SCRLC Webinar: Making Health Literacy Local with the NNLM

by Rebecca | Sep 13, 2023

Description: Health literacy affects a person’s ability to access, use and understand health care and instructions and can have negative effects on health outcomes. But what is health literacy? What affects it negatively or positively? How can you support health...

Webinar: Embodying DEI and Cultural Humility in Workplace Wellness

by Rebecca | Jun 30, 2023

Webinar Description: In the last three years, we’ve experienced and witnessed the need for organizations that center their employee’s well-being and how vital diversity, equity, inclusion, and cultural humility are to our wellness and work. In Fostering...

Erie Canal Museum Event: Lunchtime Lecture – Mapping David Vaughan’s New York

by admin | Oct 6, 2022

Join us as we uncover the story of Irishman David Vaughan’s life, from his expertise in drafting maps to his reflections of life on the Erie Canal. Vaughan was an Irish immigrant who came to Albany in the late 1840s. He became recognized for his talent drafting maps...

WNYLRC Webinar: Grave Matters Symposium – Exploring WNY’s Diverse Cemeteries

by Rebecca | Jun 8, 2022

Join us as we explore the diverse histories of Western New York cemeteries and the communities they belong to. Registration is required. Registrants will receive a link to the webinar one day prior to the event. Itinerary 10 – 10:15 am: Opening remarks 10:15...

Onondaga Historical Association Event: “All Love Comes Home” Book Signing by Gene Fisch

by admin | Jun 6, 2022

Onondaga Historical Association is pleased to invite the community to a free public lecture and book signing by Gene Fisch. Join us at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 16th at the organization’s comprehensive history museum at 321 Montgomery Street in Downtown Syracuse....

Lauren Quackenbush, CLRC Professional Development Award Recipient, Talks about the LOEX 2022 Conference

by Rebecca | May 18, 2022 | Conference Takeaways

LOEX 2022 May 2022 In the beginning of May I had the pleasure of attending LOEX’s conference in Ypsilanti, MI. I’m a LIS graduate student at Syracuse University and am in a scholarship program for information literacy. In this program, a small group of graduate...

Communication for Health Literacy: A Health@CLRC & Upstate Health Sciences Library Professional Development Event

by Rebecca | Jan 18, 2022

Are you a librarian, nurse, social worker, or professional who wants to enhance their health literacy proficiency? Sponsored by Health @ CLRC and Upstate Medical University’s Health Sciences Library and presented via Zoom, the Communication for Health Literacy: a...

Communication for Health Literacy: A Health@CLRC & Upstate Health Sciences Library Professional Development Event

by Rebecca | Jan 18, 2022

Are you a librarian, nurse, social worker, or professional who wants to enhance their health literacy proficiency? Sponsored by Health @ CLRC and Upstate Medical University’s Health Sciences Library and presented via Zoom, the Communication for Health Literacy: a...

LILRC Webinar: Kugel and Frijoles – Latino Jews in the United States

by Rebecca | Jul 14, 2021

Kugel and Frijoles: Latino Jews in the United States analyzes the changing construction of race and ethnicity in the United States through the lens of contemporary Jewish immigrants from Latin America. Since Latino Jews are not easily classified within the U.S. racial...

Leslie Cartier, CLRC Professional Development Award Recipient, Talks About the American Association of School Librarians Conference

by Rebecca | Jan 31, 2020 | Conference Takeaways

American Association of School Librarians Conference Louisville, KT – November 2019 Introduction Due to the generosity of the CLRC’s professional development grant, I was able to travel to Louisville, Kentucky in mid November, 2019 to attend the Biennial...