Meredith Tornabene, Associate Director of Career Counseling at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool), invites you to attend iConnect, a new opportunity to connect with MLIS students. This idea of bringing current students together with local professionals came directly from students in the Library & Information Science Student Assembly (LISSA). While iConnect will be…
Several CLRC members are among the 182 libraries that will receive 2014-15 State Aid for Library Construction Awards. The awards were announced yesterday by NY State Librarian Bernard A. Margolis. CLRC members receiving funding include libraries in Onondaga County and members of the Mid-York Library System. please join us in congratulating your colleagues: Dolgeville-Manheim Public…
It’s official! The 2015 NYLA Public Library Section (PLS) award winners are: NYLA Conference Scholarships: Sue Kowalski Judy Petrosillo Emily Kinney Laura Giunta Lois Papp Public Library Building Award: Hastings on Hudson Public Library NYLA Leadership Management Academy Scholarship: Amy Mikel L. Marion Mosier/Asa Wynkoop Award for Distinguished Librarianship: Hope Decker Congratulations! …
JOSEPH F. SHUBERT LIBRARY EXCELLENCE AWARD APPLICATIONS DUE AUGUST 15, 2015 Jacquelyn Thresher, 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 will be due on August 15, 2015. The 2015 Award Committee members are…
Read the report from CLRC’s first Professional Development Award recipient, Ruth Owens, from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Ruth attended the SLA Annual Conference in Boston where she learned about chemistry resources, laboratory safety, 3D printing, and information literacy frameworks. CLRC was happy to support Ruth’s attendance at SLA. She is…
This announcement comes from Libby Post, President and CEO of Communication Services: There were two big wins for the library community on Tuesday, June 23. The Dunkirk Free Library won its vote with 53% of the vote to become a school district public library. Victor Farmington Library won its school district funding initiative with 85%…
Integration of Google Apps for Education into Gale In Context In an effort to better connect your library’s resources to the user workflow, we are pleased to announce the integration of Google Apps for Education into our Gale In Context suite of products. Now available is the ability for researchers to seamlessly login using…
All of the databases listed below will be part of NOVELNY in 2015-2016, except for the National Newspaper Index. On August 7, the National Newspaper Index will become part of Infotrac Newsstand and separate links to National Newspaper Index will no longer work. NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY ANNOUNCES CONTINUATION OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS FOR NOVELNY …
CLRC is happy to announce the recipients of 2015 member library RBDB funding: Moon Library, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry: $10,500 for the project, Conversion/Digitization and Preservation of William Harlow’s Film Work. The collection was created by an illustrious SUNY-ESF professor and will have broad appeal. Fayetteville Free Library: $2,000 for the project…
The New York Library Association (NYLA), in conjunction with the Empire State Center for the Book, has secured Literary Landmark™ status for the Wilder Homestead in Burke (Franklin County). United for Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, accepted NYLA’s application for the Wilder Homestead to be included in their program that highlights historic…