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.

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!…