Sustainable Tips and Tricks from OCPL

The OCPL Sustainability Committee offers recommendations to help you integrate sustainable practices into your libraries and communities. Plastic has a devastating impact on our environment. Time to reconsider the way we use them in and outside of work. Most of our...

Sustainable Tips and Tricks – OCPL Monthly Info

Sustainable Tips and Tricks is full of recommendations to help you integrate sustainable practices into your libraries and communities. With winter coming to a end, it’s time to start thinking about your outdoor garden. Whether you’re planting at the library or at...

Sustainable Library Certification Awarded to Two Libraries

The New York Library Association Sustainability Initiative (NYLA-SI) today announced that two public libraries in the state have been awarded SUSTAINABLE LIBRARY CERTIFICATION. Hendrick Hudson Free Library (HHFL) in Montrose and Saratoga Springs Public Library (SSPL)...

ALA Adds Sustainability to Core Values

The American Library Association (ALA) Council voted to add Sustainability to the list of Core Values of Librarianship. “The foundation of modern librarianship rests on an essential set of core values that define, inform, and guide our professional practice....

CLRC Office Closed for MLK Day

In observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, the CLRC office will be closed on Monday, January 21. We will reopen on Tuesday morning at 8:30 am.

OCPL Sustainability Tips – Cell Phones

Sustainable Tips and Tricks comes to you from the Onondaga County Public Library (OCPL) Sustainability Committee to help integrate sustainable practices into your libraries and communities. Get a sparkly new cell phone this holiday season? Here are some tips on what...

OCM BOCES Hosting Librarian Collaborative Event

Spend the day with your school librarian or public librarian counterpart getting to know each other and brainstorming collaborative ideas with a focus on using our Mobile Marker Kits together. Hear examples of school public library partnerships, discuss possible ideas...