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SCHOAM! for October 2023
Special Collections, Historical Organizations, Archives & Museums
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in short: News | Grants | Ideas | Events | Webinars | Jobs | |
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News from SCRLC
Annual Meeting of the Membership
Please join us for SCRLC's 57th Annual Meeting! At these meetings, representatives from our Governing Members vote on our Board of Trustees, bylaws, and other business. Affiliate members are not required to send a voting representative, but we strive to make the event enjoyable and informative for all members, so we have open networking, lunch, and a keynote speaker: Dr. Rachel Ivy Clarke of Syracuse University's iSchool, who will speak about new perspectives in the library field, thinking of librarianship from a design standpoint. This meeting will be held at the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, and attendees may explore the wonderful museum after lunch. Click here to read more and register.
New Collection: Wells College Scrapbook Collection
These scrapbooks are an excellent example of everyday life for young women from 1890 to 1910. They contain photographs of college life, plus rare photos of early women’s basketball and village life in Aurora.
New Collection: Historic Newfield Homes
Taken around 2005, these photographs of homes in Newfield were collected and annotated to include information about the properties, including 19th century owner names and family history.
New Collection: Family Histories from the Town of Caroline
Personal interviews, research notes, newspaper clippings, and transcribed book excerpts from an avid genealogist and local historian in rural Tompkins County.
New Collection: Mary Hunt Letters
Mary Hunt was the daughter of a very wealthy and prominent Quaker millowner in Waterloo, Richard Pell Hunt. Mary Hunt's niece, Anna Trasher, wrote to Mary from St. Louis, describing the working conditions and housing conditions, as well as a diagnosis of breast cancer in 1905. This collection has information about the notable Hunt family as well as a close look at the life of an unmarried working woman in 1900.
New Collection: The Italian Community of Seneca Falls
The presence of nine major factories, a railroad line and a canal system made Seneca Falls an attractive destination for immigrant workers at the end of the 19th century. The local Italian community grew and prospered, which is seen in this collection of crowd-sourced photographs, used in a 1998 exhibit.
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Grants & Assistance
Free Professional Assessments from DHPSNY
Many of our members have been awarded planning and assessment grants from DHPSNY. Recently, Schuyler County Historical Society and Chenango County Historical Society received Strategic Planning assistance. Houghton University, Cayuga Community College and Cayuga Museum received archival needs assessments. Cuba Circulating Library got a Preservation Survey. Apply by November 3 if you could use free professional advice on preservation, archival needs, condition surveys, strategic planning, or foundational help. These reports can be exceedingly useful for writing grants in the future!
HumanitiesNY Quick Grants
If your annual operating expenses are less than $250,000, you can apply for a grant of $500 to $1,500 toward in-person public humanities projects (like an exhibit!). These grants have a rolling deadline.
Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials
These discretionary grants from New York State can provide funding for activities like general preservation surveys, environmental surveys, photograph surveys, rehousing, repair, reformatting to microfilm or the reformatting of photographs to more stable photographic media, improvement to environmental controls and training activities. The grant applications are due in January but there's a prequalification process for nonprofits.
Capital Projects Fund from the New York State Council on the Arts
This is for 501(c)3 arts and cultural organizations, and while the deadline is January, there's a mandatory prequalification process to start now. There are no-match grants available to organizations with operating budgets under $2 million, and larger grants as well. These can be used for "accessibility, artistry, cultural development, sustainability, health and safety, and structural and historical improvements."
Carnegie-Whitney Grant
If you have a subject you'd like to start researching in order to create a reading list, index, or other guide to library resources, apply for this grant by November 3.
CLIR: Digitizing Hidden Special Collections & Archives
Initial applications are due by November 1 for projects that "deepen public understanding of the histories of people of color and other communities and populations whose work, experiences, and perspectives have been insufficiently recognized or unattended."
Inspire! Grants for Small Museums
These grants can fund many types of museum projects including preservation planning, conservation treatment, and digitization. They are specifically for museums (rather than libraries or archives).
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Ideas & Inspiration
Your Input is Needed
* Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York (DHPSNY) is surveying all collecting organizations in New York State, so that they can better tailor their services and continuing education offerings. Find the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2ZJQ8TC
* The NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council wants to know how your library serves people with developmental disabilities. Find the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NYSL_DDPC
Happy American Archives Month!
Consider participating in #AskAnArchivist Day on Wednesday, October 11, when archivists around the country will answer questions about archives. Find ideas from the Society of American Archivists for promoting the day in your communities and develop a plan with your colleagues.
Notes on Mold from a Preservation Interest Group
Our sibling council, the Capital District Library Council, runs a quarterly meeting for people interested in preservation. They usually pick a topic for discussion and have one of their members prepare a short talk. These meetings are open to everyone and have been online since the pandemic began. The sessions aren't recorded, but CDLC librarian Susan D'Entremont will take notes and share resources afterwards, like these, all about mold: 09/2023 - Mold II - Preservation Interest Group.
New York History Journal: Call for Submissions
Do you have 6,000 to 9,000 words of original history research about New York State history? Submit it to the New York History Journal, now published by Cornell University Press!
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Your copy should address 3 key questions: Who am I writing for? (Audience) Why should they care? (Benefit) What do I want them to do here? (Call-to-Action)
Create a great offer by adding words like "free" "personalized" "complimentary" or "customized." A sense of urgency often helps readers take an action, so think about inserting phrases like "for a limited time only" or "only 7 remaining"!
