The New-York Historical Society’s latest exhibition is titled:
“AIDS in New York: The First Five Years.”
The show offers a rare look back at the conflicts which defined the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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The ALA Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program is offering a free webinar featuring two graduates of the program. (more…)
Date: June 20, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time
This program will include an overview of new features in WorldShare Interlibrary Loan as well as information about plans for future enhancements to the service.
You will also have an opportunity to chat with members of the WorldShare Interlibrary Loan team about effective ways to use the new service, best practices they have observed from early users – and any other topics of interest to you.
REMINDER…CLRC members may attend a face-to-face WorldShare ILL session at the IDS Project Users Group Day on July 31 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Syracuse at no charge.
For more details and to register go to: http://idsproject.org/usergroups/clrcregistration.aspx
Summer’s here, and it’s the perfect time to join the Bibliotrivia Challenge, brought to you by CLRC’s Continuing Education Committee!
Running from July 8th-September 2nd, the Bibliotrivia Challenge is a scavenger hunt which lets you and a team of up to 3 other people answer questions about CLRC member organizations and their collections to win AWESOME PRIZES!! Put your reference skills to the test, learn about CNY libraries, and most of all, have fun!!
General Information:
- The object of the game is to get as many points as you can. Each question is worth between 2 and 10 points. Players may select only one point value per question. (See online form).
- Players should work in teams of 1 to 4 people. All players must be affiliated with a CLRC member organization or member system (including but not limited to: Mid York Library System, Onondaga County Public Library System, Madison-Oneida BOCES, OCM BOCES, Oneida – Herkimer BOCES). If you are unsure of your membership status, please call CLRC at 315-446-5446. For a list of member organizations, see our member directory.
- In the event of a tie, players will be given a tie-breaker question on a conference call organized by CLRC. The first team to find the answer will win.
- All submissions must be completed by the team captain via the SurveyMonkey® weblink at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H3G5CKL
- All photographs must either be linked through the space provided in the online questionnaire or sent to: cnylrc@gmail.com with the TEAM NAME, QUESTION #, and POINT VALUE. (Photos may be submitted as a group in the email, they should not be sent as separate emails).
- No Council employees nor members of the Continuing Education Committee may take part in the contest.
- Completed submissions must be turned in, and all photographic materials must be received, by 4:30pm on Monday, September 2nd.
- Bookmark complete rules at http://clrc.org/clrc/scavenger-hunt-discover-cny
Prize Information:
- First Prize: $50 gift certificates to Barnes and Noble for each team member
- Second Prize: A gift certificate that may be redeemed for one free CLRC CE offering (good for one year)
Things to Do:
- Recruit/partner with team members in a different area of the region to find more answers and garner higher point values.
- Split up to find things faster.
- Use the paper form to collect answers and then collaborate with the team members via email or teleconference to assemble your answer sheet.
- Have Fun!!
The Onondaga Historical Association is giving guided tours of Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.
Let “Oakwood Visions” introduce you to a few ghosts on June 14, 15, 28 and 29.
Actors David Baber, Bryan Allen Jones, Brian Goldblatt, Marcia Mahaffy and Kevin Shumway will portray some of Syracuse’s ghosts – an adventurous early settler, a Fayetteville diva, a member of retail royalty, an investor and innovator, and a tragic figure of scandal and lost love. Visit the gravesites and learn about their pasts.
The tours will begin at 6 p.m. and continue every 15 minutes until 7:15 p.m., rain or shine.
Tours will be 90 minutes.
Reservations are recommended. Tickets reserved by Friday are $8 for OHA members and $10 for non-members. After Wednesday, tickets are $10 for OHA members and $12 for non-members.
For more information and to reserve tickets, call Karen at 428-1864, ext. 312.
Visitors should enter at the East Colvin Street entrance and follow the signs. Free parking near the caretakers cottage. Check-in at the registration tent.
Friday June 14
6 pm to 8 pm
Friends of Lorenzo will host their annual Gala Garden Party in the Ellen Shipman Garden at the Lorenzo State Historic Site. For more information or to buy tickets please visit www.lorenzony.org or call Diane Voss at (315)655-3200 extension 100.
Saturday June 15
8 pm
Retired Madison County Judge Hugh Humphreys presents the Spoon River Anthology at the Earlville Opera House. Spoon River Anthology tells the story of citizens buried in the graveyard of a fictional Midwestern town (Spoon River). The citizens tell the stories of their lives, their failures, their loves, their philosophies, their triumphs, their conflicts, their secrets and their crimes. The production benefits the Earlville Opera House and the National Abolitionist Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro. Tickets range from $10-$20. For more information or to purchase tickets please call 315-691-3550 or visit http://www.earlvilleoperahouse.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/Content.Display/Page/Home.cfm .
Sunday June 16
Noon until 5 pm
Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will host its Canal Fest 2013. Fun activities for all family members will be available including a chicken barbecue, live music, magic shows, wagon rides, raffles and much more. All buildings open for viewing includes demo on blacksmithing, boat building, alpacas, kids’ games, and refreshments. Visit http://www.clcbm.org/ for times and full schedule of events.
Sunday June 16
The MG Car Club of Central New York presents the 12th Annual Eurocar European Motorcar & Motorbike Show, to be held on the lawns of Lorenzo State Historic Site. It is the largest European car and motorbike event in Central New York! Live Music and food vendors will be throughout the grounds and there is no charge for spectators. A portion of the proceeds will go to a non-profit organization which is not yet identified. The show field opens at 9:00 AM and will run to 3:00 pm, with 25 Classes and a diverse range of vehicles dating from pre-war through current day luxury sport models. Pre-Registration $7.00, day of Show $15.00. For more information please visit http://cny.mgcarclub.com.
