Workshop Description: Binding quality on books can be inconsistent and with day to day handling and repeated circulations, books can sustain significant damage. Don’t replace these volumes, fix them! This workshop will introduce participants to basic book repair for circulating or general collections.  Attendees will learn how to repair common types of damage, such as…

Workshop Description: Brush up on the latest tips and tricks for reaching local, regional and state elected officials. Prepare for NYLA's Advocacy Day on February 25. Learn the best way to advocate with patrons, funders and decision makers for library support. This training incorporates elements of ALA’s Advocacy Academy and will empower library staff with skills to tell their library’s story and connect it to the priorities of patrons,…

Workshop Description: Brush up on the latest tips and tricks for reaching local, regional and state elected officials. Prepare for NYLA's Advocacy Day on February 25. Learn the best way to advocate with patrons, funders and decision makers for library support. This training incorporates elements of ALA’s Advocacy Academy and will empower library staff with skills to tell their library’s story and connect it to the priorities of patrons,…

Let's Go To Albany! Library staff, supporters and friends Meet with your regional legislators Speak out for library funding CLRC is chartering a bus to Albany with multiple pick-up locations along the Thruway and has scheduled appointments with regional Assemblymembers and Senators. Schedule: (subject to change) * 7:00 am - leave CLRC office * 7:40 -…

It's time, once again, to come meet and network with our local librarians and library-world personnel! Librarians' Night Out is an event hosted by Syracuse University's Library and Information Science Student Association (LISSA). They invite Syracuse University librarians, students, and faculty, as well as local librarians and information professionals to socialize and network. There will…

The CNY Digital Inclusion Coalition is a group of community stakeholders in Central New York working together to create a unified voice in support of digital inclusion. Join us for our monthly meeting to discuss the digital divide in CNY and the resources available in the community for affordable Internet and technology and digital literacy…

Are you an Early Career Library & Information Professional? Then we want YOU to join us at the March meeting of CLRC’s Early Career Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG)! For this month’s meeting, we’ll be talking about “when things don’t go as planned,” including sharing when projects go awry, our missteps big and small, and…

CLRC is forming a Library Assistants' Special Interest Group (LA SIG)  to start a communication network among our region's library support staff.    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 image of support staff within the library community  …