Library News & Updates
The Durland Alternatives Library and Prisoner Express welcomes applications for the part-time, onsite position of Library Operations Coordinator. Please see the job description below for more information; the position is 12-18 hours per week, with a wage of $24 per hour. If interested, please send a cover letter and resume to Library Director Gary Fine…
Read MoreThe Alternatives Library has a few exciting events happening during the first week of May! Sunday, May 5, 2024 – 11:00am to 5:00pm Find us at the Ithaca Book & Zine Fair at Buffalo Street Books! From their website: This event celebrates the freedom of expression and publishing outside the mainstream. Independent publishers, zine-makers, artists,…
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Edit: The application period is now closed! Thank you for your interest. The Durland Alternatives Library and Prisoner Express welcomes applications for the part-time position of Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator. Please see the job description below for more information; the position is 15 hours per week, with a wage of $23 per hour. Start date…
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The Durland Alternatives Library (DAL) is accepting applications for the position of part-time Library Assistant. We’re looking for someone who’s attracted to the subject matter and mission of our library to transform what people believe is possible by showing alternatives to mainstream society. About the Durland Alternatives Library Since our beginning in 1974, the library…
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Hours will be 11 am to 8 pm — Monday – Friday. Saturday & Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. Come to the library at 130 Anabel Taylor Hall, or search our holdings online through the Finger Lakes Library system https://catalog.flls.org/polaris/default.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3 “The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the…
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EDITORIAL BY LIBRARY DIRECTOR RYAN CLOVER-OWENS Last March the library closed in accordance with Cornell’s safety response to Covid-19. This of course completely shut down our circulation of materials, live events, and plans… While the library couldn’t operate, Prisoner Express, which provides correspondence and programming to thousands of prisoners around the US was in need…
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Happy Indigenous People’s Day! It’s with great honor on this occasion to announce a library partnership with First Voices Radio, hosted by Tiokasin Ghosthorse. First Voices Radio is a Voice for Indigenous Issues, Concerns, Cultures and Customs. Since 1992, “First Voices Radio” has been exploring global topics and issues of critical importance to the preservation…
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