The PILLARS Symposium
2021-07-07 - 2021-07-09 | NY, United States
The PILLARS Symposium:

Preparation, Information Literacy, Libraries, Academic Resources,
and 21st Century Skills for Transitioning from Secondary School to College is Calling for Proposals!

Why: A three-day symposium that will bring educators and librarians together to share knowledge on the topic of student readiness for college and beyond.

When: Wednesday, July 7 – Friday, July 9, 2021 (exact start & end time TBD)

Where: Virtually, from your computer.

What: This symposium is designed to introduce educators to a wide range of teaching and learning resources for practical use in the 21st-century classroom. Presenters will share their knowledge on teaching information literacy instruction, writing, using primary resources, bridging the digital divide, and related topics that will prepare secondary students for success in college and beyond. The format will include formal presentations, breakout sessions, and opportunities to connect with educators around New York State. This symposium is presented by and for educators in New York State, and we welcome the perspective of guests from other regions who will join as presenters and attendees.

Who: Presenters and target audience include but are not limited to:

Secondary school teachers, librarians, administrators
Academic librarians, professors, administrators
First year college transition specialists
Public librarians – both YA and Adult Services
Public historians and cultural heritage institution educators
Students (recent HS graduates and first-year college students)
Others invested in student success with High School to College Transition

We encourage applications from inter-disciplinary presenters (e.g. faculty & librarian, teacher & student, or public & school librarian).

DHPSNY Webinar: Environmental Monitoring - Getting Started
2021-07-06 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
What should you think about when establishing an environmental monitoring plan? What is a datalogger, and how do you select the right one? What are the basic tools needed to implement an environmental monitoring plan? Join Chloe Houseman, Paper Conservator at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, as she explores the importance of managing the environment in collections spaces and offers guidance on how to do so.

SCRLC Webinar: Naviating the New Normal - Emotionally Adjusting to Pandemic Re-entry
2021-07-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
In this workshop, we’ll take a deep breath and gently explore the fact that it will “never be 2019” again. What impact does this new reality have on how we work, live, play, and dream? Assuming that the “old 2019 ways of working” will eventually return is usually a set-up for undue stress-yet there are powerful reasons that we cling to the past while ignoring current realities. The only permanence we find is indeed impermanence.
For many of us, the multiple unknowns and interpretations, conflicting information about COVID-19 and its impacts, can cause stress and/or anxiety. Whether through enhancing resiliency, building new coping mechanisms, or leading the workforce of tomorrow, many of us “rallied,” but may still be left feeling fatigued, exhausted, and/or ambivalent. And some of us are tired of being told we need to be “resilient.” What’s a busy, often overtasked employee to do?
Since we cannot go backward nor forward, the power of “right now” has never been more important for leaders at this moment in time.
Learning objectives of this interactive course are as follows:
(a) Participants will gain increased confidence and skill in “navigating the new normal,” during this particular moment in time;
(b) Through an effective set of mindfulness-based questions and gentle inquiry, workshop participants will gain a more robust understanding of how the body and mind react to stress and change and learn ways to re-train the mind related to thoughts and the stress our minds can create for us as we adjust to pandemic re-entry;
(c) An exploration of the benefits and deficits of nostalgia will be explored; and
(d) Best practices will be offered to look at what this “new normal” will mean for individuals, teams, workplaces, and societies. A variety of prompts, break-out sessions, discussions, and interactive activities will allow for building a mindful approach to managing stress, change, differences, challenges, and opportunities in this “new normal” as together, we prepare ourselves and our teams for pandemic re-entry.
Outcomes/Take-Aways –
• More confidence in navigating stress, change, and difficulties in the “new normal.”
• Increased understanding of the impact of stress, runaway thoughts, and tension on the body, mind, and spirit and ways to interrupt stressful patterns.
• Ability to identify best practices for reducing stress and anxiety in the face of impermanence and navigating “return to work” scenarios.

Bio: Michelle Courtney Berry is an expert in marketing, brand management, organizational communication, and the science behind creating mindful workplaces. Internationally recognized as a meditation teacher, workplace wellness consultant, and inspirational health and wellness evangelist, Michelle is a highly regarded expert on the psychology of workplace behavior and its impact on employee retention, image, and your bottom line. Her track record of success spans over 20 years of deep experience helping visionaries lead happier, healthier, more productive lives. From speaking to training to coaching, performing, and writing, Michelle has impacted over 350,000 people worldwide. In so doing, she’s collaborated with some of the world’s top business leaders, athletes, entertainers, corporations, start-ups, and nonprofits. Michelle has taught communications to undergraduate and graduate students at some of our nation’s leading community colleges, colleges, and universities. She holds a graduate degree in Organizational/Risk Communication from Cornell University and has been a 2x SWSW and 2x TEDx speaker who has spoken over 4,500 times since 1990. Find out more at: michellecourtneyberry.com.

