Clifton Park/Halfmoon Public Library Wins State Archives Award
October 28, 2011
Albany, NY -- The New York State Archives and Archives Partnership Trust have selected the Clifton Park/Halfmoon Public Library to receive the 2011 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records. This award is presented to a local government that has demonstrated outstanding initiative, leadership, and creativity in encouraging and promoting the use of local government historical records for elementary, secondary, and community education.
The award will be presented to Library Director Alexandra Gutelius, and Gail Winters and Lauren Cardinal, at a luncheon ceremony at the Cultural Education Center in Albany on October 25, 2011.
This award commends the library for its work documenting the towns of Clifton Park and Halfmoon, as well as caring for the records of the Town of Clifton Park Historian and pre-Shenendehowa Central School District school records. It also recognizes the time, resources and dedication of the Library’s staff in making these records available to students, teachers and community members. This award acknowledges the Library’s strategic use of records management grants, and its public programs, such as “Local History at the Library,” to introduce the public to the Library’s historical records.
Previous winners of this award include the Capital Region Teacher Center (2001), Ulster County (2004), Town of Ithaca (2007), and Jamestown City School District (2008).
The annual Archives Awards program recognizes outstanding efforts in archives and records management work in New York State by a broad range of individuals and organizations. A complete list of this year’s award recipients follows:
William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy
William Josephson, Of Counsel at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP
Lifetime Achievement for Services in Support of New York State History and Archives
Laurence M. Hauptman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, State University of New York, New Paltz
Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository
Local History/Genealogy Department of Archives of Central Library, Onondaga County Public Library
William H. Kelly Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program Development
Town of Russia
Cheryl Steinbach Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management
Ontario County
Excellence in State Agency Records Management
Department of Taxation and Finance
Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by a Local Government
Clifton Park/Halfmoon Public Library
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 4-5
Grant Tucker, Murray Avenue School, Mamaroneck Union Free School District,
Teacher: Pamela Tanenbaum
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 6-8
Sarah Jones, Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland Central School District,
Teacher: Deborah Escobar
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 9-12
Cody Nager, North Salem High School, North Salem Central School District,
Teacher: Michael Valenti
