CLRC is excited to announce our New Initiatives Grant, brand-new for 2018! Inspired by RRLC’s BreakThru Grant, the New Initiatives Grant seeks to help address a problem, challenge, or need in your library. Have a project you want to pilot? Thinking of a program or service you’d like to offer, but need a little help…
Join us at the Mid-York Library System for an in-person viewing of the LibraryWorks webinar “New Marketing Technologies for Libraries.” The webinar runs from 2 to 3 p.m.; optional half hour of informal discussion time to follow. Registration is FREE for CLRC & ESLN members and staff, but is required. Click here for more details &…
Attending CiL 2018? As a CLRC (and therefore ESLN) member, you’re eligible for a discount on registration! Visit the registration page here or go to the conference page and enter ESLN18 in the Priority Code box and click Activate Code to see your discount. Need additional funding? CLRC’s Professional Development Grants are open year-round! Get more details and apply here.
Join us for an exciting presentation on how Henrietta Public Library uses their dinosaur mascot to keep library users engaged on social media and IRL. Leave with concrete ideas and tips on how to develop a mascot who embodies your brand personality. Special celebrity guest appearance by TR himself. Lunch will be provided. This event…
CLRC sponsors and Syracuse University Libraries hosts Amigos Library Services‘ Online Conference “Innovating with Metadata” at Bird Library on Thursday, November 9. Attendees will gather in Room 606 at Bird to view the online conference together. Sessions run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. **The event is FREE to attend, however registration is required. Please REGISTER HERE by Tuesday, November…
On Wednesday, October 4, 2017, Onondaga Community College’s Coulter Library hosted its fourth Human Library event. This event provides a way for people to reach out and connect with individuals in their community with whom they might not normally interact. Visitors to this library had an opportunity to borrow and engage in conversation with a…
Interested in exploring how your library can utilize books and other media to help connect your patrons to the natural world? Join us for a nature programming workshop next Thursday, November 2 in Utica! Registration required. Attendees will receive a free copy of Richard Louv’s Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life! Register &…
The Central New York Library Resources Council is happy to announce our 2017 Library Award Winners in the categories of Library of the Year and Library Staff All-Star! Library of the Year 2017 “I wouldn’t be able to get online without this library.” CLRC’s Public Library of the Year is the DeRuyter Free Library…
Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies is currently seeking catalogers who perform cataloging of library materials as 50% or more of their work responsibilities to participate in a research study. The study, “Exploring the Role of Repertoire in Library Cataloging,” is designed to reveal what kinds of prior knowledge catalogers draw upon while working. Participants…
Registration is now open for our 50th anniversary membership meeting and annual conference! We’re excited to announce that our keynote speaker is 2017 Library Journal Mover & Shaker Linda Hofschire. CLICK HERE for more information and to register.