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CANCELLED - SIG: CNY Digital Inclusion Coalition March Meetup
2020-03-25 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | CLRC, 5710 Commons Park Drive, East Syracuse, NY, 13057, United States
The CNY Digital Inclusion Coalition is a group of community stakeholders in Central New York working together to create a unified voice in support of digital inclusion. Join us for our monthly meeting to discuss the digital divide in CNY and the resources available in the community for affordable Internet and technology and digital literacy training. We will also discuss Census2020 and our work providing assistance to groups targeting hard-to-reach populations.
To learn more visit the website of the Central New York Digital Inclusion Coalition.
**No Registration Required**

CANCELLED - SIG: Early Career Professionals March Meetup - When Things Don't Go as Planned
2020-03-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Liverpool Public Library – Sargent Meeting Room, 310 Tulip Street, Liverpool, NY, 13088, United States
Are you an Early Career Library & Information Professional? Then we want YOU to join us at the March meeting of CLRC’s Early Career Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG)!
For this month’s meeting, we’ll be talking about “when things don’t go as planned,” including sharing when projects go awry, our missteps big and small, and the lessons learned along the way. Come share, commiserate, and celebrate with your own stories of failure, and exchange ideas on how to recover and learn from them.
**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).

LA SIG: Library Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Meet Up - Online via Zoom
2020-03-31 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
CLRC is forming a Library Assistants’ Special Interest Group (LA SIG)
to start a communication network among our region’s library support staff.

Our interests include:
* recognizing all library support staff employed in CLRC member libraries
* furthering the professional development & job enrichment of support staff
* enhancing the professional image of support staff within the library community

Participation is open to all library support staff, regardless of title.

SENYCon
2020-04-03 09:30 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
SENYCon is an annual conference to highlight the unique talents and skills that are held by the library professionals in the Southeastern region. This event is made possible due to an outpouring of enthusiasm from our members, and the event is free for all Southeastern members. This year, we will meet virtually in this Zoom Meeting Room: https://zoom.us/j/650802897
Whelp, this is uncharted territory for all of us. In the spirit of librarianship, membership, and keeping to the traditions we can, we’re going to make the 5th annual conference virtual! Sign up below so we know to expect you!

LILRC Ask an Archivist: At Home Preservation Series with Nicole Menchise
2020-04-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2020-04-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2020-04-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2020-04-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2020-04-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2020-04-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
During this interruption of our normal working day, Nicole Menchise is going to be creating short (30-40 minute), live Zoom ‘workshops’. This will be a combination webinar, with slides shared on the screen, and live interaction with her using items from her own home collection.
These webinars are for those interested in getting some practical, professional advice about how to preserve your personal family archives, or are looking to learn something to bring back to their organizations. Plan to budget 60 minutes for each meeting in order to have ample time to cover the topic and to answer comments and questions during and after the webinar.
Webinars free and available to all. No registration needed.
Webinars will be recorded live. Access to the recordings will be available later on the LILRC website. See details below:
Do’s and Don’t for Oral History Interviews
Tips for creating a good oral history interview which requires thought and planning.
April 3, Friday 12:00-1:00 PM (live)
Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/219797157?pwd=[REDACTED] (phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York))
Cleaning and Preserving Ceramics and Glass
Learn about best practices for cleaning and handling ceramic and glass objects.
April 7, Tuesday 12:00-1:00 PM (live)
Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/396158185 (phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York))
Folding Textiles for Long-Term Storage
Learn how to store textiles commonly saved by families and organizations.
April 10, Friday 12:00-1:00 PM (live)
Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/476254348 (phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York))
Safely Displaying Archival Materials
Safe and creative ways to showcase your items while maintaining best practices for display.
April 14, Tuesday 12:00-1:00 PM (live)
Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/160655529 (phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York))
More Bang For Your Buck: Making the Most of Preservation Materials
Some practical ideas for ways to make those expensive archival supplies stretch a little further.
April 17, Friday 12:00-1:00 PM (live)
Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/269344304(phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York))
Preserving What’s Been Stuck In That Old (Scrap)Book
Identifying and preserving items that are found loose in scrapbooks and books.
April 21, Tuesday 12:00-1:00 PM (live)
Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/522336440 (phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York))

