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March 18, 2016 

Upcoming fashion show -  Always in Style: 90 Years of Fashion and Entertainment, April 8th at 8:00pm or April 10th at 2:00pm. Get your tickets here:  https://cortlandhistory.yapsody.com/ .

NYAC 2016 Grants Available
Deadline to apply: April 27th, 2016, 5pm 
The New York Archives Conference, John A. Woods, and Larry Naukam will offer multiple $100 professional development grants in order to enable archives students, archivists, librarians, and others with archives or records management responsibilities to attend the conference. 

The 2016 New York Archives Conference will be held  June 8 - 10th, 2016  at SUNY Plattsburgh, in Plattsburgh, NY. Funds may be applied to travel, lodging, meals, workshops, or conference registration. Each recipient is required to attend both meeting days (June 9-10) and the Friday luncheon.

The full announcement and application form can be found at: http://www.nyarchivists.org/. The conference program is forthcoming. 
 
Questions and application materials should be directed to  NYACPDC@gmail.com .

Library Advocacy Update
Both the NYS Senate and Assembly have released information from their one house budget bills and both include a $5M increase for Library Aid and a $10M increase for Library Construction Aid! Please voice your support and contact your elected official through NYLA's Online Advocacy Center.
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March Education Focus: Library Spaces & Sustainability
"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."  -Winston Churchill
 
To learn more about library sustainability initiatives & get involved:



 
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If you have any news or information that you would like us to share with the membership, please send it to Diane Capalongo at  dcapalongo@scrlc.org.
 

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