Date: Friday, February 28, 2025Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PMPlace: Online at https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/14099287Presenter: Peter KowalskiCost: Free Is your library looking for interesting and educational performers and presenters as you jumpstart your planning for Summer Reading 2025 and Color Our World? This session will provide an overview of the searchable Performers and Programs database. Performers and […]
Last year during National Friends of Libraries Week, United for Libraries and Penguin Random House announced a new grant opportunity for Friends of Libraries in small and rural communities across the U.S. Grants of $500 and $1,000 (totaling $25,000) will be awarded to support libraries in need. These funds will assist Friends of Library groups with priority projects. In-kind book donation grants […]
The Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library has an opening for a part-time Curator of Exhibitions and Collections. The complete job description, including salary range and benefits, is available here. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume with two-three professional references, and three writing samples (the strongest samples will indicate evidence of primary and secondary source […]
Date: Tues, February 04, 2025Time: 10:00 AM – 11:40 AM (Freedom of Information Law); 1:00 PM-2:40 PM (Open Meetings Law)Presenter: Kristin O’Neill, Deputy Director and Counsel for the Committee on Open Government Freedom of Information Law Information Session: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 10:00 AM | Registration link Open Meetings Law Information Session: Tuesday, February 4, […]
Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PMPlace: Online at https://midhudson.org/trusteebookclub/ Join Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, co-author of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State, and friends for this fun and informative series! At each session, trustees will take a deeper dive into a topic relevant to their role and responsibilities as a library […]
Date: Friday, January 24, 2025Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AMPlace: Online at https://www.senylrc.org/event/new-laws-in-the-new-year-2025/Cost: Free (select Capital District Library Council as your ESLN Council when registering) A roundup of employment-related laws going into effect in 2025, with a focus on how they will impact libraries and other 3R-member institutions. Written materials: template language to implement them in the library or cultural […]
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PMPlace: Online at https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13852128Cost: Free Don’t miss this webinar to help your library plan programs or events celebrating the bicentennial of the Erie Canal! The Erie Canal is one of the most important transportation routes in American history. When the canal opened in 1825 its effects on New York and the […]
The Capital District Library Council invites applications for 2025 Regional Collections grants through Friday, February 28, 2025. CDLC members are encouraged to submit proposals for various digitization projects. These projects may include contributing content to New York Heritage or NYS Historic Newspapers, creating finding aids to be included in the Empire Archival Discovery Cooperative, or enhancing existing metadata. CDLC is also offering […]
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMPlace: Online at https://tinyurl.com/3923jp32Cost: FreePresenter: Jamie LaRue For some time now, many communities have been grappling with political division and conflict. How can the library be a more positive and unifying influence? Part of the solution is “turning outward”- the shift in librarianship that sees our services as part of a […]
WGY Christmas Wish benefits children 19 years and under in the Capital Region and Great Northeast. A special emphasis is given to critical care services and recreational programs for ill, underprivileged and homeless children. WGY Christmas Wish looks to benefit children directly. If you are a not-for-profit, tax-exempt children’s organization, you can request funding by filling […]
