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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Southeastern welcomes people of all abilities to programs. If ASL interpreter services, captioning or audio description are needed, contact Carolyn Bennett Glauda – carolyn@senylrc.org or leave a message in the notes field to request those services when you register. Please register as soon as you know you will be attending. Requesting accommodations as early as possible is critical. Requests made at least one week in advance will help to ensure availability.
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Information Literacy Instruction SIG
Date: Monday, June 15, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: online via Zoom
Facilitator: Lori Mullooly & Jennifer Chess, United States Military Academy Library
Topic: Join us to discuss how academic librarians are teaching information literacy instruction to include the use of generative AI tools. Participants are asked to be familiar with this article for the discussion.
The special interest group (SIG) meeting is open to you to share ideas, network, and re-connect. We will have a conversation between academic, public, and school librarians to talk about issues relating to how library instruction can help students transition and succeed in college. You can view the notes from previous meetings here: https://libguides.senylrc.org/SIGs/Instruction
This event is free for all Southeastern members and affiliate members. (Members of members.) The group will meet via Zoom.
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.