NNYLN Webinar: OurStoryBridge - Connecting the Past and the Present
2020-10-22 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
OurStoryBridge, released September 2020 at www.ourstorybridge.org, is a free resource and tool kit for producing a crowdsourced, community story project emphasizing audio history collecting and sharing. It replicates the success of the model, Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are (www.myadirondackstory.org) in other communities across the country, with an initial focus on New York.
What is Adirondack Community? : It’s a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes three to five-minute audio stories and related photographs from local archives and community members through an online platform to share the rich social and cultural history of the Town of Keene, located in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains.
The presentation will address some of these questions and others, plus lead you to resources for answers to others:

What is an OurStoryBridge project and what can they provide us at no cost to get started?
How can our library or other organization start a story project and why do it?
What will it take to run: cost, fundraising, technology, partnerships, personnel/staff resources, marketing?

Launched by the Keene Valley Library (Keene Valley, NY), OurStoryBridge brings into focus all the moving parts needed to make your own community story project a similar success. Some potential impacts that an OurStoryBridge project can have on your community are:

Appreciate the history that shaped your community, that helps make it what it is today and what it can become tomorrow.
Create closer bonds between residents, and promote connections that lead to neighborly acts of kindness, assistance, and support in times of need.
Preserve stories that may be lost if not recorded soon and honor the legacies of your older generations by capturing their stories in their own words.
Engage the younger generations, and encourage them to remain in or return to their home community after high school, college, trade school, or any number of life’s adventures.
Educate residents and visitors of all ages, and inspire them to become contributing members of your community.
Celebrate what makes your community unique, perhaps even famous.
Attract new residents and visitors.
Reveal pockets of rich histories and connections heretofore unknown or not widely known.
Acknowledge the catastrophes, tragedies, or difficult challenges that shape your community.
Appreciate how the geography and the economics of your area impact how your community members live.
Unravel the puzzle of how and why street or place names, stores, clubs, and other institutions came to be.
Re-ignite a passion for your community archives and/or previously recorded oral histories by translating some onto this new digital platform.
Meet your audience where they are: online!

Read more about the presenter, Jery Y. Huntley.

LILRC Webinar: Sagamore Hill - A Look at the Historic Furnishing Plan
2020-10-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
A The Historic Furnishing of Theodore Roosevelt’s Home, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
Join Susan Sarna for a behind the scenes look at the research involved in implementing Sagamore Hill’s Historic Furnishing plan. The home has gone through two major renovations and several updates to the furnishings in the 67 years as a museum. As Curator, Susan has always felt that her number one priority at Sagamore Hill is the protection and the historic accuracy of the Roosevelt Home and its contents. As the project manager of the 2015 renovation of the Home and the collection her main goal was the National Park Service’s motto: to preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.
Susan Sarna has spent 31 years protecting, conserving, researching and educating people about the life and times of Theodore Roosevelt and his family. Her work has been informed by her studies in both Public History and Education and having studied in the U.S. and England. Before working for the National Park Service she was a high school teacher and is well-practiced in engaging minds of all ages.

RRLC Webinar: Libraries & Anti-Racism Training Series
2020-10-21 14:00 - 15:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join RRLC this fall for the Libraries & Anti-Racism Training Series, beginning September 2020.
Through a series of 3 webinars led by Strategic Diversity Initiatives, attendees will build and refine their anti-racism knowledge and toolkit, with the goal of actively combating white supremacy in our society and our libraries. Attendees may pick and choose which webinars to attend or choose to complete the entire Libraries & Anti-racism training series. Additionally, the training series will also include optional pre-work or post-work for webinars in the series, with assignments focusing on self-reflection and how we can all do the work to be actively anti-racist in our professional work and daily lives.
September 15, 2020 – Learning from this Moment: Understanding Privilege and Advancing Racial Equity
October 21, 2020 – Beyond Diversity 101: Micro-inequities, Implicit Bias, and Moving toward Equity
November 18, 2020 – Now More Than Ever: Why Leadership on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Requires Emotional Intelligence
This program is open to RRLC and ESLN members and is free to attend.
Attendees may earn up to 4.5 hours of continuing education credit.
NOTE: Attendees will need to register for each webinar they plan to attend.
If you have any questions, contact Tina Broomfield.

Learning from this Moment: Understanding Privilege and Advancing Racial Equity
Webinar #1 | Tuesday, September 15, 2020 | 2:00 – 3:30pm
Recent events surrounding the unjust killing of Black Americans has created a moment of civil unrest and engagement which few of us have witnessed first-hand. We are called, as individuals and as organizations, to learn the history that has brought us to this moment. We must understand how bias and privilege affects the work we do and how we show up as colleagues, supervisors, mentors, and leaders. In this webinar, we’ll learn how each of us can act as allies and agents of change to create the racial equity called for by this moment.

Beyond Diversity 101: Micro-inequities, Implicit Bias, and Moving Toward Equity
Webinar #2 | Wednesday, October 21, 2020 | 2:00 – 3:30pm
Many of us have been involved with diversity training that focuses on cultural difference and respecting all perspectives. While this is a good start, we cannot move toward true equity in our workplaces, organizations, and personal relationships until we address historical and institutional inequality. In order to address the myriad ways that certain people are marginalized based on social identities such as race, gender, disability, religion, class, sexual orientation, etc, every one of us needs to understand our own identities, how we all demonstrate bias that is often unconscious, and how we are all capable of moving toward equity.

