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Hi everyone,
As we begin a new season, change is in the air, which is the case at CDLC.
After 30 years at our current location, the CDLC Board of Trustees approved moving our office to a new location at the NYSUT building on Route 7 in Latham at the end of October 2021.
Effective November 1, our new address will be 800 Troy Schenectady Road, Suite 204, Latham, NY 12110.
We are excited to move to a space that will meet our future organizational needs. We not only gain access to a state-of-the-art conference facility with multiple meeting rooms and an auditorium but will also be able to offer plenty of space for parking. We look forward to the day when we can host in-person member events and welcome you to visit.
We are busy preparing for the move while addressing any outstanding details and will keep you informed if any of our services are temporarily unavailable. We are also continuing to offer giveaways to members.
We have valued our close working relationship with the Upper Hudson Library System, and while we will miss seeing those familiar faces every day, we are excited to move on to the next chapter for CDLC.
Stay tuned, and thank you for your patience during this transition.
We look forward to welcoming you to our new space in 2022 (hopefully!).
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There are three components: digital inclusion (working in partnership with the public library systems), museum-library partnerships, and funds designated specifically for the school library systems.
It’s expected that the application form will be available in November and that all funds must be expended by July 31, 2022. I will send more information out about this separately as we proceed with our planning. Please feel free to contact me with your ideas and suggestions!
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October 4-8 is National Digital Inclusion Week. People can register their DI activities/advocacy/initiatives with NDIA to promote DI. Chances are, your library already promotes inclusive digital initiatives through computer classes, device lending, or your own advocacy efforts. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about what other libraries and communities are doing across the nation.
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Welcome new committee members: Morgan Gmelch, Russell Sage College, and Cynthia Koman, Hudson Valley Community College, joined the Collection Development Committee, while Fran Langua, La Salle Institute, and Regina Vertone, Russell Sage College, joined the Committee on Resource Sharing.
Welcome to Maureen Squier at Questar III School Library System, who joins Stephanie Ross at Hudson Valley Community College as co-facilitator of the High School to College Interest Group.
Our Interest Groups are reconvening (virtually) and all are welcome! On Thursday, October 14, from 1:00-2:00 pm, the Reference Instruction and Outreach (RIO) Interest Group meets to discuss Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), a far-reaching topic for libraries, touching upon everything from hiring and retention to collections to policies like library fines to resource allocation.
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CDLC is hosting a series of tech-related webinars offered by Your Nerdy Best Friend. Review the topics and register for either the live or on-demand webinars!
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On Tuesday, October 5, from 9:30-11:00 am, the Preservation Interest Group will be meeting virtually for Emergency Kits: What's in YOUR Stash??, led by University at Albany Preservation Librarians, Ann Kearney and Karen Kiorpes. All are welcome.
On Wednesday, October 6, from 10:30-11:30 am, conservators from ICA are offering a free webinar: COVID-19 & Collections. Three ICA conservators, Wendy Partridge (paintings), Jane Hammond (textiles), and Claire Curran (objects), will share the latest information in collections care for cultural heritage and performing arts organizations in the current phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New New York Heritage Collections |
miSci has contributed the Nancy Fitzroy Papers. Fitzroy, pictured at right, was one of the first female engineering graduates of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in 1949. She began a 37-year career with GE in 1950.
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The Schenectady County Historical Society has added the Schenectady County Civil War Collection, which contains documents created by or received by Schenectady County soldiers in the course of their service during the American Civil War.
At left is a handwritten list of nine men recruited from Schenectady County in 1863.
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In case you missed it: NOVELNY has a new website. New Yorkers accessing NOVELNY through a library website or the NOVELny portal while in New York can access the databases without entering a username/password, library card number or driver license number.
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ESLN has been offering a series of webinars on Human Resource-related topics. The remaining one is on October 18 from 2:00-3:30 pm and the topic is Leading Performance.
Internet Librarian 2021 (Oct 26-28) is going virtual. If you would like to attend, the Empire State Library Network has a discount code for you. A virtual pass is $199 (regularly $299). Use Code: 21ES
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Congratulations to Maureen Squier for her appointment as the School Library System Director of the Questar III BOCES School Library System.
The New York State Library recently announced the State Aid for Library Construction Program Awards for 2020-2021. Special congratulations to Mohawk Valley Library System, Southern Adirondack Library System, and Upper Hudson Library System members. View the complete list of recipients here.
Union College received a National Archives grant to digitize its Bigelow Collection. A member of the Class of 1835, Bigelow was "a prominent author, lawyer, diplomat and distinguished man of letters in the 19th and early 20th centuries." He played a major role in creating the New York Public Library and served as its first president. The collection includes some 22,000 letters from prominent political, cultural, and literary leaders. Read the full announcement here.
Congrats to the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany for receiving a Strategic Planning Assistance Grant from the Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York (DHPSNY). The grant's curriculum was developed in partnership with the New York Council of Nonprofits and assists organizations in completing a three-year strategic plan.
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Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. We hope to see you soon.
Kind Regards,
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