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Tully Free Library Turkey Trot

This Thursday (Thanksgiving), the Tully Free Library will host a fundraising Turkey Trot. The race begins at 9:00 am with all proceeds to benefit the library. Gobble up this chance to help the library! CLICK HERE for the registration form.

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lynda.com – WordPress Ecommerce: Core Concepts

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 Planning to use WordPress to run your online business? You need to understand your product, how…

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30th Annual Gingerbread Gallery at Erie Canal Museum

The Erie Canal Museum, a CLRC heritage member, fills the upstairs gallery for the next month or so with creative cottages, sweet sugar houses and lots of oohs and aahs. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the annual gingerbread house exhibit created by locals of all ages. If you have out-of-town family visiting for…

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A.I.M. to Be a Resource-Sharing Superhero – RECAP

Look up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a resource-sharing superhero! CLRC, partnering with the South Central Regional Council, hosted the annual interlibrary loan workshop at SUNY Cortland on November 10. This year’s focus was on Assessing, Improving and Marketing (A.I.M.) Resource-Sharing. Presenters Jillian Maruskin (Ohio Wesleyan), Debby Emerson (CLRC), Linda…

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lynda.com – Up and Running with Slack

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 Step up your team communication with Slack. In this course, Gini Courter teaches you how to…

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News from Madison-Oneida BOCES SLS

Diana Wendell, director of the Madison-Oneida BOCES School Library System, recently returned from the American Association of School Librarians Conference in Columbus, Ohio. She presented a video poster at their IdeaLab on November 5th. The title of her presentation was “Using ELA Student Assessment Data to Demonstrate Your Elementary School Library Program is Helping Students…

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Greater CNY School Library System Conference

The Transformational Power of School Libraries Wednesday, November 18 8:15 am – 3:00 pm OnCenter – Syracuse, New York CONFERENCE SCHEDULE REGISTER HERE Keynote Speaker: Eric Sheninger Eric is a Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on Digital Leadership with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) and Scholastic Achievement Partners (SAP). He also maintains…

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There’s a New Director at Marcellus Free Library

Last year, Rene Batelle was demonstrating Google Glass to regional legislators and library supporters at CLRC’s Legislative Breakfast. This year, she has been appointed the new director at the Marcellus Free Library. Congratulations Rene! Hope to see you at this year’s breakfast. Read her story in the Skaneateles Journal

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FFL Fab Lab Featured in ‘The Week’

The Fayetteville Free Library was featured in an article in The Week highlighting the FFL Fab Lab, FFL Creation Lab and FFL Little Makers space. The article also highlights how public libraries are serving their communities by embracing innovation. Read the article here: http://theweek.com/articles/584528/surprising-innovations-local-librarians