6th Annual Rochester Archives Fair: Making Connections
2021-10-27 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online Via Zoom, NY, United States
Discover the remarkable archival resources available in the Rochester region at the 6th annual Rochester Archives Fair!
Area institutions will highlight their unique collections and be available to discuss the archival treasures they preserve during the Virtual Archives Fair event on October 27 from 2-4pm.
This year’s theme, “Making Connections”, will explore the connection between archives and the communities they serve. Join us as we celebrate local collections and Archives Month through:

Exhibitor Introductions from 7 archival institutions
Lightning Talks
Ask an Archivist Q&A

Whether you are interested in history, genealogy, primary sources, or enjoy learning, this FREE event will introduce you to our area’s special collections, archives, libraries, and historians.
Featured Lightning Talks and Speakers:

“A Gamut of Games: Creating The Sid Sackson Portal” – Julia Novakovic, The Strong National Museum of Play
“Community Engaged Archives: the Community Curator program at VSW” – Tara Merenda Nelson, Visual Studies Workshop
“Making Change Through Changemakers” – Stephanie Ball, Rochester Museum & Science Center
“Audio Media: A Preservation Frontier” – Brandon Fess, Rochester Public Library

Featured Archives and Institutions:

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Archives of the Sisters of St. Joseph
Rochester Medical Museum and Archives
The Strong National Museum of PLay
Visual Studies Workshop
Rochester Museum & Science Center
Rochester Public Library

ILL: The Inside Story
2021-10-27 13:00 - 16:30
Join us for a virtual afternoon with resource sharing colleagues.
Get the inside story. Keep the ideas.
REGISTER HERE
Program:
1:00 pm – Welcome
1:10 to 2:00 pm
Platform Panel: What We Use
Alma – Marta Loomis, Library Clerk II, SUNY OCC
ILLiad – Stephanie Helsher, Resource Sharing Librarian, Upstate Health Sciences Library
Rapido – Sarah Shank, ILL Borrowing Coordinator, Ithaca College
ReShare and Tipasa – Michele Heintz, ILL & Print Acquisitions Coordinator, Le Moyne College
WorldShare – Bryan Acee, ILL & Automation Coordinator, O2CM BOCES SLS
2:00 to 2:10 pm – Break
2:10 to 3:00 pm
Tip the Scale: Exclusion to Inclusion
Jane Bentley, Senior Librarian, NYS Talking Book & Braille Library
3:00 to 3:10 pm – Break
3:10 to 4:00 pm
Our Day, Our Way Panel
Jim Cichon, School Library Media Specialist, Westmoreland High School
Deb Dalton, Information Specialist, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine & Health
Allison Perry, Reference Librarian, Bond Schoeneck & King
Leslie Stolins, Lending & Outreach Services Librarian, Mid-York Library System
4:00 to 4:30 pm – Conclusion & Open Networking
Event is co-hosted by CLRC and SCRLC

WNYLRC Webinar: OurStoryBridge - Library Collaborations for Connecting the Past and the Present
2021-10-27 10:00 - 11:30
At the first anniversary of the release of OurStoryBridge, Jery Y. Huntley, MLS, on behalf of the Keene Valley Library, will be talking about three interrelated projects sponsored by the library and lauded by librarians, school library media specialists, and teachers across New York State and the nation. They demonstrate how libraries have have been able to offer their expertise and resources to continue to meet our patrons and how important it is to meet our patrons, especially students, in the media they prefer, online.
In this webinar you will learn about the Adirondack Community and OurStoryBridge websites and how public and school libraries can create their own local story project based on our model; explore the Teacher’s Guide contained on both websites so that you have a resource to use and share with young adults, educators, and other members of the community; and recognize how you can implement, help communicate, and improve the projects.
Note that among the goals of these projects are to:

Capture the rich cultural history of communities with a focus on recording older generations before their histories are lost, and
Build civic pride and engagement among young adults to encourage their growth as involved community members.
Offer libraries unique opportunities to help build intergenerational connections in their communities

The three projects and websites you will explore are:

OurStoryBridge, at www.ourstorybridge.org, a free resource and tool kit for producing a crowdsourced, community story project, designed to help libraries and other organizations create their own story projects using Adirondack Community as a model.
Adirondack Community, at www.myadirondackstory.org, a multi-year local history online project that collects and organizes 3- to 5-minute audio stories and related photographs from Town of Keene community members.
The Teacher’s Guide on both websites, which consists of the How-To document outlining how to use the stories for lessons in any school in any community; the Story Selection Chart, a tool to match stories with specific courses; the Story Summaries, brief synopses of the 200+ stories currently available; and the Sample School Assignment.

