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Week of Events
METRO Webinar: Managing the Conversations of the Moment, Part 3 – Moving From Conflict Toward Repair
METRO Webinar: Managing the Conversations of the Moment, Part 3 – Moving From Conflict Toward Repair
The goal of this three-part series is to help people manage difficult conversations in spaces with school-aged children in relation to the current cultural moment (e.g. conversations about race and equity in schools and Covid protocols). Led by Jessica Hochman and Tonya Leslie of We Need 2 Talk, each session will introduce Epoch Education’s RIR […]
METRO Webinar: Heavy Metal – Hardware Solutions for People Who Digitize Tapes
METRO Webinar: Heavy Metal – Hardware Solutions for People Who Digitize Tapes
Videotape (and audiotape) preservation is all about equipment: sourcing equipment, getting the right equipment for the formats you’re digitizing, paying attention to how your equipment is functioning, repairing or finding experts to repair equipment for you, and putting all of these pieces together. In this hour-long webinar, Ben Turkus, audiovisual preservationists and members of the […]
ESLN Webinar: Calm, (Legally) Cool, and Collected: Tactics for Libraries Facing Book Challenges and Collection-based Protests
ESLN Webinar: Calm, (Legally) Cool, and Collected: Tactics for Libraries Facing Book Challenges and Collection-based Protests
Presented by Stephanie "Cole" Adams Using applicable library ethics and law as a foundation, this practical and action-oriented session will work through the roles, responsibilities, and possible tactics of every person working at and supporting a library when a community needs to weather a content challenge, protest, and/or obscenity charges based on materials in their […]
LILRC Webinar: Leadership Moments from NASA – With Astronaut Dr. Dave Williams
LILRC Webinar: Leadership Moments from NASA – With Astronaut Dr. Dave Williams
Please join LILRC as we welcome Dr. Dave Williams to speak about his recent book, Leadership Moments From NASA: Achieving the Impossible (co-authored by Elizabeth Howell, PhD; EWC Press, July 2021). About the book: The NASA way: lessons on leadership, teamwork, and corporate culture. How does NASA take on seemingly insurmountable challenges, recover from tragedy and continue […]
NNYLN Webinar: Preserving File Integrity – Using “BagIT” for Digitization Projects at the Tupper Lake Public Library
NNYLN Webinar: Preserving File Integrity – Using “BagIT” for Digitization Projects at the Tupper Lake Public Library
Description: This presentation offers a very brief overview of the Library of Congress tool BagIt, which helps to ensure the integrity of digital files over time and during migration/transfers. This will include background on the tool, why it exists, and a simple overview of how it works, including the presenter’s experience using the tool for […]
RRLC Webinar: Koekje, Cooky, or Cookie? A History of American Christmas Cookies
RRLC Webinar: Koekje, Cooky, or Cookie? A History of American Christmas Cookies
Why do the Brits call them biscuits and we call them cookies? The answer lies in the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherland. But cookies have a peculiar history. Once the purview only of the wealthy, their flavors, shapes, and textures have changed over time. Influenced by changing technologies, household labor, slavery, social status, […]