SENYLRC’s Continuing Education Committee needs your help to plan their very first “unconference” Solutions for Hard Times: Cutting Costs While Improving Services. Please fill out a brief survey to help us determine areas of greatest interest. Go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Um5fkSuoZllOBZn6jpfXPA_3d_3d.

During committee meetings last spring, members disussed the impact of budget cuts at their libraries.  The discussions grew into plans for a region wide unconference to further the discussions with other librarians and library staff.  What is an “unconference”? This free professional development workshop allows everyone to be an active participant.  You pick the topics and join in the discussion or discussions of your choice. Please reply to the survey by Friday, September 18, 2009. Thank you.

Program Title: Solutions for Hard Times: Cutting Costs While  Improving Library Services — A Library Unconference

Program Date: Friday, November 20, 2009

Time: 9:30 am — 3:00 pm (Tentative)

Sponsor: SENYLRC’s Continuing Education Committee

Location: Southeastern NY Library Resources Council, 21 S. Elting Corners Rd., Highland, NY 12528

Fee: There is no registration fee for this program.

If you have questions or difficulty accessing the survey, please email Judy Fischetti judyf@senylrc.org or call Southeastern at (845) 883-9065.

Conference Planners: Susan Kraat, SUNY New Paltz (CE Committee Chair); Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Mid-Hudson Library System; Betsy Cawley, Bard College; Wendy Swik, USMA, West Point; and Judy Fischetti, SENYLRC.