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SEquest » Tessa KillianSENYLRC’s blog about events, announcements, and issues of importance to libraries and cultural heritage institutions in the southeastern NY regionRelease of $26 million in undistributed Library AidPosted on December 10th, 2008
Good news from NYLA:
Dear Library Advocate, I want to let you know that your participation in NYLA’s advocacy efforts has helped release $26 million in undistributed Library Aid from the approved 2008-09 State Budget. Continue reading this post…
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New York Heritage Digital CollectionsPosted on October 29th, 2008
Posted to NYLINE today by John Hammond, Director, Northern New York Library Network The New York 3Rs Association has launched a new digital heritage web site, www.newyorkheritage.org. The site connects more than 160 digital collections from around the state, contributed by libraries, archives, museums and other cultural institutions, and builds on existing digital repository services administered by each of the nine reference and research library resources councils. NewYorkHeritage.org uses OCLC’s CONTENTdm Multisite Server to bring these collections together, allowing the public to search across all items simultaneously. This project provides free, online access to images of cultural and historical significance in New York State. A variety of materials can be found among the New York Heritage Digital Collections, including photographs, postcards, correspondence, manuscripts, oral histories, yearbooks and newspapers. Many kinds of institutions from New York State have partnered to make this project possible, including public, academic and school libraries, museums, archives and historical societies. The power of collaboration is what makes this new service possible. Participants to New York Heritage Digital Collections are committed to enhancing the site by adding both content and contributing institutions on a regular basis. The goal of the project is to eventually connect one thousand collections and one million items from throughout New York State. All institutions interested in participating in the project are encouraged to contact the 3Rs organization that serves their region. The New York 3Rs Association is a partnership among New York’s nine reference and research resource systems. The New York 3Rs was incorporated in 2003 to further the ability of those systems to provide statewide services. The members of the New York 3Rs Association are: the Capital District Library Council, Central New York Library Resources Council, Long Island Library Resources Council, Metropolitan New York Library Council, Northern New York Library Network, Rochester Regional Library Council, Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, South Central Regional Library Council, and Western New York Library Resources Council. HRVH Atlas CollectionPosted on October 7th, 2008
by Tessa Killian in Digitization
Hudson River Valley Heritage has a collection of historical atlases that cover several counties in the region, plus one atlas for New York to Troy. Several libraries loaned us their physical items for digitization. The majority of the imaging was outsourced. Our summer intern, Adrienne, spent a considerable amount of time creating metadata for maps from three 19th century atlases from Rockland, Sullivan, and Greene Counties. She also created metadata for maps from the 1891 Atlas of the Hudson River Valley from New York City to Troy. All of these maps can be browsed or searched through Hudson River Valley Heritage www.hrvh.org/exhibit/atlas.htm.
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