Today is the last day to submit your Program & Trustee of the Year Applications for 2015 to SALS.
They are due at 4:30, to the attention of Sara Dallas.
For more information on each & guidelines:
Library Advocacy Day Carpool: Seats Still Available!
Library Advocacy Day 2016 is quickly approaching: on March 2nd hundreds of librarians, trustees & other library advocates will flock to Albany to meet with their legislators.
Why is it important to travel to Albany to talk with your legislators about library issues?
- Libraries need you to speak out for them.
- Libraries need more state money.
- Legislators need to learn what libraries do for citizens of New York State.
A car will be leaving SALS (22 Whitney Place, Saratoga Springs) on March 2nd at 7AM – please let Laurie Buckley know if you would like to carpool from the SALS parking lot, or if you plan to join us for our Advocacy Day visits.
Car parking is available under the Empire State Plaza in the Visitor Lot. You can get to this lot by taking the Empire State Plaza Exit off I-787. There is a fee to park in this lot and it usually fills up fairly early. In addition, the driver has to show a photo ID to enter the parking lot. Further information, directions, and additional information on downtown parking lots can be obtained by visiting the NYS OGS web site
View/Download the SALS Legislative Day Schedule
View/Download the NYLA 2016 Legislative Agenda
View/Download the 2016 SALS Advocacy Guide
As always, if you are unable to travel to Albany – please consider visiting our legislators in their home offices, or reaching out through NYLA’s Advocacy Page. It only takes a few minutes to contact your elected officials to ask them to support libraries.
Check out our 2015 Library Advocacy Day Photos, and we hope you’ll join us on March 2nd:
Program of the Year Award Nominations due 3/25/16
Nominations for the Library Program of the Year Awards are due on March 25th. A program may be nominated by the library, by a community member, or by a Trustee. The winners will be honored at the SALS 58th Annual Meeting on May 16th, 2016. Two awards will be given. One program per library will be considered. The SALS Library Services Committee is responsible for the selection of the award recipients.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Program must have been initiated during the 2015 calendar year.
- Any program—adult, outreach, young adult, children, community services or public relations is eligible.
- Selection is based on programs that have demonstrated creativity and innovation, demonstrated community partnerships, enhanced services to the community, or reached a previously unserved constituency.
- Program must have pursued excellence in library services and sought to have the library make a difference in the community.
The program being nominated should be described on library letterhead and accompanied by any supporting materials. Nominations by e-mail or fax will not be accepted. The nomination must be received at SALS on March 25th before 4:30 PM, Attention: Sara Dallas.
Last year’s winners included: Argyle Free Library for their Underground Railroad Program and Cambridge Public Library for their Geek Squad Program. This year’s winners will be announced at the April 19th, 2016 SALS Board Meeting. Awards consist of a framed certificate honoring the library’s achievements and a financial award to the library. In the event that a representative from an award-winning library is not present at the Annual Meeting, the certificate will be given to the library’s Board President for presentation at the library’s next Board Meeting.