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SCRLC Webinar: Guided DEI Engagement - What We Learned in a Year
2024-05-30 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Three SCRLC members were awarded grant funding for expert consulting assistance with Dr. Kawanna Bright to make systemic changes within their organizations related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Join Dr. Bright and the project participants to learn about what they decided to work on over the past year, what advice they received, what worked and didn’t work as they put their knowledge into practice, and how this impacts their libraries.

CDLC Webinar: Digital Dialogues - Exploring the Intersection of Libraries and AI
2024-06-05 13:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join us for this webinar on how local libraries are using AI and how they are thinking about the future of AI in their institutions. Four panelists from different library specialties will discuss AI possibilities and challenges.
Panelists:
Doug Bixler – Schenectady County Public Library
Dr. Mila Gasco Hernandez – Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany
Asst. Prof. Traci Tosh – Albany Medical College
Assoc. Prof. David Walker – Albany Law School

Webinar: Libraries are for Everyone - Tools to Protect Our Values & Show Up For Our Most Vulnerable Patrons
2024-06-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
As public libraries find themselves on the frontlines of our nation’s homelessness crisis, they strive to serve their most vulnerable patrons – diverse folks of all ages, living their private lives in public – while facing challenges from all angles. In this webinar, former library director Jen Graney will speak about her experience and provide tools to help protect what public libraries stand for as institutions and to help advocate for and serve our vulnerable patrons.
After this webinar, you will:

Be able to affirm that libraries do this work and back up the claim by pointing to library values and ALA policy.
Know how to start assessing your library’s policies, procedures, and daily operations in terms of how they impact patrons experiencing poverty and homelessness.
Know where to find (1) valuable staff training and (2) crucial education for yourself, staff, trustees, and the general public about the experience of living with poverty and homelessness as well as some possible ways forward.
Remember to make your personal wellbeing your #1 priority.

About the Presenter:
Jen Graney holds an MLIS from Syracuse University and an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. From January 2020 to April 1, 2024, she was the library director at Cortland Free Library; prior to that she worked at the Fayetteville Free Library and CLRC. She recently taught a course on essay writing for young adults and continues to work on a manuscript and creative projects while seeking her next professional opportunity.

Live captioning will be provided.
This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward. The Q&A will not be recorded.

**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for one contact hour.**
All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.
All Attendees are expected to follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct

NYAC Watch Party at CLRC
2024-06-07 09:00 - 15:05 | CLRC, 5710 Commons Park Drive, East Syracuse, NY, 13057, United States
On Friday, June 7, the 55th Annual New York Archives Conference will bring together archivists, manuscript curators, local historians, local government record keepers, and other archives enthusiasts to discuss topics of interest to the stewards of historical records—live online! The full day program for NYAC 2024 incorporates sessions on a variety of topics, including “Converting legacy finding aids through Empire ADC,” “Working with Undergraduates to Diversify Collections,” and “Implementing Digital Preservation at a Small Institution.”
This year, the NYAC Board is excited to announce a new pilot project to bring NYAC members together during the virtual conference: NYAC Watch Parties! The Regional Connections Committee is pleased to provide seven dedicated Watch Party locations where you can view the conference with others from your area, including time for networking and discussion.
Registration for a Watch Party includes access to the conference; no separate registration is required. All Watch Party registrants will receive links to conference recordings via email.
We’ll be hosting a watch party at the CLRC office!

LILRC Webinar: 8mm Film Digitization and Preservation with Robert Anen
2024-06-11 13:00 - 14:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In addition to photographs, families captured their memories on 8 millimeter (mm) film beginning from the late-1930s into the 1980s (until videotape dominated the American consumer market). By the 1960s, it was superseded by Super 8mm film which allowed for a wider image to be captured. These films were generally captured at home around the holidays, at various celebrations, on vacation, or during any sort of leisure activity. There’s a good chance that your family or the library/historical organization you work at, also has films like this of your hometown. Now is the chance to pull them off the shelf and get them digitized.
LILRC’s Project Archivist Robert Anen will offer a program on how LILRC members can now submit digitization requests for both 8mm films and Super 8mm films. He will show you how we digitize films at LILRC, how to identify 8mm film formats when you encounter them in your collections, how to determine if you are looking at a film or a tape, how to properly store your films, what goes into inspecting a film before digitization, and show you the digitization process of a film in real time.

