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LILRC Webinar: Ask An Archivist - Scrapbook Preservation
2021-03-30 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
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 long term preservation.

METRO Webinar: Ethics and Archiving the Web - How to Ethically Collect and Use Web Archives
2021-03-30 16:00 - 17:00 | NY, United States
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 the work collecting, displaying, and sharing material archived from the web.
Register here.
Ethics and the expansion of access to web archiving tools via translation (from English to Spanish)
Lorena Ramírez-López
It’s hard for web archives to serve and be used by the public when web archiving interfaces, tools and documentation are being predominantly created with the assumption that users have fluency in the English language. It’s also problematic for web archives to not only be housed in the US, but also described, accessed and processed in English only.
The expansion of access to web archiving tools and information via translation of documentation and resources into different languages opens opportunities to do web archiving to a much larger group of users including many in underserved communities. The ethics surrounding translation methods and the ways web archiving tools, documentation, and resources are shared are essential to explore and consider as this important work continues. In this presentation we will learn more about how it’s not only about language, but also about lowering the barriers of entry, support, and collaboration that facilitates collecting among English and Spanish speakers alike.
Ethical approaches to research and scholarship using web archives
Muira McCammon
Using web archives for research and scholarship can be fraught, especially when exploring contested knowledge and issues surrounding governmental transparency. This presentation will include an examination of deletion practices and controversies surrounding information infrastructures that support long-term cultural memory (including social media). The analysis and processes covered are influenced by experience as an investigative journalist and as an academic studying a broad range of issues including dead and dying digital platforms. Ethical approaches are integral to understanding the past and present, as well as perhaps anticipating the future. In this presentation one will learn more about how ethics guide research, scholarship and communications surrounding this work.
Uncertainty in Replaying Archived Twitter Pages
Michael L. Nelson
@phonedude_mln, @WebSciDL
Archiving Twitter pages in public web archives like the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine and archive.today are often preferable to taking screenshots of Twitter pages, but there are real concerns about the fidelity and authenticity of replaying archived Twitter pages. We cover
some of the well-known problems in archiving and replaying Twitter, including: support for foreign languages, the impact of Twitter’s user interface change in the Summer of 2020, replaying pages that never existed on the live web, inconsistent replay of “fact-check labels”, and artifacts introduced in archival replay by competing scripts. Individually and in aggregate, all of these issues could contribute to either misinformation (confusion on replay) or disinformation (cherry-picked examples being used to support an untrue narrative). Those who would use archived Twitter pages for historical analysis must be aware of uncertainties introduced by replay systems and ethical implications associated with these factors.

METRO Webinar: Economics & Business Interest Group Spring Townhall - Resilient Futures
2021-03-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
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 to join our new email list: https://lists.metrolists.org/mailman/listinfo/econbiz
Lucy Heckman (St. John’s University) and Dan Hickey (New York University)
Co-Conveners, METRO Economics & Business Group

CDLC Webinar: Preservation Interest Group - Topic A/V Colletions, Preservation and Access
2021-04-06 09:30 - 11:00 | NY, United States
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.

METRO Webinar: LASSA Presents - Financial Planning for the Future, FICO Score and Credit Worthiness
2021-04-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
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
Carol O’Rourke is a Certified Financial Planning Professional with extensive experience in personal finance, ranging from budgeting, managing credit, reducing debt to building retirement savings and investing. A graduate of NYU Stern School of Business (MBA), she worked on Wall Street for 25 years and later ran a non-profit presenting financial literacy classes throughout NYC.

