NYS Historic Newspapers – January 2019 Newsletter
View the January 2019 newsletter New year, new titles!
WCNY accepting nominations for ‘Women Who Make America Awards’
WCNY is accepting nominations for its 7th Annual Women Who Make America Awards from all nineteen counties in its viewing area and includes the CLRC region – Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, and Onondaga. The nomination deadline is January 10, 2019. Nominees must be 18 or older and should be women who are making significant contributions in…
Census 2020 Support Information
New York Counts 2020 is a statewide coalition of community-based organizations working in partnership with state and local government to facilitate a complete count, focusing on hard-to-count (HTC) areas. Currently signed on to the coalition are NYLA, Queens Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Liverpool Public Library, and Westchester Library System. Several members of the library community,…
Western Region Legislative Breakfast – December 14
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Documentary Heritage Program Grants Available
The 2019-2020 Documentary Heritage Program Grants are currently open. Deadline for applications is January 15, 2019. DHP grants can be used for Documentation Projects (planning, surveying, and collecting historical records related people, groups, events, or political, economic, and social conditions in NY State). Documentation projects can include born-digital records as well as paper-based materials. DHP grants can also…
CLRC Eastern Region Legislative Breakfast – December 7
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Wireless Router Grant Opportunity
The New York Library Association (NYLA) is administering an equipment grant program to distribute wireless routers to libraries in need of equipment. NYLA seeks to identify twenty-five (25) libraries across the state in need of hardware (or upgrades) to better share their connectivity with their patrons via wireless routers. Priority will be given to libraries…
IMLS Grant for Small Libraries
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is offering a new discretionary grant program for small and rural libraries – Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP). This is a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program, and the goal is to support projects that strengthen the ability of small and…
Monthly Update – December 2018
CLRC December Newsletter 2018 Monthly events, stories, and resources available to library professionals in the CLRC region
Call for Volunteers – Update Summer Reading Lists
Consider contributing to the Explore New York reading lists for the 2019 Summer Reading at New York Libraries. The slogan for all ages for 2019 is A Universe of Stories and the theme is space. Please follow these instructions when recommending any books for the reading list… Titles to include on each list must meet…