Now More Than Ever: Why Leadership on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Requires Emotional Intelligence
Webinar #3 | Wednesday, November 18, 2020 | 2:00 – 3:30pm
For many who care about advancing equity and social justice in all areas of their lives, this past year has brought tremendous challenges. While U.S. society grows increasingly diverse and complex, our social and political discourse grows more polarized, less nuanced, and frighteningly hostile. Whether it’s another leader being accused of sexual harassment/assault, a new challenge to rights we thought secure, or the reemergence of organized white supremacy, we are living through a profound social and cultural moment. Continuing to build an inclusive and equitable society, in the face of so many challenges, will require not just allies and advocates, but leaders and risk-takers. And these leaders must come to the work prepared, not just intellectually but emotionally as well. In this practically-focused presentation, we will explore how the framework of “emotional intelligence” has much to offer those of us doing the work of diversity, inclusion, and social justice.

Training Series Instructor: Strategic Diversity Initiatives
Strategic Diversity Initiatives is a certified LGBT-owned and woman-owned consulting firm that serves clients nation-wide. With 25 years of experience, we specialize in advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts with an approach that is both strategic and sustainable. Our customized solutions include Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training, Emotional Intelligence, Diversity & Inclusion Assessments, and Diversity & Inclusion Coaching and Consulting.

SENYLRC Webinar: Self Care, Self Defense & De-escalation Webinar
2020-10-20 10:30 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Self Care, Self Defense & De-escalation: REady Steady In the Library: taking Initiative before an Emergency, Natural disaster, or Trauma
About the presentation:
Front-line library staff encounter a range of attitudes and behaviors from patrons, mostly good, but sometimes – not. Emergencies (from the personal to the pandemic) add even more stress to daily interactions. This webinar will cover ways that library staff can take care of their mental and emotional health and will offer practical strategies for staying safe while diffusing antagonistic or threatening behavior in the library.
About the presenters:
TK
This event is free and open to all library workers.
All participants will receive a certificate for CE Credit

About the series:
This presentation is the second in a series of webinars to support and empower library staff and improve library resiliency in the preparation, response, and recovery phases of an emergency or disaster in their libraries or communities.
Webinar Schedule
Workshop 1: Opening Session: Developing RESILIENT Libraries – Thursday, October 1, 2020, 2-3:30
Workshop 2: Self Care, Self Defense & De-escalation – Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 10:30-12
Workshop 3: Planning for emergencies and disasters: Infrastructure – Nov 2020
Workshop 4: Planning for emergencies and disasters: Public Health – Dec 2020
Workshop 5: Communication skills and disaster communication plans – Jan 2021
Workshop 6: Wrap-up – Participant presentations – Feb 2021
These workshops are organized by Southeastern New York Library Resources Council with a Health Information Outreach Award from the National Library of Medicine. Developed resources reported in this project are supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH) under cooperative agreement number UG4LM012342 with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

The CLRC 2020 Annual Conference Goes Virtual
2020-10-16 10:00 - 15:15 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The CLRC 2020 Annual Conference Goes Virtual!
Join us Friday, October 16 for our Annual Conference featuring keynote speaker, New York State Senator Rachel May!
Virtual Conference Schedule:
10 to 10:15 a.m.: Opening Remarks
10:15 to 11 a.m.: Keynote Address from New York State Senator Rachel May
Senator Rachel May represents Central New York’s 53rd District, which includes most of the City of Syracuse, parts of Onondaga and Oneida counties, and all of Madison County. She chairs the Senate Committee on Aging and the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, and is a member of the committees on agriculture, elections, environmental conservation, higher education, and Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation.
As a freshman legislator, Senator May was instrumental in passing transformative legislation, including comprehensive election reforms, tenant-centered housing reforms, unprecedented criminal justice reform, and the nation’s most ambitious climate legislation. She worked hard to bring the people of Central New York into the process of decision-making in Albany, by holding a record number of legislative hearings in and focused on the region, including hearings on the Climate Leadership and Community Preservation Act, rural broadband, farm labor rights, health care for all, and upstate nursing home issues during the COVID-19 crisis. In addition, she has brought her downstate colleagues to Central New York for roundtables on opioid addiction treatment and prevention, minority and women-owned businesses, and childcare and child welfare. She also sponsored and passed into law a bill to create the first regional STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) school for Central New York, which is currently under construction in the City of Syracuse.
As chair of the Senate Committee on Aging, she has been a vigorous supporter of home care workforce initiatives, expanded funding for in-home care programs, the Long-term Care Ombudsman Program, and nursing home accountability. She has sponsored bills to create a Reimagining Long Term Care Task Force, authorize a family caregiver tax credit, and create a home care jobs innovation fund to support workforce growth.
A resident of Syracuse, Senator May had a successful career in higher education prior to running for public office. She started out as a professor of Russian language and literature at Stony Brook University, where she was a proud member of UUP, before earning tenure at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. She moved to Syracuse in 2001 and retrained in ecology and sustainability, becoming director of sustainability education at Syracuse University.
Senator May earned a master’s degree from Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship and a Ph.D. in Russian language and literature from Stanford University. She also earned a master’s degree from SUNY-ESF. She and her husband, a professor at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, have one daughter who recently graduated from Cornell University.
11:15 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Virtual Outreach – Socially Distant but Still Reaching Our Community
Join us for a panel who will discuss their experience with virtual outreach during this time of closed doors and social distancing. We’ll discuss their initial responses, successes and failures over the past months, what they consider their best practices, and what they envision for the future.
Panelists Include:

