Running fundraising campaigns to raise money from individuals can be tough… but it doesn’t have to be. In this training with Vanessa Chase Lockshin, you’ll get step-by-step guidance to run your first fundraising campaign (or ideas to improve your next one!). Learning objectives include: Identifying your organization’s story Writing an appeal letter or email Ways to get…
Do you love Syracuse as well as biking or hiking the Erie Canalway Trail through Syracuse and want to share that passion? You could be a perfect candidate for becoming a Trail Ambassador! This new program by the Erie Canal Museum, part of the larger Trail Ambassador program coordinated by Parks and Trails New York,…
Please join us for the virtual 2022 Academic Libraries Conference Online April 14, 2022 9am-3:30pm Higher ed and academic libraries have been through a lot during the past two years, prompting changes in how we approach our work and how our students approach their education. Health – both physical and mental – has taken center…
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…
The State Library has created an email listserv to allow digital equity stakeholders to share news, ask questions, and facilitate opportunities for collaboration. If you would like to be part of these ongoing conversations, we encourage you to sign up for our e-mail listserv: https://listserv.nysed.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=digitalequityny&A=1 . The State Library will be convening a series of three roundtable discussions on Digital Equity in 2021…
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…