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1990: Robert P.
Kinchen retired after fourteen years as Onondaga County Public Library’s director
- 1990 Annual Report 
1990: Onondaga
County’s Bicentennial Quilt given a permanent display case on the Browse-About level of Central Library
- 1990 Annual Report
1991: Robert P.
Kinchen died at age 58
- Herald-American, Apr. 14, 1991
1991: Bruce E. Daniels
named director of Onondaga County Public Library
- Post-Standard, May 6, 1991
1991: Central Library
renamed in honor of Robert P. Kinchen
- Herald-Journal, Sept. 4, 1991
Painting of Kinchen
1993: Friends of
Central Library formed to support Central Library and announced during the observance of The Galleries fifth
anniversary
- 1993 Annual Report
1993: African-American
Resource Room opened at Beauchamp Branch
- Post-Standard, May 27, 1993
1996: Onondaga County
Public Library trustees sell the J. William Smith collection of early bookmaking and Mary Elizabeth Hawley
collection of first editions at auction
- Herald-American, Nov. 24, 1996
1996: County Executive
Nick Pirro announced the award of grant from the Federal Library Services and Technology Act to establish a
library web site
- Herald-American,
Dec. 22, 1996
1997: COOLCAT (County
of Onondaga On-line Library CATalogue), the library’s first integrated
catalog and circulation system, introduced
- Herald-American,
Jan. 26, 1997
Demonstration of COOLCAT
1997: Bruce E. Daniels
resigned from director position
- Post-Standard, Oct. 3, 1997
1997: Sharon Nottingham
named acting director
- 1997 Annual Report
1998: Malcolm Hill and
Mary Lou Caskey of the Mid-York Library System named interim co-directors following Sharon Nottingham
- 1998
Annual Report
1998: Public access
Internet provided at Central Library and branches for the first time along with
remote access to the library catalog
- 1998
Annual Report
1998: An electronic
public library information kiosk established at Carousel Center
- 1998 Annual Report
1998: Fine amnesty
introduced for juvenile patrons who read and report on books during the summer reading program
- Post-Standard,
June 20, 1998
1998: Friends of
Central Library opened a store on the Browse-About Level to sell withdrawn books and other items during noon hours
- Post-Standard,
Nov. 9, 1998
1999: Lawrence Frank
named director of Onondaga County Public Library
- Post-Standard, Jan. 1, 1999
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