Nancy Howe – Assistant Director, Baldwinsville Public Library
Sheryl Soborowski – Librarian, Olean Public Library
Mary Zawacki – Executive Director, Schenectady County Historical Society

12 to 1 p.m.: Lunch Break!
1 to 1:45 p.m.: New York State Library: Here to Serve Every New Yorker
Librarians from the New York State Library will provide an overview of tools, resources, and services available through the New York State Library, including the Talking Book and Braille Library, NOVELny online databases, and a renowned research library collection with extensive legal and genealogy materials. Research and Outreach librarians are available to help you connect your library to the State Library’s unique resources.
2 to 2:15 p.m.: Business Meeting & Library Awards! See below to learn more about the nomination process.
2:30 to 3:15 p.m.: CLRC New Initiatives Grant Recipient Lightning Talks!

Biking by the Book

Jennine Bloomquist – Librarian, Camden Middle School

Nature Backpacks for Library

Carol Johnson –Branch Manager, Onondaga County Public Library

Stop Motion Video Creative Animation

April Bliss & Kim Rudwall – Dunham Public Library

Art in Conversation

Erin Cassidy – Assistant Director of Technology, Community Library of DeWitt & Jamesville

New Media: The Silent Generation

Mary Klucznik – Library Media Specialist & Teacher, Chittenango High School

The CLRC Annual Conference is open to library staff across New York State!

Empire State Maker Faire
2020-10-16 - 2020-10-17 | NY, United States
Discover what makers can do at the Empire State Maker Faire, an online event on October 16 and 17, 2020. This statewide showcase, organized by local producers throughout New York State, will share the creative work and technical know-how of all kinds of makers who share a passion for making. The event features demonstrations, performances, and how-to workshops – everything from robotics to woodworking to flaming art. Empire State Maker Faire is free and open to the public.
On Friday, October 16th, Empire State Maker Faire offers a day for students to explore making in science, art, and technology with hands-on activities that can be done at school or at home. Live sessions and a variety of public programs will happen on Saturday. An online showcase of makers and projects will be exhibited on MakeFaire.com.
Would you like to share what you make at The Empire State Maker Faire? The Call for Makers, an open call for entries, will be available online in mid-August. See Makerfaire.com for more details.
Save the date and follow https://syracuse.makerfaire.com/ and on social media for updates.
Empire State Maker Faire is presented by the producers of Maker Faires in Rochester, Long Island, Buffalo, Fredonia, Twin Tiers, Syracuse, and World Maker Faire, in conjunction with Make: Community (https://make.co/ )
Media Contacts:
Pauline Lynch Shostack
Maker Faire Syracuse Co-Producer
syracusefaireinfo@gmail.com
Dan Schneiderman
Empire State Maker Faire Lead Producer & Coordinator
NYSCATE Maker Chair
schneiderman.daniel@gmail.com
585-478-6898
Gillian Mutti
Maker Faire/Make Community
Gillian@make.co

Third Thursday at Three - CLRC LA SIG Meet Up
2020-10-15 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
CLRC has opened a communication network among our region’s Library Assistants, Paraprofessionals and Support Staff through a Special Interest Group (LA SIG).
Our interests include:
* recognizing all library support staff employed in CLRC member libraries
* furthering the professional development & job enrichment of support staff
* enhancing the professional image of support staff within the library community
Participation is open to all library support staff, regardless of title.
Meeting connection instructions will be emailed to registrants.
Contact Anna Dobkowski with any questions.

WNYLRC Webinar: Repurposing the Librarian - Using the Hybrid Classroom to Emphasize the Need for School Media Specialists
2020-10-15 13:30 - 14:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Webinar Description:
With a Hybrid model of learning for the 2020-21 school year, one librarian has found a way to prove how necessary her expertise is in the district. Originally asked to teach enrichment classes during the hybrid model, Library Media Specialist Dani Newman counter-offered her administrator by saying she would be happy to do that, but wanted to also find a way to circulate books for all her students. During this workshop, she will discuss how she developed a plan, discussed it with administration and teachers whose classes would be involved, and set it in motion. Newman will talk about how she is being used a push-in technology expert for both teachers and students and how she is using the Enrichment classes to develop “tech leaders” in the school. During a time when many librarians or their libraries are being “repurposed,” Newman will the describe the way she has been utilized in a different way, while maintaining the distinction of being the School Library Media Specialist.
Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link one day prior to the event.
About the Presenter:
Dani Newman, MSEd, is in her third year as a Library Media Specialist at Fillmore Central School District in Fillmore, NY. While the school is a PK-12 school, she primarily teaches PK-6.Newman serves as the Middle School Drama Co-Director and the Odyssey of the Mind advisor. She also coaches archery and softball. Newman is the Chair of the Cattaraugus-Allegany School Library System’s Communication Coordinators Committee (C3). Previous to her position at Fillmore, she worked as a high school English teacher in Olean, NY, and Smethport, PA. She also worked as an adjunct professor of English Composition at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Newman, a mother of five grown children (and grandmother of one), lives in Smethport, Pennsylvania.