Sunday June 16
10 am to 3:30 pm
Cazenovia Arts will sponsor at Garden Art Show at the Lorenzo State Historic Landmark. Outdoor exhibition of paintings and sculpture installed throughout the formal garden and Dark Aisle arboretum of the Lorenzo State Historic Site. Rain location: South Cottage, Lorenzo. Beginning at 1 pm (weather permitting) a 30-minute guided tour will be available at the formal garden gate. No admission is charged to enter the show. For more information please visit http://www.lorenzony.org/ .
Sunday, June 16
2 pm
Smithfield Community Center welcomes Debbie Shattuck who will share her doctoral research on the history of women’s baseball including its origins in the Medieval era and describe the Peterboro women’s baseball team which was one of the first organized women’s baseball teams in the nation. Anne Miller, daughter of Elizabeth Smith Miller, was the captain of the team. For more information please visit http://www.gerritsmith.org/.
Sunday June 16
3 pm
Retired Madison County Judge Hugh Humphreys presents the Spoon River Anthology at the Earlville Opera House. Spoon River Anthology tells the story of citizens buried in the graveyard of a fictional Midwestern town (Spoon River). The citizens tell the stories of their lives, their failures, their loves, their philosophies, their triumphs, their conflicts, their secrets and their crimes. The production benefits the Earlville Opera House and the National Abolitionist Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro. Tickets range from $10-$20. For more information or to purchase tickets please call 315-691-3550 or visit http://www.earlvilleoperahouse.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/Content.Display/Page/Home.cfm.
Monday June 17
7 pm
Town of Taylor Historical Society welcomes Milton C. Sernett, Professor Emeritus of African Studies and History at Syracuse University. Sernett will present North Star Shining: New York State’s Freedom Trail-an Illustrated Journey Along the Underground Railroad. There is no charge for this event which is co-sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities. For more information please visit http://www.taylorhistoricalsociety.com/ .
Opportunity is a misleading word. It sounds easy, like something has fallen into your lap, or like your house has fallen onto some witch with sparkly ruby red slippers which are totally your size and really compliment your outfit. But in reality it can be shrouded by some pretty unappealing things: responsibility, planning, fundraising, and time, time, time.
Had Dorothy known upfront that her shoe lust was going to bring the murderous wrath of another witch, she might have at least made a pros and cons list.
This month the CLRC gang went out to Sullivan Free Library for a tour with Director Karen Fauls-Traynor; both the town and the library were recovering from the previous weekend’s Oz-Stravaganza. Birthplace of L. Frank Baum, the Wizard of Oz mania that grips this small town provides a ready-made, clear place for the town and the library not only in Central New York, but in the country; Oz fanatics know to drop in on their way through Upstate New York. This notoriety has turned the library into a magnet for donations for different Oz collections and artifacts over the years, which is on top of the usual historic artifacts, unwanted books, and odd collections that come a library’s way.
So how does a library deal with this level generosity? Collection development policies are essential, but sometimes reworking policies or finding new ways to accept items can lead to some unique and positive places. The decisions we make on opportunities dominated our discussion this Monday as we all shared the bizarre things that have fallen out of the sky at us, as well as the slivers of opportunity we’ve glimpsed and worked hard to make happen; the puzzling way that some things have worked out, and the situations that have been….well…learned from.
So, what’s the number one donated item to any library? However many new gadgets and media we start to amass, the library’s link to the humble book is not in any danger of being destroyed. While figuring out what to do with these books can be an overwhelming, time consuming burden, it’s worth the effort to figure out these little opportunities being handed to you. Sullivan opted to try a bookstore in the library; this store has seen a lot of success, and the online storefront with Amazon has seen even more. This storefront is:
1. creating enough revenue to be worth the fuss, and
2. getting rid of stuff! (Seriously, Sullivan has the largest basement I’ve seen on a library, and they’re barely using it)
Partnering with my local liquor store for boxes probably wouldn’t have been my first choice, but I guess it’s working for them.
With this new bookstore solution, as well as a partnership with Better World Books (http://www.betterworldbooks.com/) to unload the items they can’t sell, Sullivan has been able to expand their collection development policies for accepting books, which means they can accept more!
Now, even with the most innocuous little thing, let’s not forget the boring paperwork. It can’t be hammered home enough, because people are just so convincing and believable when they come in and talk to you. They want to give the library something, so why would they turn around, negate everything you just discussed, and get really super angry at you for doing something with the item that they agreed to? Well, sometimes miscommunication occurs, memories are lost, and sometimes people live in an alternate dimension where different events and discussions did occur. This is my moderate way of saying people have a large potential for crazy (most particularly about something they love), but librarians are included as people, I suppose. Deed of gift– let’s have a good one on standby so we can prove we’re not the crazy ones.
I would totally trust the librarians right here not to be crazy. The dog with a top hat is a different situation, though.
Accepting the things that come in your library’s door is hard: there’s so much that people want to give, and it all takes so much care and attention. But these things, too, are what can make a library special and unique; can be a source of revenue or a simple point that people remember and connect over.
