For 3Rs Directors
This list of fact sheets, publications, and informational web pages highlights State Library web pages of particular interest to Reference and Research Library Resources System Directors about programs, services, and initiatives offered by the New York State Library. [Text of this page in .PDF format
only; 519k]
1. Overview
- Creating the Future: A 2020 Vision and Plan for Library Service in New York State; Recommendations of the New York State Regents Advisory Council on Libraries to the New York State Board of Regents
- Overview of the New York State Library [.PDF only; 370k]
- Statewide Library Development Programs and Services: Meet the Library Development Team || (LD Programs and Services brochure; .PDF only; 262k )
- NYLINE: New York's Libraries Information Network -- Subscribe Today!
- Friends of the New York State Library
2. Library System Basics
- Library System Types
- Public Library Systems
- Reference and Research Library Resources Councils
- School Library Systems
3. 3Rs Basics
- 3Rs brochure
- 3Rs system liaison contact information
- System Five-Year Plans
- Education Law
- Commissioner’s Regulations
- Baker & Taylor Collect (3Rs Annual Report and Plan of Service)
4. Grants and Funding
- Conservation/ Preservation grant program
- Federal E-Rate Program for Libraries and Schools
- Federal Library Service and Technology Act Program
- Regional Bibliographic Data Bases and Interlibrary Loan Sharing Program
- State Aid Programs and Charts
- Coordinated Collection Development Aid Program
- Medical Information Services Program
5. New York Online Virtual Electronic Library (NOVELNY)
- fact sheet [.PDF only; 47k]
- NOVELNY Toolkits
6. Digital Literacy and Broadband Initiatives
7. Academic Libraries
- Academic Libraries: Essential to Student Success in an Ever Changing World (Northeast Comprehensive Center Brief) [ .PDF only; 274k]
- Library Stats for Academic Libraries
8. Research Library
- Donating your personal papers to the State Library [. PDF only; 323k]
- Genealogical Resources
- Law Collection at the New York State Library
- Major Collections and Services
- Manuscripts and Special Collections
- New Netherland Institute
- Research Residencies in New York State History and Culture
- Scanned Historical Documents
- State Library Collections that are not in the Library’s Online Catalog [ .PDF only; 65k]
- State Library Resident Borrowers Information and Library Card Application
9. Library Careers and Professional Development
10. New York State Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL)
- Talking Book and Braille Library Program
- Services for Schools and Students
NOTE: Services in NYC & Long Island are provided by the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
11. New York State Education Department/School Library Services
- engageny
- School Library Media Program Evaluation (SLMPE) Rubric
[.PDF only; 
] - Libraries and Common Core Learning Standards
Last Updated:
May 9, 2023