LILRC Webinar: Perceived Gender Issues in Library-Vendor Negotiations and Beyond
2021-04-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
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 on gender from both the library side and from vendors. As Thurlow delved through survey results, and then through the literature, she hoped to learn this was just a misperception on her part. Instead, Thurlow and her co-researcher, Anne Cerstvik Nolan, learned about the factors at play causing these gender portrayals. In this program, they will discuss situations and experiences that happen on a daily basis, and how we can overcome those in an effort to change society and move toward equality.
Presenters: Amy Thurlow is the Regional Sales Manager for Academic Libraries in New England and has been at EBSCO for over 16 years, mostly in the role of a vendor. She has developed close relationships with many of her customers allowing her to have deep conversations about issues such as gender issues. She is a single mother of a strong 23 year old and they often coach each other on fair treatment by society. She is passionate about equality and teaching others to identify mistreatment and how to approach the situation toward a solution.
Anne Cerstvik Nolan has been at the Brown University Library for 28 years, first as Assistant Head of Reference and Head of Interlibrary Loan. She was also the Electronic Resources Librarian for several years before attaining her current position as Collection Strategist for Licensing and Assessment. Anne has worked with library vendors for over 20 years and this project was born from that work. She is also the proud mom of two very cute Chihuahuas.

WNYLRC Webinar: Implicit Bias Training for Information Professionals
2021-04-08 13:00 - 17:00 | NY, United States
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 of your biases; and practical strategies to overcome biases and incorporate cultural competence into your library services.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, students will be able to:

define bias, implicit bias, stereotype threat, and microaggressions
define implicit associations
utilize the implicit association test to understand personal biases
understand the link between implicit bias and health disparities
cite examples of how implicit bias impacts hiring practices and the workplace environment
utilize the C.H.E.C.K. framework to consciously mediate personal biases
articulate practical strategies to overcome biases and incorporate cultural competence into library services

Registrants will be emailed the workshop information one day prior to the webinar.
About the Presenters:

Shannon Jones (she/her/hers) is Director of Libraries and Professor for the Medical University of South Carolina, where she has worked since 2014. Shannon is the co-editor of Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries: A Call to Action and Strategies. Her research interests include staff recruitment, retention and reward, diversity, equity, and inclusion in libraries, and leadership in academic health sciences libraries. She earned her MLS from North Carolina Central University and an M.Ed. in Adult Learning from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is currently pursuing an Ed.D in Educational Leadership at Charleston Southern University.
Kelsa Bartley, MSI, is Education & Outreach Librarian in the Learning, Research, and Clinical Information Services Department of the Louis Calder Memorial Library, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Her role includes teaching and providing other library education and research services, as well as outreach and promotion of library services and resources. She is currently the 2020-2021 Chair of the African American Medical Librarians Alliance Caucus (AAMLA) and serves on MLA’s DEI Committee. Her research interests include diversity, equity and inclusion in libraries, library marketing, outreach and social media, technology for health information promotion, and library instruction and instructional design.
Kimberly L. Reynolds, M.D., is a board-certified pediatrician who has dedicated her life’s work to improving the lives of children in south Florida. She has published in premier journals, such as Pediatrics and Hospital Pediatrics, and has conducted training on cultural competence and implicit bias for faculty, staff, residents, and students at the University of Miami.

New York Heritage Bits & Bytes: Kristen Nyitray (Stony Brook University)
2021-04-09 10:30 - 11:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
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! Our next guest is Kristen J. Nyitray from Stony Brook University Libraries. Kristen will discuss the history and process of stewarding two American Revolutionary War-era, Culper Spy Ring letters authored by George Washington. Significant to regional and national historical narratives, she will provide context for the letters and detail the measures taken from acquisition to digitization in New York Heritage to ensure they are true public documents.
Kristen J. Nyitray is Associate Librarian and Director of Special Collections and University Archives, and University Archivist at Stony Brook University. Among her publications are the books Long Island Beaches and Stony Brook: State University of New York. Her current research is focused on Indigenous Long Island. A Certified Archivist and Digital Archives Specialist (SAA), she is recipient of the Chancellor’s Award (State University of New York) and the President’s Award (Stony Brook University) for Excellence in Librarianship.
New York Heritage Digital Collections, created and maintained by the Empire State Library Network, promotes access to the wealth of historical resources held by cultural heritage institutions—so that inquiring minds can learn more about the people, places, and events that contributed to the making of New York State. Visit us at nyheritage.org

