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RRLC Webinar: Work/Life Balance - Setting Healthy Boundaries
2021-06-14 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In today’s new environment, boundaries are more important than ever. Boundaries can help you to feel more effective and less stressed. This webinar will include a discussion of effective ways that can help you set boundaries in your life. This webinar will help you learn the steps you need to take to set these healthy boundaries.
In preparation for the discussion please consider the following questions:
– What areas of your life are you setting boundaries in effectively? Ineffectively?
– What is preventing you from effectively setting boundaries in the area identified above?
– In the areas you are effectively setting boundaries, what are some methods you are using?
– How do you feel when you are able to identify and articulate your boundaries?
– What might be possible if you were to communicate your boundaries in an intentional way to colleagues, friends or family?
– What are you willing to commit to moving forward?
About the presenter:
Erika Randall – VP of Business Transformation. Specializing in building teams and business turn-arounds. Erika holds a MBA in Management and Leadership from RIT, a MS Certificate in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University, and is a Certified Leadership Coach. She enjoys helping others to reach their full potential and goals through her work. Outside of work, Erika enjoys outdoor activities in the FLX region including hiking, gardening and skiing.

ESLN Webinar: Changing Environment of Resource Sharing in Academic Libraries
2021-06-11 09:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Academic resource sharing has been impacted over the last 18 months due to an unprecedented pandemic causing temporary physical library closures and reduction or elimination of sharing resources. Additionally, the impact of understanding the virus lifespan on physical materials also shaped how libraries are providing resources and fulfilling ILL requests in a timely manner. This session will provide updates from various library groups on how COVID impacted the library’s or group’s mission of sharing materials, the creation of new or improved resource sharing initiatives, and the cultivation of new partnerships in this new environment.
Sponsored by the Empire State Library Network, this session is an overview of how resource sharing has impacted library organizations and academic libraries in response to the pandemic. The audience is academic directors and librarians and staff who support resource sharing.
Each speaker will present for about 15 minutes with five minutes for questions after each session. Attendees are encouraged to submit questions ahead of time.

Tim Jackson, Resource Sharing and Fulfillment Coordinator for SUNY Library Services: The SUNY system implemented Alma resource sharing in the summer of 2019. This session will cover the positives and negatives of that implementation; the impact COVID-19 had on resource sharing in SUNY, our efforts to expand Alma resource sharing, and our plans for the future.
Chris (CJ) Keough, Manager of the Libraries Annex at the University at Buffalo, and member of the Empire Library Delivery (ELD) Advisory Committee: Similarly to all libraries across New York State, the University at Buffalo was greatly impacted by the COVID outbreak. Complete closure for four months resulted in e-only access for our users and those we could lend to. Upon re-opening in the fall of 2020, the staff at the University at Buffalo had to adjust many of the policies, procedures, and workflows to compensate for the safety of our staff while also getting our users what they need. This presentation will highlight some of those changes and impact of those changes for the users at the University at Buffalo. Additionally, there will be discussion of how the Empire Library Delivery service was affected, where things currently stand with members restarting service and plans for the upcoming year.
Mark Sullivan, Executive Director of the IDS Project: Mark will provide an update on IDS.
Kristen Wilson, Project Manager/Business Analyst, IndexData and Pam Jones, Executive Director, ConnectNY: ReShare is a community-owned, modular resource sharing platform designed to offer seamless access to shared library collections and facilitate efficient, intuitive workflows for library staff. ReShare recently released version 1.2 of its Returnables software, focused on sharing physical items between members of a consortium, and two early implementers will go live this summer: ConnectNY (CNY) and PALCI. In this presentation, Kristen Wilson will give an introduction to the ReShare project community and a brief demo of the software. Pam Jones will talk about CNY’s decision to implement ReShare. Pam and Kristen will share their experiences with the ReShare implementation process and provide updates on CNY’s progress so far.
John Raymond, Access Services & Technology Librarian, Siena College: Siena College Library uses Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) tools to keep course reserves active during COVID-19. John will provide an overview of their experience with CDL.
Andrew White, Director of Library Information Services, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Michele Matthews, Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Andrew and Michele will speak on their approach to joining a variety of ILL programs to diversify their abilities to supplement existing collections and how their ILL activities changed by volume and format type as a result of the pandemic.
ESLN Institutional Repository Pilot Project Participants: Speakers will provide an overview of the Archipelago Institutional Repository Pilot project. Pilot libraries will discuss their experiences and plans for the future. We will also look at the long-term potential of using Archipelago as an IR.

