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Regional Library Resources
- Capital District Library Council
- The Capital District Library Council (CDLC) is one of nine reference and research library resources (3R's) systems
covering New York state. The Council is chartered to utilize existing and create new research library resources for the
library community in the ten counties which it serves. It has 47 member libraries: 16 academic, 3 public library
systems, 4 school library systems, and 24 special libraries. The Council serves an area of 71,45 square miles with a
population (by 1990 census) of 1,039,433, including 45,000 graduate and undergraduate students.
- The Electronic Doorway Library Map to New York State Public Library Web Sites
- This clickable map provides access to the 23 public library systems in the state.
- Mohawk Valley Library System
- The Mohawk Valley Library System to serve the residents of Fulton, Montgomery, Schenectady and Schoharie
counties by initiating, mediating and actuating improved library services in the 14 member libraries and 9 branches
located in that region.
- New York Library Association
- The New York Library Association, founded in 1890, is affiliated with the American Library Association as the New
York Chapter of that national body. Members of the State Association include librarians of public, system, school,
college and university and many special libraries, library trustees, and friends of libraries.
- New York State Electronic Doorway Library Network
- The New York State Electronic Doorway Library Network is a cooperative effort among New York's Reference and
Research Resource Councils (3R's). This clickable map provides access to the nine 3R's councils in the state.
- New York State Library
- Includes the Research Library and access to Excelsior, the Library's on-line catalog.
- New York State Library Division of Library Development
- The Division of Library Development develops, strengthens and improves library services through grant programs and
advisory services, coordinates chartering (incorporation) and registration (approval) of public libraries, collects and
disseminates information about all types of libraries and library use and operates a public librarian certification
program. Library Development operates 25 statewide grant programs for library systems and local libraries, supporting
over 1,500 projects delivering library services to all of New York's local communities. These grants are: Electronic
Doorway Library Services Grants; Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Federal Grant Program; Conservation
and Preservation of Library Materials Grants; Parent and Child Library Services Grants Program; and Adult Literacy
Services Grant Partnerships for a Literate Community.
- Southern Adirondack Library System
- Includes Literacy Resources and many other valuable resources.
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