LILRC Webinar: King: A Life, with Author Jonathan Eig
2024-06-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join LILRC as we welcome Jonathan Eig to discuss his book, King: A Life, one of ten nominees in nonfiction for the National Book Award
“Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.―and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. He casts fresh light on the King family’s origins as well as MLK’s complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists. King reveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death. As he follows MLK from the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became our only modern-day founding father―as well as the nation’s most mourned martyr.
In this landmark biography, Eig gives us an MLK for our times: a deep thinker, a brilliant strategist, and a committed radical who led one of history’s greatest movements, and whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime.”

Health@CLRC and Upstate Health Sciences Library Present: The 2024 Health Literacy in Focus Session
2024-06-14 09:30 - 12:45 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join Health@CLRC and the Upstate Health Sciences Library for a morning of Health Literacy information! The session will include a book talk followed by continuing education.
9:30 to 10:30 a.m.: Book Talk with Julia Soplop, author of Information Crisis
Book Description
The rapid and ubiquitous spread of information has failed to remedy one of humanity’s most enduring challenges: making accurate sense of the world. Instead, a constellation of factors influencing how we interact with information—and, in particular, scientific information—has prevented us from digesting and adequately confronting many of the greatest problems of our time, from climate change to pandemics.

The book, an essential read for non-scientists and scientists alike, offers both an analysis of this burgeoning crisis of (mis)information overload and a practical guide for navigating it. Soplop argues that becoming a more discerning and less vulnerable consumer, or producer, of health and science information is critical.

Soplop has created an indispensable primer for reimagining how we think about and communicate what science really entails, including its profound social value and its many limitations. She also presents a series of engaging case studies—the decades-long disinformation campaign to sow doubt in climate change, the schemes in the wellness industry, the push for pseudoscience in the science classroom, the century-old rhetoric of the anti-vaccination movement, and the nation’s unfathomable COVID-19 response—demonstrating how players across society employ common, and therefore easily identifiable, tactics of distorting scientific information to manipulate us for power and profit. In vivid prose, Soplop crafts a compelling and hopeful case that building a stronger foundation of science and media literacy can empower us to improve our lives both personally and collectively.

Author Bio

Julia Soplop is a science writer and the author of Information Crisis: How a Better Understanding of Science Can Help Us Face the Greatest Problems of Our Time, Equus Rising: How the Horse Shaped U.S. History (winner of an Independent Book Publisher (IPPY) Award and a Feathered Quill Book Award), and Documenting Your World Through Photography. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including National Geographic, Summit Daily News, and Skiing. She also develops thought leadership for organizations that address issues of scientific, social, or technological concern. She holds a bachelor’s from Duke University and a master’s from the medical journalism program at UNC-Chapel Hill. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, three daughters, and their pandemic rescue pup. You can visit her online here.
The first 200 registrants will receive a physical copy of Information Crisis.
10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.: 4 Tools for Assessing Health Education Materials
Description
How do you know if health education materials are easy-to-read? This 2-hour webinar provides an overview of 4 free tools you can use to assess health education material. We’ll discuss the key elements, differences, and similarities of Clear Communications Index (CCI), Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM), Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT), and NLM’s Health Education Materials Assessment Tool (HEMAT). Learners will use NLM’s HEMAT to evaluate health education material in an exploratory exercise.
Learning Objectives:

Explain the benefits of assessing health education materials
Identify the key elements, differences, and similarities of 4 health education material assessment tools: Clear Communications Index (CCI), Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM), Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT), and NLM’s Health Education Materials Assessment Tool (HEMAT).
Use the NLM’s HEMAT to evaluate health education materials.

Presenter Bio
Molly Knapp, MA, AHIP-D is a Training Development Manager for the Network of the National Library of Medicine Training Office. A medical librarian for over 20 years, Molly develops, consults and leads national level training initiatives and projects on resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine, including PubMed and MedlinePlus.gov.

This session will be recorded and the recording will be shared with all registrants.

SCRLC Webinar: Fatphobia - What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Fight It
2024-06-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In this talk, Kate Manne will delve into the definition of fatphobia, how it is a systemic form of oppression, and how it intersects with many others–including racism, misogyny, classism, ableism, and transphobia. She will discuss the harms of fatphobia across multiple areas of life, and what we can do to combat it, including by seeking out better fat representation in literature and designing our world to accommodate people of every size.

