SCRLC NEWS
November 19, 2021
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REMINDER
The SCRLC office will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 25th & 26th for the Thanksgiving holiday. Have a safe and peaceful holiday!
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DIRECTOR'S CUP
Cheery Friday Greetings,
Like all of the Empire State Library Network councils, we have been consumed with the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) application. It is a relief that the application has been submitted! Now, we can look forward to the great work that will be accomplished under its auspices in the coming year.
The largest ARPA category of funding is for digital inclusion (DI). These funds will be primarily channeled to the public library systems for DI projects in their service areas. SCRLC will be leading one project, Digital Justice 4 Disability Justice. If approved, it will enable us to offer specific action-focused webinars and also to pilot a project involving 4-5 libraries to work with the assistive technology to include everyone in the digital world—to find information, jobs, education, etc. The pilot will include an onsite consultant and intern.
There are also five library-museum partnership projects. We will be working with areas of the region that are underrepresented (or not at all) in New York Heritage. One project will include marginalized and systemically oppressed voices; another will focus on women in agriculture.
The school library systems’ funding category will be primarily used to add diverse, equitable, and inclusive e-content to their regional collections.
When the applications and the projects contained therein are approved (most likely early January), we’ll release more specific information.
In DEI-related news, the DEI Advisory Committee changed its name to include justice. It is now the Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Advisory Committee. We are also pleased to present a land acknowledgment for our website. This was approved by the Board at their last meeting, with the understanding that it is organic and will be changed periodically as we learn more. Jessica also led the development of a tab for the JEDI LibGuide—Indigenous Community Outreach—which includes information about land acknowledgments, pros and cons. Check it out!
Yours in partnership,
Mary-Carol Lindbloom
Executive Director
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MEMBER NEWS
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Congratulations to 4CLS' Family Literacy Grant Awardees:
Village Library of Cooperstown: Increasing resources for parental engagement in their children’s development of early literacy skills.
Cannon Free Library (Delhi): Expanding resources to include more hands-on activities during and after storytime programs.
Moore Memorial Library (Greene): Engaging parents of preschool children in understanding that they are their child’s first teacher and in using the library as an early learning resource.
Fairview Public Library (Margaretville): Creating an early literacy mobile library that can be used to meet people where they gather outside the library.
Richfield Springs Public Library: Creating a space within the library to support young children in their beginning reading experiences and prepare them for kindergarten.
Springfield Library: Hosting Family Literacy Nights and creating a Reading Center where parents can assist their children in learning to read.
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There is currently an exhibit on the Asai family of the Town of Ithaca in the lobby of Ithaca’s Town Hall featuring two building photos that were digitized by The History Center in Tompkins County as part of an SCRLC Technology & Digitization grant in a collection on Residence and Business Photographs of Tompkins County. The exhibit also includes maps from HistoryForge.
209 N. Aurora Street
"Forest City Steam Laundry"
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SCRLC MEETINGS & COMMUNITY CALLS
BIPOC Community Call: Wednesday, December 8, 12:00-1:00pm
Meeting ID: 972 5416 2320 | Call in: 1-646-876-9923 | Passcode: 328232
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Next Resource Sharing Call: Tuesday, December 7, 1:00pm
Meeting ID: 109 469 034 | Call in: 1-646-876-9923 | Passcode: SCRLC
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Next SCHOAM (special collections, historical organizations, archives & museums) Call:
Wednesday, December 1, 2:00pm-3:00pm
Meeting ID: 715 709 544 | Call in: 1-646-876-9923 | Passcode: SCRLC
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If you would be interested in starting a special interest or affinity group through SCRLC,
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Calm, (Legally) Cool, and Collected:
Tactics for Libraries Facing Book Challenges and Collection-based Protests
December 2, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Using library ethics and law, we will work through roles, responsibilities, and possible tactics of every person working at or supporting a library when a community weathers a content challenge, protest, and/or obscenity charges based on materials in their collection.
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Digital Privacy 101: A Primer for Librarians
December 9, 10:00am - NOON
Participants will have the opportunity to explore several key aspects of online privacy, as well as think about ways to educate and inform their own patrons about digital privacy issues.
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EVENTS AROUND THE STATE & BEYOND
Events produced by the other councils are open for SCRLC members to attend!
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Send a request to jphilippe@scrlc.org for access to online classes in design, business, technology, photography, entrepreneurship, film and writing through Skillshare.
Certificates of completion are available.
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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 info. is at the top of the weekly newsletter, or email jphilippe@scrlc.org.
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Students on a railroad track, Houghton, NY, 1925
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We've finished the design and printing of the companion physical exhibit. These four panels are now available for SCRLC members to borrow for one month at a time. Please fill out this form if you would like to host this exhibit.
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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.
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