New York State Library Webinar: Intellectual Property 101
2021-06-10 15:00 - 16:00 | NY, United States
Unfamiliar with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets? Learn about intellectual property (IP) basics and potential ways to protect your innovations as you transition from idea to product. The session will cover:
• What is the USPTO?
• An overview of intellectual property types: patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets
• Why innovators and entrepreneurs should consider protecting their IP
• How to get started in protecting your intellectual property.
As the Eastern Regional Outreach Director for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Elizabeth Dougherty carries out the strategic direction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, and is responsible for leading the USPTO’s East Coast stakeholder engagement. Focusing on the region and actively engaging with the community, Ms. Dougherty ensures the USPTO’s initiatives and programs are tailored to the region’s unique ecosystem of industries and stakeholders.
Please see full Bio below:
https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/executive-biographies/elizabeth-dougherty

MLA Webinar: Tell Your Research Story - Visualization, Design, and Messaging
2021-06-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Online via MLA, NY, United States
Librarians are not only delving into teaching data visualization to their patrons, but also utilizing visualizations to communicate their own research. This webinar serves the dual purpose of role-modeling how to teach data visualization and teaching you how to apply design principles and targeted messaging into your professional activities. You will be introduced to universal design strategies – such as color, font, proximity, and shape; targeted messages for specific audiences; and ethical and accessibility principles.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the webinar, you will:

Understand the importance of telling the story of data
Know six design principles to apply to visualizations
Create targeted messages through visualizations
Approach data visualizations with ethics and accessibility in mind

Audience
This session is for all levels and areas of librarianship. No prior skills or experience necessary.
Presenter
Shanda Hunt has been the Public Health Library Liaison & Data Curation Specialist at the University of Minnesota (UMN) for the last five years. Her interest in data visualization developed as she became more intimately aware of research dissemination processes and information access, while reflecting on her previous career in public health where researchers recognized that data visualization can enhance public health messaging; however, they felt they lacked the knowledge and skills for this. This compelled her to revisit the skills she began to nurture as an interior design undergraduate student. She attended a number of data visualization workshops, courses, and presentations to build the skills needed to teach data visualization to patrons at the UMN.
To Request a Seat Email Sarah Lawler at health@clrc.org.

LILRC Webinar: Vertical Files Demystified
2021-06-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
What is a vertical file? Simply put, it is a filing cabinet with folders dedicated to people, places, events, and other topics relating to a community. It is the first stop for a librarian or archivist to send a researcher with questions about a popular subject. The Society of American Archivists defines it as, “an example of an artificial collection.”
This workshop is for anyone who wants to begin a vertical file for their organization and for those looking to organize an existing one. Nicole Menchise, LILRC Digitization and Archives Coordinator, will go step-by-step through the process of weeding, sorting, organizing files and cataloging archival materials. A workflow will be discussed and shared with the attendees.

Webinar: Defend Yourself - Safer Libraries, Two-Part Series
2021-06-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Libraries and their employees face challenges in handling difficult or threatening situations while providing good service to their communities. Defend Yourself helps libraries address these challenges with a comprehensive training that covers de-escalation, active bystander skills, boundary setting, and empowerment self-defense.
This training is experiential, trauma-informed, and will help:

Promote a safe and respectful workplace for all staff,
Maintain good, productive relationships with patrons,
Create a shared toolbox of skills for dealing with difficult patrons and any harassment among staff,
Build relationships in which staff can rely on each other for help in dealing with harassment and other stressful situations, and
Address organizational challenges around safety, including communication and building design.