You will also learn how to use these websites and recognize how you can help communicate and improve these projects.
Think about how we in Western New York can start our OurStoryBridge projects, using these resources. And to understand what a story is, follow this link for a selection that will inspire you to hear more: https://www.ourstorybridge.org/listen-to-adirondack-community. Libraries across the country are already creating OurStoryBridge projects, even though the website was released just a year ago!
About the Presenter:
Jery Y. Huntley received her B.A. in Education and MLS at the University at Albany, but her career took a different turn after her start as a school and public librarian on Long Island. She moved back to Albany to work for the New York State Assembly, then headed to Washington, DC for a position in the U.S. House of Representatives. This led to opportunities in environmental lobbying, issues management, twenty years as a trade association CEO, and training in meeting facilitation. She lives in Washington, DC and Keene Valley, NY, and her volunteer work now includes OurStoryBridge and Adirondack Community for the Keene Valley Library and as a member of the Washington, DC and Essex County New York Medical Reserve Corps fighting COVID-19.

RRLC Webinar: Ancestry Library Edition
2021-10-22 13:00 - 14:00
This one-hour session will present a brief overview of the Ancestry Library Edition available to OWWL public library users. Navigation of the website and its search features will be demonstrated.
By the end of the session, users will be able to:
– Access Ancestry Library Edition from their hosting library (or remotely until 12/31/2021)
– Successfully navigate the website
– Search for documents and other information
– Save results to either flash drive or send via email.
About the presenter: Kathryn Riedener is currently the Collections & Resources Coordinator for the Pioneer Library System located in Canandaigua, New York. She has been with Pioneer since 2005. She previously worked at the Avon Free Library as the Children’s Librarian. Kathryn has a personal interest in family and local history, and enjoys looking for information about her ancestors.
This program is sponsored by the RRLC Library Assistants Group.
Free to RRLC & ESLN Members. This will be held on Zoom Webinar; registration is required.
All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for one hour of CE credit.
Live transcription will be provided. This webinar will be recorded.
We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, including sign language interpretation, please contact Barbara Ciambor, at least five business days ahead of this program.

2021 Annual Conference
2021-10-22 10:00 - 15:15
Join us for our 2021 Annual Conference featuring keynote speakers Crystal Chen & Nicollette Davis of We Here!

SCRLC Webinar: Wholehearted Libraries - Meeting the Needs of Community (+SCRLC's Annual Meeting)
2021-10-22 09:30 - 10:30
We should bring our hearts to work, and qualities such as open-mindedness, emotional intelligence, and reflective action are all part of this process. Services steeped in humanism, compassion, and understanding should be the cornerstone of what we do, and why we do it, for all members of our communities, including the underserved. Not only do libraries need high tech, they also need staff who approach their work with a wholehearted attitude.
The most important challenge we are facing in libraries now is ensuring we are open and welcoming for everyone. The world has changed so much in the last few years. We need to make sure our services meet the needs of those who might visit the library to feel safe. Those who need access to information and services that may help them get on solid ground in their lives. The underserved and the invisible should feel welcome and encouraged in our spaces, both physical, virtual and across the community itself. And every voice should be heard. Every story told.
We should approach information work in all of its forms with an open heart. We need staff to lead with the heart and to see every interaction as an opportunity to improve someone’s life — remove a burden, give some pleasure, and help them grow, etc. The best librarians make that emotional investment because they believe in the communities they serve.

LILRC Webinar: How Libraries Harness Technology to Create Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
2021-10-21 14:00 - 15:00
Technology is an invaluable tool in the mission to make our society fully equitable, diverse and inclusive. In this session, Kelvin Watson, Executive Director, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, will discuss how the 38-branch Broward County Library system (his previous library system) used technology in their quest to achieve those goals, and how he plans to increase the technology offerings at the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, and suggest how other cultural and educational institutions may do so also.
Technology has been a means of outreach to “invite the uninvited” and extend our values into the community at large. This presentation will explore successfully harnessing technology to philosophy in service to our beliefs about equity, diversity and inclusion.
Presenter:
As the new executive director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, Kelvin Watson brings innovative, award-winning leadership to Nevada’s largest library system. Watson oversees 25 branches spanning 8,000 square miles, a budget of $77 million, 700 employees, and a collection of 3.2 million items. Mr. Watson joined the Library District from his role as the director of the Broward County Libraries. Regarded as one of the most highly respected thought leaders in the library industry, he is credited with expanding his customer base in past library management roles, through outreach efforts to underserved and diverse populations.
He was named the 2021 winner of the Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award, for his dedication to implementing new and innovative ways to meet customers – both existing and new – “where they are,” with initiatives targeting non-traditional library users. Under his leadership, the Florida Library Association (FLA) named Broward County Libraries as the 2020 Library of the Year; FLA named Mr. Watson as the 2019 Librarian of the Year; and the American Library Association (ALA) named the Broward County Libraries as the Library of the Future, all of which he credits to the work of his staff.

