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Webinar: Book Clubs – One Way to Connect in Times of Social Distancing
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: Virtual Book Clubs can be the great connector between the library and diverse members in the community, even during the time of little human interaction. Learn tips and best practices to reduce uncertainty and build confidence in conducting a virtual book club, with marginalized populations: individuals experiencing homelessness, youthful offenders, and older adults. […]
NYLA ASLS Briefinar Series
NY, United StatesEver wondered what makes Special Libraries so special? NYLA’s Academic and Special Libraries Section (ASLS) is conducting a series of short interviews with librarians from various Special libraries to give us all a sneak peek into this fascinating area of our profession. Learn more about the collections, clients, and daily operations of New York State’s […]
METRO Webinar: Racism, Capitalism, and Libraries
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesJoin April Hathcock, Dave Ghamandi, and Emily Drabinski for a discussion on the connections between racism and capitalism. We'll discuss the extent to which these concepts are intertwined and, indeed, inextricable. We'll identify modes of rising up against both these concepts, and detail why we need to dismantle our economic system in order to repair […]
CDLC Webinar: Library Security
NY, United StatesAll are welcome to join this virtual program sponsored by CDLC's Preservation Interest Group! Library security is all about protecting patrons, property, and valued collections. The first course of action is the development of policies and procedures and implementing them into the daily work of your organization. Guest speaker Sarah Schmidt, Director of Special Collections […]
METRO Webinar: Privacy Audits at the Library
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesLooking to understand how your library is protecting the privacy of your patrons? Wondering how you might identify areas for improvement in safeguarding sensitive information? Join a webinar with Bill Marden (New York Public Library) and Erin Berman (Alameda Country Library) to hear how your library can audit its online and offline records, resources, databases, […]
ESLN Webinar: Academic Reopening Panel
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesJoin us for a panel of academic librarians and administrators who will discuss their plans for reopening libraries when semesters begin this fall. Panelists include: * Gerald Beasley, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell * Janet H. Clarke, Associate Dean, Research & User Engagement at Stony Brook University Libraries Fantasia Thorne-Ortiz, Library Department Chair […]
SCRLC Webinar: Academic Libraries in an Extraordinary Time
Online via Shindig NY, United StatesDescription: How is higher education responding to the global pandemic as well as the mobilization against antiblack racism? What role have libraries played, and how are they changing as a result? This presentation begins by examining the events of an extraordinary 2020, which saw libraries participate in a sudden migration away from in-person interaction while […]
Webinar: Learning About Cultural Humility & Implicit Bias – Understanding Our Responsibility
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: Cultural humility urges us to engage in critical, consistent self-reflection and critique to understand that being patron-centered is vital to moving through an equitable profession. This webinar will provide an overview of cultural humility, understand the importance of cultural humility in librarianship, adopt a cultural humility framework, delving deeper into how implicit bias […]
NYLA ASLS Briefinar Series
NY, United StatesEver wondered what makes Special Libraries so special? NYLA’s Academic and Special Libraries Section (ASLS) is conducting a series of short interviews with librarians from various Special libraries to give us all a sneak peek into this fascinating area of our profession. Learn more about the collections, clients, and daily operations of New York State’s […]
LILRC Webinar: Ask An Archivist – Create a Virtual Walking Tour with StoryMaps
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesA start-to-finish look at creating “Haunted Huntington” - a walking tour that village visitors can follow virtually. From choosing suitable locations, researching stories, finding primary sources, using the ArcGIS StoryMaps software, and ‘walking the walk’, Nicole Menchise will show you how to create a project that you or your institution can share online.