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News from the NYS Library
News and announcements from the New York State Library

• Program: Researching Patent and Trademark Information (November)
  In November, the NYS Library will host a free, day-long seminar, geared toward inventors, entrepreneurs, educators and legal professionals, on "Researching Patent and Trademark Information." Representatives from the United States Patent and Trademark Office will present sessions on intellectual property, conducting a patent search, conducting a trademark search, using the USPTO web site and dealing with invention promotion firms. The session will take place Thursday, November 6th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Space is limited, so registration is required.
• Noontime Public Programs for September
  Coming programs in September include Book Collections and Appraisal, with Diane DeBlois and Robert Dalton Harris, partners in aGatherin, a book and manuscript appraisal business on Thursday, September 18th; and Education Online with librarian Stephanie Barrett, on Wednesday, September 24th. All Public Programs are free.
• Interruption in Services: Wednesday, September 10, 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM
  Due to scheduled maintenance, the NYS Library's Web site and online catalog may not be available for periods between 5 PM and 10 PM this evening, Wednesday, September 10, 2008.
• Electrical Work on 7th Floor - Possible Disruptions
  Beginning on September 8th, electrical contractors will be working on the 7th floor of the New York State Library. This electrical work could take 1-2 weeks. The Library will remain open with no change in our regular hours or service, but visitors to the Library may note periodic disruptions in public access to certain parts of the floor, which may affect researchers using the 7th floor materials and computers. Thank you for your patience during this work period.
• Remembering Rockefeller: A First Hand Account (event on September 3, 2008)
  Joseph E. Persico, bestselling author of 'The Imperial Rockefeller: A Biography of Nelson A. Rockefeller,' will speak about the former New York governor and later U.S. vice president. Prior to his career as historian and biographer, Mr. Persico was chief speechwriter for Mr. Rockefeller, whose 100th birthday is being celebrated in 2008. Cosponsored with the Friends of the New York State Library.
• Online Newsletter for NYS Employees
  The third issue of a new electronic newsletter, Library News For You, is now available. The newsletter, which will be published quarterly, contains information on programs and services of interest to New York State agency employees. The August issue features information access to electronic journals and magazines, RSS feeds and readers, and new books in our collection.
• TBBL Summer newsletter available as podcast
  The Summer 2008 edition of the Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) newsletter, Upstate Update, is now available on the Library's web site, in HTML, audio or podcast format. Upstate Update is published quarterly to keep TBBL borrowers informed of developments at State and national levels that affect their service.
• Historic Documents: Revised Statutes of the State of New York, 1882 available online
  This three-volume set, the seventh edition of the revised statutes, was the first of two commercially published editions edited by Montgomery H. Throop, who was the grandson of Governor Enos T. Throop and a member of the New York State Statutory Revision Commission from 1870-1878. This set includes statutes in force passed from the year 1778 to the close of the Legislative session of 1881, together with statues as altered by subsequent legislation. Annotations, explanations, and references to judicial decisions are also included.
• Historic Documents: Orderly Books from French-Indian War (1759-1760, 1762)
  Orderly books are the companies' official record of all military orders, and include courts martial, disciplinary actions and promotions. These are the orderly books of Captain Amos Hitchcock's Connecticut provincial companies during the French and Indian War. The volumes also provide a record of troop movements in northern New York and Canada, and encampments at Albany, Fort Edward, Lake George, Crown Point and Fort Ontario. This is one of the many historical documents the New York State Library has made freely available online.
• 11th Floor Research Room - Possible Disruptions
  Beginning on Wednesday, August 6, electrical contractors will be working on the 11th floor of the Cultural Education Center. This work, part of on-going security upgrades, may affect researchers using the collections of the New York State Archives and/or the New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections. The work may take up to 4 weeks and we will probably not know in advance when the workers will be in the Research Room.
• Historic Documents: The Constitutional History of New York by Charles Lincoln
  "The Constitutional History of New York," a five-volume set by Charles Z. Lincoln, published in 1905, is a fundamental resource for NYS constitutional history from the beginning of the colonial period to 1905. Volume 4 includes the text of the Constitution of the State of New York as revised in 1894 with the amendments of 1899, 1901 and 1905. Volume 5 includes a general index, an index of persons and table of cases, and tables of statutes held to be constitutional and unconstitutional. Charles Lincoln was a member of the New York Constitutional Convention of 1894 and chairman of the Statutory Revision Commission from 1895 -1900.
• Historic Documents: Natural History of New York - Zoology, Flora and Mineralogy
  The Natural History Survey of New York, undertaken in the mid-1800s, covered zoology, flora, mineralogy, geology, agriculture and paleontology. The NYS Library has digitized the first three components of the survey so far. The "Zoology of New York", or the "New York Fauna," is a five-volume set published from 1842-1844. This pioneering study by James E. De Kay addressed both recent and fossil mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, mollusks and crustaceans. The hand-colored plates in part 1 (Mammalia), part 2 (Birds) and part 5 (Mollusca and Crustacea) can be found at the end of those volumes. "A Flora of the State of New-York," a two-volume set by John Torrey, was published in 1843; at the time, it was the largest single work of its kind published. The hand-colored plates are listed after each volume. "Mineralogy of New-York" by Lewis C. Beck was published in 1842 and provided detailed descriptions of minerals found in the state, with information on their uses in the arts and agriculture. These are some of the many historic documents the New York State Library has made freely available online.
• Historic Documents: A Set of Plans and Forts in America, Reduced from Actual Surveys
  "A Set of Plans and Forts in America, Reduced From Actual Surveys," by John Rocque, was published in 1763 in London. The volume consists of 30 maps of forts in the British colonies in North America (what is now the northeastern part of the U.S. and Canada), including many in New York, such as Albany, Schenectady, the Fort of Saratoga, Fort William Henry and the Redoubts at Crown Point. The volume also includes a "Map of the British Dominions in North America according to the Treaty of 1763." This volume is one of the many historic documents the New York State Library has made freely available online.
• Historic Documents: Revised Statutes of the State of New-York, 1829 now available online
  The Revised Statutes of the State of New-York, published in 1829, is a three-volume set which includes the statues passed during 1827 and 1828, as well as former acts which had not been revised. The Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of New York State are included in volume 1 of this set. This set is one of the many historic documents the New York State Library has made freely available online.
• New Book Lists posted July 7, 2008
  Lists of the newest books added to the Library's collection are available. Lists are divided into 34 subject areas, ranging from Agriculture to Law to Zoology. Books listed now include a link to the catalog record for additional information.
• Opinions Wanted - Survey about the SED web site
  The New York State Education Department (NYSED), which includes the New York Sate Library, is redesigning its web site. As part of the process, NYSED is conducting a brief survey to learn more about how visitors use the w