Library Assistants and Support Staff - LA SIG
2022-02-15 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | 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 February get-together.
This month’s topic will be Advocacy: Elevator Speeches.
REGISTER HERE
Contact Anna Dobkowski with any questions.

METRO Webinar: Abolitonist Futures - A PLSN Discussion Group (February Edition)
2022-02-14 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 special Valentine’s Day podcast discussion about love and romance behind bars. Ear Hustle episodes (45 minutes) can be listened to directly from the website https://www.earhustlesq.com/, Spotify, or however you get your podcasts. For our discussion please listen to the following episodes:
– Prime Real Estate
– Hold That Space
– I Want the Fairy Tale
Optional:
– The Boom Boom Room*
* note that this episode is about sex and while not explicit, listener discretion is advised

CLRC's Sustainability SIG Meetings
2022-02-11 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join us for a meeting of CLRC’s Sustainability Special Interest Group!
We meet every other month on the second Friday at 10 a.m.
This group meets to discuss how best to reach our community to convey a sense of urgency regarding the state of our planet. Our focus is on the three pillars of sustainability: sustainable practices are environmentally sound, socially equitable, and economically feasible.

Meeting ID: 885 7044 8340
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: Facebook + Data Privacy - How Facebook Mismanages Information and What It Means for Users
2022-02-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
2021 was quite a year for Facebook. New details that emerged from leaked documents proved that, as nefarious as Facebook is for users here in the United States, the reality for other countries is far worse.
Join our data privacy + security experts Dan Ayala and Gary Price for a discussion on how Facebook functions behind the scenes, how their corporate decision-making makes its users vulnerable, and the implications of these decisions on populations around the world.
In this session, you will learn:
> How likes, shares, and thumb-stoppers create an online environment where mis- and dis-information spreads rapidly
> How recent revelations shed light on how Facebook prioritizes the needs of governments over the needs of residents
> Why we as library workers should stay informed on the way Facebook (mis)uses information, and what it means for library patrons
We hope to see you there!

LILRC Webinar: Barrier Busting - Designing Truly Accessible Services for Youth
2022-02-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Twenty percent of the children you serve have a disability. Welcoming them into your library is easier than you think. Learn about the culture of inclusion, the materials that expand access and the tools you need to reach your community.
Explore:

Universal Design for Learning
Representing children with disabilities
Supporting families
Virtual accessibility
And much more.
Libraries are for everyone!

Presenter:
Carrie Banks has been in charge of Brooklyn Public Library’s (BPL) Inclusive Services since 1997 and taught “Including Youth with Disabilities: at Pratt Institute from 2013 to 2015. Active in ASGCLA and ALSC since 2000, she was president of ASGCLA in 2020. From 2017 to 2019, she was part of ALA President Loida Garcia-Febo’s EDI Presidential Team. In 2014, she substantially revised Including Families of Children with Special Needs: A How to Do It Manual for Librarians. Libraries and Garden: Growing Together, written with Cynthia Mediavilla, was published in the Spring of 2019. Library Programming for Adults with Developmental Disabilities, written with Barbara Klipper, will be published in Spring 2021.

SIG: Academic Librarians
2022-02-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Campus conversations and library love in February. 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.

METRO Webinar: Innovative Approaches to Serving Vulnerable Patrons
2022-02-08 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Oak Park Public Library in Illinois has built a comprehensive, combined social services and public safety model over the past six years. Rob Simmons, Oak Park’s Director of Social Services and Public Safety, has been instrumental in creating innovative programs such as free mental health assessment and counseling services, educational support for low-income students, supportive housing advocacy, and employment assistance. Rob will share insights on what’s worked best, highlighting the engagement strategies and strategic partnerships that play a crucial role in serving the library’s most vulnerable patrons.
Attendees can expect to:
> Understand how a public library system can integrate a social services model into its organization
> Learn best-practice engagement strategies that are effective with vulnerable patrons
> Learn ways to engage community-based partnerships to help serve vulnerable patrons
Rob Simmons started his role as Director of Social Services and Public Safety at Oak Park Public Library (IL) in March 2016. Rob is one of the first social workers hired to integrate a social services model into a public library system in the United States. His innovative work has resulted in programs that provide resources such as: free mental health assessments and counseling, educational support for low-income students, supportive housing advocacy, and employment assistance. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Human and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University, and a Master’s degree in Social-Service Administration from The University of Chicago.

