Scholastic has scheduled the following webinars for NOVELNY databases or June. Please see dates, times and registration information below. June 2, 2016, 12:00pm Beyond the Intro to GO! Now that you know how to use GO – let’s learn how to utilize and elevate learning in your libraries. Learn how to promote the regular use…
CLRC is happy to announce the recipients of 2016 member library RBDB funding: Baldwinsville Public Library: $5,000 for Digitization of High School Yearbooks 1887-present. The library will scan as many yearbooks as possible from their collection, and make them available online and via NY Heritage. Moon Library, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry: $3,045…
First Net Zero School in NYC According to the Department of Energy, “generally speaking, a zero energy building produces enough renewable energy to meet its own annual energy consumption requirements, thereby reducing the use of non-renewable energy in the building sector.” The potential long-term advantages to building a Net Zero facility includes lower environmental impacts,…
CLRC’s Medical Circuit Librarian, Angela Thor, has been awarded a $500 scholarship from the Upstate New York/Ontario Chapter of the Medical Library Association (UNYOC). The scholarship will make it possible for Angela to attend the class Advanced Searching Techniques and Strategy Design at MLA’s 2016 convention, Mosaic ’16, in Toronto. This year’s conference is a…
The Phoenicia Library rose from the ashes of a devastating fire last year when it reopened its doors in an expanded space that utilizes Passive House retrofit energy standards. This small library nestled in the heart of the NYS Catskill Forest is the first public library in the US to build following Passive House guidelines,…
We’ve previously featured Mt. Kisco Elementary’s Garden on the Sustainability Spotlight, but we thought with Earth Day coming up it was a great time to highlight libraries that are really digging in to some Earthy programming. Get Back to the Garden! at the Albert Wisner Library At the Albert Wisner Library, LJ’s Best Small Library…
The Governor and Legislature have come to an agreement on the FY2016-17 New York State budget. The budget bills are still warm (the last one was printed Friday, April 1 at 7:30 am), but it is finalized, and there is good news for library aid in this year’s agreement. Thanks to your efforts and effective…
Academic Libraries open for Community Earth Day Celebrations Note that one of the featured libraries in this article is our neighbor just slightly to the west, the College at Brockport! The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston’s Moody Medical Library will participate in the campus-wide 24th annual Earth Day celebration on April 22nd. With…
Gearing up for Earth Day 2016 Libraries have long been in the reduce-reuse-recyle business. Way before the first Earth Day celebration kicked off 46 years ago, we’d been resource-sharing and reducing consumption for generations. Earth Day is Friday, April 22nd. Don’t miss this opportunity to show your community how the library honors and sustains our…
CLRC congratulates Pine Grove Middle School librarian Sue Kowalski on being named a 2016 Library Journal Mover & Shaker! The following was published by Library Journal: Sue Kowalski | Movers & Shakers 2016 – Educators By LJ on March 16, 2016 Leave a Comment CURRENT POSITION School Librarian, Pine Grove Middle School, East…