The Wish You Well Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that promote family literacy in the U.S. The focus of the Foundation is on the development and expansion of new and existing literacy and educational programs. Grants generally range from $2,000 to $10,000. Requests may be submitted at any time and are reviewed four times…
You are invited to the 2016 Digital Commons+ Great Lakes User Group and New York IR Day. Friday, July 29, 2016 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Drake Memorial Library, College at Brockport (SUNY), Brockport, New York This will be the first IR Day held in New York State. This free, all-day event provides institutional repository…
The New York Library Association’s Public Libraries Section (PLS) is currently taking applications for NYLA Conference Scholarships, Building Awards, and a Best Practices Award. Application deadline for all awards is June 30, 2016. 2016 NYLA Conference Awards PLS is pleased to offer five (5) Conference Scholarship awards to encourage public librarians (professional degree not required)…
The Library & Leadership Management Section (LAMS) of the New York Library Association (NYLA) is seeking candidates for a scholarship to attend the Leadership & Management Academy 2016. The Academy is an educational program for mid-career library professionals interested in obtaining the practical knowledge critical to becoming a library leader. This award covers the $800…
Weekly Update for May 18, 2016 Take a look at some of the events, stories, and resources available to library professionals in the CLRC region.
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 Charts allow you to communicate information visually, in a way that’s more impactful than raw data,…
The Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is now accepting applications for grants in its Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program. These grants support projects to preserve and create intellectual access to such collections as books, journals, manuscript and archival materials, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings,…
The Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) offers grant funds annually for both Documentation and Arrangement & Description projects to eligible not-for-profit organizations that hold, collect, and make available New York’s historical records. Upcoming events and opportunities of interest to New York’s historical records repositories: Event: Successful Volunteer Interview Strategies, Webinar Date: May 24, 2016 (2:00 pm…
The Journal of New Librarianship is pleased to announce that it is accepting submissions for its inaugural issue, anticipated for Fall 2016. This launch is the result of collaborative efforts among colleagues within the field of Library and Information Sciences. There is a need to offer quality literature in our field in an open, independently…
Weekly Update for May 11, 2016 Take a look at some of the events, stories, and resources available to library professionals in the CLRC region.