Webinar: Mental Health & Wellness 101 with the Mental Health Association in New York State
2022-02-08 15:00 - 16:30 | Online via MHANYS, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Mental Health and Wellness 101 helps participants to understand mental health in a holistic context and utilize basic mental health awareness in order to self-care and help others.
Mental Health and Wellness 101 participants will:

Increase basic knowledge of mental health to help reduce stigma.
Understand Mental Health as a continuum of wellness that defines us every day — it is illness, recovery, and all of the space in between.
Promote wellness, treatment seeking behavior, recovery, and self-care.
Identify and understand various signs & symptoms of mental illness.

Why is this important?
Consider this: the median time between the onset of mental illness (when symptoms first appear) and when an individual gets appropriate treatment is 10 years. During that time, a person is likely experiencing periods of increased symptomology and periods of wellness. Mental Health and recovery are dependent on an individual’s ability to recognize and manage where he/she is each day on the continuum between wellness and illness and take care accordingly, an important piece to quality of life.
This webinar is being presented by the Mental Health Association in New York State.

**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for 1.5 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

LILRC Webinar: Transforming Teen Services in Your Library
2022-02-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Does your library have a hard time getting teens through the door? Are you having a hard time engaging with the young adult population? While there may be no one-size-fits-all solution, this webinar will share some tools and approaches to engage with teens in your library.
Transforming Teen Services (T3) is a series of trainings designed to help improve library services for teens across four basic content areas:

Connected Learning
Computational Thinking
Child and Youth Development
Educational Equity

Learn about this series based training and transform teen services in your library.
Shauntee Burns-Simpson (MLIS) currently serves as the 2020-2022 President of BCALA. She is the Associate Director of School Outreach for The New York Public Library. An ambassador for libraries and Youth Librarian, President Burns-Simpson enjoys connecting people to the public library and its resources. She works closely with at-risk teens and fosters a love of reading & learning with her innovative programs. In addition to leading BCALA, she chairs the American Library Association Office of Diversity, Literacy, & Outreach Services (ODLOS) Committee on Diversity.

LILRC Webinar: Dear William - A Father's Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love, and Loss with Author David Magee
2022-02-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The last time David Magee saw his son alive, William told him to write their family’s story in the hopes of helping others. Days later, David found William dead from an accidental drug overdose. Magee addresses his poignant story to all those who will benefit from better understanding substance misuse so that his hard-earned wisdom can save others from the fate of his late son, William.
With honesty and heart, Magee shares his family’s intergenerational struggle with substance abuse and mental health issues, as well as his own reckoning with family secrets—confronting the dark truth about the adoptive parents who raised him and a decades-long search for identity. He wrestles with personal substance misuse that began at a young age and, as a father, he sees destructive patterns repeat and develop within his own children. While striving to find a truly authentic voice as a writer despite authoring nearly a dozen previous books, Magee ultimately understands that William had been right and their own family’s history is the story he needs to tell.
About David Magee: David Magee is an award-winning columnist, author, inspirational speaker, and the Director of Institute Advancement at the University of Mississippi. He is a change-maker on alcohol and other drug wellness education and support and wellbeing. He helped inspire and create the William Magee Center for Wellness Education at the University of Mississippi, named for his late son and designed to improve lives with new solutions.
Formerly a columnist for Newsweek, and a former daily newspaper and magazine publisher and a vice president of Alabama Media Group, David is the author of a dozen books including How Toyota Became #1, named a Top 10 Business Book of the Year from the American Library Association, and The Education of Mr. Mayfield, a best book of the South (2009), and he has been a regular guest on CNBC.