Webinar: The Power of Kindness with kindness.org
2024-06-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Who couldn’t use a little more kindness in their day? But kindness is more than simply “being nice.” Research shows that kindness has physical, mental, and social benefits—and is essential for thriving workplaces. Through rigorous research, the nonprofit kindness.org has made a mission of creating evidence-based programs and tools to spread kindness in schools, workplaces, and everyday life. Join kindness.org’s co-founder & CEO, Jaclyn Lindsey, and learn what they have discovered about the science of kindness, its impact on happiness and well-being, and the most effective ways to spread kindness. In this informative and immersive workshop, you’ll not only learn about the science of kindness and the impact it can have on your days at work and home, but you’ll leave having experienced the power of kindness firsthand.
About the Presenter:

Jaclyn Lindsey, co-founder and CEO of kindness.org, believes that kindness is humanity’s greatest asset. It was this ethos that inspired her to launch kindness.org, a global non-profit that combines rigorous science into applicable solutions for kinder classrooms, communities and companies. Jaclyn has spent almost twenty years in the nonprofit space, where she’s helped raise more than $100M for domestic and international missions. An author & keynote speaker, she sits on the board of Children in Conflict and is the host of the podcast, Why Kindness? Jaclyn loves adventuring around with her husband, Mancel, and two boys, Abel and River, and spending time with family, friends, or strangers around a dinner table.

Live captioning will be provided.
This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward.

**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for one contact hour.**
All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.
All Attendees are expected to follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct

LILRC Webinar: Montauk to Manhattan with Novelist Thomas Maier
2024-06-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join award-winning author Thomas Maier when he discusses his upcoming novel, Montauk to Manhattan (Post Hill Press, July 9, 2024), which is both set on Long Island and drawn from our local history. Montauk to Manhattan is a rollicking murder mystery in which the protagonist’s own historical novel about the 1880s theft of Montauk Native-American lands by a LIRR tycoon is being filmed as a miniseries.
Maier will also discuss how his own books have been adapted into TV shows in this new era of streaming television, including his experience with MAFIA SPIES, a brand-new series coming out July 16 on Paramount+, and how his previous book about Masters & Johnson became an Emmy-winning Showtime drama series starring Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Jeremy Strong and Allison Janney. Those real life TV experiences inform the plot of Montauk to Manhattan, which was inspired by Maier’s 1998 Newsday investigation of the mistreatment of the Montauk tribe. That same Newsday investigation has been cited by the East End tribes in their legal attempts at official recognition. The novel also deals with today’s issues of the media, presidential politics, and #MeToo Hollywood.
“Yet another captivating work by Thomas Maier, who masterfully shares here his unique insider-lens on Hollywood, politics, crime, media and our often scandalous home base, Long Island.” —Claudia Copquin, Journalist and Founder of Long Island LitFest
Thomas Maier is the author of eight books, a television producer, and longtime award-winning journalist for Newsday in New York. His books about US history have been featured twice on the “Today” show, twice on “Morning Joe”, the CBS Evening News, ABC’s 20/20, NPR’s “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross, MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews, Cspan “Booknotes”, and at both the FDR Library and JFK Presidential Library. In 2022, Maier won the Columbia Journalism School Alumni Award for career achievement.

SCRLC Webinar: Shifting the Narrative - What does it mean to center BIPOC library worker needs?
2024-06-25 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In the last four years, library employees have experienced and witnessed the need for workplaces to center their employees’ well-being and how vital psychological safety, emotional intelligence, mental health, and trauma-informed care are. In Fostering Wellness in the Workplace, Twanna Hodge states, “No matter where you work, you have a right to a physically and emotionally healthy and supportive workplace” (p. 48). For Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) library workers in traditionally and predominantly white institutions, psychological and emotional violence is constant and harmful.

This session will focus on how institutions can center the needs of BIPOC library workers and how BIPOC workers can incorporate self-care and self-advocacy strategies into their practice.

CLRC Services Webinars
2024-07-10 10:00 - 11:15, 2024-07-17 10:00 - 11:15, 2024-07-24 10:00 - 11:15 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join the CLRC Staff for a series of webinars detailing what it means to be a CLRC member! We’ll discuss how to make the most of your membership. We’ll cover services from the Empire State Library Network (ESLN), funding opportunities, continuing education digitization services, resource sharing, networking, and more.
Here is what you can expect from each webinar:
July 10: Membership & ESLN Services
July 17: Funding Sources
July 24: Continuing Education, Cultural Heritage/Digitization Services, Health@CLRC, & Resource Sharing
Each webinar will be recorded but we encourage you to attend live to ask questions and let us know if there is anything else we can do for you!
Live captioning will be provided.

