Eli Guinnee, Executive Director eguinnee@cclslib.org
Construction Grant Workshop Registration Open
Don't get caught off guard by the new procedures and deadlines this year!
We'll have about $800,000 to spend on Member Library Construction Grants for July 2018- June 2021 projects.
Email mdisbro@cclslib.org to register.
2 More ILS Demos This Week!
Please let Megan know if you can make it: mdisbro@cclslib.org.
Calendar
April 26, 10am-3pm @ Prendergast: Bywater Koha demo (example)
Register mdisbro@cclslib.org– please register by April 23
April 27, 9am - Noon @ Prendergast: Sirsi demo
Register mdisbro@cclslib.org-- please register by April 23
April 27, 1pm to 2:30pm @ Prendergast PCC Lab: Amazon and eBay Workshop
With Mike Magnuson. Learn how to raise funds selling on online marketplaces. Register: mdisbro@cclslib.org
May 9, 6pm @ Olean Public Library: Construction Grant Workshop
Register mdisbro@cclslib.org
May 16, 10:15am @ Prendergast Library: Construction Grant Workshop
Register mdisbro@cclslib.org
May 18: Marketing Grant Applications Due Instructions | Application May 23, 2pm to 3:30pm @ Prendergast Fireplace Room: Raspberry Pi Workshop
With Don Watkins. Learn what a Raspberry Pi is and how to use it in your library. This demonstration will show how to build and OPAC station! Register: mdisbro@cclslib.org
June 8, 10am to Noon @ Prendergast Fireplace Room: Comic History Workshop
With Mike Magnuson. Learn how to raise funds selling on online marketplaces. Register: mdisbro@cclslib.org
... "One social wellbeing dimension-based assessment content area is Lifelong Learning and Cultural Engagement, which is an area that rural communities specifically have profound challenges in growing. For instance, as noted above, rural communities suffer heavily from a lack of information access. The Ripley Free Library took on this issue directly.
In Ripley, New York, there was no newspaper. No newspaper seems so commonplace that it hardly seems worth mentioning. But within the unique information landscape of geographically isolated communities, no locally operated print news source is a big problem.
Libraries are not newspaper publishers. But they are institutions whose purpose is to satisfy the information seeking behaviors of their public. So, in Ripley, the library publishes the news. In resource poor geographies, communities don’t have the luxury of redundancy. To this end, the Ripley Free Library uses the About Town newsletter to communicate community resources and facilitate sharing of those resources between disparate organizations. This means that the school, which was under threat of closing, is being used by community adults to stay active and fit.
About Town also directly impacts civic engagement and decision making. In the October 2017 issue, the library reminds readers that lakefront revitalization is going to happen, that there have been community conversations held at the library for the previous months, and leaders want direct input from the community. The library is the home for the planning, the conversations, and now for the direct feedback on direction using paper “worksheets” and a list of possibilities to be explored. The Ripley Free Library owns its role as a convener and includer, not as a lone hero. And so their community is experiencing increased individual empowerment and engagement." ...
Arbor Day Celebration at Bemus
Thursday, April 27, 2017 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Bemus Point Library, 13 Main St.
Dave Spann, District Field Manager for Chautauqua Soil and Water Center will give a talk about how trees grow, forest management, what other life is supported by trees in the wood lot and more.
The first 25 people to attend the event will take home an Eastern White Pine Sapling suitable for planting.
Last Week: Would you guess that the median household income in your community is below or above the average for your County?
Below-- 82.8%
Above-- 17.2%
System Headquarters
106 West Fifth Street
Jamestown, NY 14701 716-664-6675
Fax: 716-484-1205
Extensions:
Valle Blair, Youth Services and Delivery x230
Wendy Crawford, Processing and ILL x250
Megan Disbro, Digital Services x251
Eli Guinnee, Executive Director x228
Kathy Gustafson, Business Office x254
Carolyn Hughesman, ILS Specialist x252
Mike Jones, IT Manager x257
Chris Spink, Technical Services Supervisor x248
Jackie VanOrd, Tech Services and Deposits x250
Thomas Vitale, Outreach x243
All emails are first initial last name @cclslib.org
April 26, 10am-3pm @ Prendergast: 
