SCRLC will be closed the afternoon of Monday, April 8th so we can all see the eclipse! | |
Mary-Carol is on vacation this week so there is no Director's Cup today. She'll be back for our 4/19 newsletter. | |
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Accessibility
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The History Center in Tompkins County has a nice round up of History & Heritage months, with links to local resources.
"Identity-themed "heritage months" are a powerful tool to highlight specific histories and draw attention to collections and archival resources we have available year round. History and heritage months are a celebration of culture, community, and contribution to our shared region of Central New York."
April is Arab American Heritage month. How is your library or historical organization celebrating?
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Raven Steals the Sun Program at Tompkins County Public Library
March 25
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We had a full house for Raven Steals the Sun: Native American Eclipse Stories with Perry Ground. It was so fun to put on a program for all ages! | |  |
Pictured above are Claire Lovell, Christine Brown, Perry Ground, Leslie Tabor (Director of the Tompkins County Public Library), and Jessica Philippe. | | |
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Eclipse Kit Deliveries
March 28
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Luckily most of the eclipse kits were delivered via our three public library systems. Thanks to Heidi Eckerson of Finger Lakes Library System, Sarah Reid at Four County Library System, and Erika Jenns at Southern Tier Library System who got the kits out to their public libraries. We did make it out to Cayuga Community College, SUNY Delhi, DCMO BOCES, and Otselic Valley Library, which is both a school library, and a brand new public library, which has newly joined the Four County Library System. | |
Otselic Valley school/public Library | | |
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Digitization Grants
Apply for up to $5,000 from us, your friendly neighborhood library council, for your digitization project. Partnership amounts are up to $8,000. Our most common grant awards are for microfilmed newspapers for NYS Historic Newspapers or for us to digitize yearbook collections for NY Heritage - but we're open to new and different projects, e.g., 360 ones! Grant information and applications available here (scroll down to mid-page). Grants are due April 12.
If you need a quote or have any questions, reach out to Claire at clovell@scrlc.org.
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Events produced by the eight other library councils in the Empire State Library Network are open for SCRLC members to attend. | |
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Does Generative AI Infringe Copyright? (CDLC)
April 9, 1pm
Demystifying Misinformation (CLRC)
April 10, 10am
Bibliometrics for Librarians (METRO)
April 10, 1pm
Learn Interactive Marketing with Augmented Reality Technology (LILRC)
April 15, 2pm
Applying the Learning: Practicing Giving and Receiving Feedback (LILRC)
April 18, 1pm
Early Childhood Development and Developmental Milestones: Considerations for the Community Librarian (LILRC)
April 22, 1pm
Institutional Repositories: A Shared Experience (RRLC & ESLN)
April 25, 2pm
The Future of IPEDS: The Need for Quality Library Data (ESLN)
April 30, 10am
Basic Book Repair for Libraries (CLRC & ESLN)
May 8, 10am
Building Your Research Data Management Toolkit: Integrating RDM into Your Liaison Work (ESLN & SUNY OLIS)
July 16 & 17, 9am - 2pm
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Graphic Medicine: Engaging communities in health literacy with Sarah Levin-Lederer was presented on March 13, 2024.
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New Collection: Cayuga and Seneca Canal Collection
This was made possible with a 2023-2024 SCRLC Digitization Grant to Seneca Falls Library. The materials are primarily from the 1850s and include the business accounting of the Cayuga-Seneca Canal, which connected the Erie Canal to Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake. This canal was incredibly important to the prosperity and development of communities like Waterloo and Seneca Falls. You'll see many familiar local surnames in the collection, which has moved to the Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry.
New Collection: History of Seneca County Collection
A patron from afar asked Cyndi Park-Sheils, director of the Waterloo Library & Historical Society, if she had a particular book in the collection. He'd found it for $400 on a rare book site. She did have a copy, and he donated the $55 to have us scan and upload the book to NYHeritage. It's a beautiful book and has 80+ illustrations of early Seneca County that we also posted separately, showing Junius, Ovid, Seneca Falls, Tyre, and other villages.
New Collection: Hornet Student Newspapers
Many thanks to archivist Noah Roth for letting us copy material from SUNY Broome's existing repository into NYHeritage.org. (If this is something your institution is open to, just email Claire!) These student newspapers range from 1996 to 2003 and include music reviews, film reviews, opinion pieces, and more.
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