LSTA FY 2002 Grant Projects with Abstracts and Contact Information
FY 2002 Library Services and Technology Act
Approved through September 30, 2001
Including Abstracts, Category and Project Director Information
| Albany Public Library |
02-0009 |
First Stop / The Next Step will provide job-readiness classes and other transitional services and materials
to former prison inmates who reside in Albany County. Patrice Hollman (518) 427-4325 |
$20,500.00 |
| Brooklyn Public Library |
02-0045 |
Literacy Synergy will enable the BPL to update its six Learning Centers with wireless technology for students
and will offer training to staff and students. Outreach staff will be employed to recruit tutors and learners. Susan O'Connor (718) 832-3560 |
$87,464.00 |
| Brooklyn Public Library |
02-0046 |
2002 New York State Summer Reading Program will impement Splish Splash Read!, the Statewide Summer Reading
Program theme along with the theme manual, website and promotional program for the summer of 2002. Grace Shanahan (718) 253-4567 x 3 |
$15,600.00 |
| Brooklyn Public Library |
02-0047 |
Real-Time E-Reference Pilot Project will enable patrons who use BPL's web site to have a real-time electronic
dialogue with a reference specialist with the goal of enhancing the patron's information literacy. Michael Miller (718) 638-5409 x 173 |
$41,830.00 |
| Brooklyn Public Library | 02-0048 | Better Business: Bringing Empowerment Through Technology and Resources will help low-income and immigrant
communities in the BPL's service area learn to use the Library's Small Business Information Center (SBIC). A new
SBIC web page will be created and collection and technology resources will be expanded. Susan Phillis (718) 623-7006 |
$92,569.00 |
| Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System |
02-0030 |
Library Involvement for Teens (LIFT) will offer programs to teens in 15 branch libraries using the "Teen
Read Week" theme. Computer use, reading, speaking, writing and teen collections will be emphasized. William Miles (716) 858-7152 |
$52,571.00 |
| Buffalo City School Library System |
02-0037 |
BSLS Retrospective Conversion Project will convert 21,700 school library records to MARC format in five
schools to enhance resource sharing. Sandra Pezzino (716) 851-3048 |
$15,295.00 |
| Capital District Library Council |
02-0001 |
Communication through Technology will offer basic through advanced classes in common and newly developed
computer applications for web pagedevelopment, internet finding tools and newsletter production. Christine Walker (518) 428-2500 |
$34,050.00 |
| Central New York Library Resources Council |
02-0022 |
Preparing CNY History for the Future will provide staff and volunteers from libraries and historical agencies
in Central New York with information and resources to develop a regional plan to make decisions about creating
and using digital collections. Jeannette Smithee (315) 446-5446 |
$35,000.00 |
| Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System |
02-0002 |
Web Page Development Training for Member Libraries will provide the training and equipment necessary to
increase the number of member libraries able to create, update, and store their web pages, making full use of the
powerful hardware and software they received from the Gates Foundation in 2000. Catherine Way (716) 484-7135 x 223 |
$39,409.00 |
| Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System |
02-0070 |
MedWeb: Online Consumer Health Information will provide over 100 library staff in five public library systems
with expert training in consumer health on-line reference sources. Project partners include Crandall Public Library,
Southern Adirondack Library System, Mid-Hudson Library System, Mohawk Valley Library System and Four County Library
System. Julie Wever (518) 563-5190 x 18 |
$30,500.00 |
| Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System | 02-0071 | Families Connect Through Books will serve at-risk families through "literacy bags" from the library
and home visits by partner agency staff. Long-term goals are to increase parent literacy and parenting skills. Kathie LaBombard (518) 563-5190 x 21 |
