The New York Library Association’s Library Advocacy Day is two weeks from today (February 26). Their website contains information regarding the day. As NYLA states, your voice during #LAD21 will benefit:

Meanwhile, we can contact our legislators to take action regarding the cuts to state library aid and also to get all library workers included in Phase 1B of Covid vaccine eligibility.

In other happenings, SCRLC's advisory committees and Plan of Service Design Team continue to weave together the 2021-2026 Plan of Service. Thanks to all of you who contributed to it via participating in the various meetings or the membership survey. We expect to have a draft plan to share with you at the beginning of March. There will be a couple of weeks to comment, then the Board will need to approve it at their March 26 meeting, and finally it will be sent to the State Library by April 1.

Stop white centering | Anti-racism Daily

SLJ's response.

+50+ children's books that feature kids of color just being kids.

Historic newspaper titles from "History's Hometown" are now up and available on nyshistoricnewspapers.org, thanks to the work of Seymour Public Library District's Dori Gottschalk-Fielding and a 2019 RBDB digitization grant through SCRLC.

The newspapers include the Advertiser-Journal, Auburn Daily Advertiser, Auburn Morning Dispatch, and Auburn Weekly Dispatch. The library worked with the Cayuga County Historian's office to digitize the only known remaining copies of these papers, some of which were extremely fragile paper issues held in the library's local history center.  

Of note, the Auburn Morning Dispatch described Harriet Tubman's March 1888 address to the local Non-Partisan Society, an organization that promoted the political education of women.

Congratulations to our member libraries who were grant recipients of Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries | (ala.org)

There is still time to apply for these grants. Deadline is March 4.

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Some ideas from school librarians in Auburn:

NEW! BIPOC Community Call: Wednesday, March 10, 12:00-1:00pm

Meeting ID: 920 2647 1064

Next Director's Call: Tuesday, February 23, 4:00pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/95880178218 | Meeting ID: 958 8017 8218

Or call in: 1-646-876-9923 | Passcode: SCRLC

Next All Member Call: Tuesday, March 2, 1:00pm

https://zoom.us/j/109469034 | Meeting ID: 109 469 034

Or call in: 1-646-876-9923 | Passcode: SCRLC

Next Resource Sharing Call: Tuesday, March 9, 1:00pm  

https://zoom.us/j/109469034 | Meeting ID: 109 469 034

Next SCHOAM (special collections, historical organizations, archives & museums) Call: 

https://zoom.us/j/715709544 | Meeting ID: 715 709 544

Let us know if your library is open or closed in on this Google Sheet and check the status of other organizations.

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12/18: Staff COVID Vaccinations

12/23: Music licensing and on-demand viewing

12/30: Stock investments

1/8: Parent access to student Google accounts

1/13: Patron refusing to wear a mask (private association library)

1/19: Vaccine priorities for staff

1/21: Paid time-off for COVID-19 vaccinations

1/21: School library records retention

1/27: Special collections not recorded on institution's ledgers

2/1: Requiring COVID Tests for Employees

2/1: Handling CASE Act Claims for Libraries

A Silent Film Screening of The Lottery Man (1916) with an introduction from Barbara Tepa Lupack

View all events on the ESLN Continuing Education Calendar

Understanding the Budget: From the State to the Local Level

(NYLA Advocacy Fundamentals: A Virtual Series)

February 16, 9:00am

METRO Introduction to Web Archiving

February 16, 4:00pm

RRLC A Foot in the Door: Increasing Your Chances to Get a Library Job Interview

February 17, 2:00pm

LILRC We're All Technology Librarians Now

February 18, 2:00pm

METRO Interrupting a White Supremacy Culture

February 18, 4:00pm

SENYLRC Communications & Continuity During a Disaster

February 22, 2:00pm

CLRC Webinar Viewing: Tools for Tense Situations - Reducing Conflicts with Patrons as Libraries Return to the New Normal

February 23, 3:00pm

METRO LASSA Presents: It Takes a Village

March 3, 11:00am

METRO Supporting and Sustaining Anti-Racist Work

March 4, 4:00pm

SENYCon Prequel: The Pandemic Pivot Presentations

March 5, 9:45am

LILRC Leading the Library Through Turbulent Times

March 5, 10:00am

From Your Hometown to Your Capital (NYLA Advocacy Fundamentals: A Virtual Series)

March 9, 9:00am

LILRC Disability Awareness and Diversity

March 9, 2:00pm

CLRC Why Diverse Books Matter

March 11, 3:00pm

+SUNYLA 2021: From Seeds to Services: Growing the New Academic Library

Deadline for workshop and presentation proposals: February 26, 2021

+If you are interested in attending the virtual Computers in Libraries Connect 2021 Conference on March 23-25 and would like $100 off the cost of your pass, please use the registration link and code below. There is no deadline, so you may use this discount through the event dates and you will be able to view the archives if you miss any live sessions.

Link to register: https://pheedloop.com/cil2021/site/register/

Available on our YouTube Channel

NEW! Library Services for Indigenous Peoples: From Land Acknowledgement to Outreach with Loriene Roy

Send a request to jphilippe@scrlc.org for access to online classes in design, business, technology, photography, entrepreneurship, film and writing through Skillshare.

In addition to the weekly Tech-Talk newsletter, SCRLC members have access to the Tech-Talk Database, which offers an up-to-date, searchable library of technology and communication articles and videos. Look for the login information at the top of your weekly Tech-Talk newsletter or email jphilippe@scrlc.org.

A free instructional design training program available through WebJunction to enable library workers to transfer their in-person teaching skills to the online environment. The 7 modules include: Orientation, Foundation, Diversity, Community, Content Creation, Course Management, & Capstone.

From Adirondack Research Library of the Kelly Adirondack Center at Union College, Schenectady, NY

Whether you are actively looking for a job or just want to be prepared in uncertain times, SCRLC is offering confidential and objective resume and cover letter review, as well as interview coaching. Let us know what would help you feel prepared. Fill in the form and we will be in touch.