Webinar Viewing Party: NYLA Webinar - Fishing for Friends: How to Reel in Midlife Adults with Programs
2022-04-06 14:00 - 15:15 (America/New_York) | Cazenovia Public Library, 100 Albany Street, Cazenovia, NY, 13035, United States
Join us in person at the Cazenovia Public Library for a Webinar Viewing Party! We’ll be watching the NYLA Webinar, “Fishing for Friends: How to Reel in Midlife Adults with Programs.”
Webinar Description:
Midlife adults are an active and demographically vast population. This generation is living longer, staying active, and looking for opportunities to use their impressive skillset in different ways. Who are these valuable individuals? Are we overlooking them for volunteer opportunities? How can public libraries tap into this significant cohort?
We’ll examine the considerations when planning, marketing, and implementing adult programs that will engage adults 50+ with the library and the Friends. Examples of outreach, formal and informal lifelong learning opportunities and creative community collaborations that can be replicated in your community will be highlighted. Gain practical tips and ideas to entice and involve midlife adults through Friends-sponsored programming and other library events.
We’ll examine current trends in planning and expanding engagement opportunities to attract midlife adults to your library. Creating diverse learning opportunities along with thoughtful strategies to entice and retain them as volunteers are a win-win to encourage this growing but underserved population to become involved in activities they can enjoy for years to come.
Learning Objectives:

Recognize the characteristics of midlife adults and how they are different from previous volunteers.
Gain insights on current trends to engage skilled and active midlife volunteers to assist public libraries.
Create and enhance diverse programming to entice and involve midlife adults to volunteer for or attend library events.
Identify current sustainability strategies to keep and retain midlife volunteers.

About the Presenter:
Reneé K. Bennett-Kapusniak, Ph.D., is currently a librarian at the Saratoga Springs Public Library. She is the author of Public Library Programs and Services for Midlife and Beyond: Expanding Opportunities for a Growing Population (Libraries Unlimited, 2018). Reneé earned her doctoral degree in information studies from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee with an emphasis on 50+ adults’ access and retrieval of information. She has served on the American Library Association Library Services to an Aging Population Committee and assisted with the development of the new ALA Guidelines for Library Services with 60+ Audiences: Best Practices.
**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for 1.25 contact hours**
All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.
All Attendees are expected to follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct
**This event is taking place IN PERSON. Masks are recommended at the Cazenovia Public Library but not required. If you are feeling unwell, we ask that you do not attend this event.**

Resource Sharing Special Interest Group - RS SIG
2022-04-05 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
We each have unique department workflows, challenges and concerns but are similar in our principles of sharing resources. Join the CLRC RS SIG for our next meet up.
Our interests:
* familiarize members with CLRC Resource Sharing services including ILL, medical information reimbursement, cataloging and delivery
* share updates on the most recent resource sharing technologies
* provide an outlet for support from CLRC and member libraries
* further the professional development of resource sharing staff through workshops and webinars
Tuesday, April 5 at 3:00 pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83570342455?pwd=[REDACTED]

Contact Anna Dobkowski with any questions.

Free Digital Inclusion Webinar Series: What Every Library Needs to Know
2022-04-05 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Please join the New York State Library and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) for a series of information-rich training webinars aimed at increasing awareness and providing a deeper understanding of digital inclusion across New York State’s libraries and library systems.
Trainings in this series will include addressing digital equity barriers, building partnerships and coalitions, developing digital navigator programs, and collecting, analyzing, and using local data to conduct asset mapping. See below for more detailed information about webinar topics and dates or visit the New York State Library website for more information about recent and ongoing digital equity initiatives.
This training is intended for library workers from all types of libraries and their digital inclusion partners from other sectors, including schools and community based organizations.
Training Schedule:
Digital Equity Barriers and Strategies
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 11:00-12:30 PM Eastern
In this webinar, participants will gain a stronger understanding of digital equity, broadband technology basics, and how the gaps in broadband availability impact broadband options. Presenters will share solutions, including current and potential state and federal funding opportunities.
Register for Digital Equity Barriers and Strategies

