Take a look at the many historic roadside markers scattered across New York State and you’ll find some inaccurate and even outrageous statements about the past. In this session, presenters explore the history of the state’s markers, how the information they contain has (or has not) been vetted, and what we can do to ensure that future markers contain accurate information. Representatives from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation will discuss its historic roadside marker grant program and its requirement that primary sources to be used to verify the information on the markers it funds.
Presented by Bill Sauers, President, Greece Historical Society, and Susan Hughes and Matthew Urtz of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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