Webinar: Hands-Free Story Hours - How to Imagine and Reimagine Folk and Fairy Tales for Storytelling Sessions
2020-04-07 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Practical storytelling skills and creativity unite in this interactive, thought-provoking workshop.
Develop skills to efficiently learn compelling renditions of stories for telling. Method: Some lecture/demonstration, mostly interactive and hands on. Takeaway: A ready-to-tell story, performance, linguistic and story-learning skills. Also, as time permits, we’ll explore how classic stories can be relevant today. You’ll learn how to update older stories to reflect 21st century culture. Method: Some lecture/demonstration, mostly discussion and hands-on, including exercises adapted from our book, Storytwisting. Takeaway: Ideas for developing re-imagined stories for all ages, practical tips, ethical considerations.
About the Presenter(s):
Barry Marshall, and Jeri Burns PhD have been The Storycrafters since 1991. They are internationally renowned storytellers, award-winning authors and recording artists, radio show hosts, adjunct college faculty, arts educators, communications coaches, and public radio essayists. They perform and teach in schools, libraries, festival workshops, and other venues in the US and internationally.
In addition to conducting storytelling workshops for storytellers, teachers, librarians, and parents, they were faculty at Southern CT State University in the “Art of the Oral Tradition” graduate degree program where they taught children’s librarians, library media specialists, and classroom teachers the art of storytelling and ways to integrate and complement curriculum (1995-2011). Jeri currently teaches part-time in the Communication Department at SUNY New Paltz and coaches public defenders for NYS Defenders Association. The Storycrafters are healing storytellers for psychiatric patients at Stamford Hospital.

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

METRO Webinar: Moving Library Instruction and Reference Services Offsite
2020-04-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
We’re in an unprecedented time of moving library services entirely offsite to help maintain the health and wellbeing of our communities. In this virtual conversation, we’ll talk about how reference services and library instruction can be reworked to meet the moment.
We’ll be joined by Kate Adler, Director of Library Services, Metropolitan College of New York and Linda Miles, Assistant Professor – Librarian, Hostos Community College, CUNY.

LA SIG: Library Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Meet Up 2 – Online via Zoom
2020-04-08 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
CLRC has opened a communication network among our region’s Library Assistants, Paraprofessionals and Support Staff through a Special Interest Group (LA SIG).
Our interests include:
* recognizing all library support staff employed in CLRC member libraries
* furthering the professional development & job enrichment of support staff
* enhancing the professional image of support staff within the library community

Participation is open to all library support staff, regardless of title.
Meeting connection instructions will be emailed to registrants.
Contact Anna Dobkowski with any questions.

COVID-19 Webinar Discussion for Hospital Library Staff - Brought to You by Health@CLRC
2020-04-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
COVID-19 has impacted all hospital libraries and library staff. Join Health@CLRC for a discussion about challenges, opportunities, and to share resources. All are welcome! We will discuss:
Space Filler

How has your work changed during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Are you working from home?
Are you working in the hospital?
Are you laid off or furloughed?

What resources have you found useful that you’d like to share?
What resources are you looking for that you have not been able to find?
What else is needed? How can we support each other?

METRO Webinar: Managing People and Projects from Home
2020-04-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Maintaining physical distance is especially tricky when you’re a manager of people and projects. Join our webinar on Monday, April 13 to hear how Emily Drabinski (CUNY Grad Center), Lisa Norberg (Cooper Union), and Alevtina Verbovetskaya (CUNY Office of Library Services) have been reworking their approaches to leadership in this radically altered environment. We’ll discuss working compassionately with reports, handling shifting priorities, and managing change in this stressful time.

LA SIG: Library Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Meet – Online via Zoom
2020-04-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-04-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States

Webinar: Robert's Rules of Order Training
2020-04-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
This seminar will be a basic introduction to using Robert’s Rules of Order, a tool to improve participation and efficiency in meetings. We will also touch on refocusing Robert’s Rules for a virtual platform.
About the Presenter:
Steven Anderson is a retired Air Force officer and History teacher and a professional parliamentarian since 2006.

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

POSTPONED - Workshop for CLRC Member Libraries: Free Money for Medical Information
2020-04-23 10:30 - 12:00 | CLRC, 5710 Commons Park Drive, East Syracuse, NY, 13057, United States
Do you fill medical ILL requests for your patrons or students?
Do you need access to a medical resources databases?
Did you know you can be reimbursed for your document delivery costs?
The New York State Library Division of Library Development (DLD) provides funding for medical and consumer health information costs. CLRC coordinates and administers these funds to member libraries for reimbursement of document delivery costs, among others.
In this workshop, participants will:
* learn about the NYS Medical Information Services Program (MISP)
* learn how to be reimbursed for accepted ILL expenses
* learn ways to easily pull medical request reports (WorldShare ILL, ILLiad, EFTS)
* how to evaluate reports and invoices for eligibility
* NOTE: Bring your current or outstanding reports to make a submission at the workshop
This program can benefit:
* Libraries with low ILL volume – get this program on your radar and create a schedule to check for medical ILL requests. Get tips to make the processing easier for someone who might have multiple roles.
* Libraries with high ILL volume – get tips and tricks to make review and submissions a manageable process. Learn how to create a schedule to keep the streamline the amount of requests to review.
* Libraries looking to increase ILL volume – advertise ILL services with health programming and let this funding allow your ILL policies to expand.
* Any library that needs some extra money for something they already do.
About the presenters:
Anna Dobkowski, Resource Sharing and Outreach Coordinator at CLRC, will give an overview of the program, the guidelines and reimbursement procedures.
Stephanie Helsher, Resource Sharing Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at SUNY Upstate Medical University, will demonstrate how she creates a monthly list for reimbursement.
Miki DeLaFleur, Resource Sharing & Reserves Coordinator at Utica College, will demonstrate her procedures for semi-annual reimbursement.
This workshop is sponsored by the CLRC Resource Sharing Special Interest Group (RS SIG)