LILRC Webinar: Preparing Youth for College, Career, and Beyond
2020-10-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The landscape of college and careers is rapidly changing, and increasingly moving in a digital direction, and while many young people are proficient in texting, video apps, and social media, they are not proficient in work-related digital skills and communication. This program will provide library staff with lesson plans, and ideas to help young people engage in activities that will prepare them to be successful at the next level.
Key Takeaways
Library staff will:
1. Learn how to assist young people in preparing for work in a variety of settings.
2. Receive lesson plans designed to develop young people’s hard/ soft work skills.
3. Encourage young people to assess their skills and passions, and explore career options that align with each.
Presented by: Jessica Olsen-Hoek; Prevention Director, Youth Enrichment Services

WNYLRC Webinar: Practicing Trauma Informed Approaches, Two Part Session
2020-10-15 10:00 - 11:30, 2020-10-07 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
*This will be a two part session, held on October 7th and October 15th at 10 am. Each session will be 90 minutes, with a 15 minute break.*
Webinar Description:
Trauma-informed care (TIC) approaches incorporate key principals to ensure that direct service and organizational supports are attentive to how trauma affects individuals and communities. By developing trauma-informed service systems, organizations can implement care approaches that address the lived and stated needs of staff, providers, and people seeking services. Participants will identify how to facilitate TIC strategies to mitigate the impact of traumatic stress by developing an understanding of the signs and symptoms of trauma, barriers and challenges to care provisions and ways to enhance empathic engagements. Through this series, participants will develop personal and organizational self-care strategies and ways to sustain TIC into the organizational culture and practices.
Objectives:

Participants will be able to provide a definition of trauma that includes collective traumatic stress, historical trauma, and complex trauma.
Participants will be able to understand the term “trauma informed care,” and its relevance in organizational culture, and the Six Principles of TIC
Conceptualize organizational strategies to move TIC forward in your organization.

Learn how to identify escalating situations using a trauma-informed lens and build empathy to enhance supportive responses.
*This will be a two part session, held on October 7th and October 15th at 10 am. Each session will be 90 minutes, with a 15 minute break.*

About the Presenter:

Caroline Sharkey is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and Program Coordinator/Clinical Supervisor for the TILT (Trauma Informed Library Transformation) program at the Athens Public Library in Athens, Georgia. She has 24 years working with youth, families, and communities to address trauma in the fields of education, social work, and community development. She has led trauma-informed organizations, trained agencies, and facilitated more than 350 community and professional presentations. Caroline is currently pursuing her doctorate in social work at the University of Georgia.

Library 2.020 Mini-Conference: Sustainability in Libraries
2020-10-14 15:00 - 18:00 | NY, United States
We’re excited to announce our third Library 2.020 mini-conference: “Sustainability in Libraries,” which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 14th, from 12:00 – 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone).
This mini-conference will center on the concept of “Sustainable Thinking” which aligns the core values of libraries with the “Triple Bottom Line” definition of sustainability–i.e. the intersection of environmental stewardship, social equity, and economic feasibility–to inspire investment and build support for your library in the future.
Library leaders must mobilize to ensure libraries take an active, visible role in building sustainable and resilient communities, particularly in light of the events of 2020. Our future depends on citizens who are able to work together with empathy, respect, and understanding to adapt to the many challenges and opportunities facing society today. As we struggle with the concurrent challenges of COVID-19, the resulting financial crisis, the political landscape and the increasing effects of climate change, we also find opportunities in these moments such as the rise of the Black Lives Matter/Solidarity Movement in the face of the “I Can’t Breathe” protests and an increasing call for locally driven solutions to problems impacting us on a global scale.
Through this mini-conference we will explore the importance of infusing the new core value of sustainability into everything we do and demonstrate how libraries – of all types – that lead into the future using “sustainable thinking” to fulfill our mission as libraries in new and innovative ways.
Conference sessions will include topics related to:

Libraries as Inspiration & Catalyst – topics and examples related to how libraries may provide leadership and serve as a model for sustainable practices through facility stewardship, innovative service design, and outreach and partnership practices.
Libraries as Conveners & Connectors – topics and examples related to how libraries work collaboratively through visionary partnerships to facilitate collective impact work to address existing challenges and opportunities with a focus on community well-being and self-reliance
Libraries as Contributors to Community Resilience – topics and examples of how libraries contribute to future community resilience from disaster preparedness, & response and recovery efforts to work that contributes to creating a culture of respect, understanding, and empathy in the library’s service area.

This event is being organized in partnership with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, the Executive Director of the Mid-Hudson Library System and co-chair of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Special Task Force on Sustainability, Learn more about Rebekkah at http://SustainableLibraries.org. Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #sustainabilityinlibraries on their social media posts leading up to and during the event.
This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.
REGISTER HERE
to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.
Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events.
Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0 conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing 30-minute keynote. A mini-conference FAQ (frequently asked questions) page is here.
The call for proposals is now open. We encourage all who are interested to submit to present a 30-minute session on the conference topic. More information here. You can view the current proposals that have been submitted here.
KEYNOTE PANELISTS (more to come!):
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (@rebekkah)
Executive Director of the Mid-Hudson Library System
Opening Keynote (Moderator)
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (MLS, LEED AP) is the Executive Director of the Mid-Hudson Library System. Rebekkah currently serves as the co-chair of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Special Task Force on Sustainability, as an advisory board member for the ALA Center for the Future of Libraries, and is the co-founder of both the ALA Sustainability Round Table and the New York Library Association’s Sustainability Initiative. Rebekkah was named a Library Journal (LJ) Mover & Shaker in 2010 and writes the LJ Sustainability column. A frequent international speaker on the topic of libraries and sustainability, Rebekkah is the author of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World and Resilience, part of the Library Futures Series from ALA Editions.