Over the course of the two-part series staff will learn the following skills:

Avoidance and prevention
Assertiveness, direct communication, and boundary-setting
De-escalation
Bystander intervention

About the Presenters:
Farah Fosse is a Licensed Graduate Social Worker with a focus on trauma-informed care as well as group and community-based work. Farah brings more than 15 years of experience leading a team of community organizers working with low-income D.C. residents. She also brings clinical experience working with people with serious mental illness as well as co-occurring issues including homelessness and substance abuse. Farah has been an instructor with Defend Yourself for almost 15 years and has led the Safer Libraries trainings since their beginning over four years ago.
Xitlalli Velasquez (she/her/hers)
I am originally from Los Angeles, Tongva Land, and have been living in the DMV-Piscataway Land for the past eight years. I come to Defend Yourself with a background in housing/tenant organizing. I am committed to loving and caring for myself and my communities. I am honored to be able to teach with Defend Yourself and bring community solutions to community problems, and learn from each other about ways to keep us safe. I strongly believe that intervening in harmful situations instead of relying on policing is a path toward abolition and reinvesting in life giving institutions.
Live captioning will be provided.
Registrants are expected to attend both sessions. They will not be recorded.

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

CDLC Webinar: Rethinking Academic Streaming Video Acquisition
2021-06-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Please join us for a workshop on Rethinking Academic Streaming Video Acquisition, presented by Charlie Remy, Associate Professor, and Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library.
COVID-19 has significantly increased demand for streaming video while, at the same time, many libraries are facing budget cuts. Learn how a mid-sized academic library is building a high-quality collection of perpetual access streaming videos by purchasing content directly from filmmakers/independent distributors and hosting these videos on a secure streaming server. Included in the presentation will be a discussion of average costs, the procurement process, set-up and maintenance workflows, and more. Attendees will be encouraged to ask questions and share their experiences with acquiring streaming video.
Charlie Remy is the Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he has worked for nearly a decade. He has a MSLIS from Simmons University and a BA from Elon University. Charlie enjoys speaking Spanish, reading books, and travelling (when we’re not in a pandemic).

LILRC Webinar: Houston We Have a Podcast
2021-06-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Gary J. Jordan, Public Affairs Officer at NASA, will share the origins of Houston We Have a Podcast along with stories of podcasting guests, insights into NASA’s behind-the-scenes operations, metrics, and agency strategy.Bring your podcasting questions!
Presenter Gary Jordan has been working at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX for 6 years. His responsibilities include managing media relations for the International Space Station (ISS), Commercial low-Earth orbit and Commercial Crew; leading the digital multimedia content team; hosting live television commentary of dynamic spaceflight in Mission Control Houston; and producing and hosting “Houston We Have a Podcast.”
Gary first started at NASA in 2012 through their Pathways Internship program while he was still a student at Penn State University. As an intern, he directed and edited a parody music video titled “NASA Johnson Style,” which now has over 6.5 million views on YouTube.
In 2014, Gary began his career as a full-time NASA employee in internal communications where he lead a team to unify communication platforms and standardize branding, for which he would be awarded the NASA’s Trailblazer Award in 2016. He also ran an internal engagement campaign for 10,000 employees and contractors that was centered around the book and feature film “The Martian” and included stage presentations, written products, and unique experiences like an employee screening.
For the past 3 years, Gary has been a part of the external communication team at NASA where his primary newsroom beats are overseeing the public messaging for the International Space Station (ISS) Program, an orbiting space laboratory that is nearing 20 years of continuous human presence; and the Commercial Crew Program, a program that is working closely with SpaceX and Boeing to launch humans from American soil. He also supports the Commercial low-Earth orbit (LEO) program that is working to develop a robust commercial economy in low-Earth orbit in which NASA can be one of many customers purchasing services.
This program is being presented in cooperation with NASA’s Solar System Ambassador program. For more information on the program, visit https://solarsystem1.jpl.nasa.gov/ssa/home.cfm

SENYLRC's 2021 Annual Meeting
2021-06-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The 54th Annual Meeting of the council will be held online via zoom on
Friday, June 4, 2021 from 10am–12pm.
This event is free and open to all in the library community.
Registration is open!
The meeting program includes a brief membership meeting, an update on yearly activities, featured speaker Jessamyn West, remarks by Lauren Moore State Librarian, awards presentation, and trustee recognitions. The theme for this year’s meeting is “we all learned something new this year.”
We look forward to having you join us for the meeting and presentations!