SCRLC Webinar: Coping with Distraction While Working From Home
2020-04-23 15:00 - 16:00 | NY, United States
Are you, like many others, working from home right now? This sudden shift of work may find you feeling less focused and productive.
This webinar will provide some practical tips such as:

Suggestions from working at home with children
Focusing through tech distractions
Suggestions for focusing
Prioritizing your work-at-home tasks: Deep vs Shallow work

About the Presenter:
Carrie Rogers-Whitehead worked in libraries for over a decade and is the author of two books for libraries: Teen Fandom and Geek Programming: A Practical Guide for Librarians and the upcoming Serving Teens and Adults with Autism: A Guide for Libraries. She continues work as a library consultant working with various library systems and companies with a focus on technology, programming, communication, teen librarianship and serving diverse populations. Currently, she is the founder of Digital Respons-Ability which provides trainings to tens of thousands of students, parents and educators across the state of Utah. Carrie is also the author of Digital Citizenship: Teaching Strategies and Practice from the field, released by Rowman & Littlefield in July 2019.

WNYLRC Virtual Happy Hour: Daredevils of Niagara Falls
2020-04-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join us as we listen to Joel Dombrowski, once a tour guide for Nik Wallenda, tell the stories of the men and women who challenged the mighty Niagara. Learn about how tragedy has flowed like a dark undercurrent over the Falls.
This is intended to be a fun, socializing virtual event. Prep a cocktail or a mocktail, kick back, and listen! Participants will be free to ask questions.
Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link one day prior to the event. This session will not be recorded.
About the Presenter:
Joel Dombrowski is a Buffalo native who enjoys telling the often overlooked stories of Western New York. He began telling stories after graduating from Syracuse University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. After working in local TV news he briefly left for Los Angeles where he wrote and produced a pilot for television. Returning home he turned his interest in local history and stand up comedy into a career. He owns Buffalo Double Decker Bus and Buffalo History Tours, operations which blend humor, history and passionate story telling.
Joel’s guide book on Niagara Falls is Amazon’s #1 best seller for its category and his presentation will focus on some of the unknown stories of Niagara Falls and the daredevils who’ve challenged Niagara.

RRLC Webinar: Creating LGBTQ+ Inclusive Libraries
2020-04-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Creating safe and inclusive libraries for all people, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, improves the well-being and satisfaction of employees and customers. Creating LGBTQ+ inclusive libraries has been shown to increase productivity, workplace satisfaction, employee retention, and patron comfortability.
Below are some eye-opening statistics from the 2014 Human Rights Campaign’s The Cost of the Closet, a national study examining workplace climate for LGBTQ+ employees:
• 62% of LGBTQ+ employees report hearing jokes about lesbians and gays in the workplace
• 53% of LGBTQ+ employees hide who they are at work.
• 20% of LGBTQ+ employees report looking for another job specifically because their workplace environment wasn’t accepting of LGBTQ+ individuals.
With equitable and respectful policies and practices, LGBTQ+ people will feel more comfortable requesting services and LGBTQ+ employees will be able to bring their authentic selves to work, ensuring that more time and energy is spent on doing their jobs and creating healthy relationships with coworkers.
In this interactive webinar we will discuss:
• current climates for LGBTQ+ employees and clients
• using respectful and inclusive language
• creating inclusive policies for libraries
• best practices for inclusion and creating an environment that feels safe

LILRC Webinar: Connections - How Libraries Can Help Fight Loneliness
2020-04-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Even before the coronavirus shutdown, loneliness and social isolation were considered an epidemic in the United States, with devastating effects on our patrons. Libraries are uniquely situated to combat this problem. Join us for a workshop on why loneliness is an issue, whom it affects, and how we can help combat it both during this shutdown and after we reopen.
Tony Iovino, the Assistant Director for Community Services for the Oceanside Library, will discuss Oceanside’s “Connections” programs, both online and in person, implemented to help patrons with loneliness and social isolation.

