SLB May 23, 2022 Meeting Agenda

STATE LIBRARY BOARD Monday, May 23, 2022 - 1:00 p.m. 231 Capitol Avenue / Held via Teams +1 860-840-2075, Phone Conference ID: 112 771 111#   Agenda     I    CALL TO ORDER II    APPROVAL OF MINUTES        A.       Approval of the minutes of the March 28, 2022 Meeting III     BOARD COMMENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS IV     PUBLIC COMMENT V       STATE LIBRARIA...
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CT State Library Awards $44K to 24 CT Public Libraries for the Inaugural Summer Enrichment Grant

Hartford, CT – The CT State Library is pleased to announce awards in the amount $44,000 to 24 Connecticut public libraries for the inaugural year of the Summer Enrichment Grant. Launched in January 2022, the purpose of the Summer Enrichment Grant is to empower public libraries to enhance their 2022 Summer Reading Programs with additional enrichment opportunities for their publ...
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Connecticut State Library Releases Two Reports: “Connecticut’s Public Libraries: A Statistical Profile, July 2020 – June 2021” and “Statistical Trends in Connecticut Public Libraries, 2021”

The Connecticut State Library is pleased to announce the release of two reports, “Connecticut’s Public Libraries: A Statistical Profile, July 2020 – June 2021” and “Statistical Trends in Connecticut Public Libraries, 2021.” Following the end of each fiscal year, the CT State Library collects data from public libraries through the State Annual Report which includes a combinatio...
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Connecticut State Library Board Sept 27, 2021 Meeting Agenda

STATE LIBRARY BOARD Monday, September 27 - 1:00 p.m. 231 Capitol Avenue / Held via Teams +1 860-840-2075,, Phone Conference ID: 670 468 143#     Agenda   I       CALL TO ORDER II     ELECTION OF OFFICERS III    APPROVAL OF MINUTES             A.    Approval of the minutes of the July 26, 2021 Meeting IV      BOARD COMMENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS V     ...
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Maureen Sullivan to serve as the Interim State Librarian at the Connecticut State Library

Mary Etter, Chairman of the State Library Board announced that Maureen Sullivan has been selected as the Interim State Librarian at the Connecticut State Library.  Ms. Sullivan who is a native of Norwich, CT, has held positions in library management at the University of Maryland and Yale University and has served as an organizational development consultant for nearly thirty yea...
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Third Thursday Presentation: 1818 Constitutional Convention

Author and Historian Douglas Arnold gave a talk on the 1818 Constitutional Convention, and the political aftermath, including fiscal reform. In 1818, enough dissenters from the Congregational Church organized to unseat the Federalist Party (the traditional party of the Congregationalist) in Connecticut. Consequently, the newly empowered state republicans called for a constituti...
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Third Thursday Presentation: Richard Radune Presented Sound Rising: Long Island Sound

Author Richard Radune gave a talk on his latest book, Sound Rising: Long Island Sound at the Forefront of America’s Struggle for Independence on September 20, 2018, at the Connecticut State Library.  The Long Island Sound is a tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean lying between the eastern shores of Bronx County, New York City, southern Westchester County, Connecticut to the nort...
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Alan Crane Discusses the History of Connecticut’s Troops in World War One

(Hartford, CT)-  Alan Crane, President of the New England Great War Living History Association, gave a Third Thursday presentation about Connecticut’s 102nd Infantry Regiment at the Connecticut State Library. Crane explored the story of the 102nd from its birth at the Yale Bowl to its baptism at Seicheprey, triumph at St. Mihel, and its ultimate return to the Nutmeg State. A...
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