LILRC Webinar: Directing the Genealogical Reference Interview
2021-06-03 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Do you dread genealogy questions at the reference desk? Overwhelmed by the seasoned genealogist’s details? April Earle will walk us through answering some of the most common and daunting genealogy reference questions using FamilySearch and other free websites.
April Earle is a member of the Library Faculty at Farmingdale State College. In addition to her role there, she serves as a Genealogy Consultant at Mastic-Moriches-Shirley Community Library. She also teaches a course in Genealogical Resources and Services through St. John’s University’s Division of Library and Information Science.

LILRC Webinar: I Have Something to Tell You - A Conversation with Author and Educator Chasten Buttigieg
2021-06-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Please join LILRC in welcoming author Chasten Buttigieg for a moderated discussion about his bestselling book I Have Something to Tell You: A Memoir (Atria Books, 2020). LILRC members who attend will be entered to win copies of the book, newly released in paperback!
About the Book:
“Throughout the past year, teacher Chasten Glezman Buttigieg has emerged on the national stage, having left his classroom in South Bend, Indiana, to travel cross-country in support of his husband, former mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Pete’s groundbreaking presidential campaign. Through Chasten’s joyful, witty social media posts, the public gained a behind-the-scenes look at his life with Pete on the trail—moments that might have ranged from the mundane to the surprising, but that were always heartfelt.
Chasten has overcome a multitude of obstacles to get here. In this moving, uplifting memoir, he recounts his journey to finding acceptance as a gay man. He recalls his upbringing in rural Michigan, where he knew he was different, where indeed he felt different from his father and brothers. He recounts his coming out and how he’s healed from revealing his secret to his family, friends, community, and the world. And he tells the story of meeting his boyfriend, whom he would marry and who would eventually become a major Democratic leader.
With unflinching honesty, unflappable courage, and great warmth, Chasten Buttigieg relays his experience of growing up in America and embracing his true self, while inspiring others to do the same.”

METRO Webinar: Supporting Research Reproducibility
2021-06-01 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
This is the fourth webinar in a series exploring topics related to Digital Preservation.
In this session, Vicky Rampin (Librarian for Research Data Management and Reproducibility at New York University) will discuss open scholarship and reproducible research practices, and how librarians and archivists can make a difference in the sustainability of research. This session doesn’t require any prior knowledge of data librarianship, reproducibility, digital preservation, or open scholarship, but aims to provide a holistic overview of how these manifest in our scholarly communities.
Vicky Rampin is the Librarian for Research Data Management and Reproducibility and the subject specialist for data science at NewYork University. In her role, Vicky supports researchers of all levels and disciplines in creating well-managed, reproducible scholarship. Her research centers on integrating reproducible practices into the research workflow, advocating openness for all research materials, and contributing to open infrastructure. She works on Taguette, a free and open source qualitative data analysis tool, and ReproZip, a free and open source tool for full computational reproducibility.

LILRC Webinar: Coffee+Conversation - Social Media Librarians Virtual Meetup
2021-05-26 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!

New York Public Library Webinar: Let's Talk About Asian Hate
2021-05-25 18:00 - 19:00 | NY, United States
Let’s Talk is a series of programs designed to encourage a conversation on race and other social inequities. We all have a story or a struggle worth honoring. By sharing our stories we’ll build a bridge to greater understanding, empathy, and kindness in our community.
There has been a significant increase in anti-Asian hate crimes. This trend is deeply troubling. In this program, you will hear some of the lived experiences in the AAPI community. Also to be discussed are the misconceptions that Asian individuals are at fault for the COVID-19 crisis. Representatives from the NYC Commission on Human Rights will introduce bystader intervention strategies that individuals can take against Asian hate.
Participants will have the opportunity to listen, reflect, learn, and engage in a meaningful way with others. If you’re ready to have an open conversation and want to get to know yourself and your community then join us on this journey.