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Ghosts in Chemung County
Look how clever this is! Chemung County Historical Society has printed out life-sized cardboard cutouts:
"Ghosts have returned to the galleries! Throughout October, ghosts from Ghost Walks past will be sprinkled throughout the galleries along with their scripts. Be on the lookout!"
CCHS's Ghost Walks sold out, but they offer a non-touring, non-actor "Ghostly Reading" at the museum, where the staff read the scripts. Ghost Walks are so successful that they're planning a February event called Ghosts in the Museum.
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Curious Tours in Fenimore
Fenimore Art Museum is hosting an after-hours tour of a new exhibition: A Cabinet of Curious Matters: Work by Callahan and Whitten, on Friday, October 13. They also have popular special after-hours tours called "Art in the Dark," where guides bring visitors through the galleries by lantern light!
They're still running programs in support of their Arnold Lobel exhibit, so check those out, and save the date for a really interesting looking Zoom program in November: Susan Cooper's Reckoning with Native American Dispossession. A new exhibit about Navajo textiles opens this week.
TikTok, and Don't Stop
Sophie and Tabitha of Cortland County Historical Society were so happy with the large following on TikTok that an intern's work earned them last year- but it was intimidating to take over the account and add another thing to the endless to-do list! Sophie's doing a great job, and I encourage you all to take a look: https://www.tiktok.com/@cortlandhistory.
I looked on TikTok for our other members, and while most haven't gotten on the platform, I did fall down a rabbit hole of local history videos. Search for your location and see what videos are posted about your area, like this popular user's: (@lstraubbruce). She visited Yates, Schuyler and Steuben County this summer and created videos about abandoned mills, railroads, and schools.
Quiet Cat Cafe in Oneonta
The Susquehanna SPCA brought Princess Peach, Scruffy and Billy to Huntington Memorial Library for a "Quiet Cat Cafe" and holy smokes- over a hundred people showed up! Maybe it's a program you can try at your organization, too!
Cemetery Iconography Walk in Delaware County
I bet our friends at the Central New York State Cemetery Network will be interested to attend this tour in Delhi on October 21: Reading the Stones: A Tour of Woodland Cemetery’s Art and Iconography.
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Zooms & Webinars Up Your Alley
The New York State Library’s Digital Equity Roundtable Conversations
Friday, October 6 at 10 am
Centering Cultural Competency
Friday, October 6 at 12 pm
GenZ, Cybersecurity, and New Security Measures on User-Facing Tech – an SNSI Security Summit
Tuesday, October 10 at 2 pm
Audiobooks: Revolutionizing Learning for Modern Students
Wednesday, October 11 at 1 pm
The 411 on 211: Housing and Homelessness
Wednesday, October 11 at 2 pm
What You Ask, Hear, and See: Best Practices for Focus Groups, Interviews, and Observational Research
Wednesday, October 11 at 2 pm
Revitalizing Morale: Cultivating a Supportive Library Culture
Wednesday, October 11 at 3 pm
The Bricks before Brown (BIPOC contributions before Brown v Board of Education)
Thursday, October 12 at 12 pm
Books Opening Doors: Prisons, Libraries and the Resources We Share
Thursday, October 12 from 1 to 4:30 pm
Harnessing the Power of Documentaries to Expand Libraries’ Reach and Impact, and Drive Progress
Tuesday, October 17 at 11 am
Virtual Browsing in Discovery: Collection Discovery in Primo VE
Tuesday, October 17 at 11 am
My Terms of Service: Demystifying the Agreements That We Sign
Tuesday, October 17 at 1 pm
Ask Us Anything About Electronic Storage
Wednesday, October 18 at 10 am
AM Quartex & Preservica: DAMS and digital preservation systems
Wednesday, October 18 at 11 am
All About Ticks
Wednesday, October 18 at 12 pm
Meeting Faculty Demand Through Film Catalog Diversity
Wednesday, October 18 at 12 pm
Unthinkable History: The American Settler State and the Political Economy of Plunder
Wednesday, October 18 at 1 pm
Customer Service On All Platforms
Thursday, October 19 at 10 am
DPLA Network Coffee Chat: Curating Digital Content
Thursday, October 19 at 1 pm
NYS Library Educator Guide for the American Revolution: a CTLE webinar
Monday, October 23 at 3:30 pm
Iconic America: Ellis Island
Tuesday, October 24 at 11 am
Remember, Remember: Libraries, Archives and the Social Importance of Preserving Knowledge
Tuesday, October 24 at 2 pm
Building Community Relationships for Better Library Services
Tuesday, October 24 at 3 pm
Management of Aggressive Behavior (MOAB) Training
Wednesday, October 25 at 10 am
The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution
Wednesday, October 25 at 12 pm
Humanizing Library and Vendor Relationships
Thursday, October 26 at 2 pm
ACRL: Building Research Collaboration in Global Environments
Thursday, November 2 at 11 am
Northeast Summit on Climate Adaptation for Library Facilities
Wednesday, November 8 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
EDI 2.0: Individual Responsibility for Creating Belonging and Connection in the Library Profession
Thursday, November 9, 12 to 3 pm
In-Person Events
CLRC's Annual Conference
Thursday, October 19 at the Oneida Community Mansion House in Oneida, NY
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Fall 2023
Thursday, October 19 through Saturday, October 21 in Saratoga Springs
Greater Hudson Heritage Network's Annual Conference
Tuesday, October 24 in Garrison
Recordings
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That's all for this month! Send me an email if there's anything at your organization you'd like me to include in the next newsletter: clovell@scrlc.org | Claire Lovell, Digital Services Librarian | | | | |