Attendees only need to register once to attend all three webinars.
All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.
All Attendees are expected to follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct

ESLN Workshop: Building Your Research Data Management Toolkit - Integrating RDM into Your Liaison Work
2024-07-16 09:00 - 13:00, 2024-07-17 09:00 - 13:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Presenters: Christina Chan-Park & Laura Palumbo for ACRL
Cost: $100 per seat
(only available to individuals in New York State. Registration is for individuals. Your fee includes materials for each person, and there is no group viewing option. There is a limit of 60 total participants, preference will go to liaison librarians.)
About the program:
Research data management has emerged as a need among academic researchers and liaisons are building skills in response. This two-day workshop will assist liaisons to identify their existing skills and mindsets that transfer to research data management services and then create a learning plan for the RDM specific knowledge needed to serve their subject disciplines. Tools, hints, and tricks will be shared that facilitate partnerships on campus with disciplinary faculty and with other RDM service providers.
Who should attend:
This workshop is intended for liaisons who are seeking to engage with research data management for the first time, or who have a very basic knowledge of research data management. This workshop is an introductory level experience. Attendees are not expected to have previous experience with research data management. The primary audience is subject liaison librarians, secondary audience include senior library administrators, middle management and department heads, and technical services librarians and staff. Other campus partners such as Office of Research, Sponsored Programs, Technology Transfer, IRB, or campus IT may be interested but would be a tertiary audience.
Learning Outcomes:
Workshop participants will be able to…

Identify data within the research process and lifecycle in order to articulate the role of the libraries in the management of data to researchers.
Learn how to develop expertise in the nuances of disciplinary requirements for data management in order to educate their faculty and students about data best practices for their discipline.
Articulate specific existing skills that they already possess as librarians which transfer to data services in order to begin building a toolkit of research data management skills.
Identify campus partners in research data management in order to create an environment of research data management support for their faculty.
Articulate the parts of a data management plan in order to describe its role as a living document within a research project.
Apply their relevant prior knowledge of their disciplines in order to create a research data management interview plan in order to facilitate faculty engagement

This program is produced by Empire State Library Network and SUNY Office of Library Information Services.

If you’re interested in attending, please consider applying for a Professional Development Award!

RRLC Webinar: Generative AI in Libraries - Implications, Adaptations, and Ongoing Discussions
2024-07-31 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
This webinar brings together two library workers to share updates, implications, and ongoing discussions regarding generative artificial intelligence tools in libraries, especially in teaching, learning, and education. The talk will center on recent trends and research on generative AI in libraries and will provide insight on how library workers are adapting and understanding the implications of generative AI tools. In addition, there will be a discussion on ethical approaches to use of AI in an educational setting. Bring your questions and ideas to this virtual forum!
Learning Objectives:

Identify and understand generative AI tools and its impact on libraries, especially on ethical considerations such as copyright issues
Develop ideas to engage with your community to discuss generative AI matters
Develop the ability to evaluate the implications of generative AI in libraries, especially on teaching, learning, and education

Presenters: Raymond Pun (he/him) is the academic and research librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education, a teacher residency program in California. Dr. Leo S. Lo (he/him) joined the University of New Mexico as Dean and Professor of the College of University Libraries and Learning Services (CULLS) in September 2021.
Free to RRLC & ESLN Members. This webinar will be held on Zoom Webinar; registration is required.
Live transcription will be available. We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, please contact rrlc@rrlc.org at least five business days ahead of the program you’d like accommodations for.
If you have any questions, please contact Tina Broomfield at cbroomfield@rrlc.org.