Communication for Health Literacy: A Health@CLRC & Upstate Health Sciences Library Professional Development Event
2022-01-28 09:00 - 16:00, 2022-01-27 09:00 - 16:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Are you a librarian, nurse, social worker, or professional who wants to enhance their health literacy proficiency? Sponsored by Health @ CLRC and Upstate Medical University’s Health Sciences Library and presented via Zoom, the Communication for Health Literacy: a Health @ CLRC and Upstate Health Sciences Library Professional Development Event is available free of cost to interested professionals. Join us on January 27th and 28th to gain expertise in how to offer services to communities with nuanced needs like those who live in rural areas, LGBTQ+ persons, and refugees. On day two, representatives from organizations that specialize in health literacy will speak about available services and resources so you feel empowered to offer a patient or patron a referral.
This conference will be recorded and distributed to all registrants.
All registrants will receive a copy of the book Searching for Health: The Smart Way to Find Information Online and Put It to Use, a reusable tote, and a power bank.
**Physical materials will not be mailed Internationally**
Thursday, January 27
9 AM – 9:15 AM: Welcome – Sarah Lawler, MSLIS
9:15 AM – 10 AM: Health Literacy for Rural Populations
Margot Malachowski, MLS, AHIP, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Region 7
In this talk, Margot will describe current demographic trends in rural America. Attendees will learn how to download data sets and visualizations from rural health resources
and how to find information on health conditions, demographic groups and social issues.
Margot Malachowski is an Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Network of the National Library of Medicine in Region 7. Margot has 23 years of experience working
in public, hospital, and university libraries.
10 AM – 11 AM: What Did the Doctor Say?: Advancing Health Literacy through Joint Commission Standards and Initiatives
Christina L. Cordero, Ph.D., MPH, Project Director, Department of Standards and Survey Methods, Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation
This presentation will provide an overview of The Joint Commission’s requirements supporting health literacy and discuss the impact of language and culture on patient-provider communication. Participants will also hear about available tools and resources to improve their organization’s ability to address health literacy.
Christina Cordero is a Project Director in the Department of Standards and Survey Methods, Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation at The Joint Commission. Dr. Cordero is focused on standards development projects for the hospital and laboratory accreditation programs. She developed the patient centered communication standards and The Joint Commission monograph Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals. Dr. Cordero has also provided research and technical support to The Joint Commission’s Hospitals, Language, and Culture: A Snapshot of the Nation study, and she is a contributing author ofOne Size Does Not Fit All: Meeting the Health Care Needs of Diverse Populations. Prior to joining The Joint Commission, Dr. Cordero conducted basic science and public health research at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Cordero earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis, and her Master of Public Health degrees from Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
11 AM – 12 PM: Health Literacy for Refugee and Immigrant Populations
Eric Johnson, MLS, Adult Literacy and Refugee Services Librarian
Attendees will learn tried and true methods for enhancing health literacy skills amongst refugee and immigrant populations. Eric will also speak about his extensive experience
with the refugee community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Eric Johnson is the program coordinator for Milwaukee Public Library’s (MPL) Adult Literacy and Refugee Services program. His professional focus is working with adult
learners, refugees, and new arrivals. Eric has worked for MPL for over 30 years.
12 PM – 1 PM: Lunch
1 PM – 2 PM: Tools to Help People Understand and Act on Health Information
Cindy Brach, MPP, Senior Healthcare Researcher, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This presentation will provide an overview of tools that improve spoken and written communication and support the adoption of health literacy universal
precautions.
Cindy Brach is a Senior Health Care Researcher at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Cindy is the Co-Chair of the HHS Health Literacy Workgroup.
2 PM – 3:30 PM – MLA Continuing Education: Enhance Your Teaching with the ACRL Framework
If you teach or plan to teach, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education will help you promote deep
learning for your students. This framework incorporates threshold concepts, in other words, the ideas in any discipline that are passageways to enlarged understanding or
ways of thinking and practicing in the discipline.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

integrate information literacy threshold concepts into one class or training they are teaching or wish to teach.
use best practices for the development of learning outcomes.
identify classroom assessment techniques for assessing student progress with information literacy concepts.

