What You Need to Know
About Your State Library!

Handouts for the 2011 New York Library Association Conference

This list of fact sheets, publications, and informational web pages will help answer many questions about the programs, services, and initiatives offered by the New York State Library to libraries and the public. [Text of this page in .PDF format]

General

Creating the Future: A 2020 Vision and Plan for Library Service in New York State; Preliminary Recommendations of the New York State Regents Advisory Council on Libraries to the New York State Board of Regents || 1.17meg

Friends of the New York State Library || 204k [Brochure]

NYLINE: New York's Libraries Information Network || 62k

New York State Library: An Overview [ .pdf only; 141k]

What’s New at Your New York State Library? || 144k

Division of Library Development

Meet the Library Development Team || 262k (LD Programs and Services brochure)

Broadband/Technology Initiatives

BiblioStat Connect: Easy Online Access to Public Library Statistics... || 109k

Broadbandexpress@yourlibrary

E-Rate Program for Schools and Libraries

Gates Library Grant Initiatives

NOVELNY || 235k [general fact sheet]

Funding

Library Services and Technology Act 2011 Fact Sheet || 578k

Public Library Construction Grant Program

State Education Department Grants Available to Help New York's Libraries Improve Access to Information || 62k

Library Careers

librarycareersny.org: Information on library careers in New York || 129k

Public Librarian Professional Certificates || 81k

Outreach

Adult Literacy grant projects and Family Literacy grant projects in public libraries 2011-2013

Job and Career Information in New York’s Public Libraries || 146k

Preserving New York's Cultural Heritage

Statewide Preservation Plan (2010) [ 146k]

Summer Reading at New York Libraries

2012 Summer Reading at New York Libraries Fact Sheet || 129k

2012 Teen Video Challenge -- New York State (8.5" x 11" poster in .PDF only [489k] -- one-sided, color)

"Love Your Library" New York State License Plate Program || 54k

The Importance of Summer Reading: Public Library Summer Reading Programs and Learning || 305k

Summer Reading at New York Libraries Reaches Persistently Low Achieving (PLA) School Communities || 218k

Research Library

Donating Your Personal Papers to the State Library [ .PDF only, 146k]

Selected Digital Historical Documents from the Collections of the New York State Library || 72k

Manuscripts and Special Collections || 146k

Resources and Services for: Researchers and Scholars [ 117k] Business Community [ 434k] Physicians and Researchers [ 146k]

State Library Collections That Are Not in the Library's Online Catalog [ 146k]

Research Residencies in New York State History and Culture

Resident Borrowers Information || Library Card Application

Research Library Hours

The New York State Capitol and the Great Fire of 1911 by Vicki Weiss and Paul Mercer

Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL)

Talking Book and Braille Library

|| Talking Book Services [ .pdf only; 70k]

|| Library Services to Students with Disabilities [ .pdf only; 24k]

NYSED School Library Services

engageny Our Students. Their Moment. (Go-to site for technology and learning resources)

NYCC "Informational Brief: Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement; October 2011" (.PDF only; 279k)

Internet Safety Resource Toolkit; also Learning Standards and Internet Safety

NYSED School Library Media Program Evaluation (SLMPE) Rubric || 933k

Systems in New York State

Public Library Systems || Brochure 116k

School Library Systems || Brochure 337k

Reference and Research Library Resources Systems || Brochure 366k

See also:

What's New at Your State Library?

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Going Green Handout [ 193k]