Continuing Education
RRLC Webinar: Cataloging and Processing ABC’s
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesNew to cataloging and processing, or looking to brush up your skills? This webinar will teach library staff the basics of cataloging and processing books, such as creating specs on file. Specs on file (AKA vendor specification cataloging requirements) are required by each book vendor. There is no need to fill out a new form […]
METRO Webinar: Abolitionist Futures – A PLSN Discussion Group (March Edition)
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWant to learn more about prison abolition? Looking to explore the role of information in the prison industrial complex? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join the club (literally!). This monthly discussion group with Prison Library Support Network will look at a rotating calendar of […]
LILRC Webinar: Accessibility and Hidden Disabilities
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesIf someone uses a wheelchair, or is visually impaired, it can be easier to understand the difficulties they might face and to support them. For those individuals with hidden disabilities, it’s often a different story. People might not spot the challenges they are experiencing and may find it hard to comprehend or believe someone with […]
LILRC Webinar: Media Manipulation – Do You Know It When You See It?
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesMedia manipulation is not new. However, in today’s 24/7 online world, media is relentlessly pervasive and invasive. Media manipulation is easy and provides income for practitioners. It can create misinformation that can harm and mislead. Awareness of media manipulation tactics has a critical role in our lives. Learn some basic clues to look for to […]
Webinar: Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ+ Patrons
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: Learn the latest pronouns, flags, vocabulary and laws within the LGBTQ+ community. Discover free resources to help you in your Alllyship and inclusive services beyond just PRIDE Month in June. Explore best practices from other industries to support your mission at your site. Come with questions, walk aways with answers on what it […]
WNYLRC Webinar: Robert’s Rules of Order – Meetings From Agendas to Adjournment
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWelcome to another edition covering Robert's Rules of Order and Parliamentary Procedure! This session will go in depth on correct procedures for agendas, order of business, minutes, reports, and any general questions you may have. Many professional organizations, including WNYLRC, use Robert's Rules and parliamentary procedure to conduct their meetings. It's a flexible method that […]
LibraryWorks Webinar: Bully-Proofing Your Library
Online via LibraryWorks NY, United StatesCLRC is offering up to 20 seats at the upcoming LibraryWorks webinar, Bully-Proofing Your Library. Whether you call it bullying, harassing, intimidating, stalking, threatening, tormenting, browbeating, needling, or pushing people around, commonsense calls it bad behavior. What steps need to be taken during your library’s employment cycle and regarding the culture of your library to […]
WNYLRC Webinar: Bylaws – Writing and Interpreting Them
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesThis session on Robert's Rules of Order and Parliamentary Procedure will cover bylaws in depth. If you've wondered about crafting bylaws and interpreting them, then this session is for you. Many professional organizations, including WNYLRC, use Robert's Rules and parliamentary procedure to conduct their meetings. It's a flexible method that is adaptable for any type […]
Eric Canal Museum Event: Lunchtime Lecture – Upstate NY in the Late 1800s: The Life and Times of Theodocia Maria Toll Foster
Erie Canal Museum 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse, NY, United StatesTheodocia Maria Toll Foster, a lifetime resident of Verona, NY, was a highly published children's author in the latter part of the 19th century as well as head mistress of a late 19th century boarding school for girls located in Verona and New Hartford. More broadly, her life is framed by a religious movement called […]
RRLC Webinar: Collective Power for Collective Good
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWhen power is concentrated in the hands of individual leaders, things can go very wrong. The Covid-19 pandemic put this in stark relief: when some administrators chose to send library workers into buildings in the face of enormous health risk, staff fought back, organizing to keep themselves and their colleagues safe. It did not have […]