Cheery Friday Greetings,
We are excited to be posting our Outreach Services Librarian job ad! The Outreach Services Librarian will lead our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Antiracist initiatives, manage the Hospital Library Services Program, and also work with the Resource Sharing community. It is varied and always interesting! Click here for details.
While on the topic of staffing, Jessica will be on leave for a year beginning on Monday, as she and her family will be in Vitrolles, France. This is her new home library during that time. Designed by architect Jean-Pierre Lott, it was “designed to express ‘movement and lightness’ as a metaphor for reading.” We wish her a fantastic year and look forward to hearing all about the library!
In the last News I’d mentioned the situations surrounding Pride Month with the removal of LGBTQIA+ materials from displays, or the entire display. Articles on the topic of book challenges are published on a weekly, if not daily, basis. This New York Times article reported on challenges two days ago. Book Riot published a chilling article a few hours ago.
This spring, the Empire State Library Network (ESLN) and the Public Library System Organization (PULISDO) partnered with Ask the Lawyer attorney Stephanie Cole Adams to develop a resource to help public libraries develop or strengthen collection management policies to help navigate materials challenges. The impetus to develop a resource came from requests from public libraries around the State needing to be "challenge ready."
The resulting resource, Public Library Collection Management Policy Template and Guide, was published last month and is available here: ( PDF/ Word) It addresses every phase of collection management, and while geared to public libraries within New York State, has relevance for other types of libraries. If you prefer an un-annotated version, contact your public library system director, or me if you are not in a public library.
Coming up on July 19 at 10 a.m. is Ready, Set, Policy! -- a 1-hour session on how to use the Public Library Collection Management Policy Template and Guide to create, update, or adopt policies to be “challenge ready.” Register for the webinar at this link.
In other Council happenings, we are working on all things annual--your annual benefits statements, the annual report, and the annual meeting.
Next Thursday, Basic Health Reference and MedlinePlus is being presented by the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Region 7. This is for all types of libraries who want to know more about answering health information questions, and getting their users to free, credible, reliable resources.
Yours in partnership,
Mary-Carol Lindbloom
Executive Director
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Congratulations to Keturah Cappadonia, Outreach Consultant at the Southern Tier Library System for her appointment as the NYLA-ALA Chapter Councilor.
And congratulations to our colleague Caitlin Kenney, Engagement and Education Service coordinator at WNYLRC for her appointment as the NYLA Councilor-at-Large (Academic/Special Library).
In case you missed our latest Member Spotlight: Meet Sophie Clough, the Collections and Research Assistant at the Cortland County Historical Society. |
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Events produced by the other councils are open for SCRLC members to attend!
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Preparation, Information Literacy, Libraries, Academic Resources and 21st Century Skills for Transitioning from Secondary School to College
Wednesday, July 13
This year's topic: Accessibility In Education with Keynote Speaker Judith Heumann
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Basic Health Reference and MedlinePlus
Thursday, July 14, 10:00 - 11:00am
This webinar will provide an overview of the resources available on MedlinePlus, go over basic navigation on MedlinePlus, and will touch on basic health reference and other resources to support your work.
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ESLN Webinar: Ready, Set, Policy!
Using the 2022 "Collection Management" Guide
Tuesday, July 19, 10:00 - 11:00am
ESLN & PULISDO partnered on the creation of an annotated "2022 Public Library Collection Management Policy Template & Guide." Join us for this session on using this resource to update or adopt policies to be ready for materials challenges...and more.
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Thursday, August 11, 12:00 - 1:00pm
Ready the articles and come ready to share your thoughts.
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Effective Health Communication & Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection
Tuesday, September 20, 1:00 - 2:00pm
This webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication, outlines components of clear health communication, and identifies online resources from NLM, government agencies and other recognized resources for health literacy and health communication.
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Join us for this webinar series exploring various services the Empire State Library Network has to offer.
Academic Overdrive with Christi Sommerfeldt, July 29, 10am
Empire Library Delivery with Maria DeGaetano, August 26, 10am
Ask the HR Expert with Holly Nowak
September 30, 10am
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Tech-Talk Webinars:
Take Your Canva Designs to the Next Level, July 13, 3pm
Create Highly Effective Videos with Narration and Animated Clips
July 27, 3pm
Job Hunting - How to Get to the Top of the Pile, August 10, 3pm
The Secrets of Password Managers, Might You Use Them or Not? August 24, 3pm
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Library Juice Academy offers a range of online professional development courses for librarians, archivists, and other staff, focusing on practical topics to build new skills.
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In addition to the weekly Tech-Talk newsletter, SCRLC members have access to the Tech-Talk Database, which offers an up-to-date library of technology and communication articles and videos. Login & PW: scrlc.
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Norwich Baseball Team 1910
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