Partnerships and Coalitions
Date: Thursday, November 18, 2021, 11:00-12:30 PM Eastern
Using research-based partnership and coalition models, this webinar will provide New York State regional and local libraries with strategies for developing relationships with community partners to address digital inequities.
Register for Partnerships and Coalitions

Digital Navigators (Parts 1 and 2)
Upon completion of this two-part webinar, participants will gain in-depth knowledge of the Digital Navigator model and its associated tools, its impact, and how this field-tested program can be added to a library’s existing portfolio of services.
Part 1: Tuesday, January 11, 2022, 11-12:30 PM Eastern
Register for Digital Navigators Part 1
Part 2: Thursday, January 27, 2022, 11-12:30 PM Eastern
Register for Digital Navigators Part 2

Data Collection and Analysis
Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 11-12:30 PM Eastern
Building strong and lasting digital inclusion and digital navigator programs require programmatic data collection, analysis, and management. Participants in this webinar will gain skills in finding and accessing data collection sources.
Register for Data Collection and Analysis

Asset Mapping
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 11-12:30 PM Eastern
Participants in this webinar will learn how to gather local asset information and visualize social characteristics of the digital divide on local, regional, and state levels using publicly available data and analysis tools.
Register for Asset Mapping

Attendance at these webinars is required for any libraries or library systems participating in a Reference and Research Library Resources Councils (3Rs) American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) -funded digital inclusion initiative project. Webinars also count toward public librarian certification professional development requirements.
For any questions about the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), please contact Amy Heebner, Library Development Specialist, Division of Library Development, New York State Library with any questions.
Please contact Kristi Zappie-Ferradino, Director of Programs and Initiatives, National Digital Inclusion Alliance, with any questions about the webinars.
The New York State Library works in partnership with the State’s 72 library systems to bring cost-effective, high quality library services to the millions who use New York’s some 7,000 academic, public, school, and special libraries.
The National Digital Inclusion Alliance is a community of digital inclusion practitioners and advocates working collaboratively to craft, identify and disseminate financial and operational resources for digital inclusion programs.
Digital Inclusion: What Every Library Needs to Know is supported with federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds allocated to the New York State Library by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

CDLC Webinar: Digital Citizenship for Today's Libraries
2022-03-31 10:30 - 12:30 | NY, United States
In today’s world, information is communicated and learned through a wide variety of media channels and sources, most of which are through some sort of electronic or digital device. Therefore, becoming media and information literate requires a new set of digital skills that are ever-evolving as technology changes at a rapid pace. Mastering these new skills is what prepares students, patrons, and everyone in our communities to become digital citizens.
In this course, we will define what it means to be a digital citizen, followed by deep-dives into the nine elements of digital citizenship. Throughout the discussion, we will identify services and programming opportunities that libraries of all types can provide to help promote digital citizenship in their communities.
Learning Objectives

Define the concept of digital citizenship and how it relates to other literacies.
Analyze the nine elements of digital citizenship.
Develop services and create programming opportunities that promote digital citizenship in communities.

Instructor
Jodie Borgerding is the Continuing Education Manager for Amigos Library Services. She has experience in academic libraries, reference, information and media literacy, and library marketing and communications. Prior to joining Amigos, Jodie served as the Instruction Librarian for Webster University in St. Louis, MO. She is a past-president of the Missouri Library Association. Jodie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Missouri State University and a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
This program is supported in part with federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds allocated to the New York State Library by the Institue of Museum and Library Services (IMLS; imls.gov) and administered by the Capital District Library Council (CDLC).