$21,227.00 |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES SLS | 02-0050 | Enhancement of SLS-PAC (School Library System-Public Access Catalog) will convert 96,105 records from 11
school libraries in five school districts into MARC format, enhancing resource sharing. eva efron (631) 286-0891 |
$49,164.00 |
| Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES SLS | 02-0010 | Retrospective Conversion will convert 72,000 records from eight school libraries in four school districts
into MARC record format, enhancing resource sharing. Susan Bartle (716) 672-4371 x 2022 |
$46,800.00 |
| Finger Lakes Library System | 02-0049 | Focus & Learn: Zen & the Art of Technology Training will provide a series of training workshops
focusing on the Dynix shared circulation/catalog, EmpireLink databases, other databases provided by the system,
and sessions on basic computer applications. Marisa Iacobucci (607) 273-4074 x 26 |
$28,430.00 |
| Four County Library System | 02-0042 | Remote Access Patron Authentication and Statistics (RAPAS) will provide remote access to a full range of
electronic resources 24/7 to authenticated patrons and usage data for reporting purposes. Jeff Henry (607) 723-8236 x 310 |
$17,150.00 |
| Geneva Free Library | 02-0011 | Families Read! will allow the Library to recruit and train volunteers to offer regularly scheduled storytimes,
family reading events and rotating collections to participating child care and development organizations. Hope Galens (315) 789-5303 |
$18,908.00 |
| Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES SLS | 02-0038 | Library Materials Database Development will convert 3,000 school library records into MARC format, enhancing
resource sharing. Deborah Booth (518) 883-6500 |
$3,000.00 |
| Long Island Library Resources Council | 02-0012 | The Virtual Union Catalog: Stepping Stone to the Virtual Library includes expansion of the LILRC Virtual
Catalog to include the remainder of the member libraries which are Z39.50 compliant, integration of the LILRC Union
List of Serials and local digitized databases into the Virtual Library, and the development of a publicly available
generic Z39.50 server and client module. Herbert Biblo (631) 632-6650 |
$75,000.00 |
| Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) | 02-0013 | METRO Regional Digitization Initiative will identify and encourage the planning, creation, and access of
digital collections in member libraries and will create a regional METRO Online Digitization Information Clearinghouse
(MODIC). Xuemao Wang (212) 228-2320 x 13 |
$58,250.00 |
| Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) | 02-0014 | Essential Technology Service Skills for Support Staff will develop and deliver a series of workshops for
non-librarian library staff providing user services, providing one of the courses to a broader audience through
video teleconferencing. Susan Salomone (212) 228-2320 x 16 |
$51,675.00 |
| Mid-Hudson Library System | 02-0076 | New York State Summer Reading Program 2003 will develop a Statewide summer reading theme for 2003.The system will
oversee the design of a manual, an interactive webpage, and promotional information and materials to support reading
and library use by children and teens during the summer. Margaret Keefe (845) 471-6060 x 35 |
$20,900.00 |
| Mid-Hudson Library System | 02-0077 | Libraries Deliver: Libraries & Labor Part II will train library staff in job search skills. A website
for career services and library promotion to business and job seekers will be created. Kirstin Litwin (845) 471-6060 x 49 |
$54,050.00 |
| Mid-Hudson Library System | 02-0078 | Libraries As Homework/Literacy Centers will make five libraries in the Mid-Hudson System into homework centers.
Mentors, print and online resources, and access to the Lifelines website for grades 5-8 will be provided. A manual
and guidelines for establishing the program in other public libraries are planned. Margaret Keefe (845) 471-6060 x 35 |
$53,959.00 |
| Mid-Hudson Library System | 02-0080 | Training on Demand(TOD): distributed CD-ROM-and-DVD-based technology training for 21st Century Libraries.