A donation of 500 cookies jars has supplied Sullivan Free Library with a never ending rotation of adornments for their stacks. While the library is successful in selling off some of these pieces every year, the mere presences of so many cookies jars in the library had led to the continual trickle of cookie jar donations. While it was never the intention of the library for the cookie jars to be a focal point, it has become a defining characteristic: there are contests to name the cookie jars, children pick out their favorites when they come to visit, and one member of the staff has become something of an expert on appraising the value of cookie jars. By accepting this opportunity, the library has carved a small niche for itself that it never imagined.
One opportunity that the librarians at Sullivan did imagine and worked very hard to accomplish was the space. The building was work. Previously a bank, Director Karen Fauls-Traynor had a vision for moving the library into the enormous space (it already looked like a library from the outside!).
The money was piecemealed through donations, grants, and awards, the interior went through a massive renovation, but it resulted in a space that really works. We all got to peek inside the remaining vaults left behind by the bank– one is used for storage, the other for an office, and yet another for a children’s playroom that the kids happen to adore.
Oh, speaking of kids, did I mention that the children’s section is amazing? I’ve never seen so many things that I could never hope to fit on, in, or through!
It’s the Emerald City! Complete with port-hole windows!
A door most certainly not designed for me!
I hate to say it, but First Mondays are done until October. Enjoy your summer Mondays, and look out for our announcements in the Fall!
People to People, in collaboration with the American Library Association (ALA), is offering a custom-designed library and information services delegation to Costa Rica, Nov. 30 – Dec. 7, led by ALA Past President Dr. Camila Alire.
You can experience Costa Rica firsthand with your library and information services peers from Costa Rica and around the world through vibrant professional exchanges, valuable networking and meaningful discussions tailored to your focus and interests. You’ll also visit the best that Costa Rica has to offer.
On a Citizen Ambassador delegation, you can:
* Interact with recognized experts in your field;
* Expand your professional knowledge;
* Deepen your understanding of your profession and enhance your value to your organization;
* Make a global impact by gaining an international perspective.
Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to enhance your career and yourself.
Join the delegation today!
Like many others throughout the country, New York libraries have been tasked with providing more essential services with fewer financial resources — an equation that is clearly unsustainable. Instead, libraries must focus on doing more with more, building on existing collaborations and developing new ones, removing barriers to cooperation, and proving that working together ultimately improves the services provided to constituent communities.
That is the conclusion of I2NY: Envisioning an Information Infrastructure for New York, a report released by the NY 3Rs Association, Inc.
“The I2NY Report reflects our assessment of the current conditions for collaboration and shared project management among libraries in the state,” stated Kathleen Miller, Chair of the NY 3Rs Association.
“We are very pleased that there is great interest in moving forward with a number of collaborative initiatives, including statewide digitization of research resources, open access of original research articles and data, and development of models to reduce the cost of e-books and electronic journals through the use of aggregated purchases,” continued Ms. Miller. “We anticipate that this report will be the basis for the development of working task groups in these, and other areas, and we expect a fairly quick turnaround time in beginning the actual work of implementing these important recommendations.”
Bart Harloe, Executive Director of the ConnectNY Library Consortium and a participant in the planning process agreed, stating: “The I2NY report and subsequent initiatives represent important opportunities to address long-standing concerns about the need to develop more cost effective and efficient collaborative models for libraries of all kinds.”
A copy of the I2NY Report can be found at http://www.ny3rs.org/i2ny-2/%20 and at the websites of the various NY 3Rs Association members.
The I2NY Report is being distributed to the New York State Board of Regents, the governor and state legislators, the media and the library community throughout New York.
Pamela McLaughlin, Director of Communications & External Relations at Syracuse University’s Bird Library, was one of 12 library leaders statewide who participated in the preparation of the I2NY Report. Ms. McLaughlin also serves as the President of CLRC’s Board of Trustees.
Thursday June 6
7 pm
Oneida Public Library welcomes Tom Henry who will follow Union troops from Cortland Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and Oswego counties through the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. There is no charge for this talk. For more information please call 315-363-3050.
Thursday June 6 to Sunday June 9
International Boxing Hall of Fame will host its induction weekend.
Opening ceremony June 6 at 5:00 pm
Closing induction ceremony June 9 at 2:30 pm
In between events include a charitable race and golf tournament, celebrity fist casting, lectures, a parade and much more. Honorees include Arturo Gatti, Virgial Hill, Myung-Woo Yugh, Mills Lane, Jimmy Lennon Jr., and Colin Hart. For more information please visit www.ibhof.com.
June 8 and June 9
21st Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend
This year’s event will include programs and exhibits on the recruitment and service of the United States Colored Troops in 1863. Harry Bradshaw Matthews, associate dean and director of the U.S. Pluralism Center at Hartwick College in Oneonta, founding president and executive director the United States Colored Troops Institute for Local History and Family Research, the founder of the Harriet Tubman Mentoring Project, and the author of African American Freedom Journey in New York and Related Sites, 1823-1870, Freedom Knows No Color will exhibit artifacts from the United States Colored Troops (USCT) Institute and present a program What Does ‘Colored’ Mean? and the Freedom Journey.
June 8
Sue Greenhagen will present a program on the local persons who served at the Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863. Sue Greenhagen is the Historian for the Village of Morrisville, Co-Historian for the Town of Eaton, a member of the Board of Directors of the Onondaga County Civil War Round Table, a member of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and a member of the Morrisville Historic Preservation Commission. Greenhagen is a retired Technical Services Librarian from Morrisville State College. Jack Baylis (aka Abraham Lincoln) will be strolling the hamlet green as he has for two decades talking about his documents and speeches, and the Peterboro Mercantile will have Lincoln memorabilia for sales.