LILRC Webinar: Cultivating Civility in the Library Workplace
2021-10-20 14:00 - 15:00
Library workplaces often bring challenges in the area of staff civility. This presentation focuses on aspects of an individual, team, and leader perspective and presents some practical solutions for improving workplace dynamics. Individual topics include tips for self-awareness and mindfulness as well as handling workplace conflict. Also covered is how to create effective teams, improve team communication, and reduce silo communications. Finally, the concept of vision-goal-work alignment facilitated by positive guidance with authentic leadership, active listening, and learned empathy is explored.
Presenters:
Jo Henry is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at Horry-Georgetown Technical College in Georgetown, South Carolina. Previously, she was a public librarian with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and an Information Services Librarian at South Piedmont Community College. She has published in Journal of Library Administration, College & Research Libraries News, Community & Junior College Libraries, Public Services Quarterly, and Library Review, and has presented at the ALA Annual Conference, North Carolina Library Association Conference, South Carolina Library Association-Southeastern Library Association Conference, and Metrolina Library Conference. She is the co-author of Cultivating Civility: Practical Ways to Improve a Dysfunctional Library (2020), The Dysfunctional Library: Challenges and Solutions to Workplace Relationships (2018), The Mindful Librarian: Connecting the Practice of Mindfulness to Librarianship (2016), Fundamentals for the Academic Liaison (2014), and The Personal Librarian: Enhancing the Student Experience (2014).
Joe Eshleman received his Master of Library and Information Studies degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2007. He is currently Senior Librarian at Central Piedmont Community College. Previously he was Head of Reference at Johnson & Wales University Providence and was the Instruction Librarian at Johnson & Wales University Library-Charlotte 2008-2015. During this time, he taught numerous library instruction sessions.He has presented on numerous occasions including at the American Library Association Conference, the Lilly Education Conference, the North Carolina Library Association Conference, and the Teaching Professor Technology Conference. He is the co-author of Cultivating Civility: Practical Ways to Improve a Dysfunctional Library (2020), The Dysfunctional Library: Challenges and Solutions to Workplace Relationships (2018), The Mindful Librarian: Connecting the Practice of Mindfulness to Librarianship (2016), Working and Networking: Librarian and Instructional Technologist Collaborations (2016), Fundamentals for the Academic Liaison (2014) and The Personal Librarian: Enhancing the Student Experience (2014).
Richard Moniz, Ed.D. is the Director of Library Services for Horry-Georgetown Technical College. Previously, he served as Director of Library Services for Johnson & Wales University’s North Miami campus from 1997 – 2004 and Director of Library Services at Johnson & Wales University’s Charlotte campus 2004-2018. Since 2006, he has served as an adjunct instructor for the MLIS program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is actively engaged in the profession and has held a number of committee and board responsibilities with ALA, LLAMA, ACRL, CLS, SCLA, SCTEA, and Metrolina Library Association in addition to non-profit organizations such as Carolina Raptor Center, Charlotte Museum of History, and Charlotte’s Arts & Science Council. He has published in numerous periodicals such as College & Undergraduate Libraries, Journal of Library Management, North Carolina Libraries, Library Journal, and Library Leadership & Management. He is the sole author of the textbook Practical and Effective Management of Libraries (2010), co-author of Cultivating Civility: Practical Ways to Improve a Dysfunctional Library (2020), The Dysfunctional Library: Challenges and Solutions to Workplace Relationships (2018), Fundamentals for the Academic Liaison (2014), co-author and co-editor of The Personal Librarian: Enhancing the Student Experience (2014) and co-author of The Mindful Librarian: Connecting the Practice of Mindfulness to Librarianship (2016). He also has a contributed chapter in Mid-Career Library & Information Professionals: A Leadership Primer (2015 edition).

METRO Webinar: Not in the Archive!: Design Considerations for Building More Web Archive-Friendly Websites
2021-10-19 15:00 - 16:00
Designing and building out websites with their “archivability” in mind from the early planning stages will ensure that the content being produced is more readily preservable and will remain accessible to users and cultural heritage researchers well into the future.
Join Sumitra Duncan, Head of the Web Archiving Program at the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) and Web Archive Lead at the Frick Art Reference Library, for a webinar presentation from her perspective as a web archivist on recommended practices for developing more easily archivable websites.
Attendees can expect to:

Gain insights on the significance of the practice of web archiving
Identify known challenges to archiving certain types of born-digital content
Get practical guidance and recommendations for producing web-based content that is more likely to be successfully web archived and preserved in the long term

Sumitra Duncan is the Head of the Web Archiving Program for the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC), which consists of the Frick Art Reference Library and the libraries and archives of the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. She co-founded and co-coordinates the Web Archiving Special Interest Group of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) and the Archive-It New York Users Group. Sumitra has previously led web archiving workshops for the Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network (DPOE-N), the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), ARLIS/NA, the Frick Art Reference Library’s Digital Art History Lab, and The New School’s Parsons School of Design. She holds an MSLIS from Pratt Institute with Advanced Certificates in Archives and Museum Libraries.

