Mohawk Valley Library System

The Public Library Section (PLS) of the New York Library Association (NYLA) is now accepting nominee applications for three award categories: L. Marion Moshier/Asa Wynkoop Award for Distinguished Librarianship This award honors a library director who has given outstanding service to a community of 7,500 population or less. (A professional degree is not a requirement). [...]

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Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013 Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Place: Online at http://infopeople.org/training/veterans-and-public-libraries Presenter: Kristen Mulvihill Cost: Free Do you know how many veterans live in your community, what services they need and how you can help them improve the quality of their lives? Libraries offer: A welcoming access point for those seeking benefits. Meeting [...]

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The Best Buy Community Grants Program provides support to nonprofit organizations that are located within 50 miles of a Best Buy store or distribution center. Best Buy Children’s Foundation will donate up to $2 million in Community Grants to local and regional nonprofit organizations that provide teens with places and opportunities to develop 21st century [...]

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Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Place: Online at http://infopeople.org/training/what_do_i_know_part_2 Presenter: Karen Strauss and Leah Esguerra Cost: Free A partnership between the San Francisco Public Library and the local Department of Public Health resulted in the placement of a social worker at the Main Library to link users to housing and [...]

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The NY Council for the Humanities offers grants to fascilitate book discussion programs for adults. In each of the Council’s reading and discussion programs, participants read a series of thematically linked texts over the course of four, five, or six sessions. At each session, they come together with others in their community to discuss a text [...]

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