NNYLN Webinar: A Reintroduction to NYS Historic Newspapers

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

This early access session will provide a tour of the soon to relaunch NYS Historic Newspapers web site. We'll look at the new searching interface including boolean searching and faceting. We'll explore the new ways to browse the collection!

LILRC Webinar: Departures and Arrivals – Succession Planning for Libraries

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

Libraries are like airports with continual arrivals and departures of key staff. In order to have takeoffs and landings go smoothly, directors and trustees need to prepare for the departure of a director in times of crisis and otherwise by creating a succession plan. After covering what the current director and board must put in place prior…

LILRC Webinar: Pandit Dasa – Mindfulness For the Wandering Mind

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

Written by a monk-turned-leadership-guru, Mindfulness For the Wandering Mind offers unique insight on how you can focus your mind, become more resilient, respond better to conflict, and build stronger professional (and personal) relationships. It’s all possible when you begin to understand how your mind works and take control of this complicated mechanism. This book will…

LILRC Webinar: Workplace Productivity Skills – Presentation Software

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

Using PowerPoint, attendees will learn the basics of using presentation software including creating individual slides, adding text and graphic images, creating transitions, and running presentations. Other presentations applications may also be included such as Google Slides and Prezi. Presented by Albert Tablante, MLS, MALET. Registration is Required

LILRC Webinar: Girls Who Code – Cost-Free Library Curriculum and Programs

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

Computer science skills are some of the most sought-after and highest-paying in the US job market, with demand growing 3X the national average. In 1995, 37% of computer scientists were women. Today, only 24% of computer scientists are women. Attrition for CS interest in girls is heightened between the ages of 13 and 17. This…

LILRC Webinar: Exploring Jewish Genealogy with the Museum of Jewish Heritage, JewishGen, and JLTV

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

Join LILRC as we welcome Jack Kliger, President and CEO of The Museum of Jewish Heritage,  Avraham Groll, Executive Director of JewishGen, and Brad  Pomerance, Host and Executive Vice President, Jewish Life Television (JLTV) to learn about a new partnership. Using the digital resources of JewishGen, the historical resources of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, and the production resources…

WNYLRC Webinar: 3D Printing for Libraries

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

3D Printing is common as a hobby and increasingly is found in library Makerspaces. However, using a 3D printer successfully requires knowledge and experience which are often harder to come by than the equipment itself. This course is designed to fix that! Starting from the very basics of What Is 3D Printing? through coverage of essential skills…

LILRC Webinar: The Promise – A Picture Book about Jewish and Muslic Friends

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

Join LILRC as we welcome Bridget Hodder, co-author of The Promise (Kar-Ben Sept. 5, 2023), co-authored by Fawzia Gilani-Williams and Illustrated by Cinzia Battistel. A garden is a prayer. It is also a promise. In a Moroccan village, a Jewish boy and a Muslim boy are best friends. Jacob and Hassan play together every day in the…

CLRC Open Forums

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

We're relaunching our Tuesdays at Ten meetings as CLRC Open Forums.  Each month we'll have an initial topic for discussion, then let the conversation flow from there.  These open forums are informal and open to everyone—we look forward to seeing you on Zoom! September Topic: Workplace Culture The culture and environment of a workplace have…

LILRC Webinar: Sew Sisters – The Untold Story of NASA Seamstresses

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

Join LILRC as we welcome Jean Wright to discuss her career as a NASA Aerospace Composite Tech, also known as a NASA seamstress. Jean worked with the United Space Alliance at the Thermal Protection System Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. One of 18 seamstresses in this critical role, Jean and her co-workers dubbed their…