June 9
3rd U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment will provide an educational and interactive program on the participation of African Americans in the Civil War, two musical programs, and a presentation of 34 star U.S. flags for African American veterans who served in the war. Robert Djed Snead as Rev. Jermain Wesley Loguen, the famous Syracuse abolitionist who lived for a short time in Peterboro, will walk about the green urging young black men to enlist in the USCT. Snead/Loguen will deliver his recruitment speech in the afternoon. Also in the afternoon actors from the Akwaaba program at Nazareth College in Rochester will present a somber play Men of Color – To Arms!
The Onondaga Historical Association has a new exhibit about the history of bridges in Onondaga County. The Ties That Bind: the Heritage of Onondaga County’s Bridges shows various bridges but focuses primarily on the impact these bridges had on development of the region.
The exhibit runs through October 20, 2013.
This exhibit is part of a statewide effort to promote the history of New York. The Path Through History initiative invites people to visit historical sites throughout New York State all summer long.
Handheld Librarian: Encouraging Innovation
June 19 and 20
This top online tech conference for librarians, will feature inspiration and how tos. Be pushed and informed with a motivation provoking keynote, panels sharing experiences and insights on implementing technologies to meet the needs of tech savvy users, and an in-depth workshop.
DAY ONE-JUNE 19
Keynote:
Faking the Internet
Michael Edson (Smithsonian Institution’s Director of Web and New Media Strategy)
12:30 pm CDT
Why don’t libraries get better the more they are used? Not just a little better—exponentially better, like the Internet. They could, and, in a society facing colossal challenges, they must, but we won’t get there without confronting a few taboos about what a library is, who it’s for, and who’s in charge.
Panels:
* Responsive Web Design
Jason Clark (Montana State) Doug Furiato (CCLA/TBLC), and Matthew Reidsma (Web Services Librarian, Grand Valley State University Libraries)
11:00 am CDT
* Mobile Reference
Ann Owens (Sacramento Public Library), Laura Kohl, (Bryant University), Heather Westhaver (Burlington (Ontario) Public Library) Nancy Huling (University of Washington)
1:30 pm CDT
* Creating Videos at Your Library
Toby Greenwalt (Skokie Public Library), Angela Nolet (King County Library System), Meagan Kinsley (American University) Anali Perry and Matt Harp (Arizona State University)
3:00 pm CDT
DAY TWO-JUNE 20
11:00 am to 2:00pm CDT
An essential workshop on MakerSpaces will be led by Tod Colegrove (University of Nevada, Reno). Lots of libraries are thinking about HackerSpaces, MakerSpaces, etc. This workshop will help you decide what kind of space will work in your library and how to get started on implementing this new service for your users.
Conference Only $65.00
Conference and Workshops $110.00
Reduced pricing is available on the website for groups.
Can’t be there for the whole day? You will have access to the Archive to view after the conference.
Albany will join the National Day of Civic Hacking with a Random Hack of Kindness Event
In this event we will join pioneering citizens across the United States blazing new trails for social innovation in an event of unprecedented scope. Nearly one hundred teams across the country, supported by more than 20 government agencies, will come together with a common purpose: to invent new applications that leverage open, public data for the common good.
Where:
State University of New York at Albany
Social Science Building, Room SS 134
When:
9:00 am to 4:00 pm ( You are welcome to come at any time and stay as long as you like)
You are welcome to join at any time and stay as long as you want.
Activities:
Being a Hackathon, this is an open space for you to join, bring your own ideas and meet with like-minded people.
• Mobile Project for Emergency Responders
• Learning Raspberry Pi
• Hacking the Google Chromebook
• Google maps / Open maps
Attendees will get Amazon server gift certificates for $100!
More Details
Under the title ‘Who is Coming’ in this Google Doc, please add your name so that we can keep track of who will be participating.
For any questions or concerns please contact Luis Ibanez.
Tuesday May 28
7 pm
Brookfield Historical Society welcomes Chuck Imperio as a special guest speaker at its regular meeting. Imperio will speak about his new book Upstate New York in 100 Words or Less. There is no charge for the event. For more information please visit http://www.brookfieldnyhistory.org.
Wednesday May 29
7:30 to 9 pm
Cazenovia Public Library will host a joint presentation about the trails of Cazenovia. Featured organizations include the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation, the Central New York Chapter of the North Country Trail and Stone Quarry Hill Art Park. Learn about the organizations, the trails and some history and story of the trials. For more information please visit www.cazpreservation.org.
Friday May 31 to Sunday, June 2nd
The Village of Chittenango will host OzFest 2013. The theme of this year’s OzFest is “The Patchwork of Oz,” with Grand Marshall, Margaret Williams Pellegrini, popularly known as “the flower pot munchkin. Festivities include the annual parade, Emerald City Idol, the Miss Oz-Stravaganza! Pageant and much more. For more information please visit www.oz-stravaganza.com.
June 1 and June 2
1:30 pm
National Abolitionist Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro will be screening the entire mini-series “The Abolitionists: An American Experience.” The mini-series, first shown on PBS, tells the story of five prominent abolitionists. For more information please call 315-280-8828, email info@gerritsmith.org, or visit www.gerritsmith.org.