LILRC Webinar: Developing a Compelling Teaching Philosophy Statement
2024-08-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In this 90 minute webinar presentation, the presenter will outline the components of a succinct teaching philosophy statement. Participants will reflect on their teaching methods, style, and personality. The teaching philosophy statement articulates your teaching beliefs, values, and assessment activities, and serves as a roadmap that will help navigate your teaching practices.
Learning outcomes:
At the end of this 90 minute presentation, participants will be able to:
1. identify their personal theory of learning;
2. articulate their teaching beliefs, practices, and values;
3. provide examples of assessment techniques that evaluate student learning;
4. develop self-reflective activities to analyze their own teaching; and
5. integrate their own unique personality with memorable, engaging teaching practices
Presenter: Mark Aaron Polger (they/them) Mark Aaron Polger is an academic librarian and information literacy instructor who has been working in libraries since 1992. They received their MLIS degree in 2000 from the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario, Canada) and has worked as a librarian in public, hospital, and academic libraries. Currently, Mark is the Coordinator of Library Outreach at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York (CUNY). They have written about library marketing in journals and other publications and has presented nationally at library conferences. Mark is the author of 3 books; Engaging Diverse Learners: Teaching Strategies for Academic Librarians, co-authored with Scott Sheidlower (2017, Libraries Unlimited), Library Marketing Basics (2019, Rowman and Littlefield), and Library Signage and Wayfinding Design: Communicating Effectively with Your Users (2021, ALA Editions) Their research interests include library marketing, outreach, and UX (user experience) design. Currently, Mark is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the open-access, peer reviewed journal Marketing Libraries Journal, which was launched in Fall 2017. Their next book project will be on Library Marketing Post-COVID.

Webinar: Increase Religious Equity by Reclassifying Dewey 200's
2024-08-28 14:30 - 15:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
In 2019, OCLC provided an alternate arrangement for the Dewey Decimal System’s religion section (200’s), which organizes religious subjects more equitably by chronology and geography, rather than centering on Christianity. You’ll hear from OCLC about what the new arrangement is and how it was created. Also, you’ll hear from two public libraries (Lawrence, KS, and Springfield, MA) about how they implemented it as well as what tools are available to libraries interested in doing the same.
About the Presenters:
Alex Kyrios is Senior Editor of the Dewey Decimal Classification at OCLC. He oversees the continuous updating and revision of the classification, and works with partners and volunteers around the world to do so. He previously worked as a cataloguer at the University of Idaho and the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Emily McDonald is the Cataloging Librarian at Lawrence Public Library (Kansas). When she isn’t leading the cataloging department or cataloging children’s books, she is implementing optional Dewey arrangements, alternative subject headings, and empowering other catalogers to make local changes. She believes that everyone should see themselves on the shelf and in the catalog. She received her Master of Science in Information Studies from the University of Texas at Austin School of Information.
Matthew Jaquith has enjoyed a varied career spanning academic and public libraries in both technical and public services. He got a start at Amherst College with a variety of paraprofessional positions, moved to stack supervision at Brown University, and for the last decade and half has held a few posts at the Springfield City Library (Massachusetts) including reference, adult programming, and branch supervision. Since 2022, he has worked as Springfield’s Technical Services Supervisor, and it was there that he learned of OCLC’s Optional Arrangement for the Dewey 200’s. He has presented many times at state, regional, and national library conferences on topics as diverse as service to local authors; computer instruction in public libraries; and, most widely, the Dewey 200’s.
Elizabeth McKinstry is the Training and Programming Librarian at Springfield City Library in Massachusetts. She never met a special project she didn’t like.

Live captioning will be provided.
This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward.

**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for one contact hour.**
All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.
All Attendees are expected to follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct

RRLC In-Person Workshop: Empowering Through Language
2024-08-29 13:00 - 15:30 | Rochester Regional Library Council, 3445 Winton Place, Suite 204, Rochester, NY, 14623
Librarians know very well the power of language! Words and how they are used, whose words are heard, and how people access those words are at the foundation of every library’s mission.
Words are powerful. The words we use in our internal operations and in our public-facing engagements are extremely important because they can lift people up or push them down, inspire kindness and equity, or even unwittingly create an unwelcoming environment.
Join us for an interactive workshop and learn how to incorporate inclusive language into your everyday library operations – language that includes and empowers everyone in our communities!
Presenter: Anita O’Brien, Executive Director, Rochester Accessible Adventures. Anita O’Brien, M.A., is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist with 27 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities, and helped found Rochester Accessible Adventures. Anita serves as a member of the Community Advisory Committee at the University of Rochester’s Center of Excellence for People with Disabilities, and the DEC/APA Accessibility Advisory Committee. Anita has lived in Rochester since 2000, working to bring opportunities in sports and recreation to individuals and families with disabilities and medical conditions. She is passionate about building relationships within the community which serve to connect people with resources, remove systemic barriers to recreation and sports, and build communities that embrace inclusion.

