New York State Library Archived Websites

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Library.

B2172-07: This accretion consists of a copy of the New York State Library site produced on March 5, 2007, after Governor George E. Pataki (1995-2006) left office. It contains information about the library's history, mission, and organizational structure; a staff directory (2006); a listing of public libraries throughout the state (2007); internet bibliographies organized by topic (2004); and online forms for evaluating classes, suggesting books to purchase, registering for a class, interlibrary loan requests, and renewing materials (2007).

Additional content includes strategic plans for the Research Library (2004) and Library Development (2006), a checklist of official publications of the State of New York (2006), visitor information, press releases (2007), and newsletters (1997-2006), some in audio MP3 format. There is also information about virtual exhibits of items in the library's holdings (2007), the research residency program (2007), policies concerning the administration and public use of the library (1999, 2001, and 2003), and a listing of city directories and phonebooks available on microfilm (2005).

In addition, there is information about the three main components of the library: the Research Library, the Talking Book and Braille Library, and the Division of Library Development; and the services the library provides to state government employees, teachers, and the visually impaired, including lending of recorded or Braille copies of books, providing access to numerous online databases, and topical resource listings. This copy also contains laws and regulations that govern public libraries in the state (2001-2006), information about library aid programs, charts documenting library aid in the state (1997-2007), the summer reading program (2007), the New York State Newspaper Project (2007), and the State Library's manuscripts and special collections holdings.

This accretion also includes a copy of another site maintained by the State Library as of March 2007. The New Century Libraries site (copied March 9, 2007) contains information about the proposal to improve the technological capacity of libraries throughout the state, press releases (2001-2002), and Libraries of the Future workshop materials.

Researchers should note that the best way to navigate this copy is to use the links at the bottom of the page rather than those on the left-hand side.

B2172-08: This accretion consists of a copy of the New York State Library site produced on June 7, 2008 after the resignation of Governor Eliot L. Spitzer (2007-2008). It contains information about the library's history, mission, and organizational structure; a staff directory (2008); a listing of public libraries throughout the state (2007); Internet bibliographies organized by topic (2004); and online forms for evaluating classes, suggesting books to purchase, registering for a class, interlibrary loan requests, and renewing materials (2007).

Additional content includes strategic plans for the Research Library (2004) and Library Development (2006), a checklist of official publications of the State of New York (2006), press releases (2008), visitor information, and newsletters (1997-2008), some in audio MP3 format. There is also information about virtual exhibits for items in the library's holdings (2007), the research residency program (2007), policies regarding public use of the library (1999, 2001, and 2003), and a listing of city directories and phonebooks available on microfilm (2005).

Also present is information about the three main components of the library: the Research Library, the Talking Book and Braille Library, and the Division of Library Development; and the services the library provides to businesses, state residents, state government employees, teachers and the visually impaired including lending of recorded or Braille copies of books, providing access to numerous online databases, and topical resource listings. This copy also contains laws and regulations that govern public libraries in the state (2001-2007), information about library aid programs, charts for library aid in the state (1997-2008), the summer reading program (2008), the New York State Newspaper Project (2008), and the holdings in the State Library's manuscripts and special collections.

This accretion also includes a copy of another site maintained by the State Library as of June 2008. The New York Online Virtual Electronic Library (NOVEL) site (copied June 7, 2008) contains information about the NOVEL program's history, mission, and organizational structure; a listing of full text electronic magazines and journals on a wide range of topics; resources for students, educators, consumers, and librarians, which includes a marketing tool kit about NOVEL for librarians; press releases (2007-2008); meeting minutes (2002-2008); and a frequently asked questions section.

B2172-11: This accretion consists of a copy of the New York State Library site produced on January 14, 2011, shortly after Governor David A. Paterson (2008-2010) left office.

This accretion also includes January 14, 2011 copies of the Library's Library Careers NY and New York Online Virtual Electronic Library (NOVEL) sites.

B2165Series B2165, State Education Department Archived Websites, contains copies of the websites maintained by the State Library's parent agency.

The New York State Archives used Web archiving software to copy these websites in order to preserve the information they contain.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.