Continuing Education
Webinar: Trauma-Informed Library Work – Deepening Awareness and Taking Action
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: As a follow-up to Nisha's presentation, "Trauma-Informed Librarianship: What is it and what can it look like?" this workshop will allow participants opportunities for individuals to deepen their awareness about how trauma shows up in their respective workplaces, explore the Trauma-Informed Road Map, and think of small but actionable ways to be more […]
METRO Webinar: NYC Open Data 101
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesLibrary workers can make great use of NYC Open Data to both answer questions from library visitors and conduct their own research. For anyone who doesn’t know about it yet, NYC Open Data is a treasure trove of free information that can be tapped into easily, whatever your experience with data thus far. Through this […]
LILRC Webinar: Digitization Series – Step by Step with 35mm Slides
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesJoin Nicole Menchise in the Long Island Library Resources Council’s Scan Center (digitization and reformatting lab) to watch step by step how to handle, scan, gather metadata, number and properly house the 35mm slides in your collection.
ESLN Webinar: Digital Privacy 101 – A Primer for Libraries
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesPlease note: This session will NOT be recorded. Join presenters Christine Fena and Claire Payne of Stony Brook University to discuss digital privacy. In this engaging session, participants will have the opportunity to explore several key aspects of online privacy, as well as think about ways to educate and inform their own patrons about digital […]
METRO Webinar: Tweens, Teens & Tech Use: Integrating Conversations About Digital Media Consumption Through the Library
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesHow can librarians integrate discussions on digital citizenship, even without the benefit of a designated technology class, with tweens and teens? Manuela Aronofsky is a middle school technology integrator who engages with 10- to 14-year-olds on a daily basis. She will share some of the things she's learned from discussing online habits, trends, and activities […]
LILRC Webinar: Maximize the Potential of Your Local History Projects
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesA conversation with Vanessa Nastro, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at the Port Washington Public Library, about creating multiple avenues of access to promote their archival materials. Her efforts resulted in the creation of the book Along Manhasset Bay, collaborating with app developers, MyTours to develop a complimentary walking tour, hiring Blumlein Associates, Inc. to […]
LILRC Webinar: Introduction to Patents and Trademarks
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesCo presented by SCLA Division of Academic and Special Libraries (DASL) and LILRC Presenter Will Salas has been a Patent and Trademark Resource Center Representative since 2009 and opened The Smithtown Library PTRC in 2013. Since then, he has aided over 1,000 inventors and entrepreneurs. Mr. Salas has an MLS from St. John's University, a BA […]
LILRC Hospital Library Services Program 6th Annual Conference
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesPlease join LILRC's Health Sciences Information Committee for LILRC Hospital Library Services Program 6th Annual Conference. Christopher J. Gobler, Ph.D, will be speaking on the topic of Environmental Health and on the development of LIBAWQA, the Long Island Beach Water Quality App, through which the public can access up to the minute information on the […]
Webinar: Thinking Outside – Nature-Based Programs at the Library
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: Are you interested in implementing nature-based programming to help connect your patrons to the natural world? Nature programming can help you attract new audiences, as well as deepen your relationship with the library’s “frequent flyers.” In addition, nature programming can help foster a conservation ethic that will guide the way towards a sustainable future. […]
NNYLN Webinar: Researching the Researchers – Exploring the History of the Saranac Laboratory at Historic Saranac Lake
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesDescription: Historic Saranac Lake Archivist/Curator Chessie Monks-Kelly will share collections that document the history of research at the Saranac Laboratory. The Saranac Laboratory was built in 1894 for Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau; it was the first laboratory in the United States for the study of tuberculosis. Although the laboratory’s initial and main purpose was to […]