Xan Y. Goodman, AHIP, is the co-editor of the ACRL publications, Disciplinary Applications of Information Literacy Threshold Concepts and Faculty Librarian Collaborations: Integrating the Information Literacy Framework into Disciplinary Courses, and the author of a chapter on the social
determinants of health as a threshold concept. Goodman is a librarian and associate professor at the University of Nevada–Las Vegas Libraries, where
she supports four schools in the Division of Health Sciences: the School of Integrated Health Sciences, School of Public Health, School of Nursing, and
School of Dental Medicine.
Samantha Godbey is the coeditor of the ACRL publications, Disciplinary Applications of Information Literacy Threshold Concepts and Faculty
Librarian Collaborations: Integrating the Information Literacy Framework into Disciplinary Courses. She is an experienced educator and facilitator of professional development
for instructors and librarians. She is currently part of the presenter team for the official ACRL-licensed workshop, “Engaging with the ACRL Framework: A Catalyst for Exploring
and Expanding Our Teaching Practices.” Godbey is an education librarian and associate professor at the University of Nevada–Las Vegas Libraries, where she serves as the
library liaison to the College of Education and Department of Psychology.
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Eliminating HIV Stigma “Togethr”
Jerron Totten, Social Outreach Coordinator and Legislative Advocacy Specialist, LGBT Detroit
Jerron Totten is a native of Reidsville, NC. A graduate of James Benson Dudley High School and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Totten currently resides in Detroit, Michigan. Professionally, he has spent over 7 years in political organizing having served on both the Obama and Hillary Clinton presidential campaigns. He is the current Social Outreach Coordinator and Legislative Advocacy Specialist at LGBT Detroit, North America’s largest African American found and led LGBT non-profit organization.
Friday, January 28
9 AM – 9:15 AM: Welcome – Sarah Lawler, MSLIS
9:30 AM -11 AM: Book Talk: Searching for Health: The Smart Way to Find Information Online and Put It to Use by Kapil Parakh, MD, Ph.D.
Searching for Health – Book Description
We’ve all been there. Late at night, staring into the glow of a phone trying to make sense of some health-related issue that we know nothing about. In Searching for Health, Dr.
Kapil Parakh, with Anna Dirksen, brings to life knowledge he gained from working at Google and practicing medicine. Helping readers avoid common pitfalls, get the
information they need, and partner effectively with their health team to figure out a path to good health together, the book distills decades of scientific research into a set of
easy-to-follow tips. It also incorporates

firsthand accounts of common challenges on the path to good health;
an inside look at how doctors approach and assess health-related information;
techniques that consumers can use to locate evidence-based information online, whether in blogs, social media postings, forums, or news stories;
guidance on how individuals can make the best use of new technologies, such as health trackers and other applications;
recommendations to help patients assess health information for themselves and make decisions based on what they find;
brief summaries of the scientific studies underpinning the recommendations; and
online and offline resources—including handy checklists and worksheets—to help readers prepare for appointments, discuss tough topics with their doctors, and take control of their health.

Dr. Kapil Parakh is a cardiologist who has spearheaded efforts at Google to provide high-quality health information to more than a billion users. Before Google, Kapil served as a White House Fellow and was the principal health advisor to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He is also the co-
founder of an award-winning non-profit on health innovation. He was previously Director of Heart Failure at Johns Hopkins Bayview where he
developed novel care delivery models. As a clinician-scientist, he has published dozens of papers, many on psychosocial factors in heart disease.
Kapil is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Advanced Heart Failure and holds a MD, MPH, and Ph.D. Kapil sees patients part-time
at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in DC and is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and at Yale University. His book, Searching for
Health, was published by Johns Hopkins Press.
11 AM – 11:20 AM: Health Literacy Organization Lightning Talks: Alzheimer’s Association
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM: Health Literacy Organization Lightning Talks: Food Bank of CNY
11:40 AM: – 12 PM: Health Literacy Organization Lightning Talks: PEACE, Inc.
12 PM – 1 PM: Lunch Break
1:00 PM – 1:20 PM: Health Literacy Resources from the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM)
1:40 PM – 3:25 PM: Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection
Sean Corning, MLIS, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Region 7
How are health communication and health literacy connected? How can you be more effective in providing health information to consumers, patients, clients, library patrons
and your community? This one-hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication, outlines components of clear health communication, and
identifies online resources from the National Library of Medicine, government agencies and other recognized resources for health literacy and health communication.
3:30 PM – 3:40 PM: Wrap Up
A Zoom link will be shared with you prior to the start of the event.
Your registration will cover both days of this event.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact Olivia Tsistinas or Sarah Lawler.

