CDLC Webinar: Preservation Interest Group – Weather Disasters
NY, United StatesJoin the Preservation Interest Group in a conversation about the challenges our libraries and archives face when the weather changes, and how we can best prepare our storage environments so that our collections are protected. Ann Kearney, Interim Head of Preservation for the University at Albany Libraries, will lead the discussion and offer suggestions for […]
WNYLRC Webinar: Empowered Against Book Bans
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesGet to know the current state of book challenges across the US with a look at what led to this particular censorship movement. This presentation will offer not only the terminology and groups associated with book challenges in public schools and libraries within and beyond New York, but it will also offer insight into how […]
LibraryWorks Webinar: Recruiting, Hiring, Orienting, Maintaining and Saying Goodbye to Library Volunteers
Online via LibraryWorks NY, United StatesCLRC is offering our members up to 20 seats at the upcoming LibraryWorks Webinar, Recruiting, Hiring, Orienting, Maintaining and Saying Goodbye to Library Volunteers. About 60 years ago, the professional nonprofit community came to the conclusion that volunteers needed to be treated like paid employees, meaning that they needed to be subject to the same […]
Erie Canal Museum Event: The Haudenosaunee and the Origins of the Erie Canal – Ditches, Defense, and Dispossession
Erie Canal Museum 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse, NY, United StatesThe creation of the Erie Canal is considered to be one of the great engineering feats of the nineteenth century. One historian has even compared the technological achievement of building this canal with NASA’s going to the moon in the 1960s. As a result of the canal’s substantial cultural, economic, political and social impact, New […]
Erie Canal Museum Event: Pathway of Resistance Walking Tour
Erie Canal Museum 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse, NY, United StatesWe are pleased to announce the return of the Pathway of Resistance walking tour, examining African-American experiences on and along the banks of the Erie Canal, from the waterway's beginnings to contemporary times. While the legacies of slavery and systemic racism can be uncomfortable to discuss, it is crucial for these issues to be be […]
LILRC Webinar: Haunted Libraries and How to Coexist with Your Ghosts – A Study in Adaptive Reuse with Cortney Orme
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesThis program explores how to incorporate the history of your existing library building into your new designs without compromising the integrity of the building while also creating a design that is current and relevant in today’s library culture. Ultimately you extend the life of your buildings by activating these basic principles. Plus, there may be […]
CDLC Webinar: A Diversity Audit of Juvenile Picture Books – What We Did, What Went Well, What We Would Never Do Again!!
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesThis event is being held online via a Zoom meeting. Stephanie Anderson of Albany Public Library will share the library staff's experiences and lead a discussion on doing a diversity audit of their picture book collection. From Stephanie: After attending multiple webinars and training sessions related to creating diverse collections, I was frustrated by a lack […]
RRLC Webinar: Composting and Beyond for Library Staff
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesJoin us for a webinar on composting and zero waste behavior changes for library staff! In this webinar, library staff will learn how to make individual changes in their own lives – like composting and recycling – as well as changes they can make at a business level at their libraries to help the environment. […]
SIG: Academic Librarians
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesFall back with great conversation at the CLRC Academic Librarians Special Interest Group meeting. All academic librarians are welcome in this group to discuss research, department liaison roles, grants, collection development, and other topics related to the areas and responsibilities in academic libraries. REGISTER HERE Contact Marc Wildman with any questions.
CLRC’s Sustainability SIG Meetings
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesJoin us for a meeting of CLRC's Sustainability Special Interest Group! We meet every other month on the second Friday at 10 a.m. This group meets to discuss how best to reach our community to convey a sense of urgency regarding the state of our planet. Our focus is on the three pillars of sustainability: […]