This webinar will focus on student employment practices since the pandemic and managing the next generation of student workers. How has student employment changed in the last few years? What are some expectations of student employees, or student supervisors? Is job burnout a concern with student employees? How do we empower, train, and retain student […]

Get 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 […]

This 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 […]

This 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 […]

Join 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. […]

In this session the speakers will present on the individual projects their libraries and institutions have undertaken to reach the goal of creating a more inclusive library catalog. Within this work, there are multiple ways to enact change, in this presentation three varying perspectives will be shared followed by a facilitated panel discussion. Major topics […]