Join Nicole Menchise in the Long Island Library Resources Council’s Scan Center (digitization and reformatting lab) to watch step by step how to handle, scan, gather metadata, number and properly house the 35mm slides in your collection.
Please note: This session will NOT be recorded. Join presenters Christine Fena and Claire Payne of Stony Brook University to discuss digital privacy. In this engaging session, participants will have the opportunity to explore several key aspects of online privacy, as well as think about ways to educate and inform their own patrons about digital…
How can librarians integrate discussions on digital citizenship, even without the benefit of a designated technology class, with tweens and teens? Manuela Aronofsky is a middle school technology integrator who engages with 10- to 14-year-olds on a daily basis. She will share some of the things she's learned from discussing online habits, trends, and activities…
Join us for a meeting of CLRC's Sustainability Special Interest Group! We meet every other month on the second Friday at 10 a.m. This group meets to discuss how best to reach our community to convey a sense of urgency regarding the state of our planet. Our focus is on the three pillars of sustainability:…
A conversation with Vanessa Nastro, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at the Port Washington Public Library, about creating multiple avenues of access to promote their archival materials. Her efforts resulted in the creation of the book Along Manhasset Bay, collaborating with app developers, MyTours to develop a complimentary walking tour, hiring Blumlein Associates, Inc. to…
Co presented by SCLA Division of Academic and Special Libraries (DASL) and LILRC Presenter Will Salas has been a Patent and Trademark Resource Center Representative since 2009 and opened The Smithtown Library PTRC in 2013. Since then, he has aided over 1,000 inventors and entrepreneurs. Mr. Salas has an MLS from St. John's University, a BA…
Please join LILRC's Health Sciences Information Committee for LILRC Hospital Library Services Program 6th Annual Conference. Christopher J. Gobler, Ph.D, will be speaking on the topic of Environmental Health and on the development of LIBAWQA, the Long Island Beach Water Quality App, through which the public can access up to the minute information on the…
Webinar Description: Are you interested in implementing nature-based programming to help connect your patrons to the natural world? Nature programming can help you attract new audiences, as well as deepen your relationship with the library’s “frequent flyers.” In addition, nature programming can help foster a conservation ethic that will guide the way towards a sustainable future.…
The State Library has created an email listserv to allow digital equity stakeholders to share news, ask questions, and facilitate opportunities for collaboration. If you would like to be part of these ongoing conversations, we encourage you to sign up for our e-mail listserv: https://listserv.nysed.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=digitalequityny&A=1 . The State Library will be convening a series of three roundtable discussions on Digital Equity in 2021…
Description: Historic Saranac Lake Archivist/Curator Chessie Monks-Kelly will share collections that document the history of research at the Saranac Laboratory. The Saranac Laboratory was built in 1894 for Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau; it was the first laboratory in the United States for the study of tuberculosis. Although the laboratory’s initial and main purpose was to…