Census 2020 Support Information

New York Counts 2020 is a statewide coalition of community-based organizations working in partnership with state and local government to facilitate a complete count, focusing on hard-to-count (HTC) areas. Currently signed on to the coalition are NYLA, Queens Library,...

Western Region Legislative Breakfast – December 14

Over sixty library supporters, including librarians, trustees, administrators and students spent the morning at Pine Grove Middle School chatting with newly-elected  and re-elected legislators about services offered by their community and school libraries and to ask...

Wireless Router Grant Opportunity

The New York Library Association (NYLA) is administering an equipment grant program to distribute wireless routers to libraries in need of equipment. NYLA seeks to identify twenty-five (25) libraries across the state in need of hardware (or upgrades) to better share...

IMLS Grant for Small Libraries

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is offering a new discretionary grant program for small and rural libraries – Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP). This is a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for...
Call for Volunteers – Update Summer Reading Lists

Call for Volunteers – Update Summer Reading Lists

Consider contributing to the Explore New York reading lists for the 2019 Summer Reading at New York Libraries. The slogan for all ages for 2019 is A Universe of Stories and the theme is space. Please follow these instructions when recommending any books for the...