Southeastern NY, Library Resources Council, offers ongoing professional development opportunities. These come in the form of in-person classes, workshops, lectures, and webinars. These classes help to enrich our members’ professional experience and can be used to fulfill some requirements needed to maintain public librarian certificates.
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Reference / Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion SIG
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2026
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: online via Zoom
Facilitators: Maggie Leung, Dominican University, and Carida Ridoré, Valley Cottage Library
Topic: “The Myth of Professionalism”
This month, the Reference SIG will follow up their discussion from last time and delve into the topic of what it means to be a “professional” in the library workplace. We will talk about both spoken and unspoken practices that could be the cause unforeseen problems for you or your colleagues. With that in mind, we’re joining forces with the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion SIG for this special crossover event!
Much of our conversation will be based on Chapter 6 of the book A Library Worker’s Guide to Saying No to White Supremacy Work Culture by Christina Fuller-Gregory. The readings will be sent to participants in advance of the meeting.
The Reference Special Interest Group is open to library workers who provide reference services or want to learn more about it. The group is not limited by library type and comprises academic, special, public, school, and hospital library staff. You do not need to be a degree-holding librarian to attend. The facilitator will bring an agenda, and attendees are welcome to share their thoughts, ideas, experiences, and questions.
This webinar will provide basic training on all aspects of the SEAL resource sharing system, managed by Southeastern NY Library Resources Council. SEAL connects libraries of all types in our region and allows them to easily share books, DVDs, and other resources. Topics covered in the training include:
- Creating and managing your SEAL Account
- Simple and advanced searching in the catalog
- Placing and managing ILL requests
- Lending items
- Generating ILL statistics
- Using the SEAL directory
- Additional training resources
Best Practices for Inter-Library Loan Webinar
What should I do if an item my library borrowed was damaged?
How do I charge a library for a lost book?
Is an item’s due date when it needs to be back to the borrowing library or the lending library?
Sometimes during inter-library loan tricky questions like the ones above can come up. Fortunately, Southeastern maintains a regional inter-library loan code and set of procedures that provide guidance on common ILL questions. This webinar will take a deeper look at these documents and share some best practices for ILL. Topics for this webinar include:
- An introduction to the code and procedures
- Creating borrowing and lending policies
- Dealing with lost and damaged items
- Due dates and renewals
- Billing
- Delivery Best Practices
- Resources for ILL practitioners
Note: this webinar is open to anyone who is interested. You do not need to have a SEAL account to attend.
Exploring the SEAL Catalog Webinar
Have you ever wondered how the SEAL catalog works? This upcoming webinar will provide a deep dive into the catalog, addressing everything you ever wanted to know (and more!). Topics covered include:
- How the catalog works (a brief look at Z39.50)
- How the catalog compiles and sorts records
- Methods for simple and advanced searching (Boolean operators, browsing for foreign language titles, and much more!)
- Trouble-shooting common issues
- The SEAL catalog as both a regional discovery tool and ILL platform