June 2
3:30 pm
Oneida Community Mansion House welcomes the Jim O’Mahony Trio for a free concert to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the Steinway piano located in the Mansion House’s Big Hall. The Trio will perform a specially arranged rendition of Nirvana’s seminal 1991 album “Nevermind.” Guided Tours will be available at 2 pm prior to the show for a nominal fee. For information call 315-363-0745 or visit www.oneidacommunity.org.
Monday June 3
7 pm
Town of Fabius Historical Society welcomes Elaine Tucker and Rene Kather. Tucker and Kather will give a presentation on the roll of women in the military. Female veterans are encouraged to attend and share their stories. For more information please visit http://www.fabius-ny.gov/php-files/fabius_historical.php.
EBSCO has scheduled the following webinar.
Primary Search and Searchasaurus for NOVELNY
Thursday, May 30
3:30-4:30 PM
In this session, Primary Search, a full-text database containing more than 80 popular elementary school magazines, and full-text reference works, will be reviewed.
Primary Search is accessed through the Searchasaurus interface which provides an exciting and easy way for primary school students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies.
Resources available to teachers through the Teacher Reference Center will also be explored.
To register CLICK HERE
If you have questions about the webinar please contact Joe Ceterski at EBSCO or call (800) 653-2726 ext. 3427.
Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY is a Statewide Internet Library connecting New Yorkers to 21st century information. NOVELNY is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute will be exhibiting The Prints of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again
The exhibit opens on June 9 and will run to September 8, 2013. Check out the MWPAI website for events and classes associated with the exhibit.
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region (NN/LM MAR) is offering a free online course on health information resources for veterans.
Combating Information Fatigue: Health Information Resources for Veterans
May 28, 2013-June 21, 2013
Online – asynchronous
Presenter: Lydia Collins, Consumer Health Coordinator, NN/LM MAR
For more information and to register go to: http://nnlm.gov/training/schedule/class_details.html?class_id=479
Jun 25, 2013
6:30 to 7:30 pm
Northern Onondaga Public Library
This event is free and open to the public but registration is required.
Presented by PPEFNY, this presentation will cover all the basics of the new health care reform law, including how the law came to be, what provisions are in the law and how the law is being implemented.
Go HERE or call 315-699-2032 to register.
The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) is offering a Library Leadership Lunch series that will focus on topics surrounding leadership, management, and service in libraries and other information organizations.
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM once a month (excluding August)
First lunch topic is Principled Leadership – Thursday, May 23rd
CLICK HERE to see the full schedule and registration information.
NY3Rs members $30
Non-members $100
The New York State Library will offer a brief introductory webinar for new public and association library trustees, What Every Trustee Should Know.
Tuesday June 11
10 am to 11 am
“Handbook for Library Trustees” author Jerry Nichols will cover the following topics:
- Your role as a Trustee;
- Effective Board Meetings;
- Legal and Fiduciary Responsibilities; and
- Working with your fellow Trustees and Library Director.
The State Library asks that public library directors and public library system directors encourage all new library board members to participate in this live webinar. For trustees who are unable to attend the live webinar on June 11, the webinar will be archived on the State Library’s website at a future date.
Mr. Nichols is the Director of the Palmer Institute for Public Library Organization and Management and retired Director of the Suffolk Cooperative Library System. Past Chair of the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries, Mr. Nichols is also the author of the “Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State, 2010 Edition”
The URL for the webinar session is http://ellum2.nyit.edu:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1336508111564.
Click this link to determine if your pc meets the minimum requirements for Blackboard Collaborate:http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=1279
Please contact Amy Heebner, Library Development Specialist, Division of Library Development, New York State Library if you have any questions about the webinar.
The 21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference
SUNY New Paltz
June 14-16
All conference details are at: www.childrensNFconference.com
A new workshop has been added to the program:
The Common Core: Using the Close Protocol for Nonfiction Texts
presented by Joyceanne Wlodarczyk, Content Reading Specialist for Ulster County BOCES
Other hot topics of interest to educators and librarians include:
Nonfiction and the Common Core
presented by Patricia Stockland, Editor-in-Chief of Lerner Publications and Lou Waryncia, Editorial Director at Cobblestone Publishing
There’s a Sea Change Coming to Education: How Nonfiction Books Bring the Joy of Learning Back to the Classroom
presented by Vicki Cobb, award-winning author and founder of iNK Think Tank
Publishers’ Panel: The Future of Nonfiction Publishing
presented by top editors from Highlights, Time for Kids, Lerner, Charlesbridge, Pearson, and Cobblestone
The Cornell University Hip Hop Library collection features party and event flyers, early vinyl recordings, cassettes and CDs, film and video, record label publicity, books, photographs, magazines, clothing, and more.
Rap Artist MC Sha-Rock has recently been appointed National Advisor for the Library. She began her career as a b-girl/break dancer in the Bronx and is a former member of the rap group, The Funky 4 Plus One More.
Now Scream!, a hip hop collection exhibit, is on view at the Hirshland Gallery at the Kroch Library until February 2014. It is open to the public during library hours.
Read more about Sha-Rock’s appointment.
Everything you know about the Erie Canal is wrong!
…Well, ok, yes it is located in NY State, and it was a big boon to commerce, but really, there are some surprising things about the Erie Canal. And if you weren’t at this month’s First Monday at The Erie Canal Museum, you missed a chance to unload your inaccurate knowledge– or at least the chance to have a strange afternoon of trying to picture the length of Erie Boulevard as a canal again; a scenario in which downtown Syracuse strikes a resemblance to Venice, but from the stories you know it smells a bit closer to the unidentifiable contents of some Tupperware you can’t even remember putting in the fridge.