RRLC Webinar: Archiving & Preserving Black Local History: A Two-Part Webinar Series
2021-04-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2021-04-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join us for a two-part webinar series, “Archiving & Preserving Black Local History” on April 12 and April 19.
Collecting and preserving local history requires trust, openness and self-awareness between cultural institutions and communities. “Archiving & Preserving Black Local History” is a 2-day workshop that will focus on building and strengthening partnerships that centers the perspectives and needs of creators and preservers of cultural heritage. In an open forum with community members, librarians, and archivists, this workshop series will cover archiving Black history and culture, capacity limitations, and non-custodial models. Participants are welcome to attend one or both sessions. Steven G. Fullwood, co-founder of the Nomadic Archivists Project (NAP), will lead the interactive webinars. NAP is an international initiative that bridges the gap between content creators, institutions, and archival practice.
April 12, 2021 – What’s Here, What’s Not and Why: Black Local History and Libraries
April 19, 2021 – The Politics of Preserving and Archiving Black Cultural Heritage
This program is open to library staff, archivists, and local history makers across New York state. The series is free to attend.
Attendees may earn up to 10 hours of continuing education credit.
NOTE: Attendees will need to register for each webinar they plan to attend.
If you have any questions, contact Tina Broomfield.

Archiving and Preserving Black Local History Part 1: What’s Here, What’s Not and Why: Black Local History and Libraries
Webinar #1 | Monday, April 12, 2021 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
A workshop for Black local history makers interested in partnering with libraries to assist them in identifying and building Black history resources.
Librarians, archivists, local history makers and interested individuals can attend one or both workshops, as subjects discussed impact cultural institutions and the communities they serve. In both sessions, the facilitator will emphasize that trust and transparency is germane in building and enhancing relationships between memory institutions and their communities.
Webinar Itinerary:
10 am – Introduction to topic
11 am – Discussion about strategies and resources
1 pm – 2 pm – Lunch break
2 pm – 3 pm – Vision planning
3 pm – 4 pm – Critical takeaways, feedback
Archiving and Preserving Black Local History Part 2: The Politics of Preserving and Archiving Black Cultural Heritage
Webinar #2 | Monday, April 19, 2021 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
A workshop for librarians and archivists interested in building their local Black history collections in ethical, equitable ways.
Librarians, archivists, local history makers and interested individuals can attend one or both workshops, as subjects discussed impact cultural institutions and the communities they serve. In both sessions, the facilitator will emphasize that trust and transparency is germane in building and enhancing relationships between memory institutions and their communities.
Webinar Itinerary:
10 am – Introduction to topic
11 am – Discussion about strategies and resources
1 pm – 2 pm – Lunch break
2 pm – 3 pm – Vision planning
3 pm – 4 pm – Critical takeaways, feedback

SENYLRC Webinar: Planning for Recovery
2021-04-12 14:00 - 15:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Panelists: Carol McCrossen, Moffat Library, Washingtonville (RCLS), Daniela Pulice, Pleasant Valley Library (MHLS), Liz Potter, Phoenicia Library (MHLS)
Preventing and Responding to Mold in Your Library: REady Steady In the Library: taking Initiative before an Emergency, Natural disaster, or Trauma
Despite the best plans about what to do in the moment you experience a fire or flood or extended power outage, these random events still occur. And then what? The focus of this webinar is about helping libraries plan for recovery after a catastrophic event. This session is structured as a panel discussion with three library directors who have experienced disasters at their libraries. They will briefly explain what happened and then describe how they and their staff transitioned from the immediate response to rebuilding. They will share lessons on what they wished they had known or done before the disaster, what they learned during the rebuilding, and any steps they took to review what happened that inform new plans or policies.