METRO Webinar: Clippy is Dead, Long Live Clippy - Emulation as a Strategy
2021-05-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
This is the third webinar in a series exploring topics related to Digital Preservation.
While commonly associated with retro video game hobbyists, emulation can be a powerful and essential tool for providing access to legacy digital material. Using emulators, archivists and librarians can mimic obsolete and incompatible software on their current computers, recreating the environments in which older files were originally created and used. In this talk, Ethan Gates will discuss the history of emulation as a computing technology, the hidden dependencies it can address in digital collections, and current efforts by the EaaSI (Emulation-as-a-Service Infrastructure) program and the Software Preservation Network to make emulation a practical solution for heritage and memory institutions of many shapes and sizes.
Ethan Gates lives in Amherst, MA and works remotely as a Software Preservation Analyst for Yale University Library and User Support Lead for the Mellon and Sloan Foundation-funded EaaSI program. He currently volunteers with the Software Preservation Network and the Association of Moving Image Archivists, and is a former member of XFR Collective.

LILRC Webinar: Ask An Archivist - Starting a Local History Collection
2021-05-25 14:00 - 15:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
So much time is spent talking about managing existing collections, but what if you are a library just beginning to create a local history collection? This presentation offers thoughts on what to consider when planning your strategy and how to take those first steps. The discussion will include:
Collections development policies
Outreach
Creating the right environment
Public access
And much more…

New York State Library Webinar: Hidden in Plain Sight - Human Trafficking in New York's Capital Region
2021-05-25 11:30 - 12:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Human Trafficking is a misunderstood phenomenon due to media sensationalism and misinformation spread via social media. Unfortunately, human trafficking occurs throughout the world, including the United States. Polaris (the National Human Trafficking Hotline) notes that the 22,326 human trafficking victims they identified in the U.S. in 2019 are only a fraction of the cases, as human trafficking is notoriously under-reported due to the failure of even victims to understand the crime that is being committed against them. As an attorney providing civil legal services to human trafficking victims in the Greater Capital Region, Mary Armistead will discuss what human trafficking has looked like in her experiences working with victims over the last three years. She will break down the definition of human trafficking, provide examples to illuminate, discuss myths and misunderstandings, and discuss the more prominent types of trafficking cases she has seen in New York’s Capital Region.
Mary Armistead, Esq. is a staff attorney at The Legal Project providing direct representation to and building community capacity regarding victims of human trafficking. She provides representation in immigration, family, and employment law. Mary also teaches Immigration Law as an Adjunct Professor of Law at her alma mater, Albany Law School, where she graduated summa cum laude. Mary clerked at the New York State Court of Appeals for one year before working as the Staff Attorney of the Immigration Law Clinic at Albany Law School, both supervising students and maintaining a personal docket representing clients eligible for humanitarian immigration relief.

Webinar: Being Rational About Summer Reading
2021-05-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
Summer Reading is often a capacity-challenging exercise for many libraries. In 20**, Albany Public Library partnered with the school district and the Albany Promise to examine the program’s actual impact on the “summer slide.” The findings were not nearly as exciting as anyone expected. APL found out that the program does have an impact on students. However, that positive impact is overstated by the library community. We will look at how the library as an organization has changed its approach to summer reading and how other libraries are earnestly taking on the challenge of the summer slide.
About the Presenter:
Scott Jarzombek is a compelling, forward-thinking leader who serves as a strong advocate for any organization he leads. He is currently the Executive Director of the Albany Public Library, operating seven branches with a budget of $9.6 million and 146 staff. He is an adjunct lecturer at the University at Albany’s College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security & Cybersecurity. He has served on several committees and boards, both for the city of Albany and in the field of library and information science.
Live captioning will be provided.
This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward.

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

LILRC Webinar: Librarians in Space! OR Just How Far Can a Library Degree Take You?
2021-05-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Learn about librarianship at the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where the motto is “Dare Mighty Things.”
Presenter Caroline Coward supervises the daily operations of the Library at NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, collaborating with and supporting the work of scientists, engineers, and mission specialists across the organization in areas such as information curation, knowledge management, and data repository governance. Caroline holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from San Jose State University as well as a Bachelor of Music from California State University, Long Beach. In addition to significant experience in public and special libraries, she spent the majority of her 30-year career as a tenured library faculty member in higher education, coordinating High Impact Practices and Information Literacy initiatives. At JPL, Caroline leads efforts in organizing the Lab’s vast information stores, from physical processing and access, to metadata, taxonomy, ontology, and other data science partnerships, to developing new information initiatives Labwide.
This program is being presented in cooperation with NASA’s Solar System Ambassador program. For more information on the program, visit https://solarsystem1.jpl.nasa.gov/ssa/home.cfm

