
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05/27/2025
📖BOOK DISPLAYS ROUND UP!📚
Checkout our May book displays Ruth Holley before they are gone! We have many displays to catch your attention going on right now with a wide array of themes. 🌻🌲👩⚕️♿️🧠✈🚙🚴
Don't forget to stop by the Blackboard to add your contribution! This months question is , "If you could adventure anywhere (real or fiction) where would you go?
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05/24/2025
Last week Ruth Holley hosted an arts, craft, and hobby material exchange with Who Gives a Scrap. It was a total success with about 114 patrons participating and over 712 pounds of arts and crafts exchanged! Thank you all who participated and thank you Who Gives a Scrap for helping us bring this amazing opportunity to the Ruth Holley community.🎨♻🖌🧶🪡⚾️🏓🪀🪁
If you are interested in participating in this exchange or have extra tickets left over from a previous scrap exchange the next one will be held at Library 21c in the Venue. This event will be on Saturday, June 14, 2025 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm.
For more information: ppld.librarymarket.com/event/who-gives-scrap-461163
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05/23/2025
‼️ HEADS UP‼️
🚫No Storytime or Toddler Time next week!! 🚫
On May 27th and May 29th we will not be holding Storytime or Toddler Time. This is happening in order to help us prepare for the amazing Summer Adventure Program presented by Friends of Pikes Peak Library District.
These programs will start back up again the following week on June 3rd, 2025. Please reach out to us at Ruth Holley with any questions thank you!
05/22/2025
❗Closure alert❗ Ruth Holley Library
Ruth Holley Library is closed for the remainder of today, Thu., May 22, due to the loss of a team member.
Two weeks after this alert has expired, the post may be removed.
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05/22/2025
‼️TOMORROW‼️
Join us at Ruth Holley for our monthly Book Group meeting. This month we read The Screwtape Letters: and, Screwtape Proposes a Toast by C.S. Lewis.
Book groups are open to everyone, and they are a great opportunity to discover new genres and titles, meet new people, have a good conversation, and get to know more about PPLD. All Book Groups are facilitated by PPLD Staff.
Learn more at: ppld.librarymarket.com/event/ruth-holley-book-group-464270
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05/20/2025
‼️TODAY AT 2PM‼️
Join us for the Ruth Holley Craft Group. Bring a craft to work on while socializing with other crafters! 🎨👩🏿🎨
The Ruth Holly Craft Group meets bi-weekly, the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month from 2:00-3:00pm. Craft groups are open to everyone age 18+ and are a great opportunity to learn about new crafts, have a good conversation, and get to know more about PPLD. No registration required.
ppld.librarymarket.com/event/ruth-holley-craft-group-452616
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05/19/2025
❗Holiday closure❗ All Library locations
All Pikes Peak Library District locations will be closed Mon., May 26 in observance of Memorial Day. The eLibrary and other online services and resources will still be available.
Two weeks after this alert expires, the post may be removed.
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05/19/2025
🐶🐾 Staff Spotlight: Bean🐾🐶
Please say hello and sleep tight to little Beanie!
🫘Name: Professor Bean
🌭Species/Breed: Dog/ Chiweenie mix
💤Position at the Library: Head of Cozy Corners & Nap Scheduling
🔎Favorite Genre: Cozy mysteries (preferably with yarn involved)
☀Most Likely to Be Found: Lounging on a sunny spot in Non-Fiction
🧛♀️Favorite Book: Bitten By Kelley Armstrong
🛏Pet Peeve: When someone dares to move her blanket
👑Fun Fact: Believes all book carts should be used as mobile thrones
🎂Another Fun Fact: Beans birthday is next week! Lets all wish her a happy birthday!
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Librarian who went “beyond the call of duty” for patrons.
Ruth Holley’s life was an open book.
Ruth was born in Dallas, Texas on June 4, 1916 to Simon and Alice Roberta (Slaughter) Hill. The family moved to Denver, Colorado when Ruth was a young girl. She was married to John S. Holley on August 12, 1943. Ruth and John relocated from Portland, Oregon to Colorado Springs in 1967 where Ruth would become a librarian with the Pikes Peak Library District, retiring in 1983.
It was easy for those around her to see how she cared about the patrons of East Library, where she worked for 10 years until her retirement in 1983. As head of the East Library, Ruth won many friends for the library and herself. A lover of books and an avid reader, she enjoyed helping others find the types of books they most enjoyed.
In addition to her dedicated public service as a librarian, Ruth was active in the Colorado Springs community with the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Negro Historical Association, the National Association for Advancement of Colored People, the Friends of the Library and Friends of the Pioneer Museum.
Upon her death, Ruth was survived by her husband John and two children. She is buried with John in Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver. John was an Army veteran of WWII. He died in 1993. A library branch was dedicated in her honor, currently located at 685 N. Murray Blvd
Ruth's obituary appeared in the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, July 22, 1986, page B-2
