Library Timeline

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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1998: Friends of Central Library opened a store on the Browse-About Level to sell withdrawn books and other items during noon hours       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