Webinar
LILRC Webinar: 6 Documents Every Archive Needs – Temporary Custody Receipt & Deed of Gift
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesIn this four-part series, Nicole Menchise, LILRC Digitization and Archives Coordinator, will explain why these documents and policies are key to the operation of an archival repository. Examples will be shared. The six documents are: Collections Management Policy -January 15th Temporary Custody Receipt & Deed of Gift - February 19 Incoming & Outgoing Loan Paperwork […]
SENYLRC Webinar: Communications & Continuity of Operations during a Disaster
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesCommunications & Continuity of Operations during a Disaster: REady Steady In the Library: taking Initiative before an Emergency, Natural disaster, or Trauma When the unimaginable happens in your library, there may not be time to carefully craft a blurb for the website. But staff, the community that depends on the library, and the emergency responders who can help need to know… something. In […]
CDLC Webinar: Preservation Interest Group – DHPSNY Grants and Services
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesThe Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York (DHPSNY) is a program that provides free planning and education services to archives, libraries, historical societies, museums, and other organizations that safeguard and ensure access to New York's historical records and library research materials.The deadline for the next round of applications for DHPSNY planning and assessment services […]
Webinar Viewing: Tools for Tense Situations – Reducing Conflicts with Patrons as Libraries Return to the New Normal
Online Via Zoom NY, United States**This is a viewing of a previously recorded webinar.** Webinar Description: As libraries re-open their doors to provide service to patrons, we're all facing uncertainty, apprehension, and stress. This 90-minute webinar session will provide library directors, managers, supervisors, and full and part-time employees with tools to recognize and resolve conflicts between arriving patrons. Getting along […]
LILRC Webinar: Message to the Community – Media Production Studios for Public Libraries
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesThis discussion will explore a full range of possibilities for public libraries to host and broadcast media from their facilities. Events can range from a single-person podcast to a group activity. We’ll take a look at motivations for this type of endeavor, spatial and technical requirements, potential costs and opportunities for community involvement. Presenter Kevin J. […]
LILRC Webinar: Library Director Jenga – COVID Edition, Session 1
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesJoin Kate Hall and Kathy Parker, authors of The Public Library Directors Toolkit, as they discuss how to balance the responsibilities of being a director during a pandemic and three core areas of running a public library during a public health crisis and after. The four individual sessions will include library director jenga, personnel, emergency planning, […]
METRO Webinar: LASSA Presents – It Takes a Village
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesPlease join us for a get-together and conversation with your fellow Library support staff members to share our experiences during the coronavirus pandemic. We look forward to hearing what has been working for you in maintaining social distancing, learn what's been happening around you, and talk through how you're coping with this stressful time. At […]
LILRC Webinar: Historic Preservation for the People – An Introduction Local, State, and Federal Policies and Practices
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesDid you know listing on the National and State Registers of Historic Places does not protect historic places from demolition or redevelopment? Only municipalities and local preservation ordinances can protect historic places from destruction. Nevertheless, federal and state preservation laws play an important role by offering attractive financial incentives like tax credits, or by requiring […]
METRO Webinar: Supporting and Sustaining Anti-Racist Work
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesIn our workshops, We Need 2 Talk educators always say, anti-racist work is a practice, not a destination. Some of us have been on our anti-racist journeys for many years, while for others, that journey began during the summer of 2020. How can we make this work sustainable in our libraries and communities? How can […]
SENYLRC Webinar: SENYCon Prequel – Pandemic Pivot Presentations
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesOn January 21, 2020 the first case of COVID-19 was identified in Washington State. In late February we were starting to wash our hands more and learn how to elbow bump. On Friday, March 13, 2020 the Southeastern staff all took our laptops home with the idea that we'd be closed for a few weeks. […]