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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 […]
METRO Webinar: Copy That! Copyright Basics for Library Professionals, Part 3 – Licensing and Risks
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesCopyright affects so much of the creative content we interact with and create... not just a painting we may see in a museum or a novel we are reading, but also the emails we ourselves send, the blogs and articles we write, and the photos we take and post. "Copy That! Copyright Basics for Library […]
CDLC Webinar: Digital Citizenship for Today’s Libraries
NY, United StatesIn today's world, information is communicated and learned through a wide variety of media channels and sources, most of which are through some sort of electronic or digital device. Therefore, becoming media and information literate requires a new set of digital skills that are ever-evolving as technology changes at a rapid pace. Mastering these new […]
Free Digital Inclusion Webinar Series: What Every Library Needs to Know
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesPlease join the New York State Library and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) for a series of information-rich training webinars aimed at increasing awareness and providing a deeper understanding of digital inclusion across New York State’s libraries and library systems. Trainings in this series will include addressing digital equity barriers, building partnerships and coalitions, developing digital […]