LILRC Webinar: Making Space for Self - Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills in the Workplace
2020-10-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Confucius said: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” There are those who are consistent high performers. There are those who excel at maintaining a sense of calm and rarely react to stress. Considering the on-the-job stress, interpersonal challenges at work, how do we hear the words of Confucius and have a job we love; so that ultimately, we can feel motivated and motivate others?
We will look at filling your EI toolbox with skills needed to build a bridge between the cognitive brain and the emotional brain to have higher workplace satisfaction.
Presenter: Maria Hensley-Spera, LCSWR, TF-CBT, is a clinical social worker and clinical instructor at Stony Brook University Department of Psychiatry, School of Health Sciences Physical Therapy, and a Field Placement, Instructor in the School of Social Welfare. She has worked with children, teens and families in community mental health centers and a school-based mental health program throughout her career. She specializes in Trauma-Focused CBT, Functional Family Therapy.

LILRC Webinar: Librarians Are Teachers - Applying Theory to Help Adults Learn
2020-10-13 14:00 - 15:30 | Online via Webex, NY, United States
As a librarian, you are a teacher. In just about everything you do, from answering reference questions, doing library orientation sessions, and responding to search requests, to formal teaching, you teach. And you teach adults. This webinar will show you how to apply the work of major adult learning theorists, particularly Malcolm Knowles’s work on andragogy, to improve your teaching in all settings. You’ll leave with practical ideas that help you teach more effectively and with greater personal satisfaction.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this session attendees will be able to:
1) Apply learning theories to address specific problems and characteristics of adult learners in a range of settings
2) Create effective instruction for adults
3) Reflect on their own teaching strategies and modify them to be more effective
Audience
Librarians who teach, orient library users, or instruct staff on new tools and resources. Beginners are welcome.
This registration is for the live webinar only and does not provide MLA CE hours. This will NOT be recorded.
Medical librarians, please contact Sally Stieglitz @sstieglitz@lilrc.org to learn how to participate with a MLA site code that supports MLA continuing education contact hours.

Presenter
Lauren Hays, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Central Missouri. Previously, she was the Instructional and Research Librarian at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, KS where she enjoyed teaching and being a member of her institution’s Faculty Development Committee. Her professional interests include the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, information literacy, digital literacy, educational technology, and academic development. On a personal note, she loves dogs, traveling, and home.

Tuesday at Ten!
2020-10-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
To encourage staying connected with each other during this time, we invite you to join us online Tuesdays at Ten!
Staying connected is important during this unprecedented time. CLRC is looking to stay engaged with our members by offering the library community an opportunity to chat, discuss, and check-in with colleagues around the region. Please join us for our weekly online Zoom meeting every Tuesday. Call in to say hi, ask questions, provide updates, and talk to your fellow library people!
Join URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85171574501
For those joining by phone: 1-646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 851 7157 4501

CDLC Webinar: Preservation Interest Group - Preservation During COVID-19 Times
2020-10-13 09:30 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
All are welcome to join this discussion with University at Albany Preservation Librarians, Ann Kearney and Karen Kiorpes.
Topics for discussion will include use of cleaners and disinfectants in cultural institutions, air quality guidelines for storage areas, and guidelines for safe handling. We will also hear from some member libraries on how they are managing preservation and security during this time.

LILRC Webinar: 29th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future - Diversity, Democracy, Engagement
2020-10-09 09:00 - 13:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Recent events have highlighted the structural racism and prejudices that continue to exist in society. The Long Island Library Resources Council recognizes and acknowledges the systemic discrimination that exists. The Council believes people have a right to be free from discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other status.
This year’s Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future: Diversity, Democracy, and Engagement will confront these issues with three excellent speakers. Our keynote speaker, Nancy Kranich, special projects research librarian and faculty at Rutgers University, will examine engagement in libraries. V. Elaine Gross, President of Erase Racism, will discuss promoting diversity in libraries. Ryan Dowd, author of The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness, will provide a condensed version of his workshop on how libraries can better serve the homeless. Each of these speakers will round out a program that brings attention to how libraries can serve different populations and how libraries can serve as community centers leading the way for change in society.

New York State Library Digital Equity Webinar Series
2020-10-08 14:00 - 15:30, 2020-10-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Digital equity is a complex set of conditions that requires that every New Yorker has access to affordable broadband, adequate devices, necessary software, digital literacy skills, and a community of support.
Persistent digital divides exist in communities — urban, suburban, and rural — across New York; in fact, more than 25% of students in New York lack access to the Internet and/or appropriate devices to participate in remote online education. The challenges to student connectivity can’t be considered in isolation, since they are part of larger systemic inequities disproportionately affecting people of color and people with lower incomes.
This webinar series is intended to bring together stakeholders from across sectors to:

establish an understanding of the challenges to digital equity and
develop a shared vision of how we can work together to achieve digital equity in New York.

The series is organized by the New York State Library and the New York State Education Department, in partnership with the METRO Library Council and the Northern New York Library Network.
Scheduled Events:
Metro Library Council, the Zoom host for these webinars, will be recording the sessions and making them available via YouTube. Links will be added to the table below as the archived sessions become available.