METRO Webinar: Copy That! Copyright Basics for Library Professionals, Part 3 - Licensing and Risks
2022-03-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Copyright affects so much of the creative content we interact with and create… not just a painting we may see in a museum or a novel we are reading, but also the emails we ourselves send, the blogs and articles we write, and the photos we take and post.
“Copy That! Copyright Basics for Library Professionals” is a three-part series focusing on basic principles of U.S. copyright law and its impact on us as library professionals, and in our own creative lives.
Part 3 will look at how licensing works for libraries, including licensed databases, e-book lending, open educational resources, and controlled digital lending. We will also discuss collection digitization and ways to minimize risk when using materials that are protected by copyright. Some key takeaways from the presentation will be:
– How copyright plays into database and e-book licensing
– Tips on researching the copyright status, and options for licensing or determining a fair-use argument for works you wish to use
– Why complying with copyright law and clearing necessary permissions with rights holders is important

RRLC Webinar: Collective Power for Collective Good
2022-03-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
When power is concentrated in the hands of individual leaders, things can go very wrong. The Covid-19 pandemic put this in stark relief: when some administrators chose to send library workers into buildings in the face of enormous health risk, staff fought back, organizing to keep themselves and their colleagues safe. It did not have to be that way. Sharing power in a democratic workplace can be better for everyone, inviting workers and bosses to collaborate on the big decisions that affect the institution and the communities they serve. Join a conversation about power in the library workplace and learn concrete strategies for building collective power for the collective good!
Participants will be able to:
– describe the difference between organizing and advocacy
– understand the role of collective organizing in making change
– learn basic elements of organizing including the organizing conversation, making and assessing lists, and planning campaigns.
Presenter: Emily Drabinski, Interim Chief Librarian at the Graduate Center, City University of New York
Live transcription will be available.
We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, please contact rrlc@rrlc.org at least five business days ahead of the program you’d like accommodations for.
If you have any questions, please contact Tina Broomfield at cbroomfield@rrlc.org

Eric Canal Museum Event: Lunchtime Lecture - Upstate NY in the Late 1800s: The Life and Times of Theodocia Maria Toll Foster
2022-03-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse, NY, 13202, United States
Theodocia Maria Toll Foster, a lifetime resident of Verona, NY, was a highly published children’s author in the latter part of the 19th century as well as head mistress of a late 19th century boarding school for girls located in Verona and New Hartford. More broadly, her life is framed by a religious movement called the Second Great Awakening, also known as the Burned Over District, racing across Upstate NY throughout the 19th century. A staunch temperance advocate, her stories speak against alcohol, growing hops, and the travails of big city life. Writing under the name Faye Huntington, she published some 40 books and many articles and stories in a popular children’s magazine of the day, Pansy. In this talk, Susan Snow Wadley explores her life and her writings and values as reflected in her numerous published writings.

This talk will be presented via Zoom and will be recorded for those who cannot attend live. Attendance is FREE with a recommended $10 donation. You can register here: https://eriecanalmuseum.org/store/product/lecture/

WNYLRC Webinar: Bylaws - Writing and Interpreting Them
2022-03-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
This session on Robert’s Rules of Order and Parliamentary Procedure will cover bylaws in depth. If you’ve wondered about crafting bylaws and interpreting them, then this session is for you. Many professional organizations, including WNYLRC, use Robert’s Rules and parliamentary procedure to conduct their meetings. It’s a flexible method that is adaptable for any type of meeting, and knowing the basics of parliamentary procedure can improve both participation and efficiency in your meetings. Bring your questions to be answered by a certified expert in parliamentary procedure.
About the Presenter:

Steven Anderson is a retired Air Force officer, high-school teacher, and since 2005, a credentialed working parliamentary consultant, helping individuals and organizations get the most out of their meetings time.

LibraryWorks Webinar: Bully-Proofing Your Library
2022-03-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via LibraryWorks, NY, United States
CLRC is offering up to 20 seats at the upcoming LibraryWorks webinar, Bully-Proofing Your Library.
Whether you call it bullying, harassing, intimidating, stalking, threatening, tormenting, browbeating, needling, or pushing people around, commonsense calls it bad behavior. What steps need to be taken during your library’s employment cycle and regarding the culture of your library to prevent bullying behavior? To address incidents with staff and library users, particularly young people? If managers and leaders don’t step up in a timely fashion, it’s easy for library personnel to think that the higher ups are intimidated, or, at worse, support bad behaviors.
Topics include establishing enforceable policies that focus on addressing behaviors in a timely fashion, norms for evaluation, preparing for pushback, the “reasonable” test, the role of supervisors and managers, codes of ethics, conflicting cultures regarding workplace and customer behavior, hiring for emotional maturity, and ensuring everyone is subject to the same guidelines and consequences.
Agenda