Library Assistants and Support Staff - LA SIG
2021-10-19 14:00 - 15:00
Third Tuesdays at 2:00 pm
CLRC offers a communication network among our region’s Library Assistants, Paraprofessionals and Support Staff through a Special Interest Group (LA SIG).
Our interests include:
* recognizing all library support staff employed in CLRC member libraries
* furthering the professional development & job enrichment of support staff
* enhancing the professional image of support staff within the library community
Join us on Zoom for our October get-together. REGISTER HERE
The fall topics will include:
October – Problem Patrons
November – Adjusting to Change
December – Library Policies
Contact Anna Dobkowski with any questions.

SENYLRC Webinar: Basics of Facilitating and Leading a Meeting
2021-10-13 14:30 - 16:00
No matter what your role at work, being able to confidently lead a meeting is a useful skill. Once you are comfortable with the basics of planning and preparing to facilitate a group discussion, you can confidently volunteer to take more active roles in committees, boards, and special interest group meetings. Learn from three people who stepped out of their comfort zone and into the role of facilitator right here at Southeastern! Peyton Powell, Lara Sibley, and Clarisa Rosario-DeGroate will lead an interactive discussion to help you gain insight into how to run meetings successfully.
Participants in this workshop will learn how to:
* understand the role of the meeting facilitator
* use techniques for encouraging balanced participation among attendees
* facilitate through conflict or difficult discussions
* start and end meetings fluidly

LILRC Webinar: Academic Libraries and Racial Justice Workshop with Ithaka S+R
2021-10-13 14:00 - 15:30
Academic libraries have long strived to uphold organizational and field-wide values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Many prominent programs have been developed in response to these values, most notably in an effort to diversify the field, and over the last year in particular, racial justice initiatives have taken greater hold. However, sufficient progress on these stated values has often been unrealized.
Ithaka S+R will offer a 1.5 hour workshop on library strategy in light of long-standing efforts to diversify the field and more recent national movements for racial justice. Ithaka S+R workshop leads will share context and history on the library field as well as recent research on leadership perspectives and local practices. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in several interactive reflection exercises, including an activity where they will interrogate their own strategic plans for strengths and shortcomings.
The program will begin by establishing a shared set of definitions for key terms such as equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism. Ithaka S+R leads will then present findings from a recent national study of library directors as well as large-scale analyses of library strategic plans and job descriptions. Attendees will reflect on relevant strategies that they see as well-developed either at their home institution or a peer organization.
Attendees will be asked to bring to the session their library’s strategic plan, or that from another LILRC member institution, and will be guided by Ithaka S+R leads through a series of reflective questions, based on our anti-racism audit services with academic libraries, on the extent to which key terms appear as well as strategies for greater prioritization and operationalization. The session will conclude with several attendees sharing their insights back with the group and with plenty of time for broader Q&A.
Learning outcomes
-As a result of this program, attendees will be able to:
-Explain and differentiate between issues of equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism
-Learn about national trends and challenges facing the library field
-Gain assessment skills for examining local institutional policies, practices, and outcomes
Presenters:
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg is manager of surveys and research at Ithaka S+R, where she leads a team of researchers in studying student and faculty needs, academic support services, and organizational leadership in collaboration with educational and cultural organizations. Christine and her team have conducted highly-regarded national surveys of faculty members and higher educational leaders, cross-institutional studies on student success, and more than 100 projects for individual institutions looking to better understand and serve their key stakeholders.
Prior to her time with Ithaka S+R, she oversaw assessment and statistical reporting for a large university library system. She holds a bachelor of arts in industrial/organizational psychology from The College of New Jersey and a master’s in human resource management from Rutgers University.
Jennifer Frederick is a senior surveys analyst at Ithaka S+R on the Libraries, Scholarly Communication, and Museums team. She leads projects surveying directors and staff of libraries, museums, and other scholarly organizations. She uses a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods to examine organizational culture, with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is interested in improving outcomes related to access and feelings of belonging.
Jennifer earned her master’s and PhD degrees in psychology and women’s studies from the University of Michigan. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in social psychology from The College of New Jersey. Her dissertation broadly examined group attitudes and motivators of political participation with a specialized focus on attitudes about disability and participation in disability rights and healthcare activism.

CLRC's Sustainability SIG Meetings
2021-10-08 10:00 - 11:00
Join us for a meeting of CLRC’s Sustainability Special Interest Group!
We meet every other month on the second Friday at 10 a.m.
This group meets to discuss how best to reach our community to convey a sense of urgency regarding the state of our planet. Our focus is on the three pillars of sustainability: sustainable practices are environmentally sound, socially equitable, and economically feasible.

Meeting ID: 885 7044 8340
All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.
All attendees are expected to follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct.