ESLN Webinar: The CASE Act for Libraries
2021-06-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act, known as the CASE Act, was enacted on December 27, 2020. The act creates a three member panel, the Copyright Claims Board to handle small copyright claims. Join this program to learn more about what this means for libraries.
Our speaker, Dr. Tomas A. Lipinski, will review the CASE Act provisions and procedures. The session will include general liability and protections for libraries under existing law. In addition, he will target the CASE Act provisions designed to address fears of copyright trolling. The advantages of participation in the process will be discussed. He will briefly review the existing service provider protections that are available to libraries, as well as the new small claims process that allows copyright holders and users to send a take-down notice or counter-notification to bring the matter before the new Copyright Claims Board. He will touch on the likely regulations the Copyright Office may issue in the coming months.
Professor Lipinski is the Dean of the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. He completed his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Marquette University Law School, received the Master of Laws (LL.M.) from The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, and the Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Lipinski has worked in a variety of legal settings including the private, public and non-profit sectors. He has written many articles, book chapters, and monographs on the law and libraries.
There will be time for Questions & Answers during the webinar. Registrants are also invited to submit their questions prior to the webinar. Questions received by June 23 will receive priority.
Free to ESLN Members. Registration is required. Please note that this webinar will not be recorded.
If you have any questions, contact Susan D’Entremont at susan@cdlc.org.

DHPSNY Webinar: Identifying Endangered Media Formats
2021-06-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Endangered media formats such as floppy disks, u-matic tapes, and data tapes pose difficult preservation questions for collecting institutions. These increasingly obsolete media formats are sometimes pushed to the side when organizing and preserving archival collections, simply because we often don’t know what to do with them. Join Julia Novakovic, Archivist at The Strong National Museum of Play, as she shares her experience with identifying and caring for endangered media formats. This webinar will also address topics such as developing surveys for media collections, finding reference information on these formats, and determining next steps for what you might want to do once you have these numbers.

NNYLN Webinar: Virtual Private Networks - Your Virtual Home Away from Home
2021-06-29 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Description:

You’ve heard this on the news or in that pesky Youtube sponsored Ad: The Internet is full of hackers, rogues and villains! Quick! Subscribe to our Super Safe (TM) VPN service to protect yourself now!

Do you really need a VPN to stay safe on the Internet? The answer is: probably not.

This session will answer the following:

What are Virtual Private Networks?
What situations are they typically used in?
What can they protect against?
And if you’re going to subscribe and use a VPN service, what should you look for?

This session will be recorded.

About the presenter:

Chuck Henry is the Integrated Technologies Coordinator at the Northern New York Library Network. A former NYS certified teacher, Chuck routinely provides professional development and software training to teachers, librarians and administrators in the North Country region. As Technical Project Lead, he manages the newspaper digitization process, provides server maintenance, and web development for the NYS Historic Newspaper Project. Chuck also serves as primary web developer for the newly redesigned NY Heritage.

Webinar: Defend Yourself - Safer Libraries, Two-Part Series
2021-06-23 10:00 - 12:00, 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.

LILRC Webinar: NASA and the Navajo Nation - A 16 Year Collaboration Based on Relationship, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination
2021-06-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The NASA and the Navajo Nation Partnership is an ongoing collaboration that has facilitated the co-creation of numerous educational materials, workshops, and camps for Navajo youth. Their work flows from the understanding that Indigenous knowledge systems and Western science reflect, resonate with, and reinforce one another, and affirm each other as valid, valuable, and vital. NASA’s Culturally-Based, Dual-Learning methodology prioritizes Indigenous knowledge – which is taught first in the programs, always and only by Indigenous educators and Elders, using Indigenous languages and pedagogies, in Indigenous places. Afterward, corresponding Western STEM concepts are conveyed by experts in those fields. This method reinforces for Native youth that their cultural knowledge systems, practices, and technologies, are important, sophisticated, alive and well, and hold information that is just being explored by the Western STEM fields today. This provides a critical lens and asset-based perspective from which to be grounded as they approach the learning of Western STEM.
Presenter Daniella Scalice is the Education and Communications Lead for NASA’s Astrobiology Program. Her background is in molecular biology and filmmaking. Her work is devoted to ensuring youth of all colors, cultures, genders, abilities, walks of life, and ways of loving and praying have equal access to opportunities in STEM, and are supported to excel in everything they do, especially toward healthy social, cultural, and economic lifeways. Daniella lives and works on the lands of the Piscataway People in the occupied territories known today as Annapolis, Maryland.
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