METRO Webinar: Strategies for the Search - Grants & Funding for Faculty and Students
2021-05-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Katelyn Angell and Elvis Bakaitis will present different strategies on how to help undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty to locate appropriate grants/funding. They will describe a recent grants initiative led by the Mina Rees Library (The Graduate Center), including interdepartmental partnerships and the CUNY Research Foundation. Initiatives and resources developed to promote external scholarships for undergraduates at Long Island University-Brooklyn will also be discussed.
Elvis Bakaitis is currently the Interim Head of Reference at The Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library. They are proud to serve on the University LGBTQ Council; the board of CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies; and LACUNY Diversity & Multicultural Roundtable. Bakaitis holds an MLIS from Queens College and Certificate in Geriatric Care Management from the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College.
Katelyn (Kate) Angell is Associate Professor/Coordinator of Library Instruction at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus and Adjunct Reference Librarian at The CUNY Graduate Center. She holds a BA from Wesleyan University, MLIS from St. John’s University, and MA in Psychology from LIU Brooklyn. Kate’s research interests include information literacy instruction, the organization of information, and the history of medicine.

WNYLRC Webinar: Things for New Yorks to Know About Medicare
2021-05-24 09:00 - 10:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Working in a library, you have likely received questions from patrons about Medicare and other forms of health insurance. Medicare is a federal health insurance program that provides coverage for people over the age of 65, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease. The Census’s 2019 report on Health Insurance Coverage in the United States estimates approximately 19.8% of people in the United States have Medicare coverage. Statistically, many of your patrons have Medicare, and need assistance navigating Medicare and other related health insurances.
This webinar is being led by experts from the Senior Action Coalition. You will learn about the Medicare enrollment process, cost-sharing, Medicare drug coverage, and Medicare Savings Programs. You will also learn about what is NOT covered by Medicare. Bring your questions as there will be time for a Q&A at the end.

RRLC Webinar: Stress in the Library Assistant Profession
2021-05-21 15:00 - 16:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The relationship between stress, work, and health is complex and although current thinking and research on stress can teach us a lot, it can be difficult to know the difference between what’s truth and what’s myth, between what’s fact and what’s fiction. In this webinar, we will discuss the science of stress and how it relates to the library assistant profession. We will examine how library assistants’ place within the workplace hierarchy can both contribute to individual stress and yet provide an escape from stress. After we examine the science of stress and how it relates to work and library assistantship, we will consider some possible coping strategies adapted from the ancient philosophy of Stoicism.
About the presenter: Alexander Eustice-Corwin earned his BA in philosophy from Nazareth College and an MA in philosophy from Boston College. He is currently a PhD student in human development at the University of Rochester, Warner School of Education. He currently works as a library assistant at the University of Rochester, River Campus Libraries and he is an adjunct instructor of philosophy at Nazareth College.
This program is sponsored by the RRLC Library Assistants Group.
Free to RRLC & ESLN Members. This will be held on Zoom Webinar; registration is required.
This webinar will be recorded.
We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, including sign language interpretation, please contact Barbara Ciambor, bciambor@rrlc.org, at least five business days ahead of this program.

DHPSNY Webinar: Museum Chartering 101 - Mergers, Consolidations, and Dissolutions
2021-05-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In order to combine resources or services, museums or historical societies might decide to merge or consolidate their charters. Or, due to various causes, an institution may decide to dissolve their charter altogether. Merging, consolidating, and dissolving charters are all actions that require an application process through the Board of Regents. Join Lauren Lyons, Chartering Coordinator at the New York State Museum, to learn more about the differences between consolidating and merging, what these application processes look like, and what the best options are for different circumstances.
Museum Chartering 101: Mergers, Consolidations, and Dissolutions is the second webinar in a series designed to help institutions better understand the processes involved in New York’s chartering program.

CLRC LA SIG - Library Support Staff Meet Up
2021-05-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
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
REGISTER HERE
Contact Anna Dobkowski with any questions.