CDLC Webinar: Preservation Interest Group - Emergency Kits: What's in YOUR Stash??
2021-10-05 09:30 - 11:00
Weather related disasters like hurricanes and severe storms threaten communities with heavy rain, high wind, flooding, and power outages – and it can happen at any time! Libraries and archives must be prepared if they are to mitigate problems and minimize damage to cultural collections, whether the event is sudden or expected. The Preservation Interest Group will discuss what you should have on hand in terms of supplies, options for storage and quick access, and how to maintain your stash.
All are welcome to join this discussion with University at Albany Preservation Librarians, Ann Kearney and Karen Kiorpes.
This session will NOT be recorded.

Webinar: Programming Revolution - There Is No Box, So Now What?
2021-10-04 15:00 - 16:00
Webinar Description:
In our increasingly changeable world, it can be a struggle for your library’s programming to keep up with your patrons’ needs. You can no longer just think outside of the box because the box has disappeared. Whether virtual, in person, or a hybrid mix, whatever type of programming you are striving to achieve and whatever type of library system you work for this webinar can provide concrete unique solutions for you. Library size, budget, even staffing, will all be addressed and there will be solutions to accommodate every situation. Every library is unique so you will find the steps that will uniquely benefit you and your patrons the most. How is this possible? Because you will be given the tools to come up with fresh creative programming and you know your library best!
About the Presenter:
Loraine Walker is the Children’s Services Librarian at the Starkville Public Library in Starkville, MS home of the Mississippi State Bulldogs and current College World Series Champions. Loraine was honored with the Kaigler-Lamont Award in 2021 for excellence in service to children. She was also a Keynote speaker for Library 2.0. Loraine was also featured in Mississippi Magazine and numerous newspaper articles for her creative virtual storytime presentations. Loraine is a graduate of Mississippi State University and is very involved in her community. Loraine is a member of the Junior Auxiliary of Starkville, Starkville Area Arts Council, Phi Mu Alumnae Chapter President, Friends of the Noxubee Refuge Board, and Daughters of the American Revolution. Loraine is currently pursuing her MLIS at the University of Southern Mississippi after receiving a full Mississippi Library Commission Public Librarian Scholarship.
Live captioning will be provided.
This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward.

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

WNYLRC Intersect 2021: Resilience, Renewal, and Beyond
2021-10-01 09:30 - 16:00
The WNYLRC Continuing Education Committee is excited to announce that registration is now open for Intersect 2021: Resilience, Renewal, and Beyond! The unconference will again be held virtually, with a registration cost of $20.21.
We would like to thank everybody who has contributed to the planning process so far! We continue to be inspired by the great ideas, creativity, and support from the library workers of Western New York and beyond.
The full program and session schedule are being finalized and will be sent out soon. Presentation topics will be centered around the theme of Resilience, Renewal, and Beyond, including, but not limited to:
Building community
Adaptations in library services
Sustainability
Self-advocacy
Activism
Reskilling, upskilling, new skilling
Personal or organizational struggles
Workplace communication/staff morale
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.
We hope that you can join us this year!

RRLC Webinar: Our Story Bridge - Connecting the Past and the Present
2021-09-29 14:00 - 15:30
On the first anniversary of the release of OurStoryBridge, Jery Y. Huntley, MLS, on behalf of the Keene Valley Library, will be talking about three interrelated projects sponsored by the library and lauded by librarians, school library media specialists, and teachers across New York State and the nation. They demonstrate how libraries have evolved and how important it is to meet our patrons, especially students, in the media they prefer, online.
In this webinar, you will learn about the Adirondack Community and OurStoryBridge websites and how you can create a local story project based on our model; explore the Teacher’s Guide contained on both websites so that you have a resource to use and share with students and teachers; and recognize how you can help communicate and improve the projects.
The goals of these projects are to:
– Capture the rich cultural history of communities with a focus on recording older generations before their histories are lost,
– Build civic pride and engagement among students to encourage their growth as involved community members.
The three projects are:

Adirondack Community, at www.myadirondackstory.org, a multi-year local history online project that collects and organizes 3- to 5-minute audio stories and related photographs from Town of Keene community members.
OurStoryBridge, at www.ourstorybridge.org, a free resource and tool kit for producing a crowdsourced, community story project, designed to help libraries and other organizations create their own story projects using Adirondack Community as a model.
The Teacher’s Guide on both websites, which consists of the How-To document outlining how to use the stories for lessons in any school in any community; the Story Selection Chart, a tool to match stories with specific courses; the Story Summaries, brief synopses of the 200+ stories currently available; and the Sample School Assignment.

What do we mean by stories? Explore a selection of stories we hope will inspire you to hear more about the projects!
Presenter: Jery Huntley, OurStoryBridge Founder, MLS
Free to RRLC & ESLN Members
Live transcription will be available. This webinar will not be recorded.
We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, please contact rrlc@rrlc.org at least five business days ahead of the program you’d like accommodations for.

