Libraries Change Lives December 9, Onondaga Free Library, Syracuse

CENTRAL NEW YORK LIBRARY RESOURCES COUNCIL 6493 RIDINGS ROAD, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13206

REFERMATION December 2011 Annual CLRC Legislative Breakfasts December 2, Frank J. Basloe Library, Herkimer Libraries Change Lives December 9, Onondaga Free Library, Syracuse

Libraries Change Lives

Regional Legislator Contact Information Onondaga, Madison, Oneida & Herkimer Counties

Assemblymembers State Senators US Senate

Marc Butler John Defrancisco Kristen Gillibrand A117 S50 100 South Clinton Street, Room 1470 235 North Prospect Street 333 East Washington Street PO Box 7378 Herkimer, NY 13350 State Office Building, Room 800 Syracuse, NY 13261 315-866-1632 Syracuse, NY 13202 315-448-0470 315-428-7632 Charles Schumer Anthony Brindisi Senator Joseph Griffo 100 South Clinton Street, Room 841 A116 S47 Syracuse, NY 13261-7318 State Office Building State Office Building 315-423-5471 207 Genesee Street, Room 401 207 Genesee Street, Room 408 Utica, NY 13501 Utica, NY 13501 315-732-1055 County Executives 315-793-9072 Anthony J. Picente, Jr., William Magee Senator David J. Valesky Oneida County Executive A111 S49 Oneida County Office Building 214 Farrier Avenue 805 State Office Building 800 Park Avenue PO Box 417 333 East Washington Street Utica, NY 13501 Oneida, NY 13421 Syracuse, NY 13202 315-798-5800 315-361-4125 315-478-8745 Joanie Mahoney, Claudia Tenney Senator James L. Seward Onondaga County Executive A115 S51 John H. Mulroy Civic Center, 14th Floor 5176 State Rout 233, PO Box 597 41 South Main Street 421 Montgomery Street Westmoreland NY 13490 Oneonta, NY 13820 Syracuse, NY 13202 315-853-2383 607-432-5524 315-435-3516

William Magnarelli John Becker A120 Madison County Board of Supervisors 333 East Washington Street Chairman State Office Building, Room 840 U.S. Congress Box 635 Syracuse, NY 13202 Richard Hanna Wampsville, NY 13163 315-428-9651 District 24 315-366-2201 258 Genesee Street Sam Roberts Utica, NY 13502 Raymond Smith A119 315-724-9740 Herkimer County Legislature 711 East Genesee Street, Suite 2 Chairman Syracuse, NY 13210 Ann Marie Buerkle 109 Mary Street, Suite 1310 315-449-9536 District 25 Herkimer, NY 13350 100 South Clinton Street, Room 1340 315-867-1112 Donald Miller PO Box 7306 A121 Syracuse, NY 13261 5711 South Bay Road 315-423-5657 Cicero, NY 13039 Governor Cuomo 315-452-1115 Bill Owens John Maggiore

District 23 Syracuse Regional Representative William Barclay 131 Main Street, Suite 106 1 Commerce Plaza A124 Oneida, NY 13421 99 Washington Avenue, 10th Floor 200 North Second Street 315-367-0041 Albany, New York 12231 Fulton, NY 13069 518-486-9549 315-598-5185

Charles “Sonny” Greco Brian Kolb Utica Regional Representative A129 State Office Building 607 West Washington Street 207 Genesee Street, Room 707 Suite 2 315-793-2535 Geneva, NY 14456 315-781-2030 Upcoming CLRC Events

Preserving Photographic Materials (Live and Online)

Date: January 9th and 10th, 2012

Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Please note: This class is an interactive, learn at your desk session. The class is held over TWO sessions and may require some minimal homework to receive your certificates. Class Description:

Photographic materials present significant preservation concerns in library and archival collections. They are often heavily used and are fragile and susceptible to damage due to improper handling and storage conditions. Visual examples of photographic processes and deteriorated photographs will be identified and discussed.

Topics covered include: Early photographic processes Issues with prints, color, film, glass, and albums Environment and storage guidelines Handling, housing, and security guidelines New technology processes and issues

Presenter: Leigh Grinstead, Lyrasis

Cost: CLRC and CLRC region DHP members $0 NY3Rs, other regional DHP and non-members $28

This class was made possible in part with funds from the Documentary Heritage Program of the New York State Archives, a program of the New York State Education Department. ****************************************************************** Comparing Job Resources

Date: Friday, January 13, 2012

Time: 9:30 am to 12:00 noon

Location: CLRC Training Room Syracuse, New York

Description: Participants will receive hands-on training in guiding library patrons through several online job resources and helping patrons decide which tool is right for them.

The session will focus on two major resources with a variety of tools designed to maximize the job search: LearningExpress Library (with online practice tests, online courses and job and career related e-books) Brainfuse JobNow (practice tests, resume and interview instruction and access to an online tutor).

Additional career resources will be covered and explored.

Presenters: Beverly Choltco-Devlin and Jennifer Recht, Mid York Library System

Cost: CLRC Member: $0 3R Member: $0 Non-member: $6 More Upcoming Events

Effective Time Management

Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012

Time: 8:30 am to 4:00pm

Location: Mid-York Library system Offices, Utica, New York

Class Description:

As libraries are continually asked to do more with less, time has become an increasingly valuable part of this equation.

In this course, students will practice techniques that will help them achieve more effective use of their time so that they can direct their energy towards the activities that will further their professional and personal goals.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Articulate goals Analyze how energy and time are currently allocated Identify elements of a personal work style that contribute to an effective use of time Assemble a collection of time-management tools and strategies that can be used to take control of time. Create an action plan for time-management processes Identify ways to evaluate and improve efforts

Presenter: Maithreyee Dube, New Horizons - Syracuse

Cost: Members $24 3R and non-members $45

Price of the event includes light refreshments and drinks. Participants will be given a choice of bringing a lunch or purchasing a lunch.