SENYLRC Webinar: Culture, Identity, and Experience: Learning with the Arab American National Museum
2022-01-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join Teaching the Hudson Valley and Southeastern NY Library Resources Council as we engage, dialogue, and learn with the Arab American National Museum (AANM). AANM will introduce to you who the Arab American community is and share online educational and cultural resources available for classrooms, libraries, community centers, and the general public!
David Serio is an Education and Public Programming Specialist at the Arab American National Museum (AANM). He holds a M.A. in Near Eastern Studies and Arabic from Wayne State University. Mr. Serio joined the AANM in January of 2011. As an Educator and Public Programmer, Mr. Serio conducts educational presentations and workshops both in person and online. Mr. Serio also helps in the planning and implementation of youth programs and cultural events, such as the SURA Arts Academy, a youth photography program. Like many of us, he wears multiple hats, including Volunteer Coordinator and Curator of the Arab Film Festival and is in charge of all subsequent film programming at the AANM. He also proudly serves on the board of the Anton Art Center, Macomb County Pride, Friends of the Detroit Film Theatre and DAFT. On a more personal note, Dave identifies as a third-generation Arab American, whose family comes from Lebanon. He dabbles a little in the film industry, is a proud cat dad of 2 and is always up for a good political debate.

METRO Webinar: What is Web 3.0? The Decentralized Web - An Introduction
2022-01-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
What is the decentralized web, why is it important, and where is it along the path of development? How does Web 3 differ from Web 2? How does blockchain and cryptocurrencies fit into the ecosystem? Who are the players working to realize this vision? Why is the Internet Archive, a library, a leader in the decentralized web movement?
Join us to hear from Wendy Hanamura, Director of Partnerships at the Internet Archive, and Brewster Kahle, founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive on what the decentralized web means for library and archives workers.
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.
About Our Presenters
Wendy Hanamura is the Director of Partnerships at the Internet Archive, one of the world’s largest digital libraries. She helps to steward the DWeb community (GetDWeb.net) that now encompasses ten global nodes of technologists, policymakers, artists and activists all working to build a better

Free Digital Inclusion Webinar Series: What Every Library Needs to Know
2022-01-27 10:00 - 11:30, 2022-01-11 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).

LILRC Webinar: Play in the Classroom - Active Learning and Gamification Ideas for Academic Librarians
2022-01-26 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Students tend to engage best with material when they’re having fun with it. In this workshop, we’ll talk about ways that you can gamify both physical and virtual classrooms to engage students in more active learning techniques, especially when it comes to leading information literacy sessions. From simple tools like buzzers or dry erase boards to creating augmented reality games or choose your own adventures, you’ll learn about a wide range of easy to complex activities you can implement in your own classes.
Presenter Holly Jackson is the Student Success Librarian at Mansfield University and enjoys using hands-on and/or gamified techniques in her classroom sessions, both in library sessions and in full semester courses she’s taught in First Year Experience, English, and Honors.

METRO Webinar: Copy That! Copyright Basics for Library Professionals, Part 1 - The Whats and Whys
2022-01-25 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 1 will get into what intellectual property is, what copyright law in the U.S. protects (and what it doesn’t), and how long it lasts. We will also briefly touch on how U.S. copyright connects to other countries through treaties. Some key takeaways from the presentation will be:
– An understanding of the types of rights granted to creators under U.S. copyright law
– How the law determines copyright ownership of a particular work
– The duration of copyright protections and how works enter the public domain

SCRLC Webinar: Building the Past - Celebrating Ithaca's Neighborhoods in Photographs
2022-01-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Donna Eschenbrenner and Eve Snyder of The History Center in Tompkins County will talk about The History Center’s unique photo collections and their use in the innovative program HistoryForge, where images, maps, and census data merge to tell the story of Ithaca’s built environment and the people who lived there.

