CLRC

Webinar Viewing Party: Creating Interactive Storytimes with Music, Play, and More
2019-08-28 14:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Mid York Library System, 1600 Lincoln Ave, Utica, NY, 13502, United States
Join us the Mid York Library System office for a special webinar viewing party of an ALA provided webinar!
Webinar Description:
Get kids moving during your program events, regardless of your level of experience with music or movement activities! Unlike traditional storytime models in which children are expected to sit quietly, music and movement storytimes encourage children to embody concepts and interact with others. In this workshop, expert children’s programmer Alyssa Jewell shows you how you can develop interactive learning experiences in which children engage in moving, music-making, and story drama.
About the Presenter:
Alyssa Jewell is a Children’s Outreach Specialist at the Hoover Public Library in Hoover, Alabama. Her favorite part of the job is storytime. Alyssa is a teacher-turned-librarian, certified to teach grades K-12 with a degree in Theatre Education and Psychology. Before entering the library world, she taught theatre, music and movement in a variety of educational settings. She is passionate about creating next-level storytimes infused with these practices and loves bringing stories to life for children and families. She has also co-written three musicals for young audiences and four indie-rock albums.

Workshop: Talk Saves Live - An Introduction to Suicide Prevention
2019-09-10 13:00 - 14:30 | Mid York Library System, 1600 Lincoln Ave, Utica, NY, 13502, United States
Please join as at the Mid York Library System office for an introduction on suicide prevention.
Workshop Description:
Talk Saves Lives is a standardized presentation that covers the general scope of suicide, the research on prevention, and what people can do to fight suicide.
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will learn more about the following:

Suicide statistics in the US and worldwide;
Scientific research about suicide and its findings;
Warning signs and risk factors associate with suicide;
Protective factors and prevention techniques for suicide.

About the Presenter:
Karen Heisig graduated from Our Lady of Mercy High School in Rochester, NY and went on to study Psychology at Niagara University. After two years and an associates degree in Liberal Arts instead, she married her husband, an Army officer stationed at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina with the 82nd Airborne Division. Karen lived in North and South Carolina over the next 20 years before moving back to New York with her children in 2009. Having lost both her husband and his younger brother to suicide, Karen is passionate about suicide prevention and changing the culture of mental health awareness. She has been a volunteer with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for 10 years and has served on the board for the Western New York Chapter of AFSP for 7 years, currently as the Board Chair. Karen is one of the primary trainers in Western NY delivering AFSP programs to places like schools, the work place, faith communities, and medical professional settings.

Webinar Series: Become a TECH HERO and a POWER COMMUNICATOR - Getting to Know the New Tech-Talk Database
2019-09-11 14:00 - 15:00, 2019-10-16 14:00 - 15:00, 2019-12-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
CDLC, CLRC, NNYLN, SENYLRC, SCRLC, and WNYLRC are sponsoring a free 3-part webinar series on technology and communications using the new Tech-Talk Database.
Tips and Techniques You Can Use!
Become a TECH HERO and a POWER COMMUNICATOR
Getting to Know the New Tech-Talk Database
1. Shortcuts in Office (Novice & Intermediate) e.g. Little-known shortcuts and formatting tricks.
DATE: Wednesday, September 11, 2 pm EST
2. Excel and PowerPoint (Advance Non-Techie) e.g. Pivot Tables, Infographics.
DATE: Wednesday, October 16, 2 pm EST
3. Communications Skills e.g. Persuasion, Leading, Power Words.
DATE: Wednesday, December 11, 2 pm EST
Session Length: one hour (40 min training. 20 min questions)
Outcomes:

You’ll be able to work more effectively and productively with Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) so that your output appears professional.
You’ll gain self-confidence which will strengthen your work performance.
You’ll feel more knowledgeable, capable, and willing to assist colleagues and patrons/students.

