Brooklyn Public Library

01-0084

Distance Learning Initiative will train BPL managers to create and deliver distance learning programs to staff.

Michael Miller (718) 638-5409 x 173

$90,443.00

Brooklyn Public Library

01-0085

ESOL Courses for Adults will redesign selection of English literacy classes and will improve students’ overall language ability and focus on topics relevant for everyday life.

Susan K. O'Connor (718) 832-3560 

$80,000.00

Brooklyn Public Library

01-0086

Business Library Road Show will bring free programs(how to use the Internet for marketing & success stories of startup businesses) and expanded business resources to serve the information needs of Brooklyn’s small business communities.

Susan Phillis (718) 623-7006 

$84,415.00

Brooklyn Public Library

01-0087

Enter the Career Zone - Year 2 will aim to inform the public about the job search resources available through the NYS Department of Labor’s CareerZone Web site through workshops, lectures, and workshops packets translated to Spanish.

Norman Eriksen (718) 230-2716 

$29,868.00

Brooklyn Public Library

01-0088

2002 New York State Summer Reading Program will develop a summer reading theme, oversee the design of associated print materials to support reading and library use by children and teens during the summer, and design an interactive Web page.

Khafre Abif (718) 638-5409 x 176

$14,400.00

Broome-Tioga BOCES SLS

01-0005

Another Step Through the Electronic Doorway (phase3) will convert 75,000 school library records to MARC format to increase resource sharing.

Janet Bohl (607) 763-3603 

$50,000.00

Buffalo City SLS

01-0010

BSLS Retrospective Conversion Project will convert 45,000 school library records to MARC format to increase resource sharing.

Sandra Pezzino (716) 845-7000 x 371

$25,000.00

Capital District Library Council

01-0047

Equipping Librarians for the 21st Century will conduct training sessions on the Internet and Web page development for library staff. 

Jean K. Sheviak (518) 438-2500 

$24,510.00

Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES SLS

01-0035

CASLS Records Conversion Program will convert about 36,000 library records to electronic format in the Olean City School District to increase resource sharing.

Diane D. Crater (716) 376-8206 x 206

$12,000.00

Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES SLS

01-0033

Promoting Information Literacy will provide technology training for school library media specialists.

Robert Dobbs (315) 253-0361 

$10,060.00

Central New York Library Resources Council

01-0057

CLRC Expanded Online Training Capabilities will provide equipment for training more library staff  both at the CLRC office and at member library locations.

Jeanette Smithee (315) 446-5446 

$20,191.00

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System

01-0096

Technology Training will expand services of the computer lab to provide instruction on Internet basics, Word, Excel, HTML, and Web page design to member library staff.

Catherine Way (716) 484-7135 x 223

$39,618.00

Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System

01-0043

Better Beginnings With Literacy will provide library materials at appropriate levels and programs for an estimated 300 inmates at the New York State Correctional Facility in Dannemora.

Julie Wever (518) 563-5190 x 18

$12,000.00

Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System

01-0067

Parents Get a Head Start with Bookstart, a cooperative project with the North Country Library System, will promote and encourage activities for parents to support the development of literacy skills and expanded communication with their children.

Kathie LaBombard (518) 563-5190 

$22,884.00

Dutchess BOCES SLS

01-0045

Database Development for Dutchess County will convert 13,500 records and complete the automation of all middle schools in the county.

Maxine Kamin (845) 486-4840 x 3061

$10,370.00

Eastern Suffolk BOCES SLS

01-0011

Enhancement of SLS-PAC (School Library System-Public Access will convert 93,000 records to MARC format to increase resource sharing.

Janet Barr (631) 286-0891 

$41,220.00

Four County Library System

01-0013

Cybermobile is a bookmobile with a 100%-satellite-linked computer system where residents can access the Internet and regional library catalog without commuting to libraries.

Paul Golaszewski (607) 723-8236 x 304

$50,000.00

Geneva Free Library

01-0077

Families Read! will promote family literacy and library use by targeting 200 low income families on tours of the library, expanding bilingual services, and providing in-service training to staff on selecting books and reading aloud.

Lindsay D. Ruth (315) 789-5303 

$19,907.00

Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES SLS

01-0031

Library Materials Database Development will convert 6,000 records to MARC format to increase resource sharing.

Deborah Booth (518) 883-6500 

$6,400.00

Long Island Library Resources Council

01-0008

Network and Internet Training will train library staff to install, configure, and manage a network and enable staff to acquire Internet and Web-related skills needed to instruct colleagues and library users.