New York State Library Webinar: Jane Addams and Her Vision for America
2021-05-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In 1910, Jane Addams (1860-1935) was one of the most famous women in America, the revered founder of Hull-House settlement in Chicago, and a participant in virtually every social reform campaign of the era. But in 1917, when Addams publicly opposed America’s entry into World War I, her fortunes changed dramatically. For more than a decade, she was vilified for opposing the war, as well as for her liberal social views. By the 1930s, however, concerns over the Great Depression were overshadowing the hatreds of the 1920s, and Addams found herself back in favor. Once again she was hailed as a great American, and in 1931 she became the first woman ever to win the Nobel Prize for Peace. Today, many people barely remember Addams’ name. But it is still true that we live in a world she helped to shape, by the causes she supported and the people she inspired.
This course will explore Addams’ remarkable life, and consider what it can tell us about social reform, about women’s lives in early 20th century America, and about the practical challenges of trying to put our nation’s democratic ideals into practice.
Sandra Opdycke, Ph.D. is a retired historian. She recently published When Women Won the Vote, about the woman suffrage movement. She has also written books about the flu epidemic of 1918, the WPA of the 1930s, and Bellevue Hospital, as well as a biography of Jane Addams, an historical atlas of American women’s history, and several co-authored books and articles on social policy. She worked for a number of years at Hudson River Psychiatric Center, and later taught American History and Urban History at Bard, Vassar, and Marist Colleges. She serves as an occasional lecturer at the Center for Lifetime Studies in Poughkeepsie.

ESLN Webinar: HR 101 - Ask the HR Expert
2021-05-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join Holly Nowak, the HR professional behind the Ask the HR Expert service, for a discussion of some basic human resources information that managers, supervisors, and directors need to know.
Covering some of the most commonly misunderstood and/or misapplied HR foundational concepts, topics we’ll cover include best practice in: Job Descriptions, Worker Classification, Documentation and Record Keeping, Leaves (including recent changes in NYS); and other important information. This session includes a 30 minute Q & A as well, so please be sure to submit your questions!
Learning objectives:
Participants will leave the session recognizing the core HR area red flags and gain an understanding of how to ensure they are on track with foundational HR items.
We invite you to submit a question for Holly – there will be a place to do that during the registration process. The deadline to submit questions is May 7th.
Free to ESLN Members. Registration is required. This webinar will be recorded.
This session is sponsored by the Empire State Library Network. If you have any questions, contact Laura Osterhout (losterhout@rrlc.org).

LILRC Webinar: 6 Documents Every Archive Needs - Emergency/Disaster Plan
2021-05-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In this four-part series, Nicole Menchise, LILRC Digitization and Archives Coordinator, will explain why these documents and policies are key to the operation of an archival repository. Examples will be shared.
The six documents are:
Collections Management Policy -January 15th
Temporary Custody Receipt & Deed of Gift – February 19
Incoming & Outgoing Loan Paperwork – April 16
Emergency/Disaster Plan – May 14
Having policies in place allow archives professionals guidelines for collections management, future acquisitions, lending archives to other organizations for exhibition, assessing preservation needs and planning for emergencies.
Who should attend: librarians serving local history rooms, directors and employees/volunteers of historical societies, house museums or other cultural institutions.

SCRLC Webinar: Designing for the Future - The Post-Pandemic Library
2021-05-13 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
What will patrons expect from their libraries after the pandemic? How will a year or more of social distancing and self-isolation impact the way people interact with – and within – their libraries? How should library leaders plan for renovations and modifications in the wake of the pandemic? How can designed flexibility help libraries adapt to a rapidly changing world? This free webinar addresses these important questions.
Please join David Vinjamuri, an NYU Adjunct Associate Professor of Marketing and author of “Library Space Planning: A PLA Guide,” for an insightful discussion and Q&A session on the future of libraries and how you can prepare yourself and your staff for the changes ahead.
David is a passionate advocate for public libraries and has audited over forty libraries for space design efficiency in the past three years. He co-authored the Medium piece, Designing for the Future–The Post-Pandemic Library and most recently authored, How Libraries* Can Save Democracy, also for Medium.
Topics covered:
Personal space post-pandemic
Curbside forever? – The crisis of rising expectations
Reengaging communities post-pandemic.
Flexibility as a design feature.
Libraries as a civic hub.

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

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

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