Event Description: This is a starter session for librarians and librarian-adjacent staff (that means everyone who works in a library) who want to know more about personal and patron privacy and information security. This class is designed for a cybersecurity and privacy beginner who fills any role in your library. The workshop will explain and…

Join Erie Canal Museum Director of Education & Public Programming Derrick Pratt in exploring what he at first thought was just a fairly normal painting of man leading a team of horses pulling a canal boat that instead revealed an intriguing tale of political corruption and the waning days of the towpath era canal. Available…

This is a two-day conference. Thursday, June 8 (9:15 am to 4:00 pm) and Friday, June 9 (9:15 am to 12:15 pm) The conference will be recorded and distributed to all registrants. A Zoom link will be shared with you prior to the start of the event. Your registration will cover both days of this…

To encourage staying connected with each other during this time, we invite you to join us online second Tuesdays at Ten! Staying connected is important during this unprecedented time. CLRC is looking to stay engaged with our members by offering the library community an opportunity to chat, discuss, and check-in with colleagues around the region.…

Third Tuesdays at 2:00 pm CLRC offers a communication network among our region’s Library Assistants, Paraprofessionals and Support Staff through a Special Interest Group (LA SIG). Our interests include: * recognizing all library support staff employed in CLRC member libraries * furthering the professional development & job enrichment of support staff * enhancing the professional…

Patrick Ryan from the Buffalo History Museum will discuss William Wells Brown, who escaped slavery and risked his life to help others find freedom. In his spare time, he taught himself to read and write, lectured on the evils of slavery, and was the first African American to publish a novel and, later, a play.…

Do you work with students who would like to publish? Three librarians who developed a 90-minute workshop to strengthen students’ knowledge and confidence in finding publishing platforms for their work will share examples of those activities in this workshop, and then examine the results of their assessment from participants. Join us to learn how to…

Heard of ChatGPT? Not sure what to make of it? In this interactive session, Ray Pun and Dr. Leo S. Lo will highlight how AI tools have already been embedded in libraries long before the arrival of ChatGPT in November 2022. This webinar offers a critical perspective on the issues that will start occurring from…