Matthew Kopel, CLRC’s Research and Development Librarian, is the winner of the Excellence in Library Innovation Award. The award is sponsored by the Academic and Special Libraries Section (ASLS) of the New York Library Association (NYLA). The award recognizes the achievements of an ASLS member who is creative, innovative and visionary in the field of…
The Central NY Library Resources Council (CLRC) is happy to announce the winners of its first Library of the Year and Library Staff All-Star of the Year contest. The CLRC Academic Library of the Year is the Upstate Medical University Health Sciences Library in Syracuse. Our panel of judges noted that this library goes “above…
Sue Kowalski, Librarian at Pine Grove Middle School, is the first recipient of the Impact of the Year Award from Syracuse University’s iSchool.. Sue is a 2003 graduate of the iSchool’s MS in Library and Information Science program and was recognized with the Impact of the Year Award for her work as a librarian in the East…
In January 2015, the Skaneateles Library took a major step outside its walls. That’s when they partnered with the Skaneateles YMCA and Community Center to bring library materials to their shared public. In this town of 7,209 in New York’s beautiful Finger Lakes Region, Library Director Nickie Marquis envisioned a way to engage library customers…
The University Heights Tool Library in downtown Buffalo, NY, seeks to connect community members with tools needed for basic home improvement projects. The organization’s tagline—“Borrow and build. We provide communities with the tools they need to create the change they want”—is a nice distillation of the mission of sustainability: it empowers communities to find solutions…
CLRC is happy to announce that two of its member campuses, Herkimer College and Mohawk Valley Community College, have been awarded Achieving the Dream grants for open educational resources. “Achieving the Dream grants will strongly support increased access at community colleges across the country, including five SUNY campuses, while bolstering our own efforts to broaden…
CLRC libraries who are not already subscribing to Encyclopaedia Britannica can try it out for free during the month of June. If you find you have an interest in subscribing, please contact Debby Emerson at CLRC (demerson@clrc.org) by June 28 and you can be added to the CLRC subscription. FREE PREVIEW: A preview of Britannica’s…
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Paula Paolucci, New York State Library Phone: (518) 474-5930 E-Mail: Paula.Paolucci@nysed.gov JOSEPH F. SHUBERT LIBRARY EXCELLENCE AWARD APPLICATIONS DUE AUGUST 1, 2016 Claudia Depkin, Chair of the New York State Regents Advisory Council on Libraries, announced today that applications are being accepted for the Joseph F. Shubert Library Excellence Award and…
Nominations for the CLRC Library of the Year and CLRC Library Staff All-Star of the Year are open through next Monday, June 13! That means you have one more week to encourage your users to nominate your library for this first-ever award. There will be a Library of the Year in each of three categories:…
CLRC is happy to announce we’ve been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Mozilla Foundation, in conjunction with the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), for Web Literacy Skills for Library Staff. This pilot project will lead innovation in the area of web literacy training and credentialing that will inform future work with public…