This presentation explains how the Schoharie Creek was an impediment to the Erie Canal before the artificial river opened.  We’ll explore what Erie Canal engineers and builders determined was needed to cross the waters of the Schoharie from the earliest dam to the incredible John B. Jervis-designed Schoharie Creek Aqueduct, and what that meant for…

Third Tuesdays at 2:00 pm CLRC offers a communication network among our region’s Library Assistants, Paraprofessionals and Support Staff through a Special Interest Group (LA SIG). Our interests include: * recognizing all library support staff employed in CLRC member libraries * furthering the professional development & job enrichment of support staff * enhancing the professional…

The Right Question Institute (RQI) will join us to demonstrate the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a deceptively simple yet rigorous protocol that teaches all people how to ask, work with, and pursue their own questions. Participants will explore how the QFT can be flexibly applied to support students, clients, library patrons, and others to develop…

CLRC is offering our members up to 20 seats at the upcoming LibraryWorks webinar, How to Give and Receive Feedback (Constructive Criticism) so Everyone is Still Speaking to Each Other Afterwards. We all have blind spots: We forget, we make mistakes, we disagree, and we misunderstand. Being able to give and take feedback is how…

Join Erie Canal Museum staff for this free guided ride through Syracuse from the Erie Canal Museum at 318 Erie Blvd E to Willow Rock Brewing Company in advance of their History Happy Hour there. The ride will take cyclists along the route of the historic Erie Canal as well as past other sites of historic…

The Erie Canal Museum and Willow Rock Brewery are pleased to partner on this History Happy Hour, which begins at 6pm. At 6:30pm a special presentation by Museum Educator Derrick Pratt will examine the 1907 collapse of the Erie Canal over Onondaga Creek, which inspired the new beer, "Great Canal Collapse," followed by a discussion with…

Join the Erie Canal Museum for the 17th annual Canal Clean Sweep hosted on Earth Day weekend! Each Earth Day, the NYS Canal Corporation and Parks & Trails New York host Canal Clean Sweep, a weekend of spring cleaning on sections of the Canalway Trail, in canalside parks, and in other public areas throughout the Canal…

Providing robust readers’ advisory service that values equity, diversity, and inclusion principles is essential to all library service. Moving from being a neutral, well-meaning library where systemic racism is acknowledged to an actively anti-racist organization involves work. In this program you will learn tangible skills to help build enthusiasm for reading and discovering diverse books,…