Surprises aside, librarians on the whole are much more informed about Erie Canal history than your average citizen. As we watched an introductory 10 minute video with a quiz at the end, and as we walked through the museum, I found myself juxtaposing this trip with another I vaguely remember from middle school. While I don’t quite remember whether there was a video with a quiz back when I was in school, you can be sure that we weren’t competing to shout out the answer first for the quiz questions. While some were using the information from the video, you could tell that others had this information in their back pocket.
Dan Ward, Curator of The Erie Canal Museum, is currently in the process of modernizing the exhibits in the Erie Canal; while most of the building is a protected on the National Register of Historic Places of the United States, there is a wing that is not. This wing is due for renovation, and it will be rebuilt with a more interactive, multimedia feel to the museum. We got a glimpse of the new vision in a game that Dan conceptualized and worked to create; it is an interactive game in which the player goes through the process of weighing cargo, as an Erie Canal Weighlock station would (which was previously the purpose of the building the museum occupies, and the only Erie Canal Weighlock left standing). An online version of the game can be found here: http://eriecanalmuseum.org/wp/wp-content/themes/ecm/swf/ECMweb.swf !!!
Dan Ward explains to the group the interactive game he created, simulating the Weighlock procedures
Dan was an extremely knowledgeable guide to the museum and the history of the canal in general. Most questions and comments were responded to with something along the lines of “Well, that’s what some say, but…” or “That’s one story…” followed by his estimation of the truth behind the history.
…and no, I’m not telling you—you had to be at First Monday to get these stories!
Ok, I’ll tell you one story. Only because it’s so very outrageous. But you’re only going to get the highlights!
So, some hearty entrepreneurs happened on a dead whale on the East Coast, and decided to make a restaurant out of its interior. They hauled the carcass up and down the Erie Canal, charging a pretty penny for the unique experience of having your tea and crumpets in the mouth of a dead whale. There has never been a shortage of people who…don’t think their decisions through as well as they should (this is as kind as I can put it)… so business was actually quite good. In order to preserve the decaying whale, these industrialists injected it with whiskey routinely. The whale restaurateurs met their match is some local Waterloo youths who knew how flammable whisky is, unfortunately, and the whale became a bubbling, charred mess. The whale restaurateurs were not to be deterred, though, and continued with their mission of providing Upstate New York with the finest whaleroom dining experience! Misfortune struck again soon, though, and a storm sent the whale to the bottom of Lake Ontario.
Next month’s First Monday will be at Chittenango’s Sullivan Free Library (register here!); while I can’t promise any morbid whale stories, this library will no doubt have some history to feed us as well, and a spectacular children’s room to gawk at. You see, this town is the Land of Oz (hometown of L. Frank Baum), and we just happen to be going the same week as Oz -Stavaganza (don’t say Oz Fest, Ozzy Osborn will get mad at you), so the whole town will be decked out. See you there!
American Libraries Live offers free streaming video broadcasts.
Upcoming broadcasts:
June 6 “New Technologies in Library Equipment”
July 30 “Discovery Services: The Future of Library Systems”
Sept. 12 “Digging into New Databases”
These events are recorded and available at http://americanlibrarieslive.org/archives.
Read more about ALA’s Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program in the latest edition of “Breaking News”.
The LSSC Program is also offering two free, upcoming webinars open to the public.
An Introduction to the LSSC Program
May 13th
3:00pm
An hour-long webinar on the program and how it works. The presentation will explain the value of this certification to Library Support Staff, employers, and library users. You will also have the opportunity to have all of your questions answered by program staff members. This webinar is open to all interested candidates.
Register to attend at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/783419088
Preparing a Portfolio
May 14th
1:00pm
Many LSSC candidates want to prepare portfolios to meet LSSC requirements. On Tuesday, May 14th at 12:00 pm (Central), LSSC will offer an hour-long webinar explaining what the LSSC Program requires in a portfolio. The presentation will also give you the chance to see examples of successful submissions and learn how your portfolio will be evaluated. This webinar is open to all interested candidates.
Register to attend at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/750538145
You can watch archived recordings of past webinars.
Changing Models for Scholarly Communication– The Open Access Movement
Tuesday, May 21
9:00 to 11:00am
Taylor Science Auditorium, Hamilton College
About the presentation:
Access, cost, flexibility, and digital content are driving significant changes in the historical model of scholarly publishing. Invited guest Diane Graves from Trinity University will lead a discussion about this transition, which has great potential for positive change in higher education and academic libraries. We also will hear from a St Lawrence faculty member already involved in Open Access publishing as well as hear the student perspective on the global impact of this movement.
QuestionPoint is offering free webinars this spring/summer on the best practices of virtual reference. They will be recorded and posted on the QuestionPoint site for future viewing.
Each webinar begins at Noon Eastern Time and lasts approximately one hour.
1. 24/7 Chat Service for Small Libraries
May 17
Eleanor Sathan of Memorial Hall Library in Andover, Massachusetts will speak about why she joined the (at the time California-based) 24/7 Reference Cooperative. Memorial Hall was the first library outside California to join the Cooperative, back in 2000, so Eleanor has participated in the Cooperative since its infancy. As a result of Memorial Hall’s experiences, all Massachusetts Reference Centers joined the Cooperative as part of a statewide project in 2003. When the statewide project dissolved in 2010, Memorial Hall Library made the decision to continue to provide chat reference service to the Andover community, through continued membership in the Cooperative. Eleanor will discuss why chat reference is viewed as an important component of reference service for her library, and the value that a 24/7 service brings to small library.
