Join coding colleagues for the Code4Lib New York State Regional Meeting & Unconference. August 4-5, 2016 Mann Library, Cornell University Ithaca, New York The two day event will be a mix of scheduled, planned and impromptu sessions, along with workshops, lightning talks, and break-out sessions. Interested in helping organize the event? Email Christina Harlow. Check…
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…
Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963, a national traveling exhibition which explores the relationship between two great people’s movements for equal rights, is coming to Central New York, one of fifty national sites awarded this special exhibit. The exhibit runs June 4 to July 14. National Abolition Hall of…