Thursday, September 10,
2-3 pm
Understanding Digital Inclusion and Digital Equity
Presenter Francella Ochillo, Executive Director of Next Century Cities, described the need for long-term solutions for local connectivity.

Slides from the September 10th webinar in PDF (373 KB)
The recording from the September 10th webinar is available on YouTube.

Thursday, September 24,
2-3 pm
Digital Bridge K-12 Initiative: Assessing Home Access Needs
Presenters Grace Ting and Ellen Goldich introduced the Digital Bridge K-12 Home Access Needs Assessment Playbook, a free step-by-step guide to help schools/school districts identify students who lack home digital access.

Slides from the September 24th webinar in PDF (0.97 MB)
The recording from the September 24th webinar is available on Youtube.

Thursday, October 1,
2-3 pm
Affordable Telephone and Internet Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Presenter Sam Faduski from the The Public Utility Law Project, provided an overview of the Lifeline low-income discount telephone program and low-income internet programs, also reviewing changes to these programs in light of the COVID-19 health pandemic.

Program evaluation survey (October 1 program)
Slides from the October 1st webinar in PDF (205 KB)

Thursday, October 8,
2-3:30 pm
Building Community Broadband Networks
Presented by Greta Byrum of Community Tech NY and Sharon Akkoul of NYSERNet, with speakers from The Point CDC and the Bronx Community Relief Effort, the Kingston Equitable Internet Initiative, and the Buffalo Digital Divide Initiative, this webinar will demonstate how three unique communities are building broadband ecosystems their own way.
Register for Building Community Broadband Networks

Thursday, October 22,
3:30-4:30 pm
Using Digital Navigators to Bridge Social Divides
Presented by National Digital Inclusion Alliance, this webinar will show how different affiliates are putting the Digital Navigator Model into action to add more digital equity to our social safety net and community institutions. Speakers include: Sabrina Roach and Paolo Balboa from NDIA; Shauna Edson and Justin Strange, from the Salt Lake City Public Library’s Digital Navigator project; and Margaret (Meg) Käufer, of the STEM Alliance of Larchmont-Mamaroneck.
Register for Using Digital Navigators to Bridge Social Divides

Thursday, October 29,
2-3 pm
Starting Your Own Digital Inclusion Coalition
Presented by Scott Kushner, Director of LaFayette Public Library, and Annabeth Hayes, Director of Tully Free Library, founders of the Central New York Digital Inclusion Coalition; and Stacey Martin, Digital Inclusion Coordinator at Finger Lakes Digital Inclusion Coalition. This program will interview members of newly formed coalitions, explore establishing and sustaining a coalition, and address the real work happening right now.
Register for Starting Your Own Digital Inclusion Coalition

Thursday, November 12,
2-3 pm
Capitalizing on OER for Equity in PK-12: Finding and Using Open Teaching and Learning Resources
Presented by Shawna M. Brandle, Associate Professor of Political Science, at Kingsborough Community College, Stacy Katz, Assistant Professor, Library, Lehman College, Jennifer Van Allen, Assistant Professor of Literacy Education, Lehman College, Nicole Williams, Instructor, Library, Bronx Community College. This webinar will introduce Open Educational Resources (OER) and how to customize these learning materials for students’ diverse needs.
Register for Capitalizing on OER for Equity in PK-12: Finding and Using Open Teaching and Learning Resources

Thursday
November 19,
2-3 pm
CanCode: Virtual Digital Literacy For All
Presented by AnnMaire Lanesy of AlbanyCanCode, this webinar will introduce CanCode’s Virtual Digital Literacy program which is designed to create a bridge for underserved populations to take their first steps towards careers in technology.
Register for Cancode: Virtual Digital Literacy for All

Thursday, December 3rd,
2-3 pm
Broader than Broadband: Brooklyn Public Library’s Digital Equity Strategy
Presented by Nick Higgins, Selvon Smith, Maya Wagoner, and David Giles from the Brooklyn Public Library.
Register for Broader than Broadband: Brooklyn Public Library’s Digital Equity Strategy

Additional programs may be added for December.

METRO Webinar: Building Community Broadband Networks
2020-10-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Greta Byrun, Community Tech NY with speakers from The Point CDC and the Bronx Community Relief Effort, the Kingston Equitable Internet Initiative, the Buffalo Digital Divide Initiative, and New York’s NYSERNet broadband consortium.
The pandemic has brought anxiety and chaos around the digital divide and inequities in access to remote education. With broadband priced out of reach for many low-income families and for overstretched cities and school districts, many communities are looking for solutions outside the current flawed market. What does it take to create a different kind of internet service, one that is equitable and imagined as a public good and a utility, not a luxury?
Some municipalities are lucky enough to have the capacity and resources to go it alone, building out conduit and fiber through their electric utilities or as a municipally-owned open-access resource. Other places are innovating to compose an original ecosystem of resources and capacities including organizing vision, bandwidth, funding, governance, and workforce. Each community’s broadband ecosystem is as unique as a fingerprint, but emerging practices and strategies can be replicated and shared. In this moment of potential and need, we will learn from three communities building broadband their own way: The Bronx, Buffalo, and Kingston.
The Digital Equity webinar series is organized by the New York State Library and the New York State Education Department, in partnership with the METRO Library Council and the Northern New York Library Network.