Through the development of self-instructional training modules, the system can expand its technology training to
remote library staff. Denise Garofalo (845) 471-6060 x 34 |
$28,572.00 |
| Mid-York Library System | 02-0057 | Electronic Communication and Content Delivery Through the EDL will promote email and listservs as a primary
means of system communication and develop the system web site to enable libraries to print on-demand help sheets
and flyers for the public. Linda Manfredo (315) 735-8328 |
$27,095.00 |
| Mohawk Valley Library Association | 02-0073 | Read Any Good Books Lately?: Electronic Reader's Advisory Service for the 21st Century will enable member
library staff to build skills using electronic resources as they build their knowledge of reader's advisory service
and will result in the development of original content for a web site to be used by both professionals and patrons. Lois Gordon (518) 355-2010 |
$30,000.00 |
| Mohawk Valley Library Association | 02-0075 | Safe Farms, Safe Food, Safe Futures will address farm and food safety issues. Community dialogs and a conference
are planned. Agricultural and consumer health resources on the internet will be highlighted. Farm safety day camps
for children will also be offered. Rebekah Tanner (518) 355-2010 |
$29,760.00 |
| Mohawk Valley Library Association | 02-0079 | Families Read! will promote family reading and public library use. Three public library systems will cooperate
to reach schools and libraries in 36 communities. Children in grades 1-3, and those in remedial reading and special
education classes are the focus. Staff training for family literacy programs will be offered. Sue Rokos (518) 355-2010 |
$111,953.00 |
| Monroe County Library System | 02-0055 | Leadership Institute: Developing Libraries in a Technological Era will train selected staff from member
libraries in the skills most needed to lead libraries successfully in the technologically complex environment of
today and the future. Carole Joyce (716) 428-8051 |
$32,140.00 |
| Monroe County Library System | 02-0056 | Developing a Digital Learning Network will add selected documents and materials from regional institutions
to the Rochester Images digital database, develop historical and contextual narratives to accompany the digitized
materials and make the resulting pathfinders accessible on the MCLS LibraWeb system. The project is suppored by
collaborative partnerships with the Landmark Society of Western New York and the Genesee Country Village and Museum
and focuses on architecture. Rod Perry (716) 428-8064 |
$36,609.00 |
| Nassau Library System | 02-0035 | More Taming The Wild Web will continue to train member library staff in the skills and understanding of
web site design, development and maintenance. Dorothy Puryear (516) 292-8920 x 237 |
$41,290.00 |
| Nassau Library System | 02-0051 | Born To Read will distribute kits to parents of at-risk newborns.The kit, available in English and Spanish,
includes reading materials and incentives to visit the family's hometown public library. Crystal Faris (516) 292-8920 x 230 |
$29,853.00 |
| New York Public Library | 02-0064 | Bridging the Digital Divide for ESOL Students-Year Two will offer an integrated course of English for Speakers
of Other Languages and introduction to using computers and technology-assisted instruction. In addition, each participating
branch library will receive a collection of self-instructional materials. Harriet Gottfried (212) 340-0952 |
$45,450.00 |
| New York Public Library | 02-0065 | Information Express: TRAIN! will train library staff to use technology as a teaching aid and to teach the
public how to use online library databases. Jane Fisher (212) 340-0911 |
$34,189.00 |
| New York Public Library | 02-0066 | Interactive Adventures in Reading: Promoting Authors and Reading Online will develop a website to promote
interest in reading among children and young adults through interactive educational activities. The website will
feature book lists and reviews, interactive puzzles and games, educational exercises, author chats, and multimedia
content. The website will use the 2002 statewide summer reading theme and build on its publicity program. Margaret Tice (212) 340-0903 |
$75,750.00 |
| Nioga Library System | 02-0027 | Library Technology Training will provide training in internet use and repair of PC workstations as well
as self-paced technology training programs via the internet. Thomas Bindeman (716) 434-6167 x 24 |
$40,064.00 |
| Nioga Library System | 02-0028 | Towpath will provide the interlibrary loan component to the system's virtual union catalog to allow the
electronic transmission of requests. Thomas Bindeman (716) 434-6167 x 24 |
