In recognition of Women’s History Month, the featured collection for March is Women of Fayetteville. And take a look at other wonderful collections in this month’s New York Heritage Digital Collections Newsletter.
Weekly Update for March 8, 2016 Take a look at some of the events, stories, and resources available to library professionals in the CLRC region.
The Northeast Document Conservation Center is offering a ten-week, interactive, online, instructor-led course, PRESERVATION 101: Preservation Basics for Paper and Media Collections. Course begins May 26, 2016. Registration deadline is May 16, 2016. Spaces are limited. Preservation 101 provides a foundation in core principles of preservation using live webinars, online readings, and a class blog.…
Did you know that Syracuse University’s Belfer Audio Archive was one of the first centers for audio preservation in the nation and that it remains one of the largest audio archives in the country today? On Thursday, March 24 at 5 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, Bird Library, renowned audio preservationist and practitioner…
Intro to Archives: This online course offered by Preserve This starts on March 14, 2016. It is a completely self-paced online course designed to be completed within 4 weeks. Participants will spend approximately 2 hours each week on viewing lectures, answering quizzes and completing homework assignments. It is recommended that you complete each week’s work…
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 Communication is critical to student success. A variety of technology tools available to 21st century educators…
Interested in weird library science? That’s the theme for this year’s Urban Librarians Unite conference! 4th Annual Conference May 6th 2016 S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture, Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn, New York Speakers include R. David Lankes, Alessandra Affinito, and Patrick Sweeney. http://www.urbanlibrariansconference.org Early-bird registration runs through March 31st. Email Marissa Richardson with…
The National Library of Medicine Mid-Atlantic Region is hosting the following online classes in March. All are welcome to attend these great offerings. * Discovering TOXNET® (4 weeks modular) Begins TODAY – Monday, March 7 Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine Training Center – Registration is Required. Space is still available. * Summer Reading…
On Wednesday, March 2 the advocacy bus pulled out of the CLRC parking lot at 6:30 am and headed east to Albany for a day of talking (and walking). Take a look at the CLRC Facebook page for photos of the event. Around 65 librarians, library staff, trustees and patrons from the Central New York…
LYRASIS is offering a range of online classes this month on preservation and digitization topics including local history, caring for scrapbooks, photograph preservation, and more. There is also a free webinar on writing NEH Preservation Assistance Grants on March 16th, and a free session on copyright and access to digital collections. Register for classes at…