Introduction: What is Bullying…And Other Forms Of Bad Workplace Behavior?
The Key Idea: Make Your Library Safe From Bad Behavior
Don’t Get Sucked In: The Conflict Triangle
Fix the Foundations: Employment Policies
Start Off Right: Recruitment and Probation
Prevention: Employee and Supervisor Education
When Mistakes are Made: Setting Consequences

Outcomes

Create a workplace culture that discourages bullying and harassment.
Review and strengthen orientation of new employees regarding unacceptable behaviors.
Establish ethical, legal, and respectful ways to deal with workplace mistakes.
Provide a bully-free space for young people.

Presenter: Pat Wagner has been a trainer and consultant for libraries for over 40 years. She focuses on personnel, management, and leadership issues, including marketing, project management, and tech services productivity.
Registration closes on March 15 at 5 p.m. You will be sent a link to the webinar within 24 hours of the start time.

WNYLRC Webinar: Robert's Rules of Order - Meetings From Agendas to Adjournment
2022-03-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Welcome to another edition covering Robert’s Rules of Order and Parliamentary Procedure! This session will go in depth on correct procedures for agendas, order of business, minutes, reports, and any general questions you may have. Many professional organizations, including WNYLRC, use Robert’s Rules and parliamentary procedure to conduct their meetings. It’s a flexible method that is adaptable for any type of meeting, and knowing the basics of parliamentary procedure can improve both participation and efficiency in your meetings. Bring your questions to be answered by a certified expert in parliamentary procedure.
About the Presenter:
Steven Anderson is a retired Air Force officer, high-school teacher, and since 2005, a credentialed working parliamentary consultant, helping individuals and organizations get the most out of their meetings time.

Webinar: Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ+ Patrons
2022-03-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Learn the latest pronouns, flags, vocabulary and laws within the LGBTQ+ community. Discover free resources to help you in your Alllyship and inclusive services beyond just PRIDE Month in June. Explore best practices from other industries to support your mission at your site. Come with questions, walk aways with answers on what it truly means to serve the LGBTQ+ population.
About the Presenter:
Lisa Koenecke is an award winning author of “Be an Inclusion Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+.” She has presented at the ALA Conference in Chicago and knows the vital role your profession has on allowing the LGBTQ+ community to thrive. After 12 years as a middle and high school counselor, she is now a Counselor Educator at Lakeland University and also holds a Diversity & Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University. She has given a TEDx Talk and has presented in 45 states and globally.
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 follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct

LILRC Webinar: Media Manipulation - Do You Know It When You See It?
2022-03-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Media manipulation is not new. However, in today’s 24/7 online world, media is relentlessly pervasive and invasive. Media manipulation is easy and provides income for practitioners. It can create misinformation that can harm and mislead. Awareness of media manipulation tactics has a critical role in our lives. Learn some basic clues to look for to identify media manipulation. Knowledge is power.
PRESENTER: Joanna Burkhardt is a faculty librarian at the University of Rhode Island. She has taught, presented and written about Information Literacy for more than 25 years. Her forthcoming book focuses on media manipulation.

Library Assistants and Support Staff - LA SIG
2022-03-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Third Tuesdays at 2:00 pm
CLRC offers 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
Join us on Zoom for our March get-together.
This month’s topic will be App Sharing.
REGISTER HERE
Contact Anna Dobkowski with any questions.

LILRC Webinar: Accessibility and Hidden Disabilities
2022-03-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
If someone uses a wheelchair, or is visually impaired, it can be easier to understand the difficulties they might face and to support them. For those individuals with hidden disabilities, it’s often a different story. People might not spot the challenges they are experiencing and may find it hard to comprehend or believe someone with a “hidden” impairment genuinely needs help.
Learn about some of the hidden disabilities you may encounter during your events, including Long COVID. You will be offered strategies that you can employ to ensure you are providing an inclusive program with suitable accommodations for all your audience members.
Presenter
Laura Jean Checki is the President and Director of Disability Programming at Interstellar Inspirations, LLC. She is a Science Education and Public Outreach Specialist and an effective Motivational Speaker. Laura is currently an Environmental Specialist of Educational Programs for the Department of Health for the County of Bergen. She is an avid volunteer and focuses her volunteer efforts on NASA, the American Museum of Natural History, mentoring students, accommodating those with disabilities, supporting veterans, transporting and rescuing wildlife, and exposing the wonders of science to everyone she meets.