$18,000.00 |
| North Country Library System | 02-0062 | Libraries: The Electronic Link to Job, Career, and Economic Development Information will ensure universal
access to workforce information through the system's member libraries. The new NCLS website will be expanded. Regan DeFranza (315) 782-5540 |
$61,001.00 |
| North County Reference & Research Resources Council | 02-0007 | A Better Way to Share: Contemporary Resource Sharing in Northern NY will implement a fully functional, web-based
interlibrary loan subsystem linked to the regional web catalog, ICEPAC. Bridget Doyle (315) 386-4569 |
$61,379.00 |
| Onondaga County Public Library | 02-0018 | Literacy Resources @ Your Library will identify and acquire new literacy materials in cooperation with local
literacy partners. Collection loans will be arranged within the library system and a descriptive database will
be developed to improve accessibility. Doreen Milcarek (315) 435-1894 |
$27,808.00 |
| Onondaga County Public Library | 02-0031 | LYNX: Linking Youth to "Net eXcellence" will offer internet training for children in grades 3-6
and their parents and produce a training video which will be distributed to all local school districts. Robert Brown (315) 435-1817 |
$35,467.00 |
| Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES SLS | 02-0019 | The Final Stretch: Library Automation & Record Conversion will convert 36,700 records into MARC format
from five school libraries, enhancing resource sharing. Judith Dzikowski (315) 433-2665 |
$36,700.00 |
| Orange-Ulster BOCES SLS | 02-0052 | Final Inning Database Development Push will convert 100,000 records from 18 school libraries into MARC format,
enhancing resource sharing. Barbara Wall (845) 781-4360 |
$50,000.00 |
| Orleans-Niagara BOCES SLS | 02-0023 | Database Development will convert 12,000 records from two school libraries into MARC format, enhancing resource
sharing. Molly Thomson (716) 439-4326 |
$7,800.00 |
| Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES SLS | 02-0058 | Charting A Virtual Course will convert a previously developed comprehensive framework for information literacy
document, The Regional Library Information Literacy K-12 Curriculum, into HTML so that it will be web accessible
both statewide and nationally. JoAnn Rockefeller (607) 652-1251 |
$75,624.00 |
| Pioneer Library System | 02-0082 | Bookstart: Linking Libraries and Literacy Programs (BLLLP) will use Cornell University's "Bookstart"
program to teach parents and caregivers about reading and language activities with children. At-risk families from
Head Start, Even Start, Agri-Business Child Development, and Attica Correctional Facility are the target group. Patricia Stocker (716) 394-8260 |
$48,541.00 |
| Prendergast Library Association | 02-0016 | Project HELP: Helping Entrepreneurs Learn and Prosper will provide training and tools for entrepreneurs
and small-business owners who are beginning enterprise development. Catherine Way (716) 484-7135 x 223 |
$28,302.00 |
| Queens Borough Public Library | 02-0060 | SPAR: Speaking, Playing and Reading, A Multicultural Family Literacy will offer ESOL parenting skills,
multi-language health and developmental information, and enhanced children's collections in libraries serving immigrant
families. Programs will be offered throughout Queens in six branches. Silvana Vasconcelos (718) 990-0716 |
$47,995.00 |
| Queens Borough Public Library | 02-0061 | Good to Go: Practical Advice and Information to Prepare Young Adults for Success in the Workforce offers
a series of workshops on basic career exploration, job search skills, and the development of individual career
path plans.The Library will encourage young adults who are at risk of dropping out to stay in school and raise
their own expectations. Nicolas Buron (718) 990-8677 |
$23,675.00 |
| Ramapo Catskill Library System | 02-0036 | Alternatives for Distance Training will test several tools designed for distance education: self-paced,
interactive tutorials delivered through web pages; packaged multimedia presentations either hosted on web sites
or delivered via email software; packaged video presentations that can be downloaded via video streaming; and live
video conferencing delivered through the internet. Jerry Kuntz (845) 343-1131 x 246 |
$32,303.00 |
| Rochester City School Library System | 02-0053 | From Books to Bytes - Automating Five Urban School Libraries will add 33,100 MARC formatted records to the
regional union catalog, enhancing resource sharing. Linda Sundlof (716) 262-8733 |
$25,165.00 |
| Rochester Regional Library Council | 02-0004 | Enhanced Electronic Doorway Library Training will provide hands-on technology training for library staff.
