by office | Feb 11, 2016 | Cultural Heritage
In honor of Black History Month, CLRC’s featured collection recognizes our region’s rich African-American cultural heritage. Onondaga Community College’s A History of the Black Community of Syracuse collection consists of photographs and ephemera...
by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Cultural Heritage, Digitization, News
Have something rare in your collection? Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives This initiative of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), is intended to help digitize collections of rare content and ensure that the full wealth of resources...
by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Cultural Heritage, Grant Opportunities, News, Preservation
New York State collections could get a spa day with this grant opportunity from GHHN. Greater Hudson Heritage Network: Conservation Treatment Grant Program The Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHHN) is dedicated to advancing the preservation and interpretation of New...
by Deirdre | Jan 21, 2016 | Cultural Heritage, Events, Grant Opportunities, Preservation
The 2016 deadline for Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions (for projects beginning in January 2017) is May 3, 2016. It’s time to start planning your project now! Preservation Assistance Grants provide up to $6,000 for small and mid-sized...
by Deirdre | Jan 15, 2016 | Cultural Heritage, News
Each year, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) makes funds available to New York State Institutions through its Documentary Heritage Program Grants. These grants assist New York State non-profits (such as libraries, archives, and museums) who are concerned...
by office | Sep 14, 2015 | Cultural Heritage
As students are returning to school, this month’s featured collections in New York Heritage share a focus on STEM fields. CLRC’s featured collection, Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum’s collection relating to The Great Steamboat Race Letters,...
by office | Jul 15, 2015 | Cultural Heritage, News
July’s New York Heritage Spotlight Collection focuses on the Fletcher Steele Collection, a selection of landscape architecture photographs held by SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry. Born in Rochester, New York, Fletcher Steele (1885-1971)...
by office | Jun 19, 2015 | Cultural Heritage, News
This month New York Heritage is spotlighting the Frederick Lawrence Pomeroy Collection as one of its featured collections. As Assistant General Traffic Manager with the New York Central Railroad, Frederick Lawrence Pomeroy (1855-1906) was a central figure in...
by Deirdre | Apr 21, 2015 | Advocacy, Cultural Heritage, News
So, next week is Preservation Week! What is your library doing to prepare/celebrate/advance preservation concerns? What is Preservation Week, you might ask? From ALA: In 2005 the first comprehensive national survey of the condition and preservation needs of the...
by Deirdre | Apr 20, 2015 | Cultural Heritage, Digitization, News
The Central New York Library Resources Council and Empire State Digital Network (ESDN) are pleased to announce that digital materials from New York institutions are now available in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). During the past year, CLRC has been...