Tuesday at Ten!
2020-10-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
To encourage staying connected with each other during this time, we invite you to join us online Tuesdays at Ten!
Staying connected is important during this unprecedented time. CLRC is looking to stay engaged with our members by offering the library community an opportunity to chat, discuss, and check-in with colleagues around the region. Please join us for our weekly online Zoom meeting every Tuesday. Call in to say hi, ask questions, provide updates, and talk to your fellow library people!
Join URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84103802243
For those joining by phone: 1-646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 841 0380 2243

LILRC 25th Annual Archives Conference: Collecting and Preserving the Stories of U.S. Veterans
2020-10-05 10:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Scheduled presenters:
Kimberly Guise, Assistant Director for Curatorial Services, The National World War II Museum
Emily Hindin, Assistant Director for Digitization, The National World War II Museum
Mail Call from The National WWII Museum
Kathryn Heaviside, Community Service Librarian at the Northport-East Northport Public Library
Ink Stories: Symbols of Service
Edna Susman, Director, Veterans Testimonial Project on Long Island
The Key to Our Future is to Remember and Record Our Past
American Airpower Museum virtual tour with live commentary by Lawrence Starr
Greg Goodell, Museum Curator, Gettysburg National Military Park
Material Connections To Hallowed Ground: Linking Artifacts of Civil War Soldiers to a Present Experience
Christopher Gwinn, Chief of Interpretation and Education, Gettysburg National Military Park
What Gettysburg Meant: Union and Confederate Veterans Remember America’s Most Famous Battle

WNYLRC Webinar: Intersect 2020 - From Shushing to Shouting: Advocacy and Using Your Voice
2020-10-02 09:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
On behalf of the Western New York Library Resources Council, the Continuing Education Committee would like to thank everybody who made the past two Intersect Unconferences a success! We were inspired by the great ideas, creativity and support from the library workers of Western NY, and we are excited to continue this year with Intersect 2020: From Shushing to Shouting: Advocacy and Using Your Voice!
Due to the current restrictions on gatherings and events, and the uncertainties that face all of us on returning to our working spaces, the Continuing Education Committee has decided to hold this year’s Intersect Unconference virtually. We are trying to keep the spirit of learning from and collaborating with each other alive in our current telecommuting climate, and feel that a virtual unconference can still maintain the format integrity of small breakout sessions, large plenary discussions, and individual spaces for networking, casual discussion, and demonstrations.
The purpose of INTERSECT is to facilitate a culture of co-learning among librarians and other interested professionals in the region by bringing people together to network and share ideas in an interactive, engaging, informal setting where participants determine the content.
Sessions include:

Advocacy & Storytelling
Advocating for Library Staff During COVID-19
But *I Am* Faculty: Self Advocacy in the Age of Title-Questioning
Creating a Coordinated Advocacy Campaign From Nuts to Bolts
Health Literacy & the Library
An Intergenerational Book Club That Ignites Deep Discussion on Challenging Issues
Open Data Scavenger Hunt
Peer Sharing + Peer Learning = Community Empowerment
Prepare, Partner, Protect, Propose, and Persevere: Advocating for a Dedicated Information Literacy Classroom
The Right to Learn: Advocating for People Who Are Incarcerated

Full program to follow!
The registration price this year is $20.20, to commemorate this interesting and unprecedented year! If you are a library worker who would like to attend the 2020 Intersect Unconference but have been furloughed or otherwise economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, please contact us, as we are currently working on financial assistance for our colleagues in need.

SENYLRC Webinar: Developing RESILIENT Libraries
2020-10-01 14:00 - 15:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Developing RESILIENT Libraries: REady Steady In the Library: taking Initiative before an Emergency, Natural disaster, or Trauma
About the presentation:
We’re in the middle of a pandemic – so join us for a webinar on planning for emergencies and disasters in libraries! All of your pandemic policies are in place, but when was the last time you updated your plumbing diagram and IT inventory list? The webinar blends presentations with breakout discussions. Handouts include a one-page disaster preparedness plan and a risk management matrix. Learn about the differences between risks, emergencies, and disasters and how all types of libraries can help their communities be more resilient before – and after – a disaster.
About the presenter:
Michele Stricker is the Deputy State Librarian of Lifelong Learning at the New Jersey State Library where she is responsible for library trustee and director education and training, strategic planning, preservation best practices for special collections, disaster preparedness, and community resiliency. In addition to an MLIS from Rutgers University, she has an MFA in Museum Studies from Syracuse University, and an MA in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2019, she was selected as a Library Journal Mover & Shaker.
This event is free and open to all library workers.
All participants will receive a certificate for CE Credit

About the series:
This presentation is the first in a series of webinars to support and empower library staff and improve library resiliency in the preparation, response, and recovery phases of an emergency or disaster in their libraries or communities.
Webinar Schedule
Workshop 1: Opening Session: Developing RESILIENT Libraries – Thursday, October 1, 2020, 2-3:30
Workshop 2: Self Care, Self Defense & De-escalation – Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 10:30-12
Workshop 3: Planning for emergencies and disasters: Infrastructure – Nov 2020
Workshop 4: Planning for emergencies and disasters: Public Health – Dec 2020
Workshop 5: Communication skills and disaster communication plans – Jan 2021
Workshop 6: Wrap-up – Participant presentations – Feb 2021
These workshops are organized by Southeastern New York Library Resources Council with a Health Information Outreach Award from the National Library of Medicine. Developed resources reported in this project are supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH) under cooperative agreement number UG4LM012342 with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