Presenters:
Linda Keefe and Deb Davis have published Tech-Talk for over 23 years, reaching librarians of all types and educational support organizations across the nation. Their introduction to the library industry began in 1996 at the Brooklyn Public Library where they created the Technology Advocate program, training 120 staff in 60 branches, reducing the IT Help Desk average response time of tech reps from 17 days to 3 days, within the first three weeks of the six-week training. Deb has a BS in Human Environmental Science, with a minor in Business. Linda has a BS in Education and an MBA in International Marketing.
As technology communicators, they blend essential workplace skills (Office Suite, Internet, and Interpersonal Communications) into articles, videos, and database activities that allow you to be life-long learners, developing innovative ways of working independently and with colleagues.
Registration:
Attend one, two or three sessions. When you sign-up you’ll receive a pre-webinar survey so that you can choose the specifics you’d like to have covered in the sessions. The webinars will be tailored to your responses. Register here once.
TIP: If you’re not a member of one of the sponsoring ESLN councils, you’ll be given access to the Tech-Talk Database for a limited time to “test drive” it and reinforce what you learn in the webinars. For any questions, contact your regional Council CE Coordinator or Linda@Tech-Talk.com, 941-355-2092.

Workshop: Robert's Rules of Order Training
2019-09-18 10:00 - 11:30 | NY, United States
Join us at the CLRC office to learn how to properly run your meetings!
Workshop Description:
This seminar will be a basic introduction to using Robert’s Rules of Order, a tool to improve participation and efficiency in meetings.
About the Presenter:
Steven Anderson is a retired Air Force office and History teaching and a professional parliamentarian since 2006.

SIG: Early Career Professionals September Meetup - "Managing Up"
2019-09-23 18:00 - 20:00 | SUNY Oswego, Penfield Library, 7060 NY-104, Oswego, NY, 13126, United States
Are you an Early Career Library & Information Professional? Then we want YOU to join us at the September meeting of CLRC’s Early Career Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG)!
For this month’s meeting, we’ll be talking about “managing up” as an early career professional, including how to build relationships with and more effectively work with your supervisors. Laura Benjamin (Access Services Librarian at Syracuse University) will help answer questions and facilitate an open conversation on management, drawing from her own experience as both a supervisor and early career librarian.
About the Presenter:
Laura Benjamin is the Access Services Librarian at Syracuse University Libraries. Laura earned her MLS from the University at Buffalo in 2009, and began working at Syracuse University Libraries in 2014. As Access Services Librarian, she is responsible for managing circulation and the stacks at Bird and Carnegie Libraries. In this role, she manages around 30 employees ranging from student employees to supervisors.
**Dinner will be provided**

More Information about the ECP SIG:
In this group you’ll identify issues that are important to you as an early career professional as well as network and trade stories with other regional early career professionals.
You’re eligible for the ECP SIG if:

you’re in the first five (5) years of your library/information career and
you’re a CLRC or ESLN member (if your institution or parent insitution is a member, so are you! Don’t hesitate to ask if you’re unsure).

Resource Sharing Workshop - ILL Goes to the Moon
2019-09-24 08:30 - 15:30 | Port Watson Mini Conference Center, 131 Port Watson Street, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
REGISTER HERE

Webinar Viewing Party: Connecting with Today's Volunteers to Transform the Friends of the Library
2019-09-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Mid York Library System, 1600 Lincoln Ave, Utica, NY, 13502, United States
Join us at the Mid York Library System Office to watch a special webinar being offered by the Friends of the Library Section of the New York Library Association!
Webinar Description:
Can a nonprofit transform the way it attracts and utilizes volunteers? Volunteer service is a valuable strategy for community engagement, but traditional volunteer programs in libraries of all sizes need to be redesigned to work with today’s volunteers – many of whom have limited time to give and expect to have their expertise put to good use. Does your Friends group need assistance in graphic design, technology, social media, event planning, leadership, or public relations? How does an organization design roles for volunteers with new skillsets and where do you begin to look for people to fill these positions? Reaching volunteers as vastly different as Baby Boomers and Millennials is challenging, but both groups want to make an impact. Discover new approaches to recruit volunteers that are reshaping other nonprofits such as online recruitment and using virtual volunteers to work remotely on library projects. See how these changes can have an impact on your organization and help the Friends succeed in their mission.

