***Note to CLRC members: This announcement is posted on behalf of the Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) The Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Fall meeting will be held in nearby Buffalo, New York on October 26-28, 2017 The theme of this meeting will be “Reinvention and Renewal: Putting the Shine on the Nickel City,”…
The Institute of Museum and Library Services works through its Museums for America Funding Opportunities to support projects that strengthen the ability of individual museums to serve the public. Grant funding will be available for three project categories in the next funding cycle, including: Learning Experiences IMLS supports the unique ability of museums to open the door to…
The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries is dedicated to helping our nation’s neediest schools so that they can extend, update, and diversify the book and print collections in their libraries with the goal of encouraging students to develop a love of reading and learning. Grants of up to $7,000 are available to pre-K-12 school…
CLRC strongly encourages Central New York libraries, archives, and museums who qualify to consider the following opportunities from the new Documentary Heritage & Preservation Services program. In addition to help from the program coordinator, please feel free to ask us for any advice or assistance you may need regarding these programs. CLRC provides local, custom-tailored…
On behalf of CLRC’s Immediate Past President and current Chair of the Nominating Committee, Jane Verostek (SUNY ESF, Moon Library), as well as the entire 2016 Nominating Committee (Danielle Masursky, SU iSchool; Laura Schlueter, Upstate Medical University Library; Amanda Perrine, Marcellus Free Library; Jennifer Milligan, Manlius Library), CLRC is pleased to announce the two nominees…
Are you looking for some peace in the bedlam of back-to-school preparation? Some tranquility in the hurly burly of autumn leaves and fall conferences? The Society of American Archivists is out with their new coloring book. For those of you who didn’t make it to ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2016 (or for our librarian friends), you can download…
We want to talk to you about it! In an effort to gauge interest in a slate of digital preservation opportunities currently open to our members in CNY, CLRC is asking members (and any interested, additional library and/or archival partners around the state) to participate in a survey on Cooperative Digital Preservation. As many librarians and archivists are keenly…
CLRC’s Nominating Committee will soon be seeking candidates to represent the following constituencies on CLRC’s Board of Trustees, each to serve a five-year term from 2016-2021: Public Libraries – East Special Libraries – Region-wide If you know someone who would be a great addition to the CLRC Board of Trustees, please tell us! Your suggestions will…
The Oneida Whig has recently been added to New York State Historic Newspapers (NYSHN). This weekly ran from 1834 to 1853 and is now available for research use by students, historians, and genealogists in Central New York and beyond. The issues available for access through the NYSHN website range from 1836 to 1841 and have been…
Common Heritage Program Grants Receipt Deadline May 12, 2016 for Projects Beginning January 2017 The National Endowment for the Humanities is offering grants for projects that are part of the Common Heritage Program. The program supports the digitization of cultural heritage materials and the organization of public programming at community events that explore these materials…