METRO Webinar: Abolitionist Futures - A PLSN Discussion Group (March Edition)
2022-03-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Want to learn more about prison abolition? Looking to explore the role of information in the prison industrial complex? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join the club (literally!). This monthly discussion group with Prison Library Support Network will look at a rotating calendar of media resources for discussion, meeting the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:30pm.
While the group’s facilitators (and host) are affiliated with libraries, you do not need to be a librarian or information professional to attend this group. We will share our discussion calendar regularly through METRO and the PLSN listserv, so that folks can plan ahead to attend the months that sound interesting to them.
Join us this month for a discussion on the realities of motherhood and pregnancy while incarcerated.
– Digitized issue of Tenacious Zine #5 Mothers Day issue: https://azinelibrary.org/trash/tenacious.pdf
– Excerpt from Tenacious Issue 27: https://issuu.com/poczineproject/docs/tenacious_excerpt_27_2012
– Tutwiler: A Marshall Project/Frontline documentary (30 minutes, video): https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/05/06/the-separation
– The Realities of Pregnancy and Mothering While Incarcerated (PDF article – recommended): http://jaapl.org/content/early/2020/05/13/JAAPL.003924-20
Optional:
– Pregnant Behind Bars: What We Do and Don’t Know About Pregnancy and Incarceration, NPR Radio Interview (4 minutes, audio): https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/21/705587775/pregnant-behind-bars-what-we-do-and-dont-know-about-pregnancy-and-incarceration
– Mothers leaving prison try reconnecting with family (7 minutes, video): https://www.pbs.org/video/searching-for-justice-1611791934/

RRLC Webinar: Cataloging and Processing ABC's
2022-03-10 14:30 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
New to cataloging and processing, or looking to brush up your skills? This webinar will teach library staff the basics of cataloging and processing books, such as creating specs on file. Specs on file (AKA vendor specification cataloging requirements) are required by each book vendor. There is no need to fill out a new form for each vendor if you have your own ready to send. Participants will be walked through the steps to create their own and gain an understanding of the importance of each choice. We will also discuss importing records (using Follett Destiny) and how to add additional resources to records to enhance student engagement.
Presenter: Melissa Frost, Rochester City School District
Live transcription will be available.
We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, please contact rrlc@rrlc.org at least five business days ahead of the program you’d like accommodations for.
This webinar will not be recorded.
If you have any questions, please contact Tina Broomfield at cbroomfield@rrlc.org

SIG: Academic Librarians
2022-03-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Campus conversations and library luck in March. Join us for the CLRC Academic Librarians Special Interest Group meeting via Zoom.
All academic librarians are welcome in this group to discuss research, department liaison roles, grants, collection development, and other topics related to the areas and responsibilities in academic libraries.
REGISTER HERE

Contact Kathleen Salsbury with any questions.