Free to RRLC & ESLN Members.
All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for 2.5 hours of CE credit.
This is an in-person event; registration is required and the event will not be recorded.
We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, please contact RRLC at least five business days ahead of the program you’d like accommodations for.
RRLC Registration & Program Attendance Policies
If you have any questions, please contact Tina Broomfield. If the class reaches capacity and you are still interested in attending, please reach out to join the waiting list.

ESLN CCDA Webinar
2024-09-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join Barbara Lilley, Library Development Specialist at the Division of Library Development, for an overview of the NYS Coordinated Collection Development Aid program. Barbara will review how libraries should complete and submit the CCDA print and online forms, review when a library needs to submit a waiver, and share tips for libraries to track their CCDA funds once it is received on their campus.
Registration is required. This session is sponsored by the Empire State Library Network. If you have any questions, contact Tessa Killian: killian@senylrc.org.

LILRC Webinar: Cultivating Wellness through Engaging in Sustainable Environmental Practices
2024-09-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join Dr. Samuel M. Colbert, PhD., for this interactive educational program will focus on current methods for increasing psychological wellness through engaging in sustainable environmental practices. We will discuss current psychological research on topics related to the psycho-emotional effects of climate change. Participants will be asked to actively engage in discussion and activities related to their own environmental practices, anxieties and hopes for change.
Program Takeaways:
1. Understanding the psychological effects of climate change
2. Exploration of methods to reduce climate change
3. Exploration of methods to increase psychological resilience in the face of climate change
About the Presenter:
Dr. Samuel M. Colbert, PhD is a counseling psychologist, licensed in the state of Pennsylvania. He earned his PhD at Ball State University and completed his pre-doctoral clinical internship at University of Pennsylvania’s (UPenn’s) counseling center. He received his Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Ball State University and his Bachelor of Arts at SUNY Geneseo, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
Dr. Colbert is a clinician, consultant, educator, and researcher. He practices couples and individual therapy at Philadelphia Couples Therapy, a private group practice in Philadelphia, PA. He has also taught multiple undergraduate courses, including: The Psychology of Sexuality, Multicultural Counseling and Fundamentals of Counseling Skills. He has presented hundreds of LGBTQ+ Skill Building Workshops, with varied audiences including, psychologists at the Annual American Psychological Convention, National Rehabilitation Psychological Conference, and fellows at John’s Hopkins. Informed from his teaching, training, and clinical experiences, Dr. Colbert has co-authored a chapter in Navigating Difficult Teaching Moments in Teaching Diversity and Social Justice published by the American Psychological Association. His research includes exploring factors leading to the health and well-being of gender and sexual minority people possessing intersecting identities.
Sam is honored to continue to share his passion for learning, teaching, and training with the Long Island Library Resources Council!

NWILL Conference Watch Party at CLRC
2024-09-18 10:30 - 2024-09-19 19:00 | CLRC, 5710 Commons Park Drive, East Syracuse, NY, 13057, United States
On Wednesday, September 18 and Thursday, September 19 the Northwest Interlibrary Loan & Resource Sharing Conference will bring together members of the resource sharing community in the PNW and around the world. Program content ranges from practical, how-to sessions to philosophical discussions on the future of interlibrary loan and resource sharing.
Since the first conference in 2002, NWILL has been a resounding success, serving an important role in the Pacific Northwest library community and beyond. It is held annually and has an average in-person attendance of 150 people from all over North America. Since going virtual in 2020, nearly 500 online attendees have joined the conference, including increasing numbers of practitioners from outside of North America. Despite the ability to return to face-to-face programming, the NWILL Conference Planning Committee recognizes the need to continue offering professional development and contribution opportunities for those in the PNW and beyond. To that end, NWILL is being held in a hybrid format this year.
CLRC is excited to announce the 2024 NWILL Conference Watch Party! Hosted at the CLRC office, the watch party will take place from 10:30am to 7pm EDT on Wed 9/18 and 11:30am to 7pm EDT on Thu 9/19. Wednesday’s sessions will begin at 11am EDT and continue until 7pm EDT. Thursday’s sessions will begin at 12pm EDT and continue until 7pm EDT. Preregistered programming includes “A Newbie’s Experience: Sharing Resource Sharing Resources,” “Beyond Borders, Beyond Basics: The Value of International Resource Sharing,” and “Continuity in Excellence: Effective Resource Sharing Succession Planning.” See the NWILL Conference Program for full details. Join us to take advantage of the quality development, training, and networking opportunities NWILL offers while spending time with fellow ILL and resource sharing practitioners from the CNY region!
Central New York Library Resources Council is located at 5710 Commons Park Dr, East Syracuse, NY 13057. Signs inside the door will direct you to the viewing room.
Registration for the Watch Party includes access to the conference; no separate registration is required. Please note that CLRC is not hosting the additional programming on Friday, September 20.