Second Tuesday at Ten!
2021-04-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
To encourage staying connected with each other during this time, we invite you to join us online second Tuesdays at Ten!
Staying connected is important during this unprecedented time. CLRC is looking to stay engaged with our members by offering the library community an opportunity to chat, discuss, and check-in with colleagues around the region. Please join us for our monthly online Zoom meeting every second Tuesday. Call in to say hi, ask questions, provide updates, and talk to your fellow library people!
For this Tuesday at Ten, we’ll start with our normal check-in before our executive director, Marc Wildman, discusses our new Recovery Grant. He’ll explain the approval process, what we’re looking for in your application, and answer any of your questions.
Join URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87256143578For those joining by phone: 1-646-876-9923Meeting ID: 872 5614 3578

Webinar: Post COVID-19 World on Community Engagement and Student Retention - An Online Discussion
2021-04-13 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
COVID-19 has been disruptive and impacted all sectors of society. What lessons can we draw from COVID-19 related to community engagement and student retention and how do we apply them in a post COVID-19 world? Universities are sorting out student retention, recruitment, and engagement strategies in remote and hybrid formats. Community anchors such as public libraries are redefining their services to their users. Vaccine distributions are being rolled out across the world and select libraries are serving as testing and vaccine deployment sites. However, there is still a growing concern. We may not return to pre-COVID-19 world. This interactive presentation will focus on key ideas and lessons on community engagement and student retention measures by such institutions and to reimagine what a post COVID-19 world may look like.
About the Presenter:
Ray Pun (he/him) is a librarian in the Bay Area, California. He has previously worked in public, special, and academic libraries. Ray has published and presented extensively on a variety of topics in LIS such as global librarianship, academic collaboration, sustainability, and diversity programming. Ray holds a doctorate in education and a Master of Library Science. Some of his professional service activities include serving as a member of the ALA Policy Corps, and as Vice President/President-Elect of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA).
Live captioning will be provided.
This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward.

**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for one contact hour.**
All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.

CDLC Event: Resoure Sharing Symposium
2021-04-14 08:00 - 12:00 | NY, United States
The Symposium, sponsored by CDLC’s Committee on Resource Sharing (CORS), will be a 3-hour virtual presentation pertaining to current issues in Resource Sharing. We are honored to have Ben Hogben from Ithaca College as our keynote speaker to discuss change management. We will then present on a variety of topics from professionals in the area during our Lightning Round session. Join us for the last 30 minutes when we breakout into smaller discussion groups to connect with members from all library types across the Capital District.
This event is free and open to all CDLC and ESLN members!

DHPSNY Webinar: Museum Chartering 101 - What is Chartering?
2021-04-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar
Presenter: Lauren Lyons, Chartering Coordinator, New York State Museum
Date: Thursday, April 15th
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Description: A museum or historical society in New York that wishes to organize as a nonprofit private education corporation must be issued a charter from the Board of Regents. But how does that process work? What are the different types of charters available? What are the benefits of being issued a charter? Join Lauren Lyons, Chartering Coordinator at the New York State Museum, to learn the answers to these questions and more.
Museum Chartering 101: What is Chartering? Is the first webinar in a series designed to help institutions better understand the processes involved in New York’s chartering program.
Click here to register.

About the Presenter: Lauren Lyons
Chartering Coordinator, New York State Museum
Pronouns: she|her|hers
Lauren Lyons is the Chartering Coordinator and Assistant to the State Historian. She interacts with municipal historians, museums and cultural organizations throughout the state. Her position includes reviewing museum charter applications, and completing research projects within the Office of State History. (line break) Lauren previously worked as a Legislative Assistant for the New York State Senate. She graduated from the University at Albany with a degree in history and is currently enrolled in the Public History MA program. Her current research is focused on architecture and iconography in New York State following the American Revolution.

LILRC Webinar: 6 Documents Every Archive Needs - Incoming & Outgoing Loan Paperwork
2021-04-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In this four-part series, Nicole Menchise, LILRC Digitization and Archives Coordinator, will explain why these documents and policies are key to the operation of an archival repository. Examples will be shared.
The six documents are:
Collections Management Policy -January 15th
Temporary Custody Receipt & Deed of Gift – February 19
Incoming & Outgoing Loan Paperwork – April 16
Emergency/Disaster Plan – May 14
Having policies in place allow archives professionals guidelines for collections management, future acquisitions, lending archives to other organizations for exhibition, assessing preservation needs and planning for emergencies.
Who should attend: librarians serving local history rooms, directors and employees/volunteers of historical societies, house museums or other cultural institutions.

