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Cheery Friday Greetings!
The 56th annual meeting of the membership was held this morning, with a bit over 40 participants.
Our keynote speaker was State Librarian Lauren Moore, who spoke on the digital equity work underway within the State. She provided definitions, information, and links, and also reviewed the five elements of the digital equity ecosystem: 1) affordable Internet service; 2) enabled devices, 3) digital fluency/literacy training, 4) tech support, 5) and accessible access. The two key documents that Lauren shared are in the Take Action section. I hope you will join our regional effort!
At the business meeting, the following trustees were elected:
Megan Biddle, Collection Services Manager, Four County Library System, for a second term.
Erika Jenns, Engagement Consultant, Southern Tier Library System, for a first term.
Matthew Roslund, Medical Librarian, Bassett Healthcare, for a first term.
David Schuster, Senior Director for Library Technology and Digital Strategies, Binghamton University, for a first term.
Congratulations to all!
Membership Dues & Fees. The governing members approved the new membership dues structure. They also reviewed the Member Benefits Chart, which explains the benefits available to each membership category. The new dues and fees will take effect in July 2023.
Kristin Dade, SCRLC President, and I provided reports to the membership.
Board of Trustees meeting. At the Board of Trustees meeting that followed, the online annual report was approved. The more compact, readable version will be available to everyone in the next couple of weeks.
The Resource Sharing Users Group Meeting, What Have You Been Dealt?, co-sponsored by SCRLC and Central NY Library Resources Council, was a dynamic meeting with 70 registrants. Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) was a hot topic, as was delivery and de-stressing. Thanks so much to all of the panelists including those from our region: Elise Thornley (on two panels!), Megan Benson, Jillian Sandy (all from Binghamton University), Bernard Hogben (Ithaca College), and Lucy Yang (Tompkins Cortland Community College).
I wish everyone a beautiful weekend--it looks like some nice, sunny days ahead--unlike the weather described in some of the New York Heritage diaries! Indeed, from The Swart-Wilcox House Museum's Henry Wilcox collection---his diary said this about October 28, 1910, which also fell on a Friday: "a cold cloudy sour day. I cut wood on the wood pile. Bishop dug potatoes in the big lot." The next day wasn't much better: "A cold sour day with flurries snow in the afternoon. I cut wood on the wood pile and raked and wheeled in leaves Went over to the Cross store late this afternoon."[sic]
From Binghamton University's Civil War materials--Fred Walster's diary. He had returned to civilian life in 1865 after sustaining an injury. From October 28, 1865 (a Saturday). "It is a very disagreeable day The Snow has left & the mudd is very deep. Business is dull wrote a letter to L yesterday in the evening."
So...enjoy some warm, sunny autumn days, here on our last weekend in October!
Yours in partnership,
Mary-Carol Lindbloom
Executive Director
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