Facts About NEW YORK STATE’S REFERENCE AND REFERENCE AND RESEARCH RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES COUNCILS LIBRARY RESOURCES

COUNCILS Capital District Rochester Regional • Serve over 19 million people statewide Library Council Library Council • Serve over 1,000 academic, business, (518) 438-2500 (585) 223-7570 hospital, law, and other special http://www.cdlc.org http://www.rrlc.org libraries

• Serve 23 public library systems with

755 public libraries • Serve 40 school library systems with

over 4,700 school library media Central New York South Central Regional centers Library Resources Library Council • Provide statewide delivery service to Council (607) 273-9106 libraries through Empire Library (315) 446-5446 http://www.scrlc.org Delivery (ELD) http://clrc.org/clrc • Distribute grants to all types of libraries • Negotiate licenses and access to electronic information including databases and e-books Long Island Library • Resources Council Provide professional development and training opportunities for library (631) 675-1570

staff http://www.lilrc.org

• Collaborate on regional and statewide projects through the Empire State Library Network (www.esln.org) : o Ask Us 24/7 Service o Empire State Digital METRO – Metropolitan Southeastern New York Network New York Library Council Library Resources Council http://empirestate.digital (212) 228-2320 (845) 883-9065 o NY Heritage http://metro.org http://www.senylrc.org nyheritage.org NY State Historical o Newspapers nyshistoricnewspapers.org

Northern New York Western New York Library

Library Network Resources Council

(315) 265-1119 (716) 633-0705

http://nnyln.org http://www.wnylrc.org

REFERENCE AND RESEARCH BACKGROUND LIBRARY RESOURCES INFORMATION NEW YORK STATE'S

COUNCILS In 1966, the New York State Legislature REFERENCE AND RESEARCH Provide a wide range of direct support authorized the establishment of reference and LIBRARY RESOURCES services research library resources systems (councils) in COUNCILS • Support for the latest technologies and Education Law. Governance and function are established in the Regulations of the their application, including digitization projects, social networks, e-books, Commissioner of Education. Each system is Internet access, websites, locator tools, governed by a board of trustees and has a equipment and software variety of advisory committees to help carry Ensuring that all New Yorkers out its work. get the information they need • Interlibrary loan, document delivery services, reciprocal borrowing cards and The State created the regional councils to regardless of where they live, other resource sharing services expand the availability of the resources of work or go to school. academic, medical, law, business and special • Special library research services for libraries to more New Yorkers and to enable small rural hospital libraries to ensure libraries and library systems of all types to buy access to major research collections services and share resources cooperatively in • Staff expertise in areas such as medical order to strengthen programs and services. information, advanced technology, collection development, management, All nine of the reference and research library reference services, digitization, and resources councils are supported by a information literacy combination of State Aid, membership dues, and other revenue sources. • Programs of professional development and training for library staff on site, online and through video conferencing For more information: • Coordination of state funding programs for academic collections, hospital services, and regional resource sharing. Visit the ESLN website at: www.esln.org • Support development of digital collections through statewide and regional partnerships: Empire State Visit the New York State Library Digital Network, a hub of the Digital website at: www.nysl.nysed.gov Public Library of America; New York

Heritage Digital Collections; New York State Historic Newspapers and more The University of the State of New York • Cooperative grants administration, THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT consulting and grant writing assistance New York State Library Division of Library Development • Marketing, advocacy and public Albany, NY 12230 · www.nysl.nysed.gov relations services Updated October 2019