With hateful speech and actions on the rise, it's important that library staff learn how to recognize, interrupt, and de-escalate conflict and hate crimes in order to keep our libraries and communities safe. This webinar -- led by trainers from the Arab American Association of New York and Malikah -- will introduce library staff tools…
Join us to discuss libraries and sustainability with special guest Claudia Depkin. Claudia Depkin is the Library Director at the Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Past-President of the New York Library Association and former Chairperson of the New York Regents Advisory Council on Libraries. She was named a Library Journal “Mover & Shaker” in 2019 for her work…
Join us to meet a few observatories and science organizations from around SCRLC's 14-county region. Find out what they are doing—and how you might engage. The eclipse is a few-hours event, but the observatories and science organizations provide on-going involvement and nurture a love of astronomy and science. This is an opportunity to engage and…
We're told that the age of AI is here--but what does that mean for our libraries? An exploration of the promise and peril of the technology, along with what we'll need to do to prepare ourselves and our organizations going forward. Bring your questions for an extended Q&A session! About the Presenter: Nick Tanzi is a…
"Making the link between structural inequities and health disparities: Implications for community based helping professionals" was presented by Dr. Emily Spence, Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Health Equity at the UNTHSC School of Public Health on October 11, 2023. During this Lunch and Learn, we will view the recording of that program and there…
Whether we recognize it or not, librarians often become “accidental bibliotherapists” when providing book recommendations and readers’ advisory or running book discussions, either in person or online. You are invited to explore avenues turning a library collection into an infinite supply of resources to inspire users and harness the power of reading and reflecting. Based…
Join Melissa Brown, Executive Director of The Buffalo History Museum, and Dr. Joe Stahlman, Director of the Seneca Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office, for a discussion centered on the relationship between the one regional Indigenous community and the Buffalo History Museum. Executive Director Brown and Dr. Stahlman share their story and some of the complexities…
The New York State Archives provides open access to digital collections of primary sources, lesson plans, document-based learning activities, and more to assist educators, students, genealogists, and researchers in uncovering the many facets of New York State history. Their virtual collections embody a wide range of stories of New York, from colonial to contemporary (1630 to the present),…
This 2 part series addresses the interaction of human knowledge and “artificial intelligence” as generative and speculative tools in parsing the contours of our complex cultural heritage. Beginning with the textual speculation of large language models, writing tools for metaphor and syntax; and culminating in the visual speculation of local Adirondack public history, this series…
Librarian Sam Berry-Sullivan provides an examination of how Whiteness and White supremacy culture have insinuated themselves into librarianship and academic libraries, and steps academic library staff can take to ameliorate it. After graduating from the University at Albany with a Master of Science in Library and Information Science and a Master of Arts in English…