The Erie Canal Museum and Willow Rock Brewery are pleased to partner on this History Happy Hour, which begins at 6pm. At 6:30pm a special presentation by Museum Educator Derrick Pratt…
Join the Erie Canal Museum for the 17th annual Canal Clean Sweep hosted on Earth Day weekend! Each Earth Day, the NYS Canal Corporation and Parks & Trails New York host…
Providing robust readers’ advisory service that values equity, diversity, and inclusion principles is essential to all library service. Moving from being a neutral, well-meaning library where systemic racism is acknowledged…
Please join the New York State Library and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) for a series of information-rich training webinars aimed at increasing awareness and providing a deeper understanding of digital…
Public libraries across the country are experiencing an increase in encounters of patrons conducting “First Amendment audits”. The asserted purpose of these “audits” is to record alleged civil rights violations…
NOTE: THIS IS AN IN-PERSON PROGRAM. It will be held in our NEW location in the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) building, 800 Troy Schenectady Rd, Latham, NY 12110.…
Facebook, Twitter… we’ve seen them go awry when faced with the scourges of misinformation and trolling. In authoritarian regimes, entire platforms are easily blocked. Would decentralized social media, where there…
Join us to learn more about one of NASA’s most unique educational programs: Astrobiology for the Incarcerated. Astrobiology for the Incarcerated is an educational program that teaches incarcerated communities about…
In this webinar, Information Literacy Librarian Kelly Delevan will discuss the multiple ways in which bias (implicit and explicit) complicates our search practices. Bias can reside in information systems, individual…
It is no longer a question of whether a crisis will happen, but rather when, which type, and how it will occur. Managers need to think about the unthinkable in…