Workshop: Making a Collection Count with Awful Library Books!
2019-10-03 10:00 - 11:30 | NY, United States
Join us at the CLRC office for a very special event with the folks from Awful Library Books!
Workshop Description:
Make your collection count! This session talks about the overall quality of a library collection, including the benefits and methods of taking a physical inventory, analyzing collection procedures and workflows, and the life cycle of a collection. Most importantly, learn how to measure a collection’s quality. Our holistic approach to collection management will help all types and sizes of libraries to keep pace with the demands and expectations of their communities.
About the Presenters:
Holly Hibner is the Adult and Teen Services Coordinator at the Plymouth District Library in Plymouth, Michigan. She has a mild obsession with weeding (ok, maybe not so mild), and can often be found walking the stacks looking for missing, damaged, and just plain weird titles. She also loves all things techie and the challenge of a good reference question. Holly is riding high and pulling all the glory out of her term as a Councilor-at-Large for the American Library Association.
Mary Kelly is the Digital Resources and Emerging Technologies Librarian at the Plymouth District Library in Plymouth, Michigan. She is passionate about collection quality, and when she’s not wrangling with Overdrive, she is usually hunched over the computer looking at spreadsheets. She spent a few years in Youth Services, molding young minds through Toddler Disco, but recently returned to the promised land of Adult Services.
For street cred, Holly and Mary co-authored the book “Making a Collection Count: a holistic approach to library collection management.” Reading it will surely change your life, so interlibrary loan a copy today! They are also co-authors of the popular blog “Awful Library Books.”

Workshop: Design Thinking - Taking Your Library Website to the Next Level
2019-10-04 08:30 - 15:00 | OCM BOCES – Liverpool, 110 Elwood Davis Rd, Liverpool, NY, 13088, United States
The Onondaga-Cortland-Madison/Oswego School Library System together with the CNY School Librarians is sponsoring this free workshop at OCM BOCES in Liverpool.*
A strong virtual prescence is extremely important for school libraries. While many are familiar with how to use website builders such as Google Sites, Weebly, and Wix, librarians have taken a variety of different approaches with the language used and the manner in which information is organized on these websites. At this workshop, Jesi Buell, Instructional Design and Web Librarian and Associate Professor at Colgate University, will present the concept of “design thinking,” along with research on how users interact with library websites to help inform librarians on how to present information on their websites. Ways to incorporate accessibility features following ADA guidelines also will be discussed. Josh Gallagher from ACS Edge will discuss ADA compliance. At the end of the worksho, participants will be given some time to use their new knowledge under Buell’s guidance. Those that want to stay for extended work on their websites may do so.

*Co-sponsored by Central NY School Librarians

CLRC 2019 Annual Conference
2019-10-10 10:00 - 14:30 | Mohawk Valley Community College – Rome Campus, 1101 Floyd Avenue, Rome, NY, 13440, United States
You’re invited to the Central New York Library Resource Council’s 2019 Annual Conference! This special event will begin with light refreshments, coffee, and a morning conference followed by lunch and a keynote address by Lyndon Cudlitz on Thursday, October 10 at the Rome Campus of Mohawk Valley Community College.
About Our Keynote Speaker:
For over 15 years, Lyndon Cudlitz has been providing training and technical assistance for libraries, schools, healthcare providers, and organizations seeking to enhance services for LGBTQ individuals. Though currently based in the NY Capital Region, Lyndon has worked for several LGBTQ organizations in the Northeast and has founded & directed youth leadership camps nationally. Additionally, Lyndon serves on a transgender advisory committee to the NYS Dept of Health and volunteers for an NYC-based LGBTQ organization. www.LyndonCudlitz.com
Schedule of Events
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Breakout Sessions:

Community Digitization Panel featuring:

Manlius Library,
Kirkland Town Library,
Utica College, and
SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Lightning Talks from CLRC Members

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Poster Session, Networking, & MVCC Rome Campus Library Tour
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions:

Welcome to MVCC Rome Panel featuring:

Tim Thomas – Assistant Vice President of Learning and Academic Affairs,
Jake Mihevc – Dean of the School of STEM-Transfer,
Jon-David Velletto – Technical Assistant in Hospitality/Culinary Programs, and
Walt Constantini – Director of the Airframe & Powerplant Program.

Lightning Talks from New Initiatives Grant Recipients

12:30 p.m. Lunch Begins
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Business Meeting & Library Awards!
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Keynote Address by Lyndon Cudlitz
2:30 p.m. Raffle!
Please feel free to share the above flyer widely as this is open to all library, archive, and museum staff in our region (Onondaga, Herkimer, Oneida, and Madison Counties).
Have a presentation or poster you’d like to share at the conference? Submit your proposal below!
**Registration is now closed.**

Fall 2019 Librarians' Night Out
2019-10-18 18:00 - 20:00 | The Inn Complete, Skytop Road, Syracuse, NY, 13210, United States
It’s time, once again, to come meet and network with our local librarians and library-world personnel!
Librarians’ Night Out is event held by LISSA, the Library and Information Science Student Association of Syracuse University, once each semester at a local Syracuse spot, usually near campus. It is an opportunity for students, both on-campus and online, to meet with people from local libraries to talk about careers, issues, or just get to know each other as future colleagues. This fall it will be held on Friday, October 18, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Inn Complete in Syracuse, NY.