Herbert Biblo (631) 632-6650 

$24,000.00

Mid-Hudson Library System

01-0012

Communities and Libraries United Through Electronic Access (CLUE) 2 will provide links between the library and community groups by establishing a Web page with local content and by continuing technology training.

Denise A. Garofalo (845) 471-6060 x 34

$20,419.00

Mid-Hudson Library System

01-0093

Libraries and Labor: A Virtual Connection will insure that library staffs are capable of using Department of Labor products to assist customers in their career strategies.

Joshua Cohen (914) 417-6060 x 37

$33,497.00

Mid-York Library System

01-0036

Electronic Books Literacy Training will educate library staff by having hands-on training and workshops to use electronic devices/e-books.

Mary Lou Caskey (315) 735-8328 

$17,277.00

Mid-York Library System

01-0037

A New ERA (Enhanced Remote Access & Electronic Resource Analysis) will expand access to electronic resources for remote users and measure how those resources are being used.

Linda Manfredo (315) 735-8328 

$17,380.00

Mohawk Valley Library Association

01-0070

Babies First will teach at-risk parents the importance of reading to babies from birth by providing them with gift bags (books and other materials) from health care providers and by encouraging them to use libraries.

Sue Rokos (518) 355-2010 

$33,808.00

Mohawk Valley Library Association

01-0071

Research Mavens: Technology Training Informational Databases will increase the quality of technology training for staff and volunteers on the available research databases.

Rebekah Tanner (518) 355-2010 

$27,628.00

Mohawk Valley Library Association

01-0072

I Spy 2 will add an oral history component to I Spy 1 which featured local history and information about historic sites via the Internet.

Sue Rokos (518) 355-2010 

$19,661.00

Mohawk Valley Library Association

01-0073

Small Business Grant will enable member libraries to provide resources, programs and workshops related to small businesses.

Lois Gordon (518) 355-2010 

$15,000.00

Monroe County Library System

01-0039

Technology Training will provide hands-on training for up to 200 staff in how to use computers effectively and train 20 staff members on how to use assistive devices and software for the disabled.

Bonnie B. Vaccarella (716) 428-8028 

$36,584.00

Monroe County Library System

01-0041

Electronic Book Information Exchange will provide area, as well as statewide, librarians with current information, advice and support as they integrate e-books into their own libraries.

Susan Gibbons (716) 428-8064 

$41,032.00

Monroe County Library System

01-0042

Rochester Images, through a collaboration with the Rochester Museum and Science Center, will digitize large format maps and newspapers and plan for Internet access to these resources.

Carole Joyce (716) 428-8033 

$50,420.00

Nassau Library System

01-0056

Taming the Wild Web will train two people from each of the 54 member libraries in the fundamental skills and understanding of Web page development, design, and maintenance by attending workshops.

Dorothy Puryear (516) 292-8920 x 237

$52,440.00

Nassau Library System

01-0058

Parents Page will involve youth services librarians in creating a well-designed and easy-to-use Web site in English and Spanish for parents.
 
Crystal Faris (516) 292-8920 x 230

$33,153.00

New York Public Library

01-0079

Ask Librarians Online will continue to provide email reference service and build online archives and will introduce live access to the service via the Internet.

Harriet Shalat (212) 340-0859 

$50,509.00

New York Public Library

01-0080

Enhancing NYPL Job Information Center Resources will provide additional services and resources to the unemployed community by expanding its electronic resources, offering a variety of workshops, and providing on-site résumé assistance.

Alexandra Sax (212) 340-0923 

$40,966.00

New York Public Library

01-0081

Bridging the Digital Divide for ESOL Students will provide technology-assisted instruction, purchase self-instructional materials, and provide classes to learn English.

Harriet Gottfried (212) 340-0952 

$60,600.00

New York Public Library

01-0082

Web Development Training Program will train staff in Web development design and policies, programming in HTML, developing Web pages using Macromedia Dreamweaver, creating graphics using Macromedia Fireworks, and animating pages using Macromedia Flash. 

Carrie Bickner (212) 576-0026 

$46,995.00

Newburgh Free Library

01-0046

Opportunity through Information - Business Resource & Information Exchange will integrate library resources into the economic and educational sectors of the community by integrating business materials into the general collection, and familiarizing staff with business information-seeking partners.

Anne McCarthy- Kennedy (845) 561-1985 x 51

$40,000.00

Nioga Library System

01-0098

Better Libraries, Better Jobs will promote resources for job seekers by purchasing career choice software, job interview guides, GED prep guides as well as having library staff attend a workshop for useful jobseeking resources on the Internet.