To register for this meeting go to: https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/j.php?ED=200665152&RG=1&UID=0&RT=MTgjMTE%3D
2. Engaging with Patrons Online
June 14
What makes a chat session good and what makes a chat session exceptional?
How do you know you’re truly helping a patron? Sometimes it’s not always clear from working with a patron in a virtual setting to know when you have satisfied their request. There has been a large amount of research done on how to reach and engage with patrons in that online environment. Carla Pfahl, Coordinator of AskMN (Minnesota’s statewide virtual reference service), and Merrie Davidson, Social Sciences Librarian and fellow AskMN librarian at the University of St.
Thomas, will look at how to conduct a reference interview and what makes an exceptional reference transaction.
To register for this meeting go to: https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/j.php?ED=200677787&RG=1&UID=0&RT=MTgjMTE%3D
3. Chasing the Sun: a 24/7 Chat Service by Medical Librarians for Health Professionals
July 2
The Chasing the Sun service enables health professionals to contact a medical librarian whenever help is required in using information resources after normal library hours. Although most hospital-based health professionals have 24/7 online access to a collection of bibliographic databases and full text products via their library services, but sometimes expert help is needed to use the resources or to perform a search outside of normal business hours.
Chasing the Sun was started by medical librarians in Australia and England to take advantage of global time differences and offer out-of-hours librarian support for health professionals, in a cost-effective way. Join Mary Peterson, SA (South Australia) Health Library Network Knowledge Manager to find out more … and, if you are a medical librarian, how your library can join this global cooperative group!
To register for this meeting go to: https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/j.php?ED=200678197&RG=1&UID=0&RT=MTgjMTE%3D
General OneFile
May 10
10-11am
Gale’s largest general interest periodical resource, General OneFile, provides periodical and news information through an intuitive, user-friendly search interface for researchers at all levels This webinar will demonstrate how General OneFile can best be put to use in public and school libraries.
https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=923441620
Meeting Common Core Standards Using Library Research and Collaboration
May 10
12-1pm
This webinar will showcase the ways in which librarians and teachers can work together to meet Common Core Standards using existing materials and teaching strategies. The discussion will center on using existing and new materials to develop and enhance the teaching and learning experience while meeting the new standards. Special guests from Paul D. Schreiber High School, Ms. Seligman (Library Media Specialist) and Ms. Cohan (English Teacher) will discuss how they have successfully developed, implemented and revised numerous projects over the past few years to reach the evolving needs of current students. They will also be discussing ways to collaborate with disciplines from around the school.
https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=921962385
PowerSearch
May 20
10-11am
Gale’s newly enhanced PowerSearch platform provides libraries with a sophisticated, yet simple, solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference and primary source information. PowerSearch provides your patrons with access to all the Gale content in your library’s collection through one, single search query. The result is that you maximize usage of your Gale databases while patrons enjoy the time saved through a streamlined common user interface that can be customized to match their skill level and habits.
https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=496700138
Gale Support Portal for NOVELNY
May 29
9:30-10am
This 30 minute webinar will explore the new NOVELNY support portal for Gale Cengage Learning resources. In this support portal you’ll find technical support as well as tools for promoting and training on your Gale resources.
https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=927980865
If you have questions about the webinars please contact Gale at http://access.gale.com/noveltech/ (to submit questions online) or 1-800-877-4253 (press 4).
Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY is a Statewide Internet Library connecting New Yorkers to 21st century information. NOVELNY is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
This two-day virtual pre-conference provides an overview of collection development for shared electronic resource collections. The first session describes a consortium eBook demand-driven acquisitions project from the perspective of a library vendor and the consortium. The second session addresses special considerations related to developing and licensing shared electronic resource collections. These are both online sessions.
June 10 and June 11
Registration is now open.
Monday, June 10 -Demand-Driven Acquisitions for a Shared eBook Collection: The Colorado Alliance Experience
This session will be 90 minutes, beginning at 3pm Eastern.
Presented by Barbara Kawecki, MLS, Senior Digital Content Sales Manager, Western U.S. and Western Canada, YBP Library Services, and Michael Levine-Clark, Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication and Collections Services, Penrose Library, University of Denver.
Tuesday, June 11 – eResource Sharing: Getting Buy With a Little Help from Your Friends
This session will be 60 minutes, beginning at 2pm Eastern.
Presented by Athena Hoeppner, Electronic Resources Librarian, John C. Hitt Library, University of Central Florida Libraries.
Registration
* Both sessions: $62 for ALCTS members, $80 for non-members and $168 for groups.
* Single session fee: $39 for ALCTS members, $49 for non-members, $99 for groups.
* ALCTS webinars are free to LIS students.
For more information visit the “Shared Collection Development” page on the ALCTS website.
If you have any questions, please contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Continuing Education.
Also, check the ALCTS Web site for information on the ALCTS Virtual Preconference “Loan Agreements for Exhibits Material” that will run June 18-June 20. Session topics will include Introduction to Loan Agreements, Conservation and Preservation Issues, and Case Study – Northwestern University Library.
This Tuesday and Wednesday, hundreds of library supporters from all across the country will convene in Washington DC for National Library Legislative Day. They will be briefed on legislative issues affecting libraries and will meet with their members of Congress to discuss them.
