Join Ambrose Barbuto, Director of Waterways Maintenance with the New York State Canal Corporation, to get a brief overview of the maintenance activities that occurred on the NYS Canal System during the non-navigation season. This talk will take place one day before the beginning of the navigation season on the entire Canal System, a 197…

If these past two years have proved anything, it’s that having reliable access to the internet is a necessity. And yet access to the internet is far from assured in many homes across the country. For this and so many other reasons, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed last November includes a directive to…

Learn how to make your facilities more usable, safer, and appealing to people with a wide range of abilities throughout their life spans using universal design, with Jonathan White, Director of Design Consulting at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access. This webinar will be recorded. This webinar is supported with federal American Rescue…

Description: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... library letter?! Reimagining Automated Library Communication How many times have you received an email with a generic subject line that you’ve moved to your trash without opening? Admittedly, many of us are guilty of this. Automatically generated emails can feel impersonal or even negative in…

Why did Facebook rename itself for the Metaverse? What is the metaverse & how are people experiencing it? How are artists, nonprofits, even the NBA are racking up seven-figure payouts for otherwise mundane pieces of media called NFTs (non-fungible tokens)? Why are they so despised? In this session, we look at the crazy breakthrough apps…

CLRC is offering our members up to 20 seats at the upcoming LibraryWorks Webinar, Reverse Strategic Planning - Evaluating A Team's Workplace Productivity. Formal strategic planning usually starts with an overarching mission and vision statement to prioritize long term goals and guide management-level decisions for the workplace.   Reverse strategic planning, on the other hand, starts…

With the Center for an Informed Public at the University of Washington, facilitated by Iman Powe-Maynard The COVID-19 pandemic and the fallout from the 2020 U.S. presidential election have highlighted the acute impact of misinformation on democracy and public health. In addition, current global political crises have illuminated a new era of information warfare, with…

Please join LILRC for a conversation with Kacen Callender (they/them), a bestselling and award winning author of fiction books for children, teens, and adults, including King and the Dragonflies (2020 National Book Award Winner 2021, Coretta Scott King Honor Book 2021, Lambda Literary Award Winner 2021), Felix Ever After (Stonewall Honor Book 2021, A Time Magazine Best YA Book…

In this program, Melissa Jadlos and Ron Kirsop will outline a useful system for organizing, preparing, and staying current with all the critical documentation and information needed for efficient grant writing. They will also discuss common pitfalls to avoid and pro tips to include when completing grant applications. Project Outcomes: Outline to create a collection…

Description: Lynn, Jeff, Kate (and service dog Gem) visited five libraries in the SCRLC region to conduct accessibility audits. They will share an overview of the audit process and some of their top findings and recommendations for each library. Learning Outcomes: Learn more about the accessibility audit process Gain ideas for things you can implement quickly…