This workshop is supported in part by Regional Bibliographic Database funds, awarded to the Central New York Library Resources Council by the New York State Library.

****************************************************************** The CLRC office will be closed Monday, Dec. 26 through Friday, Dec. 30th.

The CLRC staff extends Happy Holiday wishes to our members and their families. Member News ****************************************************************** Syracuse University Library has recently acquired the papers of Morris Lapidus, trendy architect of several well known hotels in Miami, including the Fontainebleau.

The donated papers include a collection of his photographs dating back to the 1920s, conceptual drawings, manuscript drafts of his written works and correspondence with mystery writer Ellery Queen.

Architects Marcel Breuer, William Lescaze, Richard Neutra and designers Russel Wright and Walter Dorwin Teague also have collections in the SU Special Collections Research Center. ****************************************************************** The Madison-Oneida BOCES School Library System (SLS) recently received a $20,000 grant towards their “Ignite the Common Core with Library of Congress Primary Resource Documents” project. The grant is partly sponsored by the Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources, Eastern Region Program and is being overseen by Waynesburg University in Pennsylvania.

The project will allow teams of school librarians and teachers to receive training and hands-on experience in developing lesson plans that incorporate the Common Core. The teams will then pilot these lessons in the classroom. Teams of pre-service teachers from Syracuse University and Utica College will also participate in the project. Participants will have access to all Library of Congress primary sources.

SLS Coordinator Diana Wendell will serve as the project manager. Barbara Stripling, a professor of library and information science at Syracuse University’s iSchool will serve as the project consultant.

******************************************************************* Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, Herkimer County, has recently been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The monastery has a printing press, bookstore, 30,000 volume library and beautiful iconographs on the walls of the church. CONGRATULATIONS! ******************************************************************* Bonnie Kisselstein, librarian at the Baldwinsville Public Library’s local history room, received the Ruth Connell award for her years of excellent service to the B’ville community and genealogy seekers.

Bonnie has served on the CLRC Archival Services committee and is the Town of Lysander Historian.

Presenting the award is Marilyn Laubacher, Director of the library.

Congratulations on this recognition!

******************************************************************* Upcoming CLRC Committee Meetings

Resource-Sharing Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 17th.

Planning Committee will meet on Thursday, January 19th.

Digitization Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 24th.

More Member News ****************************************************************** Syracuse University Library has also acquired over 2000 cookbooks in French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese from Joan Green, a collector for over 60 years. Bon Appetit!

****************************************************************** Onondaga Free Library is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary! The library opened on December 3, 1961 as a single room and has now expanded into a beautiful facility housing a large meting room, inviting children’s area, lots of natural light and a cozy fireplace and snack area. Susan Morgan, Director of the library has plans to expand services to include a consumer health resource center. We love our library!

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St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica celebrated its 145th anniversary Monday, December 12th. A Founder’s Day service was held in the chapel and awards were given to two outstanding contributors to the Center; the Oneida-Lewis Chapter of NYSARC provides educational, vocational and family support to individuals with developmental disabilities, and Barb Zumpano, a 40-year employee of St. E’s for her loyalty and hard work. Keep up the good work! ******************************************************************* SRC has established a one-on-one mentoring program with the Syracuse City School District called Corporate Campus Academic Mentoring program (CCAMP). The program was developed to raise academic performance in the math and sciences. Eighth-grade students from the Syracuse City schools will travel to the SRC offices to spend time with volunteer mentors for about an hour each week.

“Our employees will benefit from this program as much as the students.” said Paul Tremont, president of SRC.

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Know of any librarians interested in moving to the Central New York area? Know of anyone looking for a career change?

Check out the CLRC jobs page on our website. Updated weekly.

http://clrc.org/clrc/category/jobs Archival Services News Watch for upcoming Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) events on the CLRC calendar. Regional continuing education and community events will be posted on our website, as well as those from the other regions of New York State.

http://clrc.org/clrc/ce-events/events-calendar

****************************************************************** Who are the New York State Regional Archivists?

Nine regional archivists work through the NY3Rs library systems or through historical service agencies.

They are available to: Coordinate historical records training workshops Work with regional organizations, businesses, ethnic and racial groups, libraries, archives and museums to ensure the identification of, permanent care for, and availability of historical records for previously under-documented groups and topics Raise public awareness of the importance of historical records, especially for under-documented groups and topics Work with repositories and organizations regionally to seek local, state, and federal funding for pro- jects to support historical records programming Provide advice to historical records repositories to strengthen their programs.

For further information about the individual regional archivists and services they offer go to: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/directories/dir_dhp.shtml ****************************************************************** News You Can Use

Jeffrey W. Cannell, NYS Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Education and Acting State Librarian announced that 1.65 million children and teens throughout New York State participated in the Summer Reading Program at their local libraries. This is a statewide increase of almost 10% over 2010.

For more information on the positive value of public library summer reading programs see “The Importance of Summer Reading: Public Library Summer Reading Programs and Learning.” http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/summer/research.htm ****************************************************************** The CLRC region is fortunate to have NYS Assemblyman Sam Roberts (Syracuse area) as part of the Assembly Libraries and Education Technology Committee. A hearing on public library funding was held recently in Albany. Other members of the committee listening to testimonies were Assemblyman Robert Reilly, committee chair, (Colonie) and Assemblymembers Thomas Abinanti (Westchester) and Philip Palmesano (Steuben).

Debby Emerson (CLRC), Wanda Bruchis (MYLS) and Darby O’Brien (Utica Public Library) were among those at the hearing. It was a thumbs up session!