SCRLC NEWS

January 27, 2023

Cheery Friday Greetings,

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated for January 27 because it is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony will be broadcast from the UN General Assembly Hall at 11 a.m.; the theme is “Home and Belonging.” Click here for the broadcast and then on the "Live Schedule" tab. Recordings will be available.

February, as you know, is Black History Month and National Heart Month.

For Black History Month the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum developed a resource page comprised of exhibits, events (including online), audios, videos, and images. 

Undoubtedly, many--if not most--of you will be holding events in observance of Black History Month. We would be happy to advertise them for you, particularly if they are available online to the region, e.g., Chemung County Library District's Zoom event, Documenting African American Families from Enslavement to the 20th Century on February 7, 7-8 p.m.. Please send any events to Diane Capalongo.

There is an intersection between National Heart Month and Black lives. African American people are 30% more likely to die from heart disease than non-Hispanic white people according to information from the Office of Minority Health. Click here for an article from the American Heart Association's journal, Circulation, “Cardiovascular Health in African Americans: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.” See also an article from Columbia University regarding Black women and heart disease.

Library Advocacy. In the upcoming News editions, we’ll discuss more about Library Advocacy Day and funding issues. See below for links to the New York Library Association's LAD page. We do know that some visits will be in person and that throughout the week, there will be virtual opportunities to meet with legislators. New Yorkers for Better Libraries will hold an event the night before LAD in Albany.

State Budget. Next week on Wednesday, February 1 at noon, Governor Hochul will present the Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget.

DEI Toolkit Reminder. The New York State Library invites you to take and share this Stakeholder Survey, which is "designed for people who work in, volunteer for, and use museums, libraries, archives, historical and genealogical societies, and other cultural heritage/history sites. We’ll use your feedback to help these organizations create policies and practices in support of diversity, equity, and inclusion and to make the organizational and other changes necessary to serve all New Yorkers." Please pass the link on to your colleagues, users, and other stakeholders.

Yours in partnership,

Mary-Carol Lindbloom

Executive Director

Find all things Library Advocacy Day here!

Promote the NOVELNY resources!

Tell your patrons about the specific databases they can find and use through NOVELNY.

We want to be sure the usage statistics reflect the value these electronic resources bring to our region.

Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES New Visions students, who are high school seniors pursuing careers in healthcare with in-person learning at Auburn Community Hospital, had a special field trip to the Cayuga Community College library this month. We love to see such great collaborations between members!

The latest episode of Vital Voices, a podcast by Corning, Inc., features Dr. Millicent Ruffin, who talks about her move from chemist at Corning to Community Affairs director for their Office of Racial Equality and Social Unity (ORESU). ORESU's work includes hiring DEI education coordinators who worked with four local schools in Steuben County.

Open hours in the Edith B. Ford Memorial Library local history room have returned, thanks to volunteer Chris Griffith Willson.

Five Finger Lakes Library System members (Tompkins County Public Library, Seymour Public Library, Seneca Falls Library, Coburn Free Library and Cortland Free Library) are hosting a traveling exhibit of art and writing by incarcerated individuals. The exhibit is called Behind the Wall. TCPL is hosting a meet and greet with the curators on Friday, February 3 at 4 pm.

Have news? Please share it with us!

View all council events on the ESLN Continuing Education Calendar

Events produced by the other councils are open for SCRLC members to attend!

More SCRLC Events Coming in 2023!

SLI and ALA Sustainable Librarianship eCourse

**Registration is open through ALA eLearning!**

The Sustainable Libraries Initiative and American Library Association are offering a four week asynchronous eCourse, Sustainable Librarianship: Core Competencies and Practices, starting Monday, February 13^th.

This course will address the critical role of libraries as active and intentional participants in building community resilience. This course will be instructed by Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Sustainable libraries Initiative co-founder and Advisory Board President.

Registration: https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=670

More Information: https://sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/news/sli-partners-ala-ecourse

Computers in Libraries, Arlington, VA, March 28 - 30

Organized and produced by Information Today, Inc., this conference provides a unique, annual opportunity for library and information professionals from all over the world to gather together and discuss the myriad of ways technology impacts libraries and the people who use them. We look forward to welcoming you back to Arlington, VA this March 28 - 30 to learn, share, and celebrate the technologies and people that are shaping the future of libraries. SCRLC Member Discount Code: ESLN23

LOGIN & PW: scrlc

SCRLC members have access to the Tech-Talk Database, which offers an up-to-date library of technology and communication articles and videos.

Feb 8 - Reach More Members Using Two Marketing Tools: Part 1 - Email Lists

[3 pm ET for 1 hour]

Feb 22 - Become an Expert Communicator to Gain Respect and Avoid Conflict  [3 pm ET for 1 hour]

Southside Community Center Cooking Class

The History Center in Tompkins County

New collection: Watkins Salt Company

The Watkins Salt Company was established at the south end of Seneca Lake in Watkins Glen, NY, in 1898 and eventually sold to Cargill, Inc. in 1976. At the time of the sale, Watkins Salt was one of the largest, independent salt companies in the nation. This collection comes from new member Schuyler County Historical Society.

New collection: Auburn Old Home Week Parade, 1906

Check out the great street scenes and float designs of early 20th century Auburn in this collection of photographs from the Cayuga Museum of History and Art.

New collection: Columbian Rope Company Collection

Columbian Rope Company was an enormous, internationally successful company in Auburn. The company employed thousands of Auburnians at its factory on the city's west side between its founding 1903 and departure in 1982. This collection from the Cayuga County Historian's Office shares material from the company in an effort to show the workers' experience, like the 1913 strike.

New collection: Seneca Falls Historical Materials

After scanning 25,000+ pages of newspaper clippings and other ephemera from the Roberta Halden Collection and Aqua Festival Collection, we found some miscellaneous material that deserved to be scanned, too. This includes a collection of mini-biographies of hundreds of Seneca County Civil War soldiers, a Bicentennial History of the village from 1976 (that bemoans how their "Shangri-La has been tarnished" thanks to TV and pre-marital sex), and a 1939 rural directory of Seneca, Schuyler, and Yates.