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Welcome to NYSLFRIENDS.orgFRIENDS TO FUND 2010 JOSEPH F. SHUBERT LIBRARY EXCELLENCE AWARD This year's $1,000 award to the recipient of the Joseph F. Shubert Library Excellence Award is being sponsored by the Friends of the New York State Library. The award will be presented to a New York State library or library consortium that has taken significant steps to improve the quality of library service to its users. The Joseph F. Shubert Excellence Award has been sponsored by the New York State Regents Advisory Council on Libraries since 1994. It honors Joseph F. Shubert, who served as New York State Librarian from 1977 until 1996 and who was a founding member of the Friends of the New York State Library. Applications for this year's award are due by July 30, 2010. For more information, visit: The Shubert Award Website or contact Mary Woodward at (518) 473-8362; email mwoodwar@mail.nysed.gov ........................................... 2010 CENSUS PARTNERSHIP
The Friends of the New York State Library have joined the partnership for the 2010 Census. 2010 Census partners are government, non-profit, corporate or community organizations that have formally pledged their commitment to share the 2010 Census message and mobilize their constituents in support of the Census Bureau's goal of achieving a complete count. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/why/index.php ........................................ VAN RENSSELAER ERA PROGRAM DVD AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE Looking for a gift for a lover of local history? The Van Rensselaer Era, a one-hour DVD of the April 23, 2009 program sponsored by the Friends of the New York State Library, is now available for purchase. The program features Dr. Charles Gehring, Director of the New Netherland Project and Mr. Fred Bassett, Senior Librarian in the State Library's Manuscripts/Special Collections Unit. Dr. Gehring and Mr. Bassett discuss the influence of the Van Rensselaer family from 1630 to the middle of the 19th century. They also describe the historic importance and relevance to the people of Albany, Rensselaer, Columbia, and Greene counties of the Van Rensselaer Manor and the Van Rensselaer family. To order a copy of the Van Rensselaer Era DVD, The Friends of the New York State Library ................................ The Van Rensselaer Era On behalf of the Friends, thank you to everyone who helped out with the Van Rensselaer Era event on April 23rd, as well as everyone who attended. The event was a great success thanks to you! We succeeded in raising much needed funds towards the preservation of the Van Rensselaer Manor papers, while also promoting awareness of these historically significant documents. Proceeds from this event went towards the Friends of the New York State Library's project to raise matching funds for the Save America's Treasures grant to preserve the State Library's Van Rensseleaer Manor Papers collection. Click on the image below to see the brochure describing this effort and to find out how you can help. 
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NewsFriends Elect Board Jean Burns and Arden Leach were re-elected as Governing Board members at the Friends annual meeting on March 16, 2010. They will serve until March 31, 2012. Jane Schneider (President), Clesson Bush (Vice President), Mary Redmond (Treasurer), Barbara Mladinov (Governing Board member), and Zebulon S. Robbins (Governing Board member) are in the second year of their two-year terms and will serve until March 31, 2011.
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