METRO Webinar: Affordable Telephone and Internet Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020-10-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
This webinar will provide an overview of the Lifeline low-income discount telephone program and low-income internet programs in New York State, while explaining changes and updates to these programs in light of the COVID-19 health pandemic.
Sam Faduski (they/them/their) is the Staff Attorney for Western New York with the Public Utility Law Project. They specialize in public benefits and LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion in the context of public utilities. Mx. Faduski graduated from the University at Buffalo’s dual JD/MSW program, and worked with Legal Services of Central New York in Syracuse before starting at PULP. They are admitted to practice law in New York and are a licensed master social worker.
The Digital Equity webinar series is organized by the New York State Library and the New York State Education Department, in partnership with the METRO Library Council and the Northern New York Library Network.

LILRC Webinar: Reopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums during COVID - Scientific Research and Risk Management
2020-09-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Jacob Nadal, Director for Preservation at the Library of Congress, will present the outcomes of the REALM: Reopening Archives, Libraries and Museums project and discuss how libraries are using this scientific knowledge to inform safe operating practices. A remarkable amount of research has been conducted on the novel coronavirus but this is still a very new and rapidly developing body of knowledge. All libraries, the Library of Congress included, need to consider how scientific literacy, risk management, and mission play into their operating plans. This talk will help to frame these issues and provide an opportunity for discussion.
Presenter: Jacob Nadal is the Director for Preservation at the Library of Congress. He was appointed to the position in July 2017. Nadal manages the work of the Directorate’s five Divisions — Binding and Collections Care, Collections Management, Conservation, Reformatting, and Research and Testing — and provides leadership for the Library’s stewardship of the national collections.

LILRC Webinar: Grant and Proposal Writing 101
2020-09-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Building your grant seeking and writing skills is one of the best ways to help secure funding for your organization or department. Let’s review some basic approaches to finding the right grant funding opportunities, writing award-winning grant proposals and highlight common mistakes. Join Teresa Trammell, CPNP-AC, APRN, MSN, MHA, EBSCO Health Clinical Solutions Manager, to review the foundations of writing a successful proposal and learning how to turn a rejection into a personal growth opportunity.

NOT Lost in Transition: Resource Sharing in Changing Times Virtual Workshop
2020-09-29 09:00 - 13:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Calling all Resource Sharing librarians, paraprofessionals and staff.
Join us for a fun day of learning, networking and sharing.
This annual workshop will be free of charge and held virtually via Zoom.
The event is co-sponsored by CLRC, SCRLC, SENYLRC and CDLC.
REGISTER HERE

Program Schedule
9:00 – 9:10:
Welcome: schedule of day, housekeeping
9:10 – 9:30:
Empire Library Delivery (ELD), presented by Maria DeGaetano, Business Services Coordinator, CDLC.
9:30 – 9:40:
Treasure Hunt!
9:40 – 10:10:
ILLiad to Tipasa Changeover, presented by Brandon Martin, Instructor of Library Services, Systems Librarian & Resource Sharing Coordinator, Broken Arrow Library, Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow, OK.
10:10 – 10:20:
BREAK
10:20 – 10:50:
“A Day in the Life of…” presented by Martha Knuth, Reference Librarian for COVID-19, Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library.
10:50 – 11:30:
What we learned… Breakout Rooms for discussion moderated by Virgilio Pinto, ILL Lending Coordinator, Ithaca College
11:30 – 11:50:
Reinventing the Borrowing Wheel: Direct borrowing programs – where do they stand?, presented by Meghan Wakeman, Resource Sharing Librarian, CDLC.
11:50 – Noon:
Closing remarks
Noon – 1 PM:
Breakout rooms for Networking among attendees
REGISTER HERE
Co-hosted by:

LILRC Webinar: Introduction to Google Slides
2020-09-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
This workshop will demonstrate to staff the basics of creating a google slides presentation. Those who complete the workshop will learn how to create a slide show, format the slides, add media, collaborate and present the slides. The workshop will be presented by Tim Spindler.

Webinar: Systematic Searching - Improving Effectiveness and Efficiency
2020-09-24 14:00 - 15:30 | Online via MLA, NY, United States
CLRC will be offering access to the MLA webinar, “Systematic Searching: Improving Effectiveness and Efficiency.” We only have access to a limited number of licenses to please register below if you are interested! Information regarding accessing the webinar will be shared with registrants prior to the event.
Webinar Description:
Are you struggling with ever-more complicated systematic review searches? Do you have a basic knowledge of Boolean operators, thesaurus terms, and syntax and want to raise your search game? This webinar will give you guidance on creating high-quality searches in a faster way. Bramer and associates have taught his method at several filled-to-capacity annual meeting courses.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

identify important elements in the search
use the published method to create and optimize searches
use the shared macros to translate searches between databases

Audience
Participants should have basic knowledge of databases (boolean operators, thesaurus terms and syntax).
About the Presenter:
Wichor Bramer is an information specialist at the Erasmus Medical Center Medical Library in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In October 2019, he successfully defended his doctoral (PhD) thesis, “Serving Evidence Syntheses: Improving Literature Retrieval in Systematic Reviews,” in which he describes his method and his research on the effectiveness and efficiency of the method.