Webinar: Digital Navigators Training
2022-03-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Digital technology is a conduit to many critical services (such as health, financial, and residential support systems), but not all people are able to use it. To ensure digital technology is a path rather than a barrier to service, CLRC is developing a Digital Navigator program to connect library users to assistance from library staff. In this workshop participants (library employees) will be trained to be Digital Navigators so that they may provide digital technology assistance with due attention to legal compliance, privacy/confidentiality, and data security. In this session Attorney Stephanie “Cole” Adams will engage participants in a hands-on training where they will gain the knowledge and skills they need in order to offer and handle requests for digital technology assistance to library users, in a way that minimizes risks for all parties and promotes optimal encounters for this type of service.
About the Presenter:
Stephanie A. Adams, Esq. (Nickname: Cole), is an attorney practicing from her own law office in Buffalo, NY. Adams chose a career in the law so she could focus her professional life on the law’s impact on creativity and communication. She has also worked as a print and broadcast journalist. Adams’s extensive writing on legal issues facing today’s libraries, including issues impacting the freedom to read, can be seen regularly on the “Ask the Lawyer” service hosted by the Western New York Library Resources Council.
Adams’s focus on speech-related legal issues started with her final project at her alma mater, Hampshire College in Massachusetts. While completing her B.A., Adams also had an internship at the Northampton-based Comic Book Legal Defense Fund in 1996, an experience she would reprise while working on her J.D. the summer of ’98. She was a page during high school at the New Hartford Town Library, worked in the Hampshire College library transcribing archives, and worked in the library at her law school.
Prior to working at the firm she founded in 2017, Adams spent over 10 years serving as an in-house counsel at Niagara University, where her work demanded consideration of not-for-profit, risk management, student, and labor law issues, along with deep respect for academic freedom. At the University, she also worked on ADA issues, including adaptive technology, universal design, and accommodations requests. Prior to that, (as “Stephanie Cole”) she was a partner in the firm of Bloom, Cole, & Shonn, LLP.
For more information on Adams’ experience, visit the website for The Law Office of Stephanie Adams (LOSA), PLLC.
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 Attendees are expected to follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct

LILRC Webinar: The Future of Serials Publishing - An Update
2022-03-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The LILRC Resource Sharing and Management Committee invites you to attend its 8th Annual Technical Services Open Forum. The 2022 forum will explore the impact of the pandemic on the serials publishing industry with presentations by Deb Knox, Director of Federal Sales, Cox Subscriptions, Inc. and by Bowen Thagard, Senior Vice President of Operations & Finance, Americas, Ebsco. Topics addressed will include shifts in the information marketplace, changes in formats and publication frequency, the impact of the pandemic on small publications, troubleshooting claims, changes in collection sizes and formats, and pricing trends (freezes and increases).

LILRC Webinar: Growing Healthy Passions at Your Library
2022-03-08 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
This program will cover the bases on how to start a garden and create garden centered programming that engages the young people in your community.
Presenters:
Syntychia Kendrick-Samuels
A 2016 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, Ms. Kendrick-Samuel has had considerable success working for the people of Uniondale by creating a dynamic teen department, has won numerous grants, awards and presented at local, city, state and national conferences. Notable library journals have published her articles about her experiences as a Teen Librarian. She expanded her role at Uniondale Public Library in the Spring of 2021 when she was promoted to Assistant Director.
Christina Hirsch, Head of the Children’s Department at Uniondale Public Library.
My Name is Chrissy Hirsch. I am a children’s librarian and a nature lover. I grew up in Rosedale Queens for most of my childhood. My Grandma and Grandpa had a small container stoop garden in Queens and would grow zucchini, tomatoes and peppers. They used to fry the zucchini flowers for us to eat as treats. We moved to Long Island and I started my own garden in my early teenage years.
I love when I see families come together in our library garden and relive their childhood memories of their family gardens.
We hope to grow and learn with the community and become a family garden together.
Tamelee Young, Children’s Librarian – Uniondale Public Library.
My name is Tamelee Young. I am a children’s librarian and a garden enthusiast. I grew up here on Long Island and my parents always had a garden. I want to share and learn new ideas with the community. We can learn so much from each other. Gardening is universal. My favorite part of gardening is, watching a seed grow.

Onondaga Historical Association Event: A Pocketful of Progress Exhibit Opening
2022-03-03 17:30 - 19:30 | Onondaga Historical Museum, 321 Montgomery Street, Syracuse, NY, 13202, United States
We’re launching a new exhibit, A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones! This new exhibition opens on Thursday, March 3rd at 5:30. Come join us downtown at the Onondaga Historical Museum to explore this fascinating new display of machines from the past 150 years which performed functions that, today, can be done on a smartphone. The impressive array of machines, many which originated right here in Syracuse, offer a stark juxtaposition to the incredible technological tool you carry every day in your purse or in your pocket.
Up for a double feature? The A Pocketful of Progress exhibit opening is taking place just after a book talk the same evening. Author M.C. Antil will be discussing his book, Floor Burns: Love, Passion and the 1967 Syracuse All-City Championship. This work is a non-fiction account of a high school championship basketball game, and “love letter” to our city.
The is a free event! Please RSVP to ohamuseum@cnyhistory.org if you will be coming to one or both of these events! For the safety of all our staff and patrons, you must show proof of vaccination in order to attend.