A mobile computer lab and projection equipment will make it possible to train geographically remote members, and
the lab will be available for loan to member libraries for staff or patron training. Deborah Emerson (716) 223-7570 |
$31,395.00 |
| Rochester Regional Library Council | 02-0005 | Enhancing Access to Library Materials Through Technology: Year 2 will provide a second year to use and evaluate
a patron-initiated interlibrary loan module that is an enhancement to the regional union catalog. Deborah Emerson (716) 223-7570 |
$49,270.00 |
| Schuyler-Chemung-Tioga BOCES SLS | 02-0043 | Fostering Information Access will enable library users to access a variety of electronic information resources,
as well as the regional catalog, through a regional gateway. Christie Frost-Wendlowsky (607) 739-3581 x 2703 |
$13,300.00 |
| South Central Regional Library Council | 02-0024 | Planning for Digitizing Regionally will develop a regional plan identifying potential collections, strategic
principles, priorities, current best practices, criteria for selection, long-term access, management and maintenance
issues, and relationship to other existing efforts. Jean Currie (607) 273-9106 |
$13,900.00 |
| South Central Regional Library Council | 02-0025 | Developing E-Libraries: What do we need to know? will provide information to library staff on distance learning
and library certification opportunities and information technology competencies; workshops on topics such as E-Reference,
E-Books and E-Reserves; and develop a multi-media continuing education product on scanning and editing to help
libraries develop electronic content. Jean Currie (607) 273-9106 |
$28,950.00 |
| Southeastern New York Library Resources Council | 02-0008 | Southeastern Regional Digital Information Institute will provide workshops addressing a number of technology
issues facing staff in the library and archival communities in the emerging area of digitization. Karen Starr (845) 691-2734 |
$28,941.00 |
| Southern Adirondack Library System | 02-0017 | Help Managing Change will provide workshops to develop participants' online reference expertise, graphics
skills, and instructional skills. Elaine Baker (518) 584-7300 |
$52,570.00 |
| Southern Tier Library System | 02-0032 | Libraries Serving Adult Learners aims to attract a greater number of users to the Adult Learning Centers
in project libraries through increased outreach to adult learners. A media campaign and strengthened relationships
with partner agency staff will increase this project's visibility during its second year. Ristiina Wigg (607) 962-3141 |
$48,492.00 |
| Southern Tier Library System | 02-0033 | Opening the Electronic Doorway will establish and train a team of peer trainers to train staff members in
libraries in how to use online database, search the internet, use computer application software and create a web
page. Ristiina Wigg (607) 962-3141 x 207 |
$38,816.00 |
| Suffolk Cooperative Library System | 02-0074 | Workplace Literacy brings Literacy Volunteers of America, Suffolk County and SCLS together to operate English
language classes at business worksites throughout the SCLS service area. Maxine Jurow (631) 286-1649 |
$25,000.00 |
| Upper Hudson Library System | 02-0040 | I Spy My Hometown will create a game which will highlight local historical sites on member library web pages.
Teams of students and adults will take digital photos, and member libraries will sponsor community tours and programs
emphasizing the uniqueness of the hitorical sites. Mary Fellows (518) 437-9880 x 228 |
$30,000.00 |
| Upper Hudson Library System | 02-0041 | Numbers Tell the Story 2 will enable participating librarians to produce a report to their board and communities
showing how their libraries are used remotely and on-site as well as help them to develop budgets based upon use
and community need. Sara Dallas (518) 437-9880 |
$23,324.00 |
| Westchester Library System | 02-0020 | Using Cyber-Tools for Career Development in a Changing Economy will develop a gateway to online career and
educational resources. Career counseling and training in the use of NYS Department of Labor CareerZone will be
offered. Resource development and training will also be addressed. Elaine Sozzi (914) 674-3612 |
$34,422.00 |
| Westchester Library System | 02-0021 | Planning for Primary Resources will prepare librarians to identify and evaluate informational websites appropriate
for adults learning English and acquiring basic skills proficiency. This training will lay the foundation for the
development of Primary Resources, a virtual library of resources for adult learners, in 2003. The project is a
collaboration with New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Borough Public Library and the American
Library Association. Robin Osborne (914) 674-3600 x 237 |
$21,750.00 |
| Western New York Library Resources Council | 02-0067 | Gateway to WNY: Building a Virtural Union Catalog (Phase 2) involves expansion of the Virtual Union Catalog
(WNYLIBRARIES.ORG), improving the central web site to gather statistical data on usage as well as to interact with
members in real time, and tactical planning for the interlibrary loan component. Sheryl Knab (716) 633-0705 x 21 |
$75,000.00 |
| Western New York Library Resources Council | 02-0068 | Beyond Walls: Effectively Providing Virtual Reference Services will provide system members with opportunities
to receive from national experts an overview of the practical and policy issues surrounding the delivery of virtual
reference services and learn about software solutions available through vendors. Sheryl Knab (716) 633-0705 x 21 |
$14,600.00 |
| 68 Projects Total |
$2,635,516 |
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