LILRC Webinar: Preventative Conservation of Taxidermy at the American Natural History Museum with Marisa Surovy
2022-01-21 10:00 - 11:15 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Topics to be discussed are:

The collection at the museum’s Department of Mammalogy
Preservation of small mounted animals (mammals, reptiles and birds)
General care and handling Mitigating environmental hazards
When you need a conservator

Marisa Surovy is currently a Museum Specialist for the Department of Mammalogy at The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), with over 10 years of museum experience. Marisa holds a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Alfred University and a master’s degree in Museum Studies from George Washington University. Her current work in the Department of Mammalogy at AMNH is focused on the care of the Museums’ mammal collection (approximately 290,000 specimens) and includes rehousing, inventorying, monitoring environmental conditions of collection spaces, pest control/ abatement, facilitating scientific research for study, processing loans, filing permits for international transport and data management of the Museum’s database.

Webinar: Introduction to Writing for the Web
2022-01-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
We will start off by talking about how people read online and the way they look for information to answer their questions. After understanding how people read online, we will discuss what the inverted pyramid style is and how it can be used to write effective content. Next, we will take a look at some examples of well-formatted content and deconstruct them. Along the way, we will be doing some short exercises where we will rewrite the content to make it easier to be read online. The webinar will help provide you with practice in how to format content and create something that is a bit more concise and user-friendly for people. During the webinar, we will explore how people read online and how writing content can make it easier for them to find the information they need. It will involve looking at content examples that are difficult to understand and read online and to reformat it to make it easier for people to read.
About the Presenter:
For the past several months, Patrick Patterson has been working as the Web Services Librarian at the University of Oregon. Prior to moving during the pandemic, he did a variety of different things from working as an Adjunct Instructor for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh along with working for a nonprofit organization managing websites. When not working you will find him outside doing different things from going for a hike in the mountains or spending a quiet day by the ocean.
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

Library Assistants and Support Staff - LA SIG
2022-01-18 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 January get-together.
This month’s topic will be What We Love About Our Job.
REGISTER HERE
Contact Anna Dobkowski with any questions.

Webinar: Program Planning Made Easy
2022-01-12 14:30 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Modern library programming involves incorporating popular trends, research on language and reading acquisitions, as well as developmental milestones, and of course fun! Pulling that off with ease requires solid planning and organization.
In this interactive webinar program, Jill Burket Ragase will give you a variety of tools that you will be able to use to:

Strategically plan your programming calendar
Use planning time efficiently for maximum results
Methods to collect titles and activities for future use
Methods to transform the sea of titles, themes, and random ideas into a cohesive plan
Incorporate flexibility in your plans to meet evolving conditions
Tips and tricks for organizing program and storytime themes, programming supplies, and materials,
Set up shared documents to decrease workload across staff

Program planning doesn’t have to be time consuming. We’ll discuss strategies for organizing your ideas, work, and materials in a way that maximizes your planning time investment.
About the Presenter:
Jill Burket Ragase is the founder and co-host of the podcast Book It, a member of the American Bookseller Association’s Education Task Force, and a James Patterson bookseller of the year. She earned her MLS from the University of Kentucky and has worked as both a youth services and collection development librarian. She is also the proud parent of two, yes two sets of boy/girl twins with her husband Mark in Cincinnati, OH. You can find her online at jumbleofjill.com and bookitpod.com.
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 1.5 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

METRO Webinar: Abolitionist Futures - A PLSN Discussion Group (January Edition)
2022-01-10 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.
This month we’ll be discussing selected Searching for Justice spotlights from PBS News. Each video is 5-9 minutes long and tackles the issues of life after incarceration:
– Part 1: https://www.pbs.org/video/searching-justice-1vqvd3/
– Part 2: https://www.pbs.org/video/searching-justice-headline-here-2ywlqn/
– Part 3: https://www.pbs.org/video/searching-justice-part-3-5vgswg/
– Part 4: https://www.pbs.org/video/how-drug-testing-alabama-holds-former-prisoners-back-xal8r0/
– Part 5: https://www.pbs.org/video/searching-justice-part-5-ydi3xd/
Optional:
– For girls with mothers in prison, summer camp offers support: https://www.pbs.org/video/mothers-behind-bars-1626900904/
– Business owners with records are haunted by the past: https://www.pbs.org/video/searching-for-justice-1596740745/
– How arrest records become invisible handcuffs: https://www.pbs.org/video/searching-for-justice-1637187507/