Resource Sharing Special Interest Group - RS SIG
2021-09-29 14:00 - 15:00
We each have unique department workflows, challenges and concerns but are similar in our principles of sharing resources. Join the CLRC RS SIG for our next meet up.
Our interests include:
* familiarizing members with CLRC Resource Sharing services including ILL, medical information reimbursement, cataloging and delivery
* sharing updates on the most recent resource sharing technologies
* providing an outlet for support from CLRC and member libraries
* furthering the professional development of resource sharing staff through workshops and webinars
Join us for our next Zoom get-together.
Wednesday, September 29 at 2:00 pm
REGISTER HERE

Contact Anna Dobkowski with any questions.

LILRC Webinar: Collegiality and Tenure - Perspectives from the Field
2021-09-29 14:00 - 15:00
For tenure track librarians, the tenure review is a critical milestone with significant implications for them and their library. It is essential that the criteria set forth are clear and fair. Requirements related to the concept of “collegiality” have been a source of concern in terms of the purpose for their inclusion, the fairness with which they are applied, and the means by which they can be judged or measured. The researchers reviewed the history of collegiality in tenure, and then explored the current practice by analyzing librarian tenure guidelines. This session will explore the prevalence and diversity of representations of collegiality in R-1 university libraries’ promotion and tenure guidelines.
Presenters:
Dr. Lis Pankl [she/her/hers] currently serves as Dean and Professor of Library & Information Services at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Dr. Pankl holds a PhD in Geography from Kansas State University, a MPA from the University of Utah, a MSLS from the University of North Texas, a MA in English from Abilene Christian University, and a BA in English from Washington State University. Her areas of interest include higher education administration, organizational development, strategic planning, academic libraries, and critical/cultural geographies.
Leo Lo [he/him/his] is Associate Dean for Learning, Undergraduate Services, and Commonwealth Campus Libraries at Pennsylvania State University, overseeing over 300 faculty and staff. He provides leadership for access services, library assessment, library learning services, undergraduate services, as well as the libraries for the 20 Penn State Commonwealth Campuses, and the Penn State World Campus online. As a tenured faculty, Leo supports the promotion and tenure process for library faculty. Leo earned a MLIS from Florida State University, and a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania.
Jason Coleman [he/him/his] is Associate Professor and Head of Library User Services at Kansas State University Libraries. In this role he oversees access services, interlibrary services, and frontline reference services. He has published and presented on a wide-array of topics including virtual reference, library leadership, critical librarianship, distance services, and reference models. He earned his MLS from Emporia State University.

LILRC Webinar: Collaboration and Relationship Management in Assessment
2021-09-28 14:00 - 15:00
As is the case with every activity associated with allocation of resources, assessment is always political. Those involved with an assessment project must interact with internal and external stakeholders before, during, and after their undertaking. Managing these relationships can be complex, and sometimes daunting. This session will address the issues involved in collaboration and communication during assessment and present some strategies to support this important aspect of assessment.
Presenters:
Rachel Fleming-May is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Prior to earning her Ph.D. in 2008, Rachel worked as a public and academic librarian for several years. Rachel’s teaching and research interests include academic libraries and librarianship, information sources and services, and library assessment. She has been involved in two assessment-related Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grants : Experience Assessment and Values, Outcomes, and Return on Investment of Academic Libraries — LibValue, and her research has been published in venues including The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, The Library Quarterly, Library and Information Science Research, portal: Libraries and the Academy, and College and Research Libraries.
Regina Mays is an Associate Professor and Head of Assessment Programs and Collection Strategy at the University of Tennessee Libraries. Her experience as Program Manager of the IMLS grant-funded study Lib-Value began a continuing interest in strategic assessment planning, evidence-based decision-making, user experience, and demonstrating library value. A stint as Coordinator of Strategic Planning and Assessment took her love of strategic planning to the next level. In her current position, Mays heads a crackerjack team using leading-edge data science to achieve innovation and excellence in the areas of evidence-based decision-making and demonstrating library value.
Rachel and Regina are co-authors of Fundamentals of Planning and Assessment for Libraries.

