CLRC is offering our members up to 20 seats at the upcoming LibraryWorks Webinar, Recruiting, Hiring, Orienting, Maintaining and Saying Goodbye to Library Volunteers. About 60 years ago, the professional nonprofit community came to the conclusion that volunteers needed to be treated like paid employees, meaning that they needed to be subject to the same…

The creation of the Erie Canal is considered to be one of the great engineering feats of the nineteenth century. One historian has even compared the technological achievement of building this canal with NASA’s going to the moon in the 1960s. As a result of the canal’s substantial cultural, economic, political and social impact, New…

We are pleased to announce the return of the Pathway of Resistance walking tour, examining African-American experiences on and along the banks of the Erie Canal, from the waterway's beginnings to contemporary times. While the legacies of slavery and systemic racism can be uncomfortable to discuss, it is crucial for these issues to be be…

This program explores how to incorporate the history of your existing library building into your new designs without compromising the integrity of the building while also creating a design that is current and relevant in today’s library culture. Ultimately you extend the life of your buildings by activating these basic principles. Plus, there may be…

This event is being held online via a Zoom meeting. Stephanie Anderson of Albany Public Library will share the library staff's experiences and lead a discussion on doing a diversity audit of their picture book collection. From Stephanie: After attending multiple webinars and training sessions related to creating diverse collections, I was frustrated by a lack…

Join us for a webinar on composting and zero waste behavior changes for library staff! In this webinar, library staff will learn how to make individual changes in their own lives – like composting and recycling – as well as changes they can make at a business level at their libraries to help the environment.…

Fall back with great conversation at the CLRC Academic Librarians Special Interest Group meeting. All academic librarians are welcome in this group to discuss research, department liaison roles, grants, collection development, and other topics related to the areas and responsibilities in academic libraries. REGISTER HERE          Contact Marc Wildman with any questions.

In this session the speakers will present on the individual projects their libraries and institutions have undertaken to reach the goal of creating a more inclusive library catalog. Within this work, there are multiple ways to enact change, in this presentation three varying perspectives will be shared followed by a facilitated panel discussion. Major topics…

Join us for a guided walking tour of historic Downtown Syracuse, exploring the same path where the famous waterway once ran. The tour begins at the entrance to the Erie Canal Museum, winding through Clinton and Hanover Squares before ending back at the Museum. The tour covers about a mile and lasts about an hour.…