Transforming Libraries; Transforming Learning Thursday, October 27 Vernon Downs Hotel, Vernon, New York Join us for the many engaging breakout sessions presented by school librarians and classroom teachers. Visit the great vendor area. Keynote Speaker: Doug McIntosh, educator, owner of the Doug’s Dirt/Cultivating Learning Environments Blog, and co-founder of Groupwerk Consulting, San Diego, CA. Featured…
Congratulations to Alyssa Newton and the Onondaga Free Library on being chosen to create a “Snack Break” video on their coding program for ALA’s YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) blog. View here: http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2016/09/28/yalsa-snack-break-coding-libraries-learning/ YALSA will be offering a webinar on coding on October 20. See details here.
Trumansburg Library Goes Solar This week’s Sustainability Spotlight comes to us from Trumansburg, New York, in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region. Trumansburg’s beloved Ulysses Philomathic Library has begun generating solar power in an effort to be greener and keep operating costs down. Through a Library Construction grant of $55,313, awarded by the New…
The National Science Foundation, through the Advancing Informal STEM Learning program provides support to advance the design and development of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning opportunities for the public in informal environments. The application deadline is November 8, 2016.
CLRC offers its member constituents (including members of our five participating library systems and individual members) access to the entire lynda.com training library at no charge. For more information on how to request an access code, please click here Developing Cross-Cultural Intelligence by Tatiana Kolovou Being able to work across cultures is an increasingly necessary…
CLRC offers its member constituents (including members of our five participating library systems and individual members) access to the entire lynda.com training library at no charge. For more information on how to request an access code, please click here Web Icons with SVG by Morten Rand-Hendriksen As designers and developers of the web, we want…
Carnegie-Whitney Awards up to $5,000 The American Library Association Publishing Committee provides a grant of up to $5,000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources at any type of library. Funded projects have ranged from popular, general-reader…
September is National Preparedness Month! Take advantage of these webinars to highlight preparedness, partnerships and disaster and health information resources: Are You Ready? Essential Disaster Health Information Resources for Keeping Your Loved Ones Safe Sponsored by MAR September 19 2:00 – 3:00 PM Details and Registration Don’t Wait, Communicate About Disaster Preparedness! Presenter: Siobhan…
CLRC offers its member constituents (including members of our five participating library systems and individual members) access to the entire lynda.com training library at no charge. For more information on how to request an access code, please click here How to Handle Workplace Bullying by Catherine Mattice Bullying is a social phenomenon in which the…
Weekly Update for September 15, 2016 Take a look at some of the events, stories, and resources available to library professionals in the CLRC region.