HISTORIOGRAPHY, STATE libraries, TRANSLATING & interpreting, PUBLIC buildings
Abstract
The article discusses the translations of the records on New Netherland, which was the 17th century colonial province on the U.S. East Coast. In the year 1974, the publications of four volumes of the 24-volume Dutch records in the New York State Library were made available to scholars. The first three volumes contain the meeting minutes of the Provinical Secretary. The different translators who worked on the volumes and the damage that was caused by the 1911 capitol building fire are discussed.
LIBRARIES & infants, CHILDREN'S libraries, STATE libraries, LIBRARIANS, GOVERNMENT libraries
Abstract
Discusses the Babywise program in Nassau County, N.Y. which is funded by the New York State Library and administered by the Nassau Library System's Division of Children's Services. Goal of the program; Cooperation of the Head Start centers in the county; Presentation; What's included in `welcome packets' given out; Provides access for librarians to families who may have never come to the library.
NEW York State Archives (Albany, N.Y.), LIBRARY science, STATE libraries
Abstract
Reports on the New York State Archives and New York State Library's sponsorship of a series of conservation workshops in Albany, New York. Topics to be discussed in the workshop; Contact information.
LIBRARY cooperation, COLLECTION development in research libraries, STATE libraries
Abstract
Announces a cooperative venture between Albany, New York's largest research libraries, the New York State Library and the University Libraries of the State University, to share resources and coordinate the development of their respective collections. Impetus for the cooperative venture; Initial efforts made towards cooperation.
Focuses on a National Endowment for the Humanities grant which will enable translator Charles Gehring to continue the work of translating the 17th Century Dutch archives of New Netherlands at the New York State Library.
Published
1984
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