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Webinar: What You Need to Know About the Civil Service Exam
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: Are you interested in working in a public library? Are you already working in a public library but want to move up through the ranks? We’ll hear from three panelists who will share what you need to know about taking these exams. They’ll share their personal experiences in the library world, best practices […]
Erie Canal Museum Event: Infrastructure of Empire Exhibit Opening and Curator Talk
Erie Canal Museum 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse, NY, United StatesThe Erie Canal was the engineering marvel of its day, but has had far reaching consequences that could never have been imagined. In this upcoming exhibit and Curator Talk, we will explore how the canal was built, how it has changed the physical and social layout of the region, and how it continues to influence New York […]
LILRC Webinar: Restart – Designing a Health Post-Pandemic Life
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesCovid, and the resulting quarantine, has had a profound effect on our mental health and well being. This talk includes an informative review of where we were when quarantine hit, how the lock down impacted us behaviorally, interpersonally, and interpersonally, then gets to work addressing how to use the restart as an opportunity for growth […]
RRLC Webinar: Wellness in the Library Workplace
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesAs library workers, we love our jobs but working in a library can also be stressful. Libraries already help patrons improve their physical and mental health by providing access to reliable health information and programs and outreach focused on health and wellness. But what are doing to manage your own well-being? The well-being of library […]
NYLA/SSL 2022
Event Center at Turning Stone 5218 Patrick Rd, Verona, NY, United StatesCalling all librarians, ELA teachers, literacy coaches, reading teachers, and other literacy and reading professionals! Please consider joining us for this amazing day of professional development, taking place at the Turning Stone Conference Center in CNY on Saturday, May 21, and part of the NYLA-SSL conference. The event will feature two inspirational authors/illustrators, noted below, […]
Erie Canal Museum Lunchtime Lecture: Winter Maintenance on The NYS Canal System with Ambrose Barbuto
Erie Canal Museum 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse, NY, United StatesJoin Ambrose Barbuto, Director of Waterways Maintenance with the New York State Canal Corporation, to get a brief overview of the maintenance activities that occurred on the NYS Canal System during the non-navigation season. This talk will take place one day before the beginning of the navigation season on the entire Canal System, a 197 […]
METRO Webinar: Preventing Digital Discrimination – How Libraries, Archives, and Their Allies Can Ensure Access and Equity
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesIf these past two years have proved anything, it’s that having reliable access to the internet is a necessity. And yet access to the internet is far from assured in many homes across the country. For this and so many other reasons, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed last November includes a directive to […]
SCRLC Webinar: Universal Design for Libraries
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesLearn how to make your facilities more usable, safer, and appealing to people with a wide range of abilities throughout their life spans using universal design, with Jonathan White, Director of Design Consulting at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access. This webinar will be recorded. This webinar is supported with federal American Rescue […]
NNYLN Webinar: It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s a…Library Letter?! Reimagining Automated Library Communications
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesDescription: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... library letter?! Reimagining Automated Library Communication How many times have you received an email with a generic subject line that you’ve moved to your trash without opening? Admittedly, many of us are guilty of this. Automatically generated emails can feel impersonal or even negative in […]
METRO Webinar: Decentralized Apps, the Metaverse, and the “Next Big Thing”
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWhy did Facebook rename itself for the Metaverse? What is the metaverse & how are people experiencing it? How are artists, nonprofits, even the NBA are racking up seven-figure payouts for otherwise mundane pieces of media called NFTs (non-fungible tokens)? Why are they so despised? In this session, we look at the crazy breakthrough apps […]