Onondaga Historical Museum Event: “Floor Burns” Book Talk with Author M.C. Antil
2022-03-03 16:30 - 18:30 | Onondaga Historical Museum, 321 Montgomery Street, Syracuse, NY, 13202, United States
Join OHA as we welcome M.C. Antil, author of Floor Burns: Love, Passion and the 1967 Syracuse All-City Championship. The book has been described as “a sprawling, affectionate…portrait of a city being transformed by the 1960s, the people who lived there, and the game they loved”. This work is a non-fiction account of a high school championship basketball game.
Floor Burns is a basketball story, to be sure. But it is also a “virtual love letter” to Syracuse, the story of a small working-class city, its people, and the turbulent times they shared.
Come to the Onondaga Historical Museum on March 3rd to listen to M.C. Antil’s book talk and learn about the story of the 1967 Syracuse All-City Championship. The event, from 4:30 to 6:30, includes an author presentation, refreshments, and the chance to browse our Gift Gallery. Of course, we’ll also have plenty of copies of Floor Burns ready for the author to sign!
Want more history? Enjoy the second half of this double feature, the gallery opening of our new exhibit, A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones! The gallery opening will take place at the museum directly after the book talk, and celebrates this new, technology-focused exhibit. A Pocketful of Progress demonstrates the advancements we’ve made in technology in the past 150 years. It showcases a wide range of machines – many of which were built right here in Syracuse – that have been necessary to complete the myriad tasks now done on our smartphones.
The is a free event! Please RSVP to ohamuseum@cnyhistory.org if you will be coming to one or both of these events! For the safety of all our staff and patrons, you must show proof of vaccination in order to attend.

ESLN Webinar: Introduction to the Affordable Connectivity Program
2022-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In this session, you will learn how the ACP works so that you can encourage and assist your patrons to enroll in the program.
The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more.
The benefit provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price.
The Affordable Connectivity Program is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household. For more information, visit https://www.fcc.gov/acp
This webinar will be recorded and shared with registrants only with the permission of the presenter.

CDLC Webinar: Sustainability in Collections Care
2022-03-01 09:30 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
All are welcome to join this discussion via Zoom with University at Albany Preservation Librarians, Ann Kearney, Karen Kiorpes, and their colleague Bridget Collins, Dewey Graduate Library.
Learn the basic concepts of sustainability when caring for collections in libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies. We will focus on practical, doable affordable actions that can save money and reduce climate impacts.
We will also spend a few minutes discussing what preservation-related topics you would like the group to discuss at upcoming meetings, so this is your chance to provide your suggestions!
This session will NOT be recorded, but notes will be posted on the LibGuide after the event.

NNYLN Webinar: Academic Library Student Employee Management
2022-02-28 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Student employees provide invaluable support in academic libraries but it takes time to show them the ropes. Some training and management techniques have been successful and some have not. We all learn from our mistakes right alongside our students and delight in their victories as they grasp new material. Join us as we explore topics regarding student management and training challenges.
Topics include:

Training games and modules
Multimodal learning
Effective student management
Successes/Failures
Future plans for student management

There will be time for Q&A. You may also submit questions ahead of time using this form: https://forms.gle/U5sMjpecXHSRtQmU6

LILRC Webinar: Archival Arrangements for Beginners
2022-02-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Why do archivists insist that collections not be broken up and stored chronologically or by subject or type? What are the basic principles of provenance and original order? This workshop will explain why archivists process through incoming donations and existing collections by group, series, subseries, file and item. If you are new to archival arrangement or simply curious, this introduction will help explain the thinking behind the work involved.

