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ALL School Ballot Referendums have passed!

All 14 school ballot referendums (14 school districts, 19 libraries) have passed!  The approximate 2% budget increase for the Oswego School District Public Library passed as well.  Congratulations to all!  Here are the results:

2011 Counstruction Grant Awards Announced!

 

The 2011 Construction Grant Awards have FINALLY been announced. Fourteen NCLS member libraries applied for and received awards under the $14 million application. 

  

$      9,272 - B. Elizabeth Memorial Library (TUR)                           

$    12,250 - Central Square Library        

$    30,394 - Hannibal Free Library                          

$    26,489 - Harrisville Free Library                                     

Senator Hugh Farley will keynote at 2012 NCLS Annual Meeting

2012 NCLS Annual Meeting
Saturday, October 6th
Jefferson Community College
10am:  Meeting and trustee elections
12:30pm: Lunch
2pm:  Director's and Trustee Organization Meetings


Senator Hugh Farley

At this year's annual meeting, we will have Senator Hugh Farley, a Watertown native, as our keynote speaker.  Senator Farley represents the 44th district in the Capitol region.

Current chair of the recently created Senate Select Committee on Libraries, Senator Farley is a long time library advocate.  As Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Libraries, he sponsored virtually every piece of major library legislation from 1978 through 2008.  During his tenure, state aid to libraries increased and new forms of library services, including school library systems and hospital library programs, were established.

Stay tuned for more information about the annual meeting on October 6th!

Repurposed books

At the NCLS Open House on Friday, April 27th, the Technical Services Department had a huge display of repurposed books that were created by staff at the Flower Memorial Library.  The displays were so popular that NCLS will be holding a workshop on the subject in the Fall!  Here are a few photos of the projects we had on display.