ESLN Academic Leadership Series: Personal Development
2024-09-18 13:00 - 14:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
This series of six 90-minute panel discussions will feature academic library leaders from across New York State discussing various topics relevant to new and emerging leaders. Panelists represent a wide variety of academic institutions and provide a diverse set of experiences. As part of each session, participants will have opportunities to network with other new and emerging leaders through breakout rooms and small group discussions in addition to the larger panel discussion. These sessions will not be recorded.
Join us for the first event in this new series, exploring Personal Development! This discussion will focus on the ways in which leaders model and continuously develop their values and skills.
Topics discussed may include:

Personal values and modeling those values through library work
Harnessing personal strengths for impact and success
Prioritizing continuous development and new skill acquisition despite busy schedules
Self-care as a leader

Panelists: Geralynn Demarest (Columbia Greene Community College); Frances Maloy (Union College); Bonnie Swoger (SUNY Brockport)
Facilitator: Kristine Kasbohm (Canisius College)
Free to CLRC & ESLN Members. This event will be held on Zoom Meeting; registration is required.
All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours of CE credit.

ESLN Webinar: Generative AI and Practical Applications for Libraries
2024-09-19 13:00 - 14:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
ChatGPT and other forms of generative AI have burst into our lives and workplaces as a disruptive new technology. It is critical that libraries lead the way in educating both the community and our colleagues on how this technology works and how to best work with it. In this webinar, Dr. Harris will demystify artificial intelligence and provide examples of how to use the technology within libraries. Examples include basic book recommendations, homework help, translation services, and even AI-powered interrogations of our collections using customized GPTs. This session will include: an overview of AI technologies; hands-on demonstrations of different AI tools and services; and suggestions for best practices to ensure ethical aspects are considered, such as protecting patron privacy.
Presenter: Christopher Harris, EdD Dr. Christopher Harris is the Director of the School Library System for the Genesee Valley BOCES, an educational services agency supporting the libraries of 22 small, rural districts in Western NY. He was a participant in the first American Library Association Emerging Leaders program in 2007 and was honored as a Library Journal Mover and Shaker in 2008. In 2022, Dr. Harris was named a Senior Fellow for the American Library Association for school libraries and youth policy issues. Dr. Harris received his Ed.D. from St. John Fisher College in 2018 for dissertation research on helping teachers become more confident teaching computer science. He is the author of multiple books on gaming and computer science including upcoming titles on AI and machine learning from Rosen Publishing.
We invite you to submit a question for the presenter – there will be a place to do that during the registration process. The deadline to submit questions is September 5th.
Free to ESLN Members. Registration is required. This webinar will be recorded. This session is sponsored by the Empire State Library Network.
If you have any questions, contact cbroomfield@rrlc.org.

Webinar: The Collection Life Cycle - Collection Management in Action
2024-09-24 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
The circle of life applies to libraries too! Developing and managing collections is a continuous process, and knowing how materials flow through this cycle can help libraries keep their collections manageable and attractive for patrons. Moving from policy through weeding, participants will learn about selection, evaluation, and deselection while offering tips, tools, and trends to ensure a full life for your library’s collection.
After this webinar, participants will be able to:

Describe the collection life cycle
Compare tools and methods for materials selection
Implement best practices for weeding the collection

Presenter Bio:
Kristi Chadwick is the Director at Ballston Community Public Library in Burnt Hills, NY. She spent the last two decades in Massachusetts, most recently as a consultant for the Massachusetts Library System, a state-funded non-profit supporting libraries across the Commonwealth. Kristi is also the Science Fiction & Fantasy columnist for Library Journal and adjunct faculty for Simmons University School of Library Information and Science, teaching about collections and public libraries.

Live captioning will be provided.
This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward.

