in short: News | Grants | Events | Ideas | Webinars | Jobs

Congratulations to the 2021 Technology and Digitization Grant Recipients! We look forward to the fantastic projects coming out of these grants.

This free webinar from ESLN (the network of all 9 library councils, including SCRLC) will cover the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act, or CASE Act. It's relevant to everyone reading this, and the speaker is extremely well-qualified to answer your questions. The webinar won't be recorded, so please do sign up: June 30 at 2 pm.

Wells College's Archivist, Tiffany Raymond, used SCRLC RBDB grant money to digitize hundreds of fantastic materials at the Howland Stone Store Museum in Aurora. With the help of SCRLC's Claire Lovell, HSSM volunteers Marilyn Post and Ann Mathieson assisted to scan and photograph large women's suffrage posters and more. These materials have historical significance both locally and nationally, so take a look!

Volunteer Quinci Chapple visited SCRLC's office and digitized 1,000 pages of newsletters in under five hours. Besides showing the development of the historical society as an organization, the newsletters contain local history articles which will interest anyone in the region. Notably, the second issue (April 1974) came two years after the first (April 1972) and describes the ill-fated fund-raising plans and celebratory town reunion of June 21, 1972 - the day before the floods started.  

These rolling grants for $500 can fund in-person public humanities projects for organizations whose total yearly operating expenses are $250,000 or less. Maybe you could hire a special speaker or install a new exhibit with this money!

"The IMLS American Rescue Plan grants program supports museum and library services in addressing community needs created or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and in assisting with recovery. Projects may continue, enhance, or expand existing programs and services, or they may launch new ones to address emergent needs and unexpected hardships." These are due by June 24.

The Greater Oneonta Historical Society is beginning its Walking Tour series on Wednesday, June 16 at 7 pm beginning at the History Center at 183 Main Street. Mayor Herzig will join GOHS's former director Bob Brzozowoski on a downtown tour, focusing on the results and plans of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). Check out GOHS's three new mini-exhibits this summer, too!

Ben Sandberg, THC's director, and Eve Snyder, the HistoryForge Project Coordinator, presented to the Tompkins County Legislature about the HistoryForge project. The History Center has also joined two national museum initiatives: Museums for All and Blue Star Museums. The first offers free or reduced admission for families receiving SNAP benefits and the second offers free admission to active duty military personnel each summer. THC is hosting an innovative virtual fundraiser on June 23rd that you might want to check out for inspiration.

CCHS's Great Car Thing fundraising event is sold out! They sold 250 tickets (at $125 each)- so maybe you want to consider a similar event! If you're able to make it to Elmira, check out their in-person lecture on Saturday, June 26 at 11 am with Dr. Timothy W. Kneeland, who will present his book, Playing Politics with Natural Disaster: Hurricane Agnes, the 1972 Election, and the Origins of FEMA.

CCHS has a Paint & Sip fundraiser planned for Friday, June 11 at 6 pm. Tickets are $40. Tabitha Scoville continues to add great blog posts about the streets of Cortland and how they were named.

Hyde Park in Cooperstown is open for the season and featuring a two week long "flash exhibit" with rarely seen original garments! They've partnered with The Musicians of Ma’alwyck, a Capital Region-based chamber music ensemble, to revive early music from its archives and will have a free album release event on Thursday, June 24 at 7:30 pm. You can also purchase tickets for their event The Ship's Captain, a one act comic work happening on Friday, June 25 at 7:30 pm.

Fenimore Art Museum has multiple programs this month in support of their Ansel Adams exhibition. Attend a virtual tour with their museum educator or a discussion with Ansel's son, Michael Adams.

Yates County History Center and the Underground Railroad

Check out this great free online event from Yates County History Center on Saturday, June 19 at 11 am: A Dangerous Freedom: the Abolitionists, Freedom Seekers and Underground Railroad in Yates County.

Who has time for another social media channel, right? But maybe you can squeeze out some <1 minute long videos about your collections, your staff, and your behind-the-scenes work, just like the Sacramento History Museum did- and they have 1.4 million followers!

The Mid-Hudson Library System just unveiled a new feature in their library catalog: the integration of links to and information about objects on NYHeritage. Of note, their OPAC (III's Encore) floats their regular library records to the top of search results and then lists NYHeritage results. This cool feature is made possible with the CONTENTdm API, available to everyone. If you have any questions or are interested in adding NYHeritage results to your catalog, just email Claire at [email protected]

I came across this list on Reddit recently, and it looks comprehensive, especially with the feedback provided in the comments.

The Association of Public Historians of New York State will hold their conference in Oswego in September. Through June 15, they're accepting proposals for in-person presentations.

In case you missed the link on NYLINE, GBH of Boston and the Library of Congress have compiled this great resource of archived public radio and television. I'm sure you'll find something interesting to look at, and you might see something inspirational that your organization can imitate!

This SAA webinar is free to watch and features Vanessa St. Oegger-Menn of Syracuse University, where she's the archivist for the Pan-Am Flight 103 collection. She and others will discuss collecting in response to contemporary events and the ethics of collecting sensitive materials.

now through June 24

Registration fee of $205 for nonmembers grants access to programs throughout June on topics like pest management, data management, virtual collection tours, and material-specific conservation.

Monday, June 7 at 1 pm

Tuesday, June 8 at 11 am

Tuesday, June 8 from 1 to 3 pm

Friday, June 11 from 9 am to 4 pm

Tuesday, June 15 at 11 am

Wednesday, June 16; Thursday, June 17, and Friday, June 18

$10 for all three days, with topics of general interest like anti-racism, DEI, leadership skills, digital collections, outreach, and more, besides many topics specific to SUNY librarians.

Monday, June 21 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Tuesday, June 22 at 9:30 am

A meeting of the Capital region library council, featuring Gwen Spicer of Spicer Art Conservation, where all are welcome!

Tuesday, June 22 at 11 am

Friday, June 25 at 12 pm

A free panel webinar from MANY to discuss the Documentary Heritage Program and its services.

Tuesday, June 29 at 11 am

Wednesday, June 30 at 12 pm

Wednesday, June 30 at 2 pm

That's all for this month! Send me an email if there's anything at your organization you'd like me to include in the next newsletter: [email protected] | Claire Lovell, Digital Services Librarian