This event features presentations and a Q + A session with Muira McCammon (University of Pennsylvania), Michael Nelson (Old Dominion University) and Lorena Ramírez-López (Archivist, Developer and Translator contributing to multiple projects). Our three speakers will share their perspectives on bringing an ethical lens to the work of web archiving, including how we might view…
Join our Economics & Business METRO community for our Spring Townhall event--we want your input! We’ll be sharing updates from our member libraries, debriefing our poster session event, brainstorming future directions for our group, and discussing plans for fall reopenings. Please share this event with colleagues who may be interested in attending, and be sure…
All are welcome to attend this Preservation Interest Group meeting with Mark Wolfe, Curator of Digital Collections, Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany. Mark will share his expertise in preserving and reformatting audiovisual collections and answer participant questions. Please note: This program will NOT be recorded.
Join our the Library Assistants and Support Staff Association for an event on creditworthiness, financial planning, and other topics to help you get your financial ducks in a row. Topics include? - what constitutes a FICO score - does your credit score matter? - how to improve your creditworthiness, with or without a credit score…
Changes to subscription philosophies, reductions in library budgets, and adjusting to the needs of an evolving user community mean that libraries and vendors are working ever-closer to arrive at a solution that meets the needs of both parties. Through years of working with libraries, Amy Thurlow saw what she perceived as differences in treatment based…
This interactive and experiential course is designed to help you develop an understanding of implicit bias, its impact in libraries and health care, and how it stands in the way of workplace diversity and inclusion. You will leave the course with a deeper understanding of bias, implicit bias, stereotype threat, and microaggression; a greater awareness…
This series of brief webinars will illuminate the behind-the-scenes work that is done to make digital collections available on the New York Heritage Digital Collections website. Informal interviews with professional staff reveal stories from the archives, how materials were chosen as digital projects, and their impact on historical interpretations. Spies do exist in the archive!…
Join us for a two-part webinar series, “Archiving & Preserving Black Local History” on April 12 and April 19. Collecting and preserving local history requires trust, openness and self-awareness between cultural institutions and communities. “Archiving & Preserving Black Local History” is a 2-day workshop that will focus on building and strengthening partnerships that centers the…
Panelists: Carol McCrossen, Moffat Library, Washingtonville (RCLS), Daniela Pulice, Pleasant Valley Library (MHLS), Liz Potter, Phoenicia Library (MHLS) Preventing and Responding to Mold in Your Library: REady Steady In the Library: taking Initiative before an Emergency, Natural disaster, or Trauma Despite the best plans about what to do in the moment you experience a fire or flood or extended power outage, these random events still occur.…
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.…