Webinar Description: Libraries have been at the forefront of the games for learning movement, both digital games and more recently as part of the tabletop renaissance of the past few years. Tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons have never been more popular, but getting started can seem daunting to the uninitiated. This webinar will offer a…
CLRC's digital services and platforms continue to grow and evolve. New York Heritage Digital Collections has a new Metadata Dictionary and Exhibit platform. New York State Historic Newspapers has added several new titles from our region. Empire Archival Discovery Cooperative is graduating out of its beta phase and poised to begin accepting new contributors. Our…
Are you an Early Career Library & Information Professional? Then we want YOU to join us at the May meeting of CLRC’s Early Career Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG)! For this month's meeting ECP SIG member Twanna Hodge will be giving us a sneak preview of her upcoming National Network of Libraries of Medicine presentation…
Join us at the CLRC office for a webinar viewing party! We'll be learning best practices for dealing with challenging patrons from a webinar provided by the ALA. Webinar Description: Every library employee encounters challenging patrons and users from time to time. Whether it's a group of patrons causing disruption, a loud patron, or possibly…
Join us at the Community Library of DeWitt & Jamesville for a follow up of last year's popular workshop, "Getting Started: Creating and Sustaining a Friends Group for your Library." The event will start at 10 a.m. but registration begins at 9:30 a.m. Workshop Description: Continuing to develop your library’s Friends group is vital to…
The Central New York Digital Inclusion Coalition Presents Census 2020 Summit. Join stakeholders from around CNY as we gather to discuss Census 2020 and digital inclusion. Presentations from Elizabeth Burkowski, Deputy Director of Upstate Revitalization, Lauren Moore, Chair of NYLA's Census 2020 Task Force & Executive Director of Pioneer Library System, and a Census 2020…
Are you an Early Career Library & Information Professional? Then we want YOU to join us at the July meeting of CLRC's Early Career Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG)! For this month's meeting we're doing a conference recap! Do you want to talk about a conference you've attended in the past year? Have you never…
Join us at the CLRC office to learn best practices for managing and alleviating work stress. Workshop Description: This training explores common causes for work related stress and strategies for alleviating and managing stress. This training addresses the importance of identifying both avoidable forms of stress and strategies for alleviating and managing stress to promote…
Join us at the Mid York Library System office to watch the webinar, "Security for Rural Librarians: Staying Safe at Work When Help is Far," together! Webinar Description: If you define yourself as a Rural Librarian, see if these scenarios sound familiar: A man comes in and asks you for the time. You tell him…
Are you an Early Career Library & Information Professional? Then we want YOU to join us at the August meeting of CLRC's Early Career Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG)! For this month's meeting we're talking about advocating for yourself! As early career professionals there's a lot to navigate while applying, accepting, and starting new jobs.…