Carol Milazzo (716) 434-6167 x 29

$15,000.00

Nioga Library System

01-0099

Library Technology Training will promote new technology training sessions, update equipment, create two distance learning labs, and establish a Technology Learning Library.

Thomas C. Bindeman (716) 434-6167 x 24

$35,343.00

North Country Library System

01-0051

Libraries and the Department of Labor:  Serving Job Seekers through Partnerships, Part II will continue to train librarians in providing employment information and establishing a core collection of job information materials.

Regan DeFranzaa (315) 782-5540 

$31,693.00

North Country Reference and Research Council

01-0024

On Time, OnLine Document Delivery will expand availability of online ILL electronic transmission services for better regional coverage and will add medical and health-based collections to documents that are available for ILL in electronic format.

Bridget Doyle (315) 386-4569 

$20,775.00

North Country Reference and Research Council

01-0025

It's Your Time for Technology Training will provide a computer training laboratory for the new Council building. It will enable the Council to offer more technology trainingat a greater variety of times and on a broader range of library skill topics and software applications.

Bridget Doyle (315) 386-4569

$55,030.00

Onondaga County Public Library

01-0001

Library Literacy Partners West will provide opportunities for Literacy Volunteers of America tutors and other literacy teachers to become familiar with literacy skills software, videos, print materials, and audio kits.

Doreen Milcarek (315) 435-1894 

$20,740.00

Onondaga County Public Library

01-0074

The card your business needs…a library card will provide information, resources, workshops and train library staff on the needs of the small business owner.

Robert Brown (315) 435-1817 

$30,423.00

Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES SLS

01-0053

The Great Equalizer:  Library Automation & the Conversion of Records will provide conversion of 52,000 records to MARC format to increase resource sharing.

Judi Dzikowski (315) 433-2665 

$22,000.00

Orleans-Niagara BOCES SLS

01-0023

Library Materials Database Development will convert 19,000 records to MARC format to increase resource sharing.

Molly Thomson (716) 439-4326 

$13,802.00

Otsego-Northern Catskills BOCES SLS

01-0068

School Library System Materials Database Development Incentive Program will convert 7,800 records MARC format to increase resource sharing.

JoAnn M. Rockefeller (607) 652-1251 

$6,800.00

Otsego-Northern Catskills BOCES SLS

01-0069

Technology, Learning & Collaboration (TLC) will promote the connection between technology and content area curriculum and between school library media specialists and classroom teachers.

JoAnn M. Rockefeller (607) 652-1251
 

$21,106

Pioneer Library System

01-0059

Adaptive Technology to Improve Information Access for Those with Print Disabilities will purchase adaptive technology software and workstations for people with low vision, blindness, or those with learning and developmental disabilities as well as train library staff to use and teach others to use adaptive technology.

Patricia Stocker (716) 394-8260 

$18,110.00

Prendergast Library Association

01-0032

JPL/DOL:  Prendergast Library Collaborates with the Dept. of Labor, Year 2 will provide easy access of Career Zone to all member libraries and will advise DOL on how best to train librarians and library users to use Career Zone.

Lucia Teresi (716) 484-7135 x 239

$20,164.00

Queens Borough Public Library

01-0061

Flushing Job Information Center will establish a center and promote public library use for job searching and career development to those seeking employment for the first time in New York.

Ruth Herzberg (718) 661-1219 

$50,000.00

Queens Borough Public Library

01-0062

Computer Skills Training in International Languages will provide monthly classes in Spanish, Russian, and Chinese in basic computing and Internet searching for library patrons.

Thomas Alford (718) 990-8677 

$21,250.00

Rochester City SLS

01-0021

Automating Five Libraries will convert over 36,000 records from five elementary school libraries to MARC format and increase resource sharing.

Linda L. Sundlof (716) 262-8733 

$19,338.00

Rochester Regional Library Council

01-0018

Enhanced Electronic Doorway Library Training will train library staff to use Internet tools and hold seminars on electronic collections/customer service in order to assist library users in EDL services.

Kathleen M. Miller (716) 223-7570 

$27,876.00

Rochester Regional Library Council

01-0019

Enhancing Access to Library Materials Through Technology will add an ILL module to the ROARing Cat so patrons can place ILL requests electronically; and will, through consulting services and the purchase of hardware and software, assist libraries to provide enhanced ILL services.

Kathleen M. Miller (716) 223-7570 

$54,500.00

Rochester Regional Library Council

01-0020

Information Literacy for Electronic Resources:  Developing Information Literacy Skills Across Library Types will  train library staff in information literacy instruction in order to assist library users to become information literate in the electronic environment.

