Yearly Archives: 2019

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Lost Bird Project

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Charts sculptor Todd McGrain’s efforts to memorialize five birds – the Great Auk, Carolina Parakeet, Labrador Duck, Passenger Pigeon and Heath Hen – driven to extinction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The captivating nature documentary follows McGrain and his brother-in-law, Andy, as they embark on a road trip in search of the last-known locations of the birds and seek permission to install McGrain’s six-foot-tall bronze sculptures on those sites. Travelling from the tropical swamps of Florida to the rocky coasts of Newfoundland to the shores of Martha’s Vineyard, the men spend more than two years scouting locations, talking to park rangers, speaking at town meetings and battling bureaucracy in their effort to gather support for the project. An elegy to the five birds, THE LOST BIRD PROJECT is a thoughtful and sometimes humorous look at the artist and his mission.

Airs 3/6 at 2 a.m.

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Library Advocacy Day

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TODAY IS LIBRARY ADVOCACY DAY!

If you are in Albany today, thank you for standing up for our profession. If you are unable to make it to Albany, you can still participate! How?

  • Call your legislator’s office, either at his or her district  office, or in Albany and tell him or her how important libraries are to communities and schools. Explain that increased funding is essential and critical to serving our communities.
  • Join virtually by posting to your Facebook wall or tweeting about Library aid.
  • Follow the effort at #NYLALAD19
  • Visit the NYLA Virtual Advocacy Day Activities page at: NYLA.org/advocacy

 

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America

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The program celebrates the life and work of Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and literary scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. A leading figure in American cultural life and one of its most renowned, respected and popular cultural historians and personalities, Professor Gates has authored or co-authored 22 books and created 18 documentary films. His award-winning programs on PBS have helped history come alive to tens of millions of people, often telling surprising and unexpected stories of our collective heritage.

Airs 3/5 at 8 p.m.

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NOVELNY Databases

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The New York State Library has confirmed that the current collection of NOVELNY statewide e-resources  will continue through the coming year, and will be extended for an additional year through June 30, 2021.

Barring unforeseen circumstances and pending availability of funds, the following databases will be available July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021:

 

Business:

*Business Insights Essentials (Gale, a Cengage company)

 

Education:

*Educators Reference Complete (Gale, a Cengage company)

 

General Periodicals:

*Academic OneFile with InfoTrac Collections (Gale, a Cengage company)

*Expanded Academic ASAP with InfoTrac Collections (Gale, a Cengage company)

*General OneFile with InfoTrac Collections (Gale, a Cengage company)

*General Reference Center Gold with InfoTrac Collections (Gale, a Cengage company)

*Informe Académico (Gale, a Cengage Company)

 

Elementary Level General Periodicals:

*Kids InfoBits (Gale, a Cengage company)

 

Secondary Level General Periodicals:

*Research in Context (Gale, a Cengage company)

 

Encyclopedia

*Encyclopedia Britannica (Britannica Digital Learning, a division of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.):  Includes Britannica School, Britannica Academic and Britannica Escolar.

 

Health

*Health Reference Center Academic (Gale, a Cengage company)

 

Issues

*Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale, a Cengage company)

 

Newspapers

*InfoTrac Newsstand including New York State Newspapers (Gale, a Cengage company)

 

Technology

*Computer Database (Gale, a Cengage company)

Tale of Two Sisters

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A series that explores the lives of famous women and their lesser-known siblings. The series is narrated by Rachael Stirling.

  • #101 – Amelia Earhart – July 2017 marks 80 years since Amelia’s plane disappeared on her historic round-the-world flight. Although there have been many theories as to what happened (including one circulated in Summer 2017), no one actually knows for sure. Earhart’s biggest fan and supporter, her sister Muriel, kept Amelia’s spirit alive up until her own death. The documentary features interviews with Amelia’s niece, Amy Kleppner.

Airs 3/3 at midnight.

  • #102 – Jackie Kennedy Onassis – Jackie Kennedy Onassis remains to this day iconic, a figure of high fashion and tragedy. Her sister Lee Radziwell, however, is less well-known. Yet, it is impossible to understand one without the other, their lives were intertwined – through rivalry and resentment, love and loss.

Airs 3/10 at midnight.

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Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King

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Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King illuminates the aesthetic and engineering questions sculptor Elizabeth King puzzles over with an acute sensitivity to both life, and the life-like. She has created her own genre at the intersection of the classical and automata. An accomplished artist with an eye for the intimate meaning of gesture, King obsessively manipulates her materials to produce pieces that both approximate and challenge the viewer. Newly retired from 40 years of teaching, King is more than ever able to focus on her work, and examine her motives and making. With major solo shows driving her, King seems poised to get her due. In studio visits, conversations with peers and art world figures, Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King invites the viewer to consider what looking and seeing one another means in our increasingly visual world.

Airs 3/1 at 3 a.m.

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