Featured Speaker
Cultivating Readers for Life
Colgate Inn 1 Payne St, Hamilton, NY, United StatesA Dinner Presentation and Conversation with Teacher & Author, Pernille Ripp The message is clear among literacy communities: we want to help our students become readers for life, we want them to love reading, but we need more ideas. We believe in choice and inclusive access, yet we are not sure how to start or […]
Workshop: Talk Saves Live – An Introduction to Suicide Prevention
Mid York Library System 1600 Lincoln Ave, Utica, NY, United StatesPlease join as at the Mid York Library System office for an introduction on suicide prevention. Workshop Description: Talk Saves Lives is a standardized presentation that covers the general scope of suicide, the research on prevention, and what people can do to fight suicide. Learning Objectives: Attendees will learn more about the following: Suicide statistics […]
Workshop: Robert’s Rules of Order Training
Join us at the CLRC office to learn how to properly run your meetings! Workshop Description: This seminar will be a basic introduction to using Robert's Rules of Order, a tool to improve participation and efficiency in meetings. About the Presenter: Steven Anderson is a retired Air Force office and History teaching and a professional […]
Workshop: Making a Collection Count with Awful Library Books!
Join us at the CLRC office for a very special event with the folks from Awful Library Books! Workshop Description: Make your collection count! This session talks about the overall quality of a library collection, including the benefits and methods of taking a physical inventory, analyzing collection procedures and workflows, and the life cycle of […]
CANCELLED – Workshop: A Conversation About Continuing Eduation with NYLA Leadership
Join us at the CLRC office for a special workshop with the New York Library Association to help design learning experiences for our region! Workshop Description: NYLA Executive Director Jeremy Johannesen and President Michelle Young will join us to dream and scheme around the learning experiences we'd like to see available in Central New York. […]
Webinar: Disability Access and Libraries – Current Issues and Future Directions
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: Accessibility means many things in libraries, including the ensuring that patrons of all (dis)abilities can utilize library services. While much responsibility for making technologies and content accessible falls to the publishers, vendors, and developers, libraries must play a critical role in ensuring accessibility throughout. Unfortunately, like much of the world, libraries have far […]
Webinar: Whole Person Librarianship – An Introduction to Library-Social Work Collaboration
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: Libraries across the nation and the world are hiring social workers to support library staff and patrons. But how do you get started? What do you do if you can’t afford or don’t need a full-time social worker in your library? This webinar will provide an overview of the rise of library-social work […]
Webinar: DIY Escape Rooms and Other Immersive Experiences in the Library
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: Escape rooms are immersive, live-action games in which a group of participants enter a room where they must solve puzzles and collect clues in order to “escape” or win the game. These engaging and captivating games can be designed around nearly any theme from zombies to pirates to detective dramas and are being […]
Webinar: Hands-Free Story Hours – How to Imagine and Reimagine Folk and Fairy Tales for Storytelling Sessions
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesPractical storytelling skills and creativity unite in this interactive, thought-provoking workshop.
Develop skills to efficiently learn compelling renditions of stories for telling. Method: Some lecture/demonstration, mostly interactive and hands on. Takeaway: A ready-to-tell story, performance, linguistic and story-learning skills. Also, as time permits, we'll explore how classic stories can be relevant today. You’ll learn how to update older stories to reflect 21st century culture. Method: Some lecture/demonstration, mostly discussion and hands-on, including exercises adapted from our book, Storytwisting. Takeaway: Ideas for developing re-imagined stories for all ages, practical tips, ethical considerations.
Webinar: Librarian Life Story – Developing Your Professional Narrative
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: Librarians can use storytelling techniques to develop a professional narrative that can be used in the application, interviewing, marketing, and professional development processes. Once we know our own story and why we do what we do, we are better prepared to create a road map to further develop our careers and, perhaps, the […]