Lead From Where You Are RRLC is pleased to announce our newest Leadership Institute beginning in June. This institute focuses on a personal approach to leadership – determining your personal leadership style and cultivating the leader inside you. This is targeted to emerging leaders, but is also appropriate for current leaders. This program is open…
The Senate and Assembly have now released their one-house budget resolutions. These documents serve to stake out each house’s position in their budget negotiations with the Governor. The Governor submitted his Executive Budget in late January, and it called for $86.6M in library funding, or flat funding from last year. Thanks to your dedicated advocacy,…
After a very successful Library Advocacy Day in Albany, we need to keep the momentum going. Library Advocacy is an ongoing activity, as we will learn in this lunch-time webinar on March 24. All library supporters are invited to participate in this free event. Advocacy Every Day: Advocating for your library 365 Date & Time:…
CLRC is happy to announce a new pilot program for professional development awards. The program is designed to help staff at member libraries and library systems with attendance at workshops or regional conferences, and applications will be accepted beginning immediately. For details of the program please visit https://rbshost.com/CLRC/grants-awards/professional-development-awards/ If there’s an event you’ve wanted to…
CLRC is happy to announce the addition of the first German-language newspaper to the New York Historic Newspapers site. Syracuse University’s Bird Library provided reels of microfilm of the Syracuse Union, which were shipped to the Northern NY Library Network (NNYLN) for scanning and metadata creation. This was the project’s first experience with a German…
CLRC is happy to announce the launch of its new Newspaper Digitization Assistance program. If your library has a collection of historical New York State newspapers in microfilm, you may be eligible for financial assistance to get your collection digitized and added to New York State Historic Newspapers (http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org). Further details and a brief application…
Greetings Library Supporters! A huge thank you to the over 800 advocates who traveled to Albany on Wednesday, February 25 for NYLA Library Advocacy Day 2015. With assistance from our bus captains and Library Systems, advocates held meetings with over 70% of the members of the NYS Legislature! Sixty Senators and Assemblymembers…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted today to assert the strongest possible open Internet protections—banning paid prioritization and the blocking and throttling of lawful content and services. The American Library Association (ALA), a longtime network neutrality advocate, applauds this bold step forward in ensuring a fair and open Internet. “America’s libraries collect, create and disseminate…
“Latino Americans: 500 Years of History” Latinos have a long and fascinating history in the United States dating back more than 500 years. Explore the rich stories, diverse cultures and painful clashes that have so powerfully shaped Latino lives and the nation. Apply by May 1 at www.ala.org/latinoamericans. Up to 200 selected…
There will be an Advocacy Day Briefing Webinar through the Mid-Hudson Library System on Wednesday, February 18th from 10:00 – 11:00am. This is for all library stakeholders – library directors, staff, trustees, Friends Groups, volunteers and patrons – who are interested in speaking up for libraries during the New York budget negotiation season. Between now…