METRO Webinar: In an Ever-Expanding Library, Using Decentralized Storage to Keep Your Materials Safe
2022-02-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
About This Session
Libraries understand the headache of storing materials. How do you create room for an ever-expanding collection? What if you don’t want to weed materials to make room? Enter decentralized storage—a network of P-2-P servers that store materials across a global network in exchange for cryptocurrency. What problems does this solve? What problems does this create? Where is the state of decentralized storage today?
About This Series
The World Wide Web started with so much promise: to connect people across any distance, to allow anyone to become a publisher, and to democratize access to knowledge. However, today the Web seems to be failing us. It’s not private, secure, or unifying. The internet has, in large part, ended up centralizing access and power in the hands of a few dominant platforms.
What if we could build something better—what some are calling Web 3.0 or the decentralized web?
In this series of six workshops, we’ll explore the ways in which moving to decentralized technologies may enhance your privacy, empower you to control your own data, and resist censorship. Join us to hear from experts in the leading peer-to-peer technologies, from identity to data storage. We’ll see demonstrations of blockchains, cryptocurrency, NFTs, and decentralized storage projects in action. Learn how Web 3.0 might yet create systems that empower individuals by eliminating central points of control.
This series is a partnership between Internet Archive, DWeb, Library Futures, and Metropolitan New York Library Council.

LILRC Webinar: Coffee+Conversation: Social Media Librarians Virtual Meetup
2022-02-24 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join your fellow social media librarians for our next virtual meet up. We will have an open conversation about new and ongoing challenges. All are welcome!
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This program will not be recorded

Webinar: Blogging as Librarians
2022-02-24 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Are you interested in learning how to share your experiences as a library staff member in a creative and powerful way? Come join a panel discussion with three contributors to the ACRLog as we discuss the benefits of blogging! Three key takeaways will be:

Best & worst practices for blogging
Recommended tech, services, or tools
Advice to begin your journey

About the Presenters:
Alex Harrington (she/her) is the Access Services and Instruction Librarian at the Harrell Health Sciences Library at the Hershey campus of Penn State University. She has been contributing to ACRLog since September 2018, at which time she was a reference and instruction librarian at the Tidewater Community College / City of Virginia Beach Joint-Use Library in Virginia Beach, VA. She is currently serving as the Series Coordinator for ACRLog.
Hailley Fargo (she/her) is the Head of Education & Outreach Services at Northern Kentucky University. In this role, she leads a team of librarians to provide information literacy through course-based instruction, credit-bearing courses in the Library Informatics bachelor’s degree program, and through outreach efforts across campus. Her research interests include undergraduate research, student engagement and academic libraries, middle management, and reference services. Blogging has been a big part of Hailley’s life, starting as an undergraduate at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Since then, she has blogged for New York Public Library, YALSA, Hack Library School, and ACRLog. Hailley is also a co-founder and Editorial Board member of LibParlor (libparlor.com), a platform for building a community of researchers in LIS.
Emily Hampton Haynes (she/her) is a Public Services Librarian at Carroll Community College in rural Maryland, and has been blogging with ACRLog since 2018. Her research interests include critical librarianship and outreach. After two years of hybrid education, Emily is working on re-building community in her library through low-stakes, self-directed programming. She’s obsessed with her black Labrador named Persephone.
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 follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct

METRO Webinar: Copy That! Copyright Basics for Library Professionals, Part 2 - Exceptions and Limitations
2022-02-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Copyright affects so much of the creative content we interact with and create… not just a painting we may see in a museum or a novel we are reading, but also the emails we ourselves send, the blogs and articles we write, and the photos we take and post.
“Copy That! Copyright Basics for Library Professionals” is a three-part series focusing on basic principles of U.S. copyright law and its impact on us as library professionals, and in our own creative lives.
Part 2 will focus on exceptions and limitations in U.S. copyright law, and the ways they play a part in how libraries operate. These include the first-sale doctrine, library exceptions under Section 108 of U.S. copyright law, and fair use. We will also discuss protections for digital content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Some key takeaways from the presentation will be:
– How exceptions in U.S. copyright law grant libraries the ability to lend physical materials and make copies for patrons
– An examination of the four factors of fair use, and how they apply to specific copyright cases
– Ways in which copyright law has adapted to the digital age