CDLC Webinar: Preserving 3D Objects
2021-06-22 09:30 - 11:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Have you been wondering how to handle those 3D objects in your collections? Are you afraid to have your patrons touch them? If so, join the CDLC Preservation Interest Group and learn about collecting, curating, caring for, and containing objects such as textiles, glassware, specimens, and other non-paper artifacts in libraries and archives. We will learn about rehousing 3D artifacts using standard archival supplies.
Our discussion will be led by Gwen Spicer, Spicer Art Conservation. Gwen is a conservator in private practice in upstate New York and has been since 1995. She treats textiles, upholstery, and organic artifacts. She assists many small to mid-size museums and historical societies across New York State with collection care, storage, exhibitions, and conservation treatments. She is the author of the award-winning book Magnetic Mounting Systems for Museums & Cultural Institutions, published in 2019.
All are welcome!

LILRC Webinar: Library Director Jenga - COVID Edition Session 2 - Personnel
2021-06-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Join Kate Hall and Kathy Parker, authors of The Public Library Directors Toolkit, as they discuss how to balance the responsibilities of being a director during a pandemic and three core areas of running a public library during a public health crisis and after. The individual sessions will include library director jenga, personnel, emergency planning, and buildings. Each session will delve into each topic, have some group work and time for roundtable discussion. The sessions are intended for established public library directors and we encourage attendees to come ready to share their own insights and experiences.
Session 2- Personnel
A library cannot run without staff. We will discuss what we have learned about the changes both immediate and long term that need to be made to personnel in our libraries as a result of a public health crisis. Attendees will join in a discussion on what changes are coming and develop a plan for how they can set their library up for success now and in the future as it relates to their employees.
Presenters:
Kate Hall is the Executive Director of the Northbrook Public Library after serving as Director at the New Lenox Public Library and in various Youth Services positions in the Chicagoland area for over 20 years. In her decade as a library director, Kate has been very active in state and national library groups including the American Library Association, Illinois Library Association, and Reaching Across Illinois Library System. She has served on the committee and chaired Director’s University, an intensive training for new Illinois Public Library Directors that went virtual in 2020. She is the co-author of The Public Library Director’s Toolkit published by ALA Editions and the devoted servant of two demanding cats.
Kathy Parker was the director of the Glenwood-Lynwood (IL) Public Library District from 2002-2018 after serving as Assistant Director at the Harvey (IL) Public Library. She has worked in public and private libraries for over 40 years in nearly every department and co-founded Director’s University. She has served on numerous state committees including the Illinois Library Association and has served as library trustee for her local library and the regional library system, Reaching Across Illinois Library System. She was the 2016 recipient of American Library Associations Trustee Citation award. After retiring in 2018, Kathy launched the kathyparker consulting firm which provides training to trustees and new directors. She is the co-author of The Public LIbrary Director’s Toolkit published by ALA Editions.

RRLC Webinar: Why Inclusive Data Matters to Underrepresented Groups and How Public Libraries Can Help
2021-06-16 13:00 - 14:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
As data increasingly becomes key to driving policy design, programs, and decision-making, many communities continue to be marginalized and/or underrepresented in datasets. As the COVID pandemic has further revealed, critical data on race, ethnicity, gender, and other intersectional factors is not widely available, rendering many programs and actions insufficient to equitably address the realities of many communities. Inclusive data processes are central to building more equitable responses, not just during COVID, but generally to address the systemic barriers impacting diverse communities. Libraries can be important catalysts in these efforts and continue to promote and contribute to equitable change in their communities. In this webinar, public library staff will 1) explore concepts of inclusive data and knowledge democracy, 2) discuss different roles public libraries could play in supporting the creation of more inclusive data, and 3) learn tools to assess who is and is not represented in data, and identify different social, cultural, and economic factors that could affect this lack of representation.
About the presenters: Maria Garrido, Principal Research Scientist and Chris Rothschild, Senior Research Scientist are from the Technology & Social Change Group, Information School, University of Washington.

