New Initiatives Grant Final Report “Book Nook Boxes” Please provide a brief narrative explaining your project and its outcomes. With our grant money, the Chittenango Middle School library was able to fund a new program modeled after popular “subscription box” businesses (e.g. HelloFresh, StitchFix, OwlCrate, etc). Our program was student-driven, starting with the name voted…
Digital Curation: Fundamentals and Sustainability Online Course offered by the Society of American Archivists October to November 2023 Recently I had become urgently aware of my institution’s need to preserve digital objects created by employees and members. Fearing that these objects would be disposed of by their creators before I knew how to implement a…
Digital Library Federation 2023 St. Louis, MO November 2023 The Digital Library Federation Forum, from November 13 to 15, was held in St. Louis, MO. As a current LIS student interested in all things digital, the panels and presentations gave me a wonderful overview of some of the current hot topics in the field. This…
The New York Library Association Conference Saratoga Springs, NY November 2023 As I am currently graduating with my MS-ILS this winter, I was grateful for the opportunity to attend the 2023 NYLA Conference in Saratoga Springs, NY. The CLRC Professional Development Award allowed me to meet other professionals in my chosen field and attend panels…
Thanks to a Professional Development Grant from CLRC, I was able to attend the New York Library Association Annual Conference and Trade Show in Saratoga Springs, New York, from November 2-4, 2023. This was the first conference of my library career, and it was such a valuable experience to learn from and network with other library professionals from both inside and outside my library system.
The New York Library Association Conference Saratoga Springs, NY November 2023 I was very glad I had the opportunity to attend this year’s NYLA Conference. The theme, Revive, Refresh, Rekindle, seemed especially pertinent to me. Our staff has been experiencing a lot of very stressful situations lately and I was able to focus my attention…
I am very grateful to CLRC for helping me attend the 2023 NYLA conference in Saratoga Springs. This was my first library conference, and I had a wonderful time. I made a lot of connections with fellow YSS librarians and learned so much about our profession.
The New York Library Association Conference Saratoga Springs, NY November 2023 The opportunity to attend the NYLA 2023 Annual Conference and Trade Show meant so much to me as it was my first in-person conference since changing careers and starting work in the Mid York Library System. The theme of the conference this year was…
The American Association of School Librarian Conference Tampa, FL October 2023 I attended many sessions at AASL Tampa 2023. They were all excellent featuring everything from how to create an excellent library space to artificial intelligence to collaboration, gamification and even starting a romance book club! My favorite part of AASL was networking with many…
New Initiatives Grant Final Report “Sensory Garden” Please provide a brief narrative explaining your project and its outcomes. I’m not sure how best to answer this. As you know, the previous director applied for this grant and I don’t know her thought process behind this, or what her intended goals were, other than to offer…