Welcome to the Capital District Library Council

The Capital District Library Council (CDLC), one of New York's nine Reference and Research Library Resources Systems, is located in Albany, NY. CDLC is a regional multi-type library organization serving academic, public, school & special libraries & library systems in Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington Counties. Our purpose is to enhance access to information, encourage resource sharing, and promote library interests for all CDLC Members. Contact CDLC to join CDLC-L, an email list that brings you news about the Council and its members.

Learn more about CDLC on our Introduction to CDLC (pdf) fact sheet and in the latest edition of ReCap - The Newsletter of the Capital District Library Council.

News & Upcoming Events

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Effective January 1, 2010, CaDiLaC Online will not be available. The URSA software which has been the basis for CaDiLaC Online for more than ten years is no longer adequate to meet our needs. In addition, the $29,000+ annual cost is more than CDLC can justify when the RBDB grant funds supporting this project have been cut drastically by New York State. The Regional Automation Advisory Committee is continuing to work with CDLC staff to find more cost effective replacement software. The task has not been easy, but we hope to have a replacement soon. In the meantime, CDLC will maintain a page of links to local catalogs to assist users in locating needed resources.

Visit the new CDLC Digital Collections web site! Follow the link for online access to digitized materials from Libraries, archives, historical societies, museums and cultural organizations in the Capital District Library Council's region. For more information about the project contact Susan D'Entremont, Project Manager. Questions about specific items included in the web site should be directed to the institution that holds the item(s).

The New York 3Rs Association's digital heritage web site, www.newyorkheritage.org, connects more than 160 digital collections from around the state. Images for the site are contributed by libraries, archives, museums and other cultural institutions, and build on existing digital repository services administered by each of the nine reference and research library resources councils.

Check CDLC's Calendar link for times and places of CDLC meetings and events!

Visit The New York Online Virtual Electronic Library!

NOVELNY Databases is an electronic database access project that enables libraries across New York State to provide their communities free online access to the full text of thousands of journals, newspapers and other information sources.

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This CDLC project is supported in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.