WNYLRC Webinar: Universal Design for Learning - Making Your Teaching Work for Everyone
2021-04-19 13:00 - 14:30 | NY, United States
Universal Design for Learning is a set of principles to guide instructors in creating truly accessible learning environments in which all learners can thrive. In this workshop, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the principles of Universal Design for Learning – multiple means of representation, multiple means of action and expression, and multiple means of engagement – as they apply to information literacy instruction. We will discuss how these guidelines can be applied to one-shot, embedded, and for-credit teaching contexts. Participants will have a chance to discuss potential barriers to implementing UDL and brainstorm ways of overcoming these barriers together.
Registrants will be emailed the workshop information one day prior to the webinar.
About the Presenter:
Molly Maloney, MLS (she/her/hers) is the Pharmacy Liaison Librarian at the University at Buffalo. She has employed Universal Design for Learning in both workshop and for-credit Information Literacy settings and presented on the methods and findings at LOEX, SUNYLA and the WNYLRC Unconference, among others. Her background is in second language acquisition and inclusive instruction.
Emily Carlin (she/her/hers) is a librarian at SUNY Erie Community College. She has presented on universal design and accessibility in libraries at LOEX, SUNYLA, and the WNYLRC Unconference. Emily has a master’s degree in Information Science and Learning Technology from the University of Missouri and a master’s in Philosophy from Indiana University.

METRO Webinar: Learning from Long-Term Leading Web Archiving Initiatives
2021-04-20 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Learning from Long-term Leading Web Archiving Initiatives
featuring Sumitra Duncan (New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC)) and Alex Thurman (Columbia University Libraries)
Tuesday, April 20, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Join us to hear from two leading voices in the web archiving world. Sumitra Duncan (New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC)) and Alex Thurman (Columbia University Libraries) will share lessons learned from the point of view of established web archives.

METRO Webinar: LASSA Presents - Retirement Planning and Social Security
2021-04-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
This workshop walks participants through the basics of determining where their retirement income will come from and how-to best plan for a financially secure and happy retirement. Topics covered include:
> Social Security
> Pension Plans including 401(k)s or 403(b)s
> Self-Directed Retirement Savings Plans
About our presenter:
Kathleen Kalmes, CFA has served NYPL’s Business Library as a financial resources specialist since 2002. She creates and teaches financial literacy training programs for the public and staff. Previously, she was an investment vice president at NY Life Insurance Company, working as a securities analyst/portfolio manager. Ms. Kalmes holds an MBA from NYU and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

RRLC Annual Meeting 2021
2021-04-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join us for the 2021 RRLC Annual Meeting to celebrate the achievements of RRLC members and to congratulate the outstanding libraries and library staff in our region.
Meeting Agenda:
10:00 am Welcome and Business Meeting
10:10 am Lightning Talks from recent recipients of RRLC grants: Henrietta Public Library, University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester Museum & Science Center
10:35 am Recognition of national award winners
10:40 am Recognition of 2021 RRLC Library All Stars
10:45 am Recognition of 2021 RRLC Libraries of the Year
11:00 am Closing
Free to RRLC and ESLN members. This will be held on Zoom Webinar; registration is required. REGISTER HERE
We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, including sign language interpretation, please contact Laura Osterhout at least five business days ahead of this program.

DHPSNY Webinar: Photographs in the Archive - Caring for Photographic Collections
2021-04-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Description: From tintypes to color prints, photographic collections require specific collections care methods. In this presentation, Preservation Specialist Amanda Murray offers guidance on basic preservation of photographic collections including strategies for storage, housing, and handling.
Click here to register.

