Weekly Update – 6/15/2016
Weekly Update for June 15, 2016 Take a look at some of the events, stories, and resources available to library professionals in the CLRC region.
NN/LM Needs Special Advisory Group Members
For 2016-2021, NN/LM MAR will be focusing outreach efforts to reach new populations and organizations providing health information services that will benefit from access to the NN/LM and NLM’s evidence-based biomedical and health information resources. These include: public health workers; community health workers; patient educators; extension professionals; staff at Area Health Education Centers, rural health…
This Week’s Sustainability Spotlight
Libraries Step Up (in times of crisis) Facebook Group Submitted by Casey Conlin. Sustainable libraries help make communities more resilient. The Ferguson Municipal Public Library was the only agency that stayed open to provide a safe space for all the people in the community in the aftermath and riots that resulted from the shooting of…
Two CLRC Members Awarded Achieving the Dream grants
CLRC is happy to announce that two of its member campuses, Herkimer College and Mohawk Valley Community College, have been awarded Achieving the Dream grants for open educational resources. “Achieving the Dream grants will strongly support increased access at community colleges across the country, including five SUNY campuses, while bolstering our own efforts to broaden…
Conference Report: IUG Annual
Aaron Neslin received a professional development award to attend the IUG Annual conference. Click here to learn more about the award. I’m Aaron Neslin, the integrated technologies librarian for Onondaga County Public Library (OCPL). I’m responsible for making everything sure that all the all the ILS functions work seamlessly for staff and patrons, as well as creating…