CANCELLED - Workshop: A Conversation About Continuing Eduation with NYLA Leadership
2019-10-24 09:30 - 12:00 | NY, United States
Join us at the CLRC office for a special workshop with the New York Library Association to help design learning experiences for our region!
Workshop Description:
NYLA Executive Director Jeremy Johannesen and President Michelle Young will join us to dream and scheme around the learning experiences we’d like to see available in Central New York. The ideas generated may fit within established structures of conferences, workshops, and interest groups or spin-off into designs beyond those vehicles. As an attendee, you will engage with one another through a structured set of prompts to develop possibilities and imagine formats for hands-on learning support and professional development opporunities throughout the region.
Learning objectives:

Reflect on past learning experiences and recognize successes and failures,
Identify topics and methods for a successful continuing education program, and
Work through prompts presented during the session.

Total Immersion - School Library System Conference
2019-10-30 08:15 - 15:30 | NY, United States
The Onondaga-Cortland-Madison/Oswego School Library System (SLS) will be holding a conference together with Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES SLS and Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES SLS.
The theme for the conference is Total Immersion.
Conference speakers:
* Keynote Hall Davidson, Senior Director of Global Learning Initiatives for Discovery Education. Hall will show many exciting and available options to make education engaging for students using artificial intelligence as well as virtual and augmented reality.
* Ellen Oh, CEO of We Need Diverse Books
* Young adult author Jewell Parker Rhodes
Conference attendees will choose from several workshops focusing on innovation, creation, literacy, and technology. There will also be a large array of vendor booths.
Information and registration info: ocmbocesiss.org/event/sls19
Registration is open to all types of librarians.

AR - Making Reality Better For Learning and Building VR Worlds- From Crayons to Code
2019-10-31 12:30 - 15:00 | OCM BOCES – Liverpool, 110 Elwood Davis Rd, Liverpool, NY, 13088, United States
Audience: Teachers, Administrators, Curriculum Coordinators, Technology Directors, School Librarians
Join Hall Davidson from Discovery Education for this engaging workshop. Augmented Reality (AR) is already transforming industries from medicine to manufacturing. It creates a cloud or device-based layer of information that floats over and adds (augments) the reality around the user. Otherwise unseen, this layer can be viewed through a tablet, phone, or headset.
In a classroom, it allows teachers and students to add a layer onto school yearbook, textbooks, STEM learning objects, or real time locations. Easy to build, often free, AR-building apps are powerful extensions for traditional content.
See how AR is already being built -and see what’s coming. Then build some AR together. Make it and take it! Free or low-cost Virtual Reality (VR)-building tools, inexpensive cameras, and simple applications make building virtual worlds possible. Then enter them with cardboard or Go! Walk virtually through real schools, monuments, or imaginary landscapes. Convert student crayon drawings into VR. Learn drag and drop applications than can build VR from the DE asset library. Explore building original VR landscapes then filling them with 3D models– original or from a library. Build your own adventures in VR, too, with free tour creators. How to do it then view it.

Webinar: Beyond CRAAP: An Updated Approach to Source Evaluation
2019-11-04 13:15 - 14:15 | NY, United States
Date: Monday, November 4, 2019
Time: 1:15pm-2:15pm EST
Presenters: Mary Thill, Northeastern Illinois University; Frank Lambert, Middle Tennessee State University; and James Rosenzweig, Eastern Washington University
As we start a new year, it’s a great time to update the way we think about source evaluation! The special guests will join us via webinar for a live discussion on their presentation from ALA called Beyond CRAAP: An Updated Approach to Source Evaluation.
The online landscape is the information environment most familiar to incoming college freshmen: research data suggest that as many as two-thirds of all sources cited in freshman composition papers are websites. The consistent message presented by most academic librarians — to stick to trusted and verified academic scholarship available from the library — is increasingly out of touch with the actual choices made by our students. This presentation addresses that problem directly by sharing data from a research-tested model for analyzing and describing sources used by students, regardless of media format or type of publication.
This model is built on a faceted taxonomy first published by Leeder, Markey, and Yakel in 2012. The presenters have streamlined that taxonomy for use in analyzing student research papers and bibliographies, and tested it in two cross-institutional studies. In this presentation, they will share their findings and demonstrate the kind of insights that are possible into both traditional and non-traditional sources through this simple classification method.
**This webinar is being presented by the Southeastern New York Library Resources Council.**