CLRC Executive Director, Debby Emerson, is in Washington joining other library advocates. Let’s show her we’re with her (virtually) by calling or emailing our regional Congressmembers.
For more information, visit the Virtual Library Legislative Day (VLLD) website.
Thanks for your participation!
Register for the 2013 New York Archives Conference!
Join your colleagues at the New York Archives Conference (NYAC) 2013 annual meeting at LIU Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, NY on Wednesday, June 5 through Friday, June 7, 2013. This year’s conference will be a joint meeting with the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan NY, Inc., (ART) and will be co-sponsored by the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at LIU Post Campus.
Please Note: Early Bird Registration ended on May 1. The housing deadline is May 10.
Questions concerning the conference can be sent to: Kristine Boniello, NYAC Co-Chair, boniellk@dowling.edu
Dan Brown at Lincoln Center: An Evening of Codes, Symbols, and Secrets
Live streamed publishing event.
Wednesday May 15
7:30 p.m.
Utica Public Library
Inferno, the latest novel from bestselling author Dan Brown, will be released on May 14. The following day, the author will be at the Lincoln Center to talk about his novel, as well as science, religion and codes. This live telecast will be his only public appearance.
There is no charge for this event. Call UPL at 735-2279 with any questions.
The Immersion Program allows you to embrace your educational role by embarking on a path of teacher development and pedagogical inquiry in a community of practice for academic librarians devoted to collaborative learning and individual renewal. The Assessment and Intentional Teaching Tracks will be offered November 20-24, 2013, in Nashville.
Program Assessment and Intentional Teaching Tracks are due Friday, May 10, 2013.
Assessment: Demonstrating the Educational Value of the Academic Library Track-Discover how to approach assessment from a learning-centered perspective. Participants will emerge with a broader understanding of assessment and how to use assessment as an important tool to guide evidence-based classroom, curriculum and program development.
Intentional Teaching: Reflective Teaching to Improve Student Learning Track-Find out how to become more self-aware and self-directed as a teacher. This track is aimed at the experienced academic librarian (5+ years teaching experience, in a library or other setting) and facilitates the process of critical reflection through peer discussion, readings and personal reflection as a pathway to professional growth and renewal.
Visit the Immersion website for complete details about the program, including curriculum, learning outcomes and application instructions. Questions concerning the program or application process should be directed to Margot Conahan or call (312) 280-2522.
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum was dedicated on Thursday, April 25. All five of the living Presidents gathered in Dallas for the event.
The Library serves as a resource for the study of the life and career of George W. Bush, while also promoting a better understanding of the Presidency, American history, and important issues of public policy. It is the repository for textual, audiovisual, and electronic Presidential records created or received throughout the George W. Bush Administration.
The Museum is the repository for presidential gifts and other donated artifacts relating to the life and career of President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush.
The dedication in the news…
Washington Post
Choose Privacy Week is an annual national public awareness campaign from the American Library Association (ALA) focusing on personal privacy rights and the need to ensure those rights.
Through programming, online education and special events, libraries will be offering opportunities for individuals to learn, think critically and make more informed choices about their privacy.
The newly launched Choose Privacy website offers ALA members, librarians, and the public an interactive user experience, including Choose Privacy Week news, activities, resources, and information.
Choose Privacy Week runs from May 1-7.
Read more about this event in American Libraries.
BookExpo America (BEA) is the #1 book event in the US for librarians to discover thousands of new titles and meet hundreds of top authors!
Wally Lamb, Mary Pope Osborne, Neil Gaiman, Helen Fielding, and Octavia Spencer are a few of the authors participating in the Author Breakfasts.
Where: New York City
When: May 29 – June 1.
NYLA@BEA. NYLA will be sponsoring a keynote and workshops on Wednesday, May 29.
The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) is accepting program, preconference and institute proposals for Midwinter 2014 in Philadelphia and Annual 2014 in Las Vegas.
All of the details, including links to the proposal form and a quick FAQ, may be found here:
http://ascla.ala.org/blog/2013/04/call-for-proposals-ascla-2014-programs-preconferences-institutes/
Proposals for all events are due MAY 15, 2013.
Questions? Contact Liz Markel.
As of 4/22, only 19% of eligible voters have cast their ballots.
Contact the ALA Member and Customer Service Department at customerservice@ala.org or call 800-545-2433 (option 5) to request a ballot.
PubMed for Experts
Presenter: Kate Flewelling, Outreach Coordinator, MAR
Location: Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Date: April 26, 2013
Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library
Presenter: Kate Flewelling, Outreach Coordinator, MAR
Location: Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Date: April 26, 2013
Running Your Hospital Library Like a Business
FREE ONLINE
Four successive Fridays, 1:30 – 3:00 pm (ET)
May 31 – Session 1: A Paradigm Shift: Asking “Why” Before Saying “Yes”
June 7 – Session 2: Writing a Business Plan
June 14 – Session 3: The Art of Negotiation
June 21 – Session 4: Proving Your Worth / Adding to Your Value
• 1.5 hours MLA CE credit awarded for each session
• Additional questions: Michelle Burda or call (412) 624-1589.
The Skaneateles Library will be hosting a presentation by Mad House: The Hidden History of Insane Asylums in 19th-Century New York author and documentary filmmaker, Michael Keene.
Saturday, May 4
2:00 pm
Mr. Keene’s book explores the how those will mental illness were treated in the region during that time. He drew his research from hospital archives, private patient letters and newspapers.
Read more about the event HERE.
Please register for the event by calling 685-5135.