August 10: In honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg presented five awards recognizing individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to increasing accessibility for people with disabilities. Robert Gumson, Manager, Independent Living Services for VESID, accepted the TITLE III Reasonable Accommodation Award for the NYC ILCs. (Photo Credit: Kristen Artz)
Museum Paleontologist Selected to Research Fossils in Madrid
Dr. Robert Feranec, the Museum's curator of vertebrate paleontology, has been selected to participate in a three-month research project in Spain that will enable him to investigate the effects of humans and climate change on mammals over the last 2 million years.
State Library's Liza Duncan Receives ALA Award
John Phillips of the American Library Association Government Documents Round Table presents the State Library’s Liza Duncan with the 2010 Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award for outstanding contributions to the field of government information access.
State Paleontologist Reports Major Discovery
New York State Paleontologist Dr. Ed Landing is the lead author of an article published in the June issue of Geology that provides the first definitive proof that all major animal groups with internal and external skeletons appeared in the Cambrian geological period (543–489 million years ago).
New York State Library Showcases 1862 Lincoln Document
Abraham Lincoln's original draft of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation has been cared for by the Library since 1864. An enhanced online exhibit showcases the Proclamation in Lincoln’s handwriting and includes an essay by Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer recounting the night Lincoln signed the document and a paper by the Library's Paul Mercer detailing how the Legislature purchased it for the Library.