LILRC Webinar: Library Signage and Wayfinding - Best Practices, Tips, and Guidelines
2022-01-06 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In this 60 minute presentation, Mark Aaron Polger will discuss some of the best practice guidelines when designing effective library signage. He will discuss the process of conducting a signage audit (or inventory), and how to use different signage research techniques in order to get feedback from users. Topics will include how to compose an effective signage message, design basics, mounting/placement, and ADA requirements. This session will be highly interactive and practical, as participants can immediately improve the quality of their signs. Additionally, he will discuss the steps in creating a library signage policy document. Lastly, the presenter will discuss digital signage and the different technical specifications needed for a digital signage system in your library.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this webinar presentation (time permitting), participants will be able to:
1. Apply the best practices for creating effective print and digital library signage
2. Implement a signage audit in order to evaluate the current state of your library’s signage
3. Identify “touch points” in your library in order to inform you how to place library signage.
4. Utilise different signage research techniques that will help provide valuable quantitative and qualitative data about your users.
5. Understand how ADA compliance can affect the design and placement of library signage
6. Create a library signage policy for your library
Presenter:
Mark Aaron Polger is an academic librarian and information literacy instructor who has been working in libraries since 1988. He received his MLIS degree in 2000 from the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario, Canada) and has worked as a librarian in public, hospital, and academic libraries. Currently, he is the Coordinator of Library Outreach at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York (CUNY). He has been deeply engaged in working in various library signage activities since 2012. He has written about library signage audits in journals and other publications and has presented nationally at library conferences.
In September, 2021, he published Library Signage and Wayfinding Design: Communicating Effectively with Your User (ALA editions). He is also an accidental library marketer, as most of his professional experience as a librarian involves the marketing of library services and resources. His research interests include library marketing, outreach, and UX (user experience) design. Currently, he is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the open-access, peer reviewed journal Marketing Libraries Journal, which was launched in Fall 2017.

Library Assistants and Support Staff - LA SIG
2021-12-21 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 December get-together. This month’s topic will be Library Policies.
REGISTER HERE
Contact Anna Dobkowski with any questions.

NNYLN Webinar: Researching the Researchers - Exploring the History of the Saranac Laboratory at Historic Saranac Lake
2021-12-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Description:
Historic Saranac Lake Archivist/Curator Chessie Monks-Kelly will share collections that document the history of research at the Saranac Laboratory. The Saranac Laboratory was built in 1894 for Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau; it was the first laboratory in the United States for the study of tuberculosis. Although the laboratory’s initial and main purpose was to study TB, the scientists working there examined many related subjects throughout its 70-year history, including the effects of asbestos on the human body.
Historic Saranac Lake has recently received two important collections that shed light on the history of the Saranac Laboratory and the work carried out there.
First, the papers of Dr. Edward R. Baldwin, who was a close friend and colleague of Dr. Trudeau, and started the Trudeau School of Tuberculosis in 1916. These collections reflect Dr. Baldwin’s personal and professional life in Saranac Lake and shed light on the work at the Saranac Laboratory around the time of Dr. Trudeau’s death.
The second collection is the Bristol Family papers. This collection is primarily made up of Dr. Leonard Bristol’s reports, research notes, and more created during his work as a radiologist at the Saranac Laboratory. Dr. Bristol’s radiologic work included a 1940s study commissioned by the Johns Manville Corporation on asbestos; he was often called to testify in asbestos litigation cases.
Both of these collections have fascinating research possibilities across many subjects and highlight the legacy of the work conducted at the Saranac Laboratory. In this session, Monks-Kelly will share more about the contents of these two collections and how to use them, and provide a general overview of HSL’s fascinating records of the tuberculosis industry in Saranac Lake.
About the presenter:
A trained archivist, Ms. Monks-Kelly has worked at HSL since 2015. Her work experience includes working for History Associates, Inc. on archives projects for the National Parks Service. She has a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science with an Archives Concentration from Simmons College and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Northeastern University. Monks-Kelly manages the collections housed in the Saranac Laboratory Museum and is working to increase access for genealogists, researchers, students, and the general public interested in Saranac Lake’s unique history.