SENYLRC Webinar: An Introduction to iMovie - Basic Editing and Beyond!
2021-06-15 14:00 - 15:30 | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
The ability to create simple and attractive videos with clear sound is a skill that can benefit any library. Whether it’s for public relations, programming, or internal staff training, a polished product can get your message across. iMovie comes pre-installed on all Apple computers and has easy to use auto features, along with some intermediate features like recording voice overs and background editing for green screen footage. Learn the ins and outs of editing in iMovie with a live demonstration.
Veronica Reynolds is the Head of Community Relations at the New City Library, planning adult programming and managing promotional materials. During the early days of the pandemic, she moved all adult programming online and found new ways to reach out to the community. YouTube was a core component of that outreach and thanks to the hardworking and creative staff of the library over five hundred videos were posted on the New City Library’s channel in the past year.

New York State Library Webinar: A Hard Battle - Peter and Clarinda Dumont's Civil War Letters
2021-06-15 11:00 - 12:00 | NY, United States
Peter L. Dumont was a Union soldier who was born in Schoharie County and had moved to Utica as a teenager. Over an eighteen-month period following his enlistment, he sent eighty detailed letters home to his wife Clarinda, writing with candor about military life and sketching pictures. He chronicled his harrowing experiences fighting for the Army of the Potomac, including in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and described his confinement in a Confederate prison.
The letters were given to their daughter, who passed them down through the generations in a cardboard box marked “War Letters from My Father to My Mother.” Now, over 150 years later, their great-great-great granddaughter Diana McCarthy has transcribed the letters, and will present their stories for the first time.
Step back in history to learn about Peter’s battles, including his desperate efforts to get a furlough home, and how Clarinda sought assistance from Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office to discover what happened to her husband a year after he disappeared in the Battle of the Wilderness.
Diana McCarthy is a retired teacher and public administrator. She lives in Delmar NY with her husband Brian. Diana has her Masters’ Degree in Education from the College of St. Rose in Albany, and has taught in public and not-for-profit schools. She served as an adult educator and training administrator for three New York State agencies. In her retirement, Diana enjoys participating in historical societies and researching her family’s Civil War Letters. Diana and the letters, which are now in the NYS Library’s collection, were featured in an Albany Channel 10 News Special Report on May 5, 2021, the 157th anniversary of her ancestor’s disappearance in the Battle of the Wilderness.

Second Tuesday at Ten!
2021-06-15 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 second Tuesdays at Ten!
**Our June meeting will be taking place on the THIRD Tuesday of the month due to scheduling conflicts.**
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 monthly online Zoom meeting every second Tuesday. Call in to say hi, ask questions, provide updates, and talk to your fellow library people!
Join URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87256143578
For those joining by phone: 1-646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 872 5614 3578

CDLC Webinar: News Media Literacy - Seeking and Finding the Truth in a Fake News World
2021-06-14 14:00 - 15:30 | NY, United States
Seeing is believing, right? NOT NECESSARILY. Increasingly technology is being used to spread misinformation and outright lies. What is the difference between photo enhancement and manipulation? Attend this presentation to find out some of the ways you can investigate if the visual information your accessing, particularly online, is real or manipulated.
About the Presenter: Mary Miller has been the Education Services Director for the New York Newspapers Foundation/New York News Publishers Association (NYNPA) since 2001. Since creating the position, she has helped develop a growing library of News Media Literacy/Newspaper In Education (NIE) curricula and presentations. Her vision for News Media Literacy/NIE in New York State includes strategic partnerships with other organizations interested in providing others with easy-to-use tools to ultimately improve news media literacy. Mary has increasingly used new and emerging technologies in her curriculum development and presentations. She has worked with the We the People and Project Citizen programs, serves on the steering committee of the New York State Family Engagement Coalition, the board of the Capital District Council for the Social Studies, and the executive board of the New York State Reading Association. The NYNPA News Media Literacy/NIE program has been recognized with numerous state, regional and national awards and continues to strive for increased engagement and understanding with emphasis on journalism.
This program is sponsored by CDLC’s Regional Automation Advisory Committee (RAAC).

RRLC Webinar: Work/Life Balance - Setting Healthy Boundaries
2021-06-14 10:00 - 11:30 | 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.

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.
