Student employees provide invaluable support in academic libraries but it takes time to show them the ropes. Some training and management techniques have been successful and some have not. We all learn from our mistakes right alongside our students and delight in their victories as they grasp new material. Join us as we explore topics…
All are welcome to join this discussion via Zoom with University at Albany Preservation Librarians, Ann Kearney, Karen Kiorpes, and their colleague Bridget Collins, Dewey Graduate Library. Learn the basic concepts of sustainability when caring for collections in libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies. We will focus on practical, doable affordable actions that can save…
In this session, you will learn how the ACP works so that you can encourage and assist your patrons to enroll in the program. The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more. The benefit provides a discount…
Join OHA as we welcome M.C. Antil, author of Floor Burns: Love, Passion and the 1967 Syracuse All-City Championship. The book has been described as “a sprawling, affectionate…portrait of a city being transformed by the 1960s, the people who lived there, and the game they loved”. This work is a non-fiction account of a high school championship basketball game.…
We’re launching a new exhibit, A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones! This new exhibition opens on Thursday, March 3rd at 5:30. Come join us downtown at the Onondaga Historical Museum to explore this fascinating new display of machines from the past 150 years which performed functions that, today, can be…
This program will cover the bases on how to start a garden and create garden centered programming that engages the young people in your community. Presenters: Syntychia Kendrick-Samuels A 2016 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, Ms. Kendrick-Samuel has had considerable success working for the people of Uniondale by creating a dynamic teen department, has won…
The LILRC Resource Sharing and Management Committee invites you to attend its 8th Annual Technical Services Open Forum. The 2022 forum will explore the impact of the pandemic on the serials publishing industry with presentations by Deb Knox, Director of Federal Sales, Cox Subscriptions, Inc. and by Bowen Thagard, Senior Vice President of Operations &…
Webinar Description: Digital technology is a conduit to many critical services (such as health, financial, and residential support systems), but not all people are able to use it. To ensure digital technology is a path rather than a barrier to service, CLRC is developing a Digital Navigator program to connect library users to assistance from…
Campus conversations and library luck in March. Join us for the CLRC Academic Librarians Special Interest Group meeting via Zoom. All academic librarians are welcome in this group to discuss research, department liaison roles, grants, collection development, and other topics related to the areas and responsibilities in academic libraries. REGISTER HERE …
New to cataloging and processing, or looking to brush up your skills? This webinar will teach library staff the basics of cataloging and processing books, such as creating specs on file. Specs on file (AKA vendor specification cataloging requirements) are required by each book vendor. There is no need to fill out a new form…