The New York State Library Digital Equity Summits
2021-12-17 09:00 - 10:00 | NY, United States
The State Library has created an email listserv to allow digital equity stakeholders to share news, ask questions, and facilitate opportunities for collaboration. If you would like to be part of these ongoing conversations, we encourage you to sign up for our e-mail listserv: https://listserv.nysed.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=digitalequityny&A=1 .
The State Library will be convening a series of three roundtable discussions on Digital Equity in 2021 and 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted inequities in the access and use of information and communication technologies. These disparities impact individuals within a broad range of areas including education, workforce development, and healthcare. These roundtable conversations are intended to be an opportunity for digital equity practitioners across New York to connect and communicate with one another. Everyone is welcome to attend and listen.
Register: Friday, December 17th, 2021 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am
Register: Friday, February 18th, 2022 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am
Register: Friday, April 15th, 2022 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am
If you would like to give a short, 10-minute presentation at one of the roundtable conversations, please send an email to jessica.golden@nysed.gov with your interest and the topic of your presentation, e.g. digital fluency training, accessible online services, etc.

Webinar: Thinking Outside - Nature-Based Programs at the Library
2021-12-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Are you interested in implementing nature-based programming to help connect your patrons to the natural world? Nature programming can help you attract new audiences, as well as deepen your relationship with the library’s “frequent flyers.” In addition, nature programming can help foster a conservation ethic that will guide the way towards a sustainable future. Join school librarian and longtime environmental educator Nate Keefe to explore how to create nature programming that will suit the needs of both your patrons and your library.
In this online, 1-hour interactive discussion, we will discuss the role your library can play in community nature programming, and how libraries can leverage community partnerships to maximize impact. We will also explore opportunities for “DIY” nature programming, and have a robust idea-sharing session. Finally, participants will evaluate their own unique library settings to identify assets, and will be provided with a downloadable handout with actionable, take-away ideas that require minimal resources to get started right away.
About the Presenter:
Nate Keefe is the Library Media Specialist at Tully Elementary School in Central New York. Prior to transitioning to a career in librarianship, Nate worked in the environmental education field, most recently as Director of Education at Syracuse’s Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park. He is excited to apply his love of inquiry-based learning in the library setting. Nate lives in Syracuse with his family, and is an avid cyclist, kayaker, and camper.
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 Hospital Library Services Program 6th Annual Conference
2021-12-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Please join LILRC’s Health Sciences Information Committee for LILRC Hospital Library Services Program 6th Annual Conference.
Christopher J. Gobler, Ph.D, will be speaking on the topic of Environmental Health and on the development of LIBAWQA, the Long Island Beach Water Quality App, through which the public can access up to the minute information on the waters in and around Long Island.
Presenter
Dr. Christopher Gobler is a Professor within the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. from Stony Brook University in the 1990s. In 2005, he joined Stony Brook University as the Director of Academic Programs for SoMAS on the Stony Brook – Southampton campus.
In 2014, he was appointed as the Associate Dean of Research at SoMAS and in 2015, he was named co-Director for the Center for Clean Water Technology (CCWT). The major research focus within his group is investigating how anthropogenic activities such as climate change, eutrophication, and the over-harvesting of fisheries alters the natural biogeochemical and/or ecological functioning of coastal ecosystems. Within this realm, major research efforts include the study of harmful algal blooms (HABs) caused by multiple classes of phytoplankton in diverse ecosystems as well as the effects of coastal ocean acidification on marine life.
Schedule:
10:00 Welcome/Information Sharing
10:15 Dr. Gobler Presentation/Q &A
11:00 break
11:15 LILRC Health Sciences Information Committee Meeting
*Attendance at the HSIC Committee Meeting is optional and not required to earn CEUs for the program.
