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Hi everyone,
I hope things are going well and that you have been able to enjoy some rays of sunshine, with brighter days ahead.
This month the CDLC Board of Trustees approved our Plan of Service, which serves as our guiding document for the next five years. Thank you again to all who gave input or contributed to this process.
I’ll be sharing more about the plan at our first-ever virtual Annual Membership Meeting, Friday, April 30 from 9:30 am-11:30 am. I’m excited to announce our speakers will be Erica Freudenberger, Outreach & Marketing Consultant at Southern Adirondack Library System, and Kathryn Kosto, the Executive Director at Albany County Historical Association at Ten Broeck Mansion.
Although it won’t be quite the same as enjoying lunch together and catching up with friends, we hope to see you there.
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CDLC is seeking nominations for three positions on the CDLC Board of Trustees beginning July 1, 2021:
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(1) at-large position: a partial one-year term expiring in 2022, but the incumbent would be eligible to serve two full terms,
- (1) at-large position: a full 5-year term,
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(1) non-librarian research community position: a full 5-year term.
If you are interested in being considered for an open position, please contact me for more information.
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In addition to our Annual Meeting, there are many ways to virtually connect with us and each other in April:
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The Preservation Interest Group meets Tuesday, April 6 from 9:30 am-11:00 am. Mark Wolfe of the University at Albany will discuss preservation and access of audiovisual materials.
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CDLC’s Collection Development Committee recently gathered information about members’ unique collections and will be sharing results. If you have not completed this questionnaire access it here, where we are also posting Collection Development Policy examples. To share your CD Policy, email it to Amy Hren.
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CDLC is hosting a series of tech-related webinars offered by Your Nerdy Best Friend. Review the topics and register for either the live or on-demand webinars!
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Welcome to Starlyn D’Angelo, the new Executive Director of the Hart Cluett Museum. Most recently, Starlyn served as Director of Philanthropy and Strategic Initiatives at the Palace Performing Arts Center.
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The Southern Adirondack Library System’s Leaving Our Fingerprints project has been documenting experiences during the pandemic and continues to expand.
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Congratulations to the four School Library Systems in our region-Capital Area BOCES School Library Systems (Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery (HFM) BOCES, Questar III BOCES, Capital Region BOCES, and Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex (WSWHE) BOCES- for receiving an Honorable Mention for the 2020 Joseph F. Shubert Library Excellence Award from the New York State Regents Advisory Council on Libraries:
"As school districts closed down from the pandemic, school librarians were fielding questions from teachers, students, and parents to help them navigate this new landscape of digital learning. After a needs assessment (involving 90 area librarians), the BOCES libraries developed a program of 12 weekly, one-hour sessions with topics that included strategies to meet teacher and student needs, dealing with social-emotional concerns of families, teachers and students, and enriching literacy through reading motivation. One example of the program’s success was an increase of over 50% in e-book usage."
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Regional Technology Survey |
CDLC's Regional Automation Advisory Committee (RAAC) has put together a short survey to gather information about how members are leveraging technology. While we understand this is a constantly moving target, we'd like to paint this technology landscape as it appeared 1 year into the COVID-19 Pandemic. Take the survey here.
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As part of the new Ask the HR Expert service, ESLN will be offering a series of webinars. All will be from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm. Topics and dates are:
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May 17 - HR 101
- June 21 - Effective Selection
- September 20 - Trust & Leadership
- October 18 - Leading Performance
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Also in the works: ESLN will be offering a webinar on the CASE Act.
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Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. We look forward to seeing you online.
Kind Regards,
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