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NYLA Leadership and Management Academy – June 6 to 8
The New York Library Association's Library Leadership & Management Academy (L&MA) is an educational program for emerging leaders in the library profession. Participants will gain the skills and knowledge they need to advance up the career ladder in library...
NEH Cultural Heritage Grant Opportunity
The National Endowment for the Humanities Common Heritage Program seeks to preserve local heritage for future generations. The program supports both the digitization of cultural heritage materials and the organization of outreach through community events. The...
Lowe’s Construction Grant Available
The Lowe's Gives Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in the communities where Lowe's operates stores and distribution centers throughout the United States. The Foundation’s Community Partners grant program supports nonprofit...
Family Literacy Grant Opportunity
The Wish You Well Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that promote family literacy in the U.S. The Foundation focuses on the development and expansion of new and existing literacy and educational programs. Grants generally range from $2,000 to...
New York History Day Seeks Judges
New York History Day is looking for historians, educators, and others to judge student projects at this year’s contest, which takes place Monday, April 23. Each year, more than 450 students in grades 6-12 conduct extensive research on topics related to an annual theme...
Bernie Margolis
New York State Librarian, Bernie Margolis, passed away on Saturday, April 14. Bernie's funeral will be held on Wednesday, April 18th, 11 a.m. at Levine’s Memorial Chapel in Albany. Burial will immediately follow the funeral at approximately 1 p.m. at the Pittsfield...
Mid-York Library Director Going to ARSL Conference
Christine Fleischer, Director of the Frank J. Basloe Library (Herkimer, NY), was awarded the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) $500 scholarship to attend the 2018 Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) annual conference in Springfield, IL, September...
Community Grant Opportunity for Teen Tech Programs
The Best Buy Community Grants Program provides support to community-based organizations that are located within 25 miles of a Best Buy facility. Grants focus on out-of-school time programs that create access to technology education and tools that teens will need to be...
Library of Congress Literacy Award
Applications for the Literacy Awards will be accepted from organizations that have made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in the United States or abroad. You may apply on behalf of your own organization or for another organization. Three prizes will be...
CLRC Announces Recipients of 2018 RBDB Grants
CLRC is happy to announce the recipients of 2018 member library RBDB grant funding: New Woodstock Free Library: $750 to digitize works of art by a local artist. Mid York Library System: $3,815 to perform retrospective conversion for Prospect Free Library’s catalog...
Amanda Travis’ Recap of the Dynamic Planning Institute at PLA – CLRC Professional Development Grant Recipient
Dynamic Planning Institute @ PLA 2018 Conference, March 20, 2018 Thanks to a professional development grant from CLRC, I was able to attend an all-day pre-conference on strategic planning at the PLA 2018 Conference in...
Deanna King, CLRC Professional Development Grant Recipient, Talks About the PLA Conference
Public Library Association Conference Philadelphia, PA – March 2018 Thanks to CLRC’s Professional Development Grant I was able to attend the Public Library Association (PLA) Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This conference is only offered every other year,...
Weekly Update – 3/29/2018
Weekly Update for March 29, 2018 Take a look at some of the events, stories, and resources available to library professionals in the CLRC region.
Executive Picente Shows Support for Oneida County Libraries
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente Jr has pledged $47,500 to increase the collection of eBooks and digital audio books, funding for the Summer Reading Program, and support for the Books for Babies library initiative. The money has been collected as part of an...
NEH Preservation Assistance Grant Opportunity
The Preservation Assistance Grants program helps institutions such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, cultural organizations, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities improve their ability to preserve and care for...
NYS Legislative – Library Aid Home Stretch
The NYS Legislature has released their “one house” budget proposals for this year’s budget and the bills include the single largest increase in funding to the Library Construction Aid Program ever – a $50M addition to the program, for a total of $64M! This is in...
The Great American Read – Public Library Opportunity
Public libraries may apply for grants to host public programs around the upcoming PBS series The Great American Read, an eight-part television and online series designed to spark a national conversation about reading and the books that have inspired, moved, and shaped...
Workshop: Space Planning for the 21st Century Library (5/2 at Dunham)
Join us on Wednesday, May 2 at the Dunham Public Library in Whitesboro for a workshop on library space planning. Lunch will be provided. Click here for more details and to register!
Thinking Outside: Linking the World of Books to Nature Through Environmental Programming (4/6 at Betts)
Join us Friday, April 6 at the Betts Branch Library for an environmental programming workshop with Nate Keefe and get a chance to win a set of three books by Richard Louv (author of "Last Child in the Woods" and "Vitamin N")! Click here for more information and to...
Weekly Update – 3/09/2018
Weekly Update for March 9, 2018 Take a look at some of the events, stories, and resources available to library professionals in the CLRC region.