CANCELLED - Workshop: New York Citizen Preparedness Training Program
2019-11-06 10:00 - 11:30 | NY, United States
Come to the CLRC office to participate in The NY Citizen Preparedness Training Program!
Workshop Description:
With severe weather events becoming more frequent and more extreme, it is more important than ever that New Yorkers are prepared for disasters. The NY Citizen Preparedness Training Program teaches residents to have the tools and resources to prepare for any type of disaster, respond accordingly, and recover as quickly as possible to pre-disaster conditions. The 1.5 hour long training course will provide an introduction to responding to different types of disasters and “Active Shooter/Active Violence.” Participants will be advised on how to properly prepare for any disaster, including developing a family emergency plan and stocking up on emergency supplies.
For additional information visit: www.prepare.ny.gov

Webinar: Disability Access and Libraries - Current Issues and Future Directions
2019-11-08 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Accessibility means many things in libraries, including the ensuring that patrons of all (dis)abilities can utilize library services. While much responsibility for making technologies and content accessible falls to the publishers, vendors, and developers, libraries must play a critical role in ensuring accessibility throughout. Unfortunately, like much of the world, libraries have far to go in terms of achieving access for disabled patrons. For two years, Kate Deibel has worked as the inaugural Inclusion and Accessibility Librarian at Syracuse University Libraries. Through this position, she helped guide efforts to improve accessibility both physically and digitally for our patrons. This talk will highlight aspects of this work and which libraries should also focus upon now. Furthermore, an eye will be cast to the future of accessible libraries and how various needs will only be addressed through multiple, collaborative efforts from all aspects of librarianship.
About the Presenter:
Kate Deibel has had a varied career in academia working within and across many disciplines, including computer science, education, disability, accessibility, comics, design engineering, technology adoption, digital literacies, and libraries. She currently resides in Syracuse, NY where she works as the Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian at Syracuse University Libraries. An ardent advocate for usable and accessible technologies, she works to ensure that library technologies are effective tools for both library patrons and staff. She enjoys overly spicy food and does her best to prevent her silly cat from also eating it.
About ENY/ACRL:
This webinar is being presented in collaboration with the Eastern New York Association of College & Research Libraries Chapter. ENY/ACRL is one of the local chapters of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. Members represent private and public college and university libraries, and special libraries in the Eastern New York region. ENY/ACRL follows the mission of its parent organization to “lead academic and research librarians and librarians in advancing learning and scholarship.”

**If you need any special accommodations please email Rebecca at rkluberdanz@clrc.org. A captioned recording of this webinar will be provided to all registrants.**

SIG: Early Career Professionals November Meetup - Combatting Imposter Syndrome
2019-11-12 18:00 - 20:00 | NY, United States
Are you an Early Career Library & Information Professional? Then we want YOU to join us at the November meeting of CLRC’s Early Career Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG)!
For this month’s meeting, we’ll be talking about combatting imposter syndrome as an early career professional. Do you ever feel inadequate in your profession despite achieving success? We’ll talk about that self-doubt! Why do we feel it? What can we do to make it go away? Does everyone feel this way? We’ll be having an open conversation where we can share our experiences and help each other.
**Dinner will be provided**

More Information about the ECP SIG:
In this group you’ll identify issues that are important to you as an early career professional as well as network and trade stories with other regional early career professionals.
You’re eligible for the ECP SIG if:

you’re in the first five (5) years of your library/information career and
you’re a CLRC or ESLN member (if your institution or parent insitution is a member, so are you! Don’t hesitate to ask if you’re unsure).