About the Presenter:
Amanda Murray
Preservation Specialist, DHPSNY
Pronouns: she|her|hers
As Preservation Specialist for the Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York program, Amanda conducts Preservation Surveys and assists with archival and preservation planning. She also develops and presents educational programs and provides technical information to library and archival repositories in New York State. Prior to joining DHPSNY in 2020, Amanda worked as the Visual Materials Cataloger for the Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. She has worked as an archivist for Preserving the Past, LLC, an archival consultant for the Out Alliance in Rochester, NY, interned in the Photography Department at the George Eastman Museum, and served as the graphics and marketing communications coordinator for The Corning Museum of Glass. Amanda received an MA in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management from the University of Rochester and George Eastman Museum, an MLS from the University at Buffalo, and a BA in Art History from SUNY Fredonia.

RRLC Webinar: Renewals Colloquium - Promoting Empathy & Self Preservation in the Workplace
2021-04-22 14:00 - 15:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join Kaetrena Davis Kendrick for a discussion and exploration of the impacts of low morale in the workplace. Kendrick’s mission is to inspire authentic collegiality, and to promote well-being, share the gifts of creativity, and cultivate empathetic, engaged leadership in the workplace. Kendrick has published studies on low morale in both academic and public libraries, and will share insights from those studies and invite discussion of attendee’s experience of low morale in the workplace.
Renewal Colloquium attendees are encouraged to informally discuss, explore, and resolve questions about Kendrick’s low morale studies and/or their experiences of low morale. If you have a question or concern about low-morale experiences or related research or behaviors, please submit them through this registration form. Kaetrena will choose several attendee questions to address during the event.
Free to RRLC & ESLN Members. This webinar will be held on Zoom Webinar; registration is required.
All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for one hour and 30 minutes. Please note that this webinar will not be recorded.

Webinar with FLS: Fundraising Beyond the Book Sale
2021-04-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The Central New York Library Resources Library Council and the Friends of Libraries Section of the New York Library Association are happy to present this special program regarding library fundraising this Earth Day 2021!
Webinar Description:
Looking for some best practices for fundraising that can be implemented within pandemic safety guidelines? When you cannot gather crowds at large-scale book sales, are there other creative projects and tactics your Friends and foundation can undertake? Rebecca Fuss of the Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library will discuss annual appeals, donor relations, peer-to-peer fundraising, and other community-wide donation efforts that provide a good return on the investment of your time. Jenny Goodemote and Kathy Shay of Wood Library in Canandaigua will share the details of their “knock-out” fundraiser, Pursapalooza, a sale of purses, jewelry, artwork, and more. Organized by a committee of trustees, this in-person annual event morphed into an online store of designer handbags in November 2020. Until large-scale book sales can resume once more, strengthening connections with long-time supporters and adapting the library’s profitable fundraisers is the name of the (socially distant) game!
Learning Objectives
After the webinar, attendees will be able to:

Adapt previous fundraising techniques to better fit today’s environment.
Communicate with either your Friends group or Board of Trustees about the future of library fundraising.
Identify best practices for connecting with your community and communicating your needs to them.
Begin planning your own library fundraiser using one or more suggestions from our presenters.
Evaluate online platforms for virtual, in-person, and hybrid fundraising events.
Expand your ability to reframe and organize library fundraisers.