**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for 1.5 contact hours.**
All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.
All Attendees are expected to follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct

WNYLRC Webinar: Effective Library Advocacy - Engage Representatives Locally and in Albany
2024-09-25 10:30 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
This session is designed to equip professional academic, school, public, and special, library staff with the resources and knowledge needed to effectively organize local meetings with legislators, navigate Library Advocacy Day in Albany, and stay engaged in library advocacy year-round.
Learning Goals:

Understand NYLA’s Advocacy Messaging: Participants will learn how to locate and use the New York Library Association’s (NYLA) preferred advocacy messaging and understand the importance of a unified message in library advocacy efforts.
Improve Scheduling Strategies: Participants will gain knowledge on best practices for scheduling appointments with representatives, both locally and in Albany.
Enhance Communication and Relationship-Building: Participants will develop skills to effectively communicate with legislative offices, including timing and follow-up strategies.
Navigate Library Advocacy Day: Participants will become familiar with the structure and key activities of Library Advocacy Day in Albany and learn practical tips for successfully navigating the event, including networking and handling unexpected challenges.
Maintain Year-Round Advocacy Engagement: Participants will explore ways to stay engaged in advocacy efforts throughout the year, including staying updated on legislative changes, collaborating with others, and ongoing campaigns and resources available through NYLA to support continuous advocacy efforts.

This session will be recorded and made available to all who register.

ESLN Webinar: Conservation and Preservation Grant Writing Workshop
2024-09-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
NYSED Conservation and Preservation Discretionary Grant Writing Workshop
A grant writing application workshop will be conducted by the New York State Education Department, New York State Library, Division of Library Development, Conservation/ Preservation Discretionary Grant Program to inform prospective applicants of available grants and aid them in preparing for 2024/2025 applications.
The purpose of the New York State Discretionary Grant Program is to encourage the proper care and accessibility of research materials in the State, to promote the use and development of guidelines and standards for conservation/ preservation practices, and to support the growth of local and cooperative preservation programs.
The Discretionary Grant Program provides modest financial support for projects that contribute to the preservation of significant research materials in libraries, archives, historical societies and other agencies within the State of New York, whether by conducting surveys, improving collections storage environments, reformatting or treating collections or other preservation activities described in the guidelines.
The workshop will include a review of the general guidelines and a step-by-step review of the instructions for preparing a Discretionary Grant application. Included will be a description of the types of activities and projects that will be able to be funded through the program. Considerable time will be allowed for questions, and representative examples of successful (and unsuccessful) applications from previous years will be discussed. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to successfully write a grant application that meets program requirements.
Who Should Attend: Librarians, archivists, curators, and volunteers working in these types of organizations interested in applying for a Discretionary Grant are encouraged to attend the program.
This workshop is of no cost to all participants. However, registration is required online.

CDLC Webinar: Caring for Yourself and Your Colleagues in Times of Stress
2024-09-30 13:30 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In recent years, working in libraries has become increasingly stressful. While we can’t control external factors, we CAN adjust our work environments to better handle the stress that is thrown our way on a daily basis. Sonnet Ireland, a public library director in Louisiana, will start by outlining the challenges her staff faces. She will then share strategies and activities to create a calmer working environment despite these difficulties. This program will emphasize the practical and the affordable!
There will be plenty of time for questions following the presentation. Registrants may also submit questions ahead of time through the registration form or by emailing Susan D’Entremont at susan@cdlc.org.
About the Presenter: Sonnet Ireland is the Director of the Washington Parish Library, a four-branch public library located about 70 miles north of New Orleans. Previously, she held positions at St. Tammany Parish Library, University of New Orleans, Loyola University New Orleans, and Tulane University. She is a past president of the Louisiana Library Association and is the 2024 recipient of the Louisiana Library Association Meritorious Service Award. She made a cameo appearance on John Oliver’s recent segment on libraries, where she is “the understandably exasperated librarian in Louisiana” speaking before the Louisiana legislature.

SCRLC Lunch & Learn: Fall Vaccine Update - Covid and Flu
2024-10-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join Rachel Buckwalter, Director of Community Health at Tompkins County Whole Health, for a program focusing on the latest covid and flu vaccines. Learning outcomes:

Participants will learn the importance of receiving an annual flu shot and the updated Covid vaccine to prevent disease
Participants will learn about the composition of both vaccines which have been updated to provide protection against virus strains that are currently circulating
Participants will be able to state the recommended time to receive these vaccines for maximum protection
There will be time for a Q&A about other vaccines available
