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.
CDLC Summer Hours! Please note that from June 1 - Sept 3 CDLC Office hours will be 8:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Visit the 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).
Important Links
Please use the link to access the Protect NY Libraries website! Find out how YOU can help us protect NY’s libraries and library systems. We need to tell the NYS Legislature to reject the $2.4 million cut in Library Aid Governor David Paterson is proposing in the 2010-2011 Executive Budget. This will be the fifth cut in less than two years and will bring Library Aid down from $102 million in 2007 to $84.5 million in 2010. These cuts combined total an $18 million or 18% reduction in funding for library services. Libraries are part of our safety net—they are essential to life long learning, jobs and opportunity, quality of life and community empowerment.
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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. |
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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. |