Webinar: Whole Person Librarianship - An Introduction to Library-Social Work Collaboration
2019-12-04 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Libraries across the nation and the world are hiring social workers to support library staff and patrons. But how do you get started? What do you do if you can’t afford or don’t need a full-time social worker in your library? This webinar will provide an overview of the rise of library-social work collaborations and describe the basics of scalable options for every library. The presentation will conclude with learnings from social work to improve public service regardless of whether a library is in active collaboration with social services. The information is grounded in original research for the book, Whole Person Librarianship: A Social Work Approach to Patron Services (Libraries Unlimited 2019), and should appeal to public and academic librarians and managers, as well as social workers and students who are interested in collaboration.
About the Presenter:
Sara K. Zettervall, MLIS, MFA, is the coauthor of Whole Person Librarianship: A Social Work Approach to Patron Services (Libraries Unlimited 2019), with social work professor Dr. Mary Nienow. This groundbreaking book is the first to be published on the growing field of library-social work collaboration and is based on significant, original research and engagement with leaders in the field. Sara provides training and consultation on library-social work collaboration across the nation and the world, including as the 2017 recipient of the Bogle-Pratt International Travel Fellowship to present in Zagreb, Croatia. Her prior work has encompassed leading innovative projects in public, school, and academic libraries. She engages in diversity and equity leadership through involvement in the American Library Association and by managing her website, www.wholepersonlibrarianship.com.
**Prior to the webinar please complete this Google form to help guide Sara’s presentation.**

**If you need any special accommodations please email Rebecca at rkluberdanz@clrc.org. A captioned recording of this webinar will be provided to all registrants.**

CANCELLED - CLRC Eastern Region Legislative Breakfast 2019
2019-12-06 08:30 - 10:00 | Utica University Library, 1600 Burrstone Drive, Utica, NY, 13502, United States
It’s time to thank your regional legislators for their library support, tell them some of your library’s stories and chat about your library’s needs.
Join colleagues and library patrons, Friends and supporters for an informal gathering and a bit of “speed-dating” with CLRC regional state assemblymembers, senators and representatives.
Local city and town council members have also been invited to join in the discussions. A continental breakfast will be served.
This event is free and open to all library supporters but reservations are required.

Webinar Viewing Party: Outside the Box Programs
2019-12-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Mid York Library System, 1600 Lincoln Ave, Utica, NY, 13502, United States
Join us at the Mid York Library System office for a viewing party of the webinar Outside the Box Programs from the Public Library Association.
Webinar Description:
Learn how to grow beyond traditional programming and implement new approaches perfect for your library. Understand how to introduce unique programs to better engage your community without putting too much stress on the budget. This webinar will present approaches to reinvigorate classic programs by creatively integrating technology, stealthily provide skill building and learning opportunities, and highlight existing library services—all in a fun, interactive environment. Best of all, you’ll walk away with ready-to-replicate program ideas that can be customized for your unique library users.
Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

Replicate successful programs with any size of library or budget;
Create programs with confidence; and
Promote library services to the community through adult programming.

Who Should Attending:
This webinar is intended for public library staff at all levels, with particular relevance for those who plan programs.
About the Presenter:
Shoshana Frank is an adult services librarian at the Naperville (IL) Public Library. When she is not reviewing for Booklist, Shoshana is busy creating a wide array (from book clubs to technology to escape rooms) of adult programs. She adores sharing the vast library services through promotional programs, outreach, and everyday conversations. Outside of the library Shoshana is an avid community volunteer and world traveler.
**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for one hour of CE credit.

For Felt's Sake: Using Flannel Boards to Enhance Early Literacy Programs
2019-12-12 15:00 - 17:00 | White Branch – OCPL, 763 Butternut St., Syracuse, NY, 13208, United States
Description:
Jenny Burke (Community Library of DeWitt and Jamesville) and Jeanne Keller (Petit Branch) will instruct participants on the importance of using flannelboards in storytimes, programming, and more!
Participants will:

learn how flannelboards enhance early literacy skills,
understand the different types of flannelboards and how to incorporate them into programming,
make their own flannelboard, and
practice using them with a group.

Seasoned flannelboard users are encouraged to attend and share a favorite flannel or two!

