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LILRC Webinar: Librarians Are Teachers – Applying Theory to Help Adults Learn
Online via Webex NY, United StatesAs a librarian, you are a teacher. In just about everything you do, from answering reference questions, doing library orientation sessions, and responding to search requests, to formal teaching, you teach. And you teach adults. This webinar will show you how to apply the work of major adult learning theorists, particularly Malcolm Knowles’s work on […]
LILRC Webinar: Making Space for Self – Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills in the Workplace
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesConfucius said: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” There are those who are consistent high performers. There are those who excel at maintaining a sense of calm and rarely react to stress. Considering the on-the-job stress, interpersonal challenges at work, how do we hear […]
Library 2.020 Mini-Conference: Sustainability in Libraries
NY, United StatesWe're excited to announce our third Library 2.020 mini-conference: "Sustainability in Libraries," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 14th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). This mini-conference will center on the concept of "Sustainable Thinking" which aligns the core values of libraries with the […]
WNYLRC Webinar: Practicing Trauma Informed Approaches, Two Part Session
Online Via Zoom NY, United States*This will be a two part session, held on October 7th and October 15th at 10 am. Each session will be 90 minutes, with a 15 minute break.* Webinar Description: Trauma-informed care (TIC) approaches incorporate key principals to ensure that direct service and organizational supports are attentive to how trauma affects individuals and communities. By […]
LILRC Webinar: Preparing Youth for College, Career, and Beyond
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesThe landscape of college and careers is rapidly changing, and increasingly moving in a digital direction, and while many young people are proficient in texting, video apps, and social media, they are not proficient in work-related digital skills and communication. This program will provide library staff with lesson plans, and ideas to help young people […]
WNYLRC Webinar: Repurposing the Librarian – Using the Hybrid Classroom to Emphasize the Need for School Media Specialists
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: With a Hybrid model of learning for the 2020-21 school year, one librarian has found a way to prove how necessary her expertise is in the district. Originally asked to teach enrichment classes during the hybrid model, Library Media Specialist Dani Newman counter-offered her administrator by saying she would be happy to do […]
Empire State Maker Faire
NY, United StatesDiscover what makers can do at the Empire State Maker Faire, an online event on October 16 and 17, 2020. This statewide showcase, organized by local producers throughout New York State, will share the creative work and technical know-how of all kinds of makers who share a passion for making. The event features demonstrations, performances, […]
The CLRC 2020 Annual Conference Goes Virtual
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesThe CLRC 2020 Annual Conference Goes Virtual! Join us Friday, October 16 for our Annual Conference featuring keynote speaker, New York State Senator Rachel May! Virtual Conference Schedule: 10 to 10:15 a.m.: Opening Remarks 10:15 to 11 a.m.: Keynote Address from New York State Senator Rachel May Senator Rachel May represents Central New York’s 53rd […]
SENYLRC Webinar: Self Care, Self Defense & De-escalation Webinar
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesSelf Care, Self Defense & De-escalation: REady Steady In the Library: taking Initiative before an Emergency, Natural disaster, or Trauma About the presentation: Front-line library staff encounter a range of attitudes and behaviors from patrons, mostly good, but sometimes – not. Emergencies (from the personal to the pandemic) add even more stress to daily interactions. This webinar will cover ways that library staff […]
RRLC Webinar: Libraries & Anti-Racism Training Series
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesJoin RRLC this fall for the Libraries & Anti-Racism Training Series, beginning September 2020. Through a series of 3 webinars led by Strategic Diversity Initiatives, attendees will build and refine their anti-racism knowledge and toolkit, with the goal of actively combating white supremacy in our society and our libraries. Attendees may pick and choose which webinars to […]