About the Presenter(s):
Rebecca Fuss is Director of Advancement for the Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library and a Certified Fund Raising Executive. She is responsible for all aspects of development in the organization’s strategic plan, including the annual campaign, grant proposals, special campaigns, planned giving, and donor stewardship events. In her previous position as Director of Programming and Outreach for FFRPL, she collaborated with over 80 community leaders and organizations to provide programs with an annual attendance of over 3,500 people. Rebecca has a BA in Communication/Journalism and Political Science from St. John Fisher College. She served as President of the Friends of Libraries Section of the New York Library Association in 2018. Rebecca lives in the city of Rochester with her husband, Tim. Their daughter, Katherine, is a senior at the University of Rochester.
Kathy Shay joined the Wood Library Board of Trustees in January 2019. Kathy has participated in various board committees including Strategic Planning, Fundraising and Governance. She has served as Chairperson for the library’s signature event, Pursapalooza, as well as the Virtual Challenge Fundraiser. When she’s not volunteering, she works as Senior Vocational Counselor with the New York State Education Department.
Jenny Goodemote has been the Executive Director at Wood Library in Canandaigua since 2012. She loves the variety in her daily work and during her 15 year career in libraries, has certainly faced her share of challenges from building projects and public votes to a sprinkler flood and now COVID. She truly believes that each challenge always presents an opportunity for positive change.
About the Friends of Library Section:
The Friends of Libraries Section (FLS) is one of nine Sections of the New York Library Association. Founded in 1992 as the Empire Friends Roundtable, FLS’s mission is to create a network to connect and inspire Friends groups in all types of libraries to support the New York library community.
FLS webinars are aimed at re-energizing Friends groups by recruiting today’s volunteer corps, encouraging community partnerships, and helping groups run efficient operations that are compliant with nonprofit law. Over the past three years, FLS has built a catalog of online content that is informative, innovative, and beneficial to Friends organizations of all sizes.
All FLS webinar sessions are recorded by NYLA and posted on the FLS webpage. Go to www.nyla.org/friends > Events > FLS Webinars to watch past offerings at any time, free of charge. Past webinars include Best Practices for Management of Friends Boards; Administrative Teams: A New Approach for Friends Leadership; Connecting With Today’s Volunteers to Transform the Friends of the Library; Engaging Millennials as Friends Volunteers; Charitable Planned Giving as a Fundraising Tool; and Effective Boards and Board Meetings.
Live captioning will be provided.
This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward.

**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for one contact hour.**
All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.

RRLC Webinar: FLX Kids Are Alright - Youth Mental Health Literacy Tools for Library Staff (Part II)
2021-04-26 14:00 - 15:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The FLX Kids are Alright initiative aims to improve mental health literacy for middle- and high-school aged youth in five counties in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. Through a unique partnership between Common Ground Health, Monroe County Library System, Pioneer Library System and the Rochester Regional Library Council, the initiative will directly engage youth in the creation of new mental health and well-being literacy resources to improve library collections and programming.
As a follow up to our first training in March, please join us for the reveal of the new mental health and well-being literacy resources developed by the youth from the FLX Kids Are Alright project. We will discuss how library staff can access and use these resources, to provide mental health support to youth and their families in the community. Library staff will also discuss how their library can support the launch of the project’s social media campaign for Mental Health Awareness in May using these new materials.
Presenters: Staff from Common Ground Health will lead the training. Phyllis Jackson is a Registered Nurse, health literacy expert, and the Community Wellness Project Manager. Alicia Evans is an expert in youth services and is the Healthy Schools Project Coordinator. Hannah Shippee is a Program Coordinator.
Free to RRLC and ESLN members. This webinar will be held on Zoom Webinar; registration is required. All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance.
We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, including sign language interpretation or closed captioning, please contact rrlc@rrlc.org at least five business days prior to the session.
Contact Laura Osterhout (losterhout@rrlc.org) with any questions.

LILRC Webinar: Digitization Series - Feeling Positive About Glass Plate Negatives
2021-04-27 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In this second segment of this digitization series, Nicole Menchise, LILRC Digitization and Archives Coordinator, and Regina Feeney, Local History Librarian at Freeport Memorial Library, will visit the Freeport Historical Society and Museum to scan some of the museum’s glass plate negative collection. This workshop will demonstrate the process of digitizing these extremely vulnerable items.
The workshop will cover:

An introduction to the museum and the glass plate collection
Safe handling for glass plate negatives
Where and how to label
Scanning demonstration
How to populate metadata fields
Housing – good, better, best

The workshop will include time for Q&A.

SCRLC Webinar: Recycle Right in Tompkins County
2021-04-29 11:00 - 11:45 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Learn how to recycle right, reduce waste, and take advantage of programs offered by the Tompkins County Department of Recycling and Materials Management.
Recycling and waste reduction tips will be of interest to everyone, but specific questions will only apply to Tompkins County.
Presenters:
Jeremy Betterley is the Communications Coordinator for the Tompkins County Department of Recycling and Materials Management.