**This is not a CLRC sponsored event. Please visit the link above for more information.**

CLRC Western Region Legislative Breakfast 2019
2019-12-13 08:30 - 10:00 | Beauchamp Branch Library – OCPL, 2111 South Salina Street, Syracuse, NY, 13205, United States

Webinar: How to Apply for a 2020 Access & Digitization Grant
2019-12-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
This webinar will detail the application process for CLRC’s Access & Digitization Grants, covering the following areas:

Provide overview of the grant program and timeline
Describe what makes a successful application
Detail the application process, which has been updated for 2020
Answer any questions about the application

If you have never received an Access & Digitization (RBDB) grant, you are required to attend this webinar or arrange for a private consult with CLRC staff prior to January 22, 2019. Previous grant awardees are strongly encouraged to arrange a consult prior to submitting their application. A recording of this webinar will be made available on the Access & Digitization Grant page on the CLRC website.
Presenter: Ryan Perry, Digital Collections Librarian, Central New York Library Resources Council

Workshop: Digital Census Preparation Training
2020-01-08 09:30 - 16:00 | Baldwinsville Public Library, 33 East Genesee Street, Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, United States
Join us for Digital Census Preparation Training at the Baldwinsville Public Library. This training is for libraries and other community groups working with the public on the 2020 Census.
Workshop Description:
These sessions are for anyone who intends to work with communities towards a complete count during Census 2020. If you or your organization is considering providing internet access or digital tools and services, we will help you create safe digital and non-digital pathways to participation for your patrons or community.
Modules in this session include public-facing FAQs, reference interview materials, physical space security, holistic IT, secure participation kiosks, and more.
Registration is free, and made possible by funds granted from the Charles H. Revson Foundation. The statements made and views expressed, however, are solely the responsibility of Empire State Library Network.

Webinar: DIY Escape Rooms and Other Immersive Experiences in the Library
2020-01-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Escape rooms are immersive, live-action games in which a group of participants enter a room where they must solve puzzles and collect clues in order to “escape” or win the game. These engaging and captivating games can be designed around nearly any theme from zombies to pirates to detective dramas and are being used by libraries in a multitude of ways. They can be employed simply for outreach and to engage library patrons, for incorporating instruction and experiential learning outcomes, as well as for internal staff team-building and training. You too can create this type of captivating programming for your own library for both promotion and education!
Webinar participants will learn:

How to host ready-made escape rooms in their library
How to design their own escape rooms from scratch, including puzzle creation
How other libraries are using escape rooms
Multiple programming ideas based on escape room games and immersive experiences

About the Presenter:
Ellyssa Kroski is the Director of Information Technology at the New York Law Institute as well as an award-winning editor and author of 36 books including Law Librarianship in the Digital Age for which she won the AALL’s 2014 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award. Her ten-book technology series, The Tech Set, won the ALA’s Best Book in Library Literature Award in 2011. She is a librarian, an adjunct faculty member at Drexel and San Jose State University, and an international conference speaker. She has just been named the winner of the 2017 Library Hi Tech Award from the ALA/LITA for her long-term contributions in the area of Library and Information Science technology and its application. She can be found at: https://www.amazon.com/Ellyssa-Kroski/e/B001JS00BQ

**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for one hour of CE credit.

SIG: Early Career Professionals January Meetup - Healing Burnout with Self Care?
2020-01-14 17:30 - 19:30 | Northern Onondaga Public Library Brewerton Library Branch, 5440 Bennett St, Brewerton, NY, 13029, United States
Are you an Early Career Library & Information Professional? Then we want YOU to join us at the January meeting of CLRC’s Early Career Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG)!
For this month’s meeting we’ll be talking about burnout and what we can do to either prevent or heal it. Burnout is emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. Many of us feel that burnout as a result of professional stress! Can self care help us prevent these feelings? Can it help us turn those feelings around?
**Dinner will be provided**

More Information about the ECP SIG:
In this group you’ll identify issues that are important to you as an early career professional as well as network and trade stories with other regional early career professionals.
You’re eligible for the ECP SIG if:

you’re in the first five (5) years of your library/information career and
you’re a CLRC or ESLN member (if your institution or parent institution is a member, so are you! Don’t hesitate to ask if you’re unsure).

Connecting with Parents and Caregivers in Your Community with Early Childhood Alliance
2020-01-16 14:30 - 17:00 | Salina Free Library – OCPL, 100 Belmont St., Mattydale, NY, 13211, United States
Description:
Laurie Black from the Early Childhood Alliance will share the work she has been doing with families in Onondaga County to assure children are ready for kindergarten.
Participants will learn:

developmental milestones with children ages 0-5,
techniques for engaging parents and caregivers with young children,
activities to share with families they can duplicate at home, and
community resources available for partnerships.

*The location is subject to change due to possible construction.

**This is not a CLRC sponsored event. Please visit the link above for more information.**
