The biggest threat to your online accounts is you! Most people have more than 15 online accounts. That's just too many passwords to remember! What's a good netizen to do? Come up with a clever way to remember those passwords, of course! So that'd be 'p@55w0rd!23', right? STOP! You're not that clever. The best way…
Join your fellow social media librarians for our next virtual meet up. We will have an open conversation about new and ongoing challenges. All are welcome!
Description: Good library policies set the stage for your library to provide relevant and effective services to your community. At this webinar, we'll look at why your policies matter, and how you can make sure they're supporting your staff and your patrons. Learning Objectives: Understand the importance and value of library policy for providing library…
Moderated by Jeremy Lyman (School Library Media Specialist, Buffalo Public Schools) Join us for a panel discussion, as Black women librarians share their perspectives on academic, public, school, and prison librarianship. These discussions will reveal their complex and varied lived experiences while navigating a predominantly white profession. Let's have an open and honest dialogue. Some…
The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey of the U. S. Census Bureau. It provides much more detailed information than the decennial census. This program will explore the American Community Surve, decennial census data and datasets on data.census.gov. We will learn about background informatoin on the data, such as frequency of datasets, geography, data…
Webinar Description: As colleges and universities look to Open Educational Resources to provide students with affordable academic materials, libraries and librarians are key partners. This hour-long webinar will include practical experiences, challenges, and observations of four panelists moderated by Jean-Paul Orgeron of the James M. Milne Library at SUNY Oneonta. About the Panelists: Carli Spina…
Scrapbooking is the art of decorating pages with mementos, hand written and printed materials, and ephemera from the events that have touched our lives. Unfortunately, your collection's scrapbooks might be at risk due to the types of materials used or from improper storage. This workshop will discuss common materials found in scrapbooks and options for…
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.