Onondaga Historical Association is pleased to invite the community to a free public lecture and book signing by Gene Fisch. Join us at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 16th at the organization’s comprehensive history museum at 321 Montgomery Street in Downtown Syracuse. “All Love Comes Home: A Promise of Truth” is part memoir, part tribute to the enduring…

Join us as we explore the diverse histories of Western New York cemeteries and the communities they belong to. Registration is required. Registrants will receive a link to the webinar one day prior to the event. Itinerary 10 - 10:15 am: Opening remarks 10:15 - 11:15 am: Jim Boles - "The Niagara County, NY Poorhouse…

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…

Webinar Description: Great, your library has decided to step into the world of social media!  Now, what?  This one-hour webinar will start you on your way to promoting, posting, tweeting, friending and trending. Learn social media basics, beginner best practices, management and policy tips, audience cultivation techniques, and some best practices around social media.   About…

Join the Historic Albany Foundation, Discover Albany, the Albany Ale Project, and the Erie Canal Museum for this hour-long cycling tour through Albany looking at the city’s Erie Canal and brewing history. See sites like the location of the enormous John Taylor and Sons Brewery and Lock #1 on the Old Erie. The ride begins and ends at C.H. Evans…

Web 1.0 and 2.0 started out full of idealism, too. What is to prevent the decentralized web from being corrupted by profit, market domination, and bad actors? What is the normative or social layer we need to build alongside the tech? This event is part of a series of workshops presented by Metropolitan New York…

Join the Canal Society of New York, Cayuga Museum of Art and History, and the Erie Canal Museum for this hour-long cycling tour of the historic Erie Canal in Cayuga County. This ride will take visitors through a number of interesting historic canal destination, including the locks at Port Byron! The ride begins and ends…

Please join LILRC to meet librarian and author Eva Jurczyk and hear her discuss her acclaimed mystery novel, The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (Poisoned Pen Press, 2022). “Toronto librarian Jurczyk’s first novel is a valentine to librarians that doesn’t shy away from their dark sides.” Kirkus. “The Department of Rare Books and…

The PILLARS Symposium 2022 will take place on one day this year on July 13, 2022. This year's topic: Accessibility in Education Featured speaker: Judith Heumann Link to more information.

Grab all your fun-loving friends and get ready for the Erie Canal Museum’s 2022 HISTORY HAPPY HOUR series, bringing history to you at some of your favorite local Syracuse businesses. The History Happy Hour series continues on July 13th at Mello-Velo Bike Shop and Café. Join Museum staff for a traditional happy hour starting at…