Kathleen M. Miller (716) 223-7570 

$31,491.00

South Central Regional Library Council

01-0075

Going Wireless: Mobile Technical Training will provide a wireless, mobile training network to hold workshops on many topics, including wireless technology applications.

Lesli LaRocco (607) 273-9106 

$56,768.00

South Central Regional Library Council

01-0076

Dialogues on Digitization will hold forums to increase awareness about digitization in libraries in New York State.

Jean Currie (607) 273-9106 

$20,443.00

Southeastern New York Library Resources Council

01-0009

Planning for a Southeastern Regional Digital Library will develop a regional digital program plan that includes identifying and prioritizing of  collections for digitization.

Karen Starr (845) 691-2734 

$41,777.00

Southern Adirondack Library System

01-0052

Library Skills for the Digital Age will help librarians to gain expert knowledge in accessing and evaluating  electronic medical information resources for library patrons.

Elaine Baker (518) 584-7300 

$46,596.00

Southern Tier Library System

01-0014

Southern Seneca Lake Electronic Business Information Services will assist individuals in developing job-readiness skills and help the unemployed to search for jobs by providing access to personal computers, training staff in finding employment on the Internet, and developing business infromation collections.

Ristiina Wigg (607) 962-3141 x 207

$34,774.00

Southern Tier Library System

01-0015

CHIP:  Children's Internet Program will provide online homework help via an Internet Web site and provide training in electronic resources for youth and parents.

Shawn Brommer (607) 962-3141 

$25,507.00

Southern Tier Library System

01-0016

Elders in the EDL - Training in Technology will train staff to be technology trainers and purchase adaptive hardware/software in order to assist older adults.

Mary Passage (607) 962-3141 x 208

$38,867.00

Southern Tier Library System

01-0017

Libraries Serving Adult Learners will establish adult learning centers which provide basic adult education and GED classes.

Ristiina Wigg (607) 962-3141 x 207

$52,137.00

Steuben-Allegany BOCES SLS

01-0026

Database Development will convert 29,000 library records for the Alfred-Almond Central School District and four elementary school in Corning to increase resource sharing.

Robert Dobbs (607) 962-3175 x 295

$16,730.00

Suffolk Cooperative Library System

01-0006

Workplace Literacy will prepare volunteers to tutor small groups of ESOL employees in the workplace.

Maxine Jurow (631) 286-1649 

$48,745.00

Upper Hudson Library System

01-0089

From Pandora's Box into the Toolbox: Practical Technology for Public Libraries will help library staff to utilize Windows 98 for practical use specifically adapted to public library environment and develop a mobile training lab to enable UHLS to schedule a number of regional sessions within travelling distance between libraries.

Karen A. Nuckolls (518) 437-9880 x 230

$16,914.00

Upper Hudson Library System

01-0091

Numbers Tell the Story, a multi-system cooperative project, will provide training to library staff in measuring use of electronic resources. It will include teaching them about the statistical tools needed and providing focus groups to help staff identify what they wish to evaluate in their libraries.

Sara Dallas (518) 437-9880 x 227

$20,788.00

Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES SLS

01-0002

Library Materials Database Development Incentive Program will convert 37,187 library records to MARC format to increase resource sharing.

Katharine Winderlin (518) 581-3700 

$37,187.00

Westchester 2 (Southern Westchester BOCES) SLS

01-0050

Chipping Away:  Tip of the Iceberg - Part 2 will convert 70,013 records to MARC format to increase resource sharing.

Francene C. Costello (914) 345-8500 x 123

$47,108.00

Westchester Library System

01-0048

Libraries and Labor:  An Information and Training Partnership will continue to cultivate connections  between the Workforce Development System and public libraries by offering library users access to DOL information, products, and seminars.

Elaine Sozzi (914) 674-3612 

$34,778.00

Westchester Library System

01-0064

Living and Working Longer; Career Strategies for Older Adults will provide career counseling and advisment programs to economically disadvantaged older adults by sponsoring career continuation workshops and résumé/interview clinics.

Elaine Sozzi (914) 674-3612 

$22,980.00

Westchester Library System

01-0065

El Tablón Electrónico: Community Information Service will provide a network of resourceful information such as a Web page in Spanish to keep the Hispanic population of Westchester informed.

Robin Osborne (914) 674-3600 x 237

$27,800.00

Western New York Library Resources Council

01-0022

Gateway to WNY:  Building a Virtual Union Catalog will enable libraries in WNY to migrate from a centralized Web- accessible and CD-ROM based union catalog to a decentralized Web-accessible service linked through Z39.50 servers.

Gail M. Staines (716) 633-0705 x 16

$100,000.00