Nancy Webster is a Waste Reduction and Recycling Specialist for the Department.

WNYLRC Webinar: Are You Ready? Exploring Potential Impacts on Special Collections and Archives in Academic Libraries Post-Covid
2021-04-29 14:00 - 15:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Why are we having this discussion? As recovery from the pandemic experience begins, many academic institutions are dramatically changing their operations and services for faculty and students. The libraries are facing challenges that may impact their ability to successfully store and manage special collections. Can we look at these in any new ways to help make them more relevant to the academic institutions today?
And if we are faced with a situation where we are asked to consider making significant changes to our archives and special collections, what do we need to know to be able to respond quickly and effectively?
This session will approach these questions in an interactive format to help academic librarians be better positioned to respond to a potentially changing environment.
About the Presenter:
Rebecca Altermatt has over 20 years of experience in Archives and Special Collections. She has worked in a variety of roles from project manager and consultant to archivist for a U.S. Senator to vice president of library services for a library moving and relocation company. She has held academic positions and worked in museums. She is currently the Archivist at Pratt & Whitney in Hartford, CT. She has spent most of her professional career on the East Coast, specifically New York City, but also spent time out West. Ms. Altermatt graduated from the University of Texas, Austin with a degree in Library and Information Science. She earned her bachelor’s in Humanities and French.

CDLC Webinar: High School to College Symposium - Transitioning to a Post-COVID Environment
2021-05-05 09:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join us to meet with your local colleagues and to discuss how the past year has impacted you.
Program Agenda
9:00 am Welcome and Introductions
9:05 am Meet and Greet
Smaller break out sessions will discuss:

The most important skill that students need to have as they transition from high school to college
New challenges your program faced in the last year
Challenges students may face in a post-COVID environment
How to support students in the post-COVID environment

10:00 am Panel Discussion
The panel of speakers includes local high school and academic librarians, a high school social worker and psychologist and a college Honors student who will share how COVID-19 has impacted them, particularly in the areas of academic integrity, social/emotional learning and health, and media literacy.
Panelists:

Sarah Olson, Lake George High School
Amy Carpenter, Stillwater Middle/High School
Lisa Shaffer, Albany College of Pharmacy
Stephanie Ross, Hudson Valley Community College
Jen Delaney, school psychologist, and Michelle Stilson, school social worker, Schodack Central School District
Honor Student from Union College

10:55 am Wrap Up
We look forward to seeing you online!
Related LibGuide: High School to College Transition Interest Group

Webinar: Trauma-Informed Librarianship - What Is It and What Can It Look Like?
2021-05-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Trauma-informed care has been used more extensively in psychotherapy and social work settings, however, it can also have a practical application in any setting, personal or professional. I think this is especially relevant for libraries where we work with patrons and, at times, in large organizations with many moving parts. In this talk, we will define trauma and how it affects the nervous system, discuss some approaches to trauma-informed care, and imagine ways it can be applied to your library setting.
About the Presenter:
Nisha Mody is a librarian at UCLA with experience serving as the Associate Director of the Network of the National Library of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region and as a Health & Life Sciences Librarian as the liaison to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Prior to entering librarianship, Nisha worked as a speech-language pathologist in a private practice, skilled nursing facility, school, and long-term acute care hospital. She is passionate about trauma-informed care and social justice. Nisha received her MLIS from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology from Northwestern University.
Live captioning will be provided.
This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward.

**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for one contact hour.**
All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.
All attendees are expected to adhere to CLRC’s Code of Conduct.

ESLN Webinar: Wikipedia For Libraries with Collections in New York Heritage
2021-05-07 15:00 - 16:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The Empire State Library Network is hosting Wikipedia for Libraries with collections in New York Heritage, a casual Wikipedia talk for librarians and friends. Join presenter Lane Rasberry, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Virginia, who will demonstrate libraries, archives, and universities use Wikipedia to make their research and resources more accessible. The talk includes an introduction to Wikipedia and examples of how libraries benefit from Wikipedia collaboration.