LILRC Webinar: A Seat at the Table - Live and Virtual Inclusive Programming for/with Adults with Developmental Disabilities
2021-09-23 11:00 - 12:00
The motto of the disability-rights community is “nothing about us without us,” yet few libraries think to give people with these disabilities a role in program planning or include them fully in the library community. This session will explain how listening to disability self-advocates and creating a culture of inclusion are critical elements in programming that is successful, fun, and works for everyone.
Presenters:
Barbara Klipper has championed library access for people with disabilities since 2002 when she worked at The Ferguson Library in Stamford, CT. Her 2014 book, Programming for Children and Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ALA), was recently updated by Dr. Amelia Anderson. With Carrie Banks, Klipper co-authored “Staying Calm: Disabilities and ‘Behavior’ in the Library” in Differing Abilities and the Library: Fostering Equity for Patrons and Staff with Disabilities, edited by C.A. Copeland, PhD. and the 2021 book Library Programming for Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Barbara is also the creator and funder of the Autism Welcome Here grant.
Carrie Banks has been in charge of Brooklyn Public Library’s (BPL) Inclusive Services since 1997 and taught “Including Youth with Disabilities: at Pratt Institute from 2013 to 2015. Active in ASGCLA and ALSC since 2000, she was president of ASGCLA in 2020. From 2017 to 2019, she was part of ALA President Loida Garcia-Febo’s EDI Presidential Team. In 2014, she substantially revised Including Families of Children with Special Needs: A How to Do It Manual for Librarians. Libraries and Garden: Growing Together, written with Cynthia Mediavilla, was published in the Spring of 2019. Library Programming for Adults with Developmental Disabilities, written with Barbara Klipper, will be published in Spring 2021.

RRLC Webinar: Geospatial Training Program
2021-09-23 10:30 - 15:30
In collaboration with the Rochester Regional Library Council, Monroe Community College is providing geospatial training to library staff with the aim of reducing barriers for college students completing geospatial information technology coursework. Complete your Geospatial Training Program application today! Recently, Monroe Community College was awarded a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Grant: Meeting Workforce Needs for Skilled Geospatial Technicians through Virtual Geospatial Information Science Technology Education. As part of this grant, MCC aims to reduce the digital divide, increase geospatial awareness, and increase introductory student success by partnering with library staff through the GIST Training Program. As part of this program, library staff will: complete a virtual workshop on September 23rd, complete assignments to strengthen their own technical and geospatial knowledge, and learn how to best support community college students enrolled in GIST coursework. Eligibility: No prior knowledge is needed to participate in this training program. Library staff and MLIS students are encouraged to apply. By completing the GIST Training Program, participating library staff will receive 6 CE hours and a $100 stipend for completion of the activities. The deadline to apply to participate is Friday, September 10th. Find out more about MCC’s grant project: Meeting Workforce Needs for Skilled Geospatial Technicians
GIST Training Program Learning Objectives:

GIST/Geospatial awareness
Learn more about MCC’s GIST program
Provide very basic support to introductory GIST students the first week or two of classes (e.g., accessing software, saving, accessing data)
Provide student support midway through the semester as students work on finding GIS data. The librarians will not be providing GIS technical support, which will be made clear to students.

ESLN Webinar: Project ReShare and IndexData Update
2021-09-22 14:00 - 15:30
2021 is an important year for Project ReShare. After three years of working together, the software is poised to go live this fall. It’s been an exciting journey so far, and we’re really just getting started. Project ReShare represents a new approach to resource sharing technology in libraries, one that places practitioners in the driver’s seat and empowers libraries to work together to take ownership of the technology that powers their services.
We’d like to take you for a tour of ReShare returnables as it stands today, and share perspectives from the current migration efforts. Then, we’ll talk about the current state of the community and the roadmap for the coming months and years. ConnectNY, a consortium of NY State academic libraries, is one of the first consortia to implement ReShare. Hear why ConnectNY decided to take this bold move and learn how to get involved!
Presenters: Kristen Wilson from IndexData and Pam Jones, ConnectNY
This session is sponsored by the Empire State Library Network. If you have any questions, contact Kathleen Gundrum (kgundrum@cdlc.org) or Laura Osterhout (losterhout@rrlc.org).
Free to ESLN Members. Registration is required.

LILRC Webinar: Library Director Jenga - COVID Edition, Session 3 Emergency Planning
2021-09-22 11:00 - 12:00
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 3- Emergency Planning
How has safety training changed as a result of the recent public health crisis? We will discuss what procedures and training you should have in place and then shift our focus to how this will need to change as a result of future public health crises. Attendees will review a common emergency procedure and determine how this procedure needs to adapt to handle future public health crises.
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.
Note: It is not necessary to attend all the sessions. You many enroll in any and as many as you choose. This program will not be recorded.

WNYLRC Webinar: Data for Librarians
2021-09-22 09:00 - 10:00
Data is for everybody, which means it’s most definitely for librarians. The habits and skills that librarians use every day are the same ones that can be utilized to paint a clearer picture of their world. Data is cataloging, acquisitions, and even reference and instruction. Data is everywhere, so long as you know how to think about it. Becca and Kim are going to tear away the veil of mystery that can hang around data and empower everybody to reveal the stories buried in their own data. Whether interested in data about libraries and library workers, or data from libraries, or even learning about the curation, management and use of data by libraries and their patrons, this is for you.
About the Presenters:
Becca Bley, MLS, is a former Reference & Systems Librarian and now works as an Analytics Engineer for a logistics software company. Becca spent 7 years working in higher education librarianship before turning to data work.
Kimberly Herrington, Data Journalist and Creator of #BuffaloBusinessIntelligence. Kimberly has a wealth of experience getting hands-on with data in the health world, and is excited to find stories in numbers. She stays on top of health analytics trends to create clever data stories and content that bring value to the organization. Kimberly was recently nominated in two categories for InfoTechWNY’s BETAS 2021 Awards.