METRO Webinar: Web Accessibility Tools & Best Practices
2020-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
As libraries move to remote service provision, online accessibility has become even more important to ensure that the library is offering inclusive services and reaching all patrons. In this hands-on online workshop, we will go over best practices for accessible web design and free tools for evaluating the accessibility of your web presence and third party resources.
Carli Spina is an Associate Professor and the Head of Research & Instructional Services at the FIT Library. She regularly publishes, presents, and teaches on topics related to accessibility, Universal Design, and inclusivity in libraries.

CDLC Webinar: Meditation in Everyday Life...During the Time of COVID-19
2020-04-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Meditation In Everyday Life . . . during the time of COVID – for Staff of Libraries, Archives, Historical Societies, and Museums with Elissa Kane
Meditation is helpful but it’s often the hardest-easiest thing to do. Elissa will provide a gentle, easy instruction for getting started with meditation and if it’s something you’ve done before, it’s a helpful way to start again. The virtual platform works pretty well for meditation instruction and practice.
Elissa Kane meditates – or at least tries to for the past 20 years. She’s a library trustee, advocate, former Board Member of CDLC, former library development director and has led meditation workshops at local libraries and currently produces Creating Calm at the Capitol at the NYS Assembly, https://www.facebook.com/CalmintheCapitol.
Meditation in Everyday Life is an opportunity to rest in what we already are—basic goodness, natural peace, and clarity. We can learn to develop a friendship with our mind, skill in how to work with speed and difficulty, and a sense of humor. The journey begins by acknowledging the agitation of the discursive, wild mind. The journey continues by slowly allowing that mind to relax within itself; we let go of struggling with ourselves. The way to become familiar with such relaxation is the simple, regular practice of sitting meditation. We learn to be kind towards ourselves. We train in being awake, feeling the breath in the present moment. Of course, this may prove difficult at times. We will sometimes resist practice altogether. This is part of the path. Be gentle and patient with yourself. When we find that we have wandered, we can always come back. Right now is always the perfect moment.
This program will be done via Zoom. You will be sent a link prior to the program.

LILRC Webinar: Ask An Archivist At-Home Preservation Series - Photograph Preservation Series
2020-04-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Understand the environmental hazards associated with photographs, and learn best practices for handling and storage.
These online, hands-on workshops are for those interested in getting some practical, professional advice about how to preserve your personal family archives, or are looking to learn something to bring back to their organizations. Plan to budget 60 minutes for each meeting in order to have ample time to cover the topic and to answer comments and questions during and after the live presentation. CEU are given to those that register for the live workshop. The sessions will be recorded and located on the LILRC.org website.

CLRC LA SIG Meet Up – Online via Zoom
2020-04-28 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States

Webinar: Introduction - Nursing Reference Center Plus
2020-04-29 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via Webex, NY, United States
Are you a nurse, health professional, or hospital library staff member? Are you interested in learning more about Nursing Reference Center Plus? The free introductory webinar will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday, April 29th. This is open to all, even if you are outside the CLRC service area. Please forward to anyone who might be interested. See below for more details!
Meeting Number (Access Code): 283 164 549
Meeting Password: [REDACTED]
Brought to you by Health@CLRC.

METRO Webinar: Information Inequity and Other Fault Lines Revealed by the Pandemic
2020-04-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The epidemic revealed what many of us have been working against for decades: the most vulnerable among us are disproportionately impacted by inequitable access to information.
This online panel discussion will center those in our communities who are disproportionately suffering due to the spread of the novel coranavirus. We will discuss the challenges of providing services to marginalized communities in this crisis and share ways in which we might help.
Panelists for this conversation include Kate Adler (MCNY), Leanne Ellis (DOE), Rhonda Evans (Schomburg Center), and Sherell Walker (BMCC).

LILRC Webinar: Hands Off Astronomy Programs - Adapting Traditional STEM & STEAM Astronomy Programs for Social Distancing
2020-04-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
NASA Solar System Ambassadors, Sally Stieglitz, LILRC’s Communications and Marketing Coordinator, and Tom Lynch, will share ideas and resources for transitioning traditional STEM and STEAM programs from “hands on” to “hands off.”
About Tom Lynch: Tom Lynch is an amateur astronomer, sidewalk astronomer, and a library telescope promoter. He spends many Friday mornings as a volunteer docent at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, Long Island. In his spare time, Tom is a CPA sole practitioner with a BA in accounting from St. John’s University. Tom loves talking about astronomy, space exploration, and library telescopes.
For more information on NASA’s Solar System Ambassador program: https://solarsystem1.jpl.nasa.gov/ssa/home.cfm
A certificate for 1 Professional Development Hours (.1 CEU’s) will be emailed after the workshop to anyone who viewed the full workshop live.
