Continuing Education
2019 Digital Services User Group Meeting
CLRC's digital services and platforms continue to grow and evolve. New York Heritage Digital Collections has a new Metadata Dictionary and Exhibit platform. New York State Historic Newspapers has added several new titles from our region. Empire Archival Discovery Cooperative is graduating out of its beta phase and poised to begin accepting new contributors. Our […]
Webinar Viewing Party: Dealing with Challenging Patrons Workshop
Join us at the CLRC office for a webinar viewing party! We'll be learning best practices for dealing with challenging patrons from a webinar provided by the ALA. Webinar Description: Every library employee encounters challenging patrons and users from time to time. Whether it's a group of patrons causing disruption, a loud patron, or possibly […]
Workshop: Keep It Growing! Strengthening Your Friends of the Library Group
Community Library of DeWitt & Jamesville 5110 Jamesville Road, Jamesville, NY, United StatesJoin us at the Community Library of DeWitt & Jamesville for a follow up of last year's popular workshop, "Getting Started: Creating and Sustaining a Friends Group for your Library." The event will start at 10 a.m. but registration begins at 9:30 a.m. Workshop Description: Continuing to develop your library’s Friends group is vital to […]
Workshop: Managing Work Stress
Join us at the CLRC office to learn best practices for managing and alleviating work stress. Workshop Description: This training explores common causes for work related stress and strategies for alleviating and managing stress. This training addresses the importance of identifying both avoidable forms of stress and strategies for alleviating and managing stress to promote […]
Webinar Viewing Party: Security for Rural Librarians
Mid York Library System 1600 Lincoln Ave, Utica, NY, United StatesJoin us at the Mid York Library System office to watch the webinar, "Security for Rural Librarians: Staying Safe at Work When Help is Far," together! Webinar Description: If you define yourself as a Rural Librarian, see if these scenarios sound familiar: A man comes in and asks you for the time. You tell him […]
SIG: Early Career Professionals August Meetup – Advocate for Yourself!
Fulton Public Library 160 S 1st St, Fulton, NY, United StatesAre you an Early Career Library & Information Professional? Then we want YOU to join us at the August meeting of CLRC's Early Career Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG)! For this month's meeting we're talking about advocating for yourself! As early career professionals there's a lot to navigate while applying, accepting, and starting new jobs. […]
Workshop: Managing Change & Transition – Making the Most of Change
Join us at the CLRC office to learn how to navigate change in the workplace! Workshop Description: Change and transition have become constants in our culture and can be challenging to navigate. This program explores attitudes, skills, and strategies that may be useful in responding to the many demands of change and transition. This training […]
Workshop: Makey Makey Training
Mid York Library System 1600 Lincoln Ave, Utica, NY, United StatesJoin us at the Mid York Library System office to learn more about using Makey Makey in your library! Workshop Description: Learn about a great new tool called the Makey Makey! The Makey Makey is a plug-and-play controller that integrates seamlessly with your computer. With a Makey Makey, anything that conducts electricity can become part […]
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 […]
Webinar Viewing Party: Creating Interactive Storytimes with Music, Play, and More
Mid York Library System 1600 Lincoln Ave, Utica, NY, United StatesJoin us the Mid York Library System office for a special webinar viewing party of an ALA provided webinar! Webinar Description: Get kids moving during your program events, regardless of your level of experience with music or movement activities! Unlike traditional storytime models in which children are expected to sit quietly, music and movement storytimes […]