Library Assistants and Support Staff - LA SIG
2021-09-21 14:00 - 15:00
Third Tuesdays at 2:00 pm
CLRC offers a communication network among our region’s Library Assistants, Paraprofessionals and Support Staff through a Special Interest Group (LA SIG).
Our interests include:
* recognizing all library support staff employed in CLRC member libraries
* furthering the professional development & job enrichment of support staff
* enhancing the professional image of support staff within the library community
Join us on Zoom for our September get-together. REGISTER HERE
The fall topics will include:
September – Training Needs
October – Problem Patrons
November – Adjusting to Change
December – Library Policies
Contact Anna Dobkowski with any questions.

CANCELED - Webinar: Creating Cultures of Radical Vulnerability and Empathy in Libraries
2021-09-14 15:00 - 16:00
This event has been canceled.
Webinar Description:
Through the lens of trauma-informed librarianship, this webinar will explore how librarians and library workers can create library cultures that center radical vulnerability and empathy as a pathway towards collective wellness, healing, and authenticity. We’ll unpack how LIS work cultures normalize and perpetuate ableism, pushing library workers and librarians who are survivors and/or have experienced trauma out of the field. As a community, we will learn about and discuss how we can be more intentional, authentic, and supportive of ourselves and our colleagues/comrades through practicing radical vulnerability and empathy.
About the Presenter:
Karina Hagelin (they/them) is a chronically ill and disabled queer femme librarian who is passionate about working with library workers and librarians who are committed to creating cultures that center healing through radical empathy, collective care, and social justice work. Blending their lived experiences and expertise on trauma-informed librarianship, they lead diverse groups of librarians and library workers through engaging, interactive, and informative webinars + workshops. Karina is currently based in Ithaca, New York, where they most recently worked as an Outreach and Instruction Librarian at Cornell University. You can find out more about their work on their website, www.karinakilljoy.com.
Live captioning will be provided.
This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward.
**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for one contact hour.**
All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.
All attendees are expected to follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct.

LILRC Webinar: Whistle - A New Gotham Hero with Creator E. Lockhart
2021-09-13 13:00 - 14:00
Can DC’s first Jewish teen superhero in 40 years take on legacy villains Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, and the Riddler? New York Times #1 and USA Today bestselling author, E. Lockhart introduces Gotham and YA fans to sixteen-year-old activist Willow Zimmerman, and her loyal stray Great Dane, Lebowitz.
Join LILRC as we welcome Willow’s creator and best selling author, E. Lockhart (We Were Liars) who writes about morally complicated heroines navigating emotional situations. Lockhart will discuss the character of Whistle and the history of Jewish characters and Jewish female comic book characters in particular.
E. Lockhart is the New York Times #1 and USA Today bestselling author of We Were Liars and other acclaimed novels. She is a Printz-honoree, National Book Award finalist, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. A longtime comics fan, her work caught the attention of DC Comics through superhero material contained in Fly on the Wall and Genuine Fraud. Whistle is her first graphic novel. Born in New York City, she grew up in Cambridge, MA and Seattle and has a doctorate in English from Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn with her family and a team of cats.

DHPSNY Webinar: Stories from the Field - Implementing Cold Storage Solutions at Storm King Arts Center
2021-09-01 11:00 - 12:00
Implementing cold storage solutions at your institution can pose unique challenges. Obtaining funding, purchasing equipment, packaging collections, and figuring out how to monitor temperatures are just a few of the hurdles involved in this process. In this webinar, Christine Perche will share insight and lessons learned from the implementation of cold storage solutions at Storm King Arts Center.

NNYLN Webinar: Creative Art Therapy - Mindful Mandalas
2021-08-31 10:00 - 11:00
Description:
Everyone is always talking about mindfulness, but what is it really? How can it help us lead a more purposeful, creative, and content life? How can practicing mindful art-making help us gain clarity, focus, and improved communication in the workplace?
In this morning art therapy workshop you will:
> Learn how to use art as a mindfulness practice.
> Learn how to create a mandala even if you have no artistic “talent”!
> Engage in a guided art experiential designed to reduce stress and increase creativity and flexibility.
> Walk away with 3 practical applications of mindful practice to bring to your everyday life.
> Learn 3 questions to ask to gain insight through your artwork.
Read more about this program here: https://nnyln.org/events/mindful-mandalas-art-therapy-workshop/
View more programs at the Northern NY Library Network: https://nnyln.org/explore-events/
