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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Love Your Data Four Part Series
Dates: September 16, October 14, November 18, December 16 Time: 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Location: online via Zoom Facilitators: Jen Palmentiero, Southeastern; Palash Bosgang, Bard College; Kim Gianfrancesco, Vassar College
Do you have digital photos, videos, or files stored on your computers, hard drives, or in the cloud? Let’s talk about how to care for valuable digital assets in this 4-part series, where we will explore and explain the tools and good practices to help organize, care for, and preserve digital files for the long-term.
Participants will learn how to identify, organize, package, store, and evaluate digital materials using approachable tools and preservation frameworks. Each session combines conceptual grounding with applied activities participants can immediately use in their own work. Optional “Open office hours” in between sessions will be available for participants to ask questions and get support for their specific needs.Session 1: Know Your Data September 16, 1:30-3:00pm Optional office hours: September 30, 2:00-3:00pm Core question: What digital materials do I have and what risks do they face? Let’s work together to identify our landscape: file types, sizes and storage locations. This is the first step in preserving our data and will form the foundation for next steps. We will:
- Identify file formats and preservation concerns
- Map where digital assets are currently stored
- Begin drafting an inventory with at least one digital collection
Session 2: Package Your Data October 14, 1:30-3:00pm Optional office hours: October 28, 2:00-3:00pm Core question: How can I prepare digital materials for safe transfer and long term preservation? Packaging your data allows you to safely store your assets, move your assets and verify your files haven’t changed over time. We will:
- Discuss what a package is and why packaging matters
- Introduce fixity/checksums
- Create a package using common (and free!) tools
Session 3: Store Your Data November 18, 1:30-3:00pm Optional office hours: December 2, 2:00-3:00pm Core question: How do we store digital materials responsibly over time? Storing your data packages in multiple environments helps secure assets. We will:
- Compare storage environments and preservation risks
- Discuss redundancy and geographic distribution
- Discuss why copies alone are not enough without monitoring and organizaiton
- Learn how fixity checking supports long-term integrity
Session 4: Manage Your Data December 16, 1:30-3:00pm Optional office hours: January 6, 2:00-3:00pm Core question: How do we assess and improve our preservation practices over time? Now that you have done some work, we’ll look at the National Digital Stewardship Alliance’s Levels of Preservation to set a benchmark and plan for the future management of your digital assets. We will:
- Introduce and explore The Levels of Digital Preservation
- Use The Levels to assess current practice
- Identify realistic next steps for growth
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
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Vassar College Library
Trainer: Tracy Wright-Mauer, Vassar College
Registration for this event is limited to 15 individuals, and only one registration per organization. Preference will be given to Governing and HRVH members of Southeastern.
Visit the conservation workshop at Vassar College for a demonstration on how to cover materials and the main techniques for text block repair, hinge repair, and two methods of spine replacement on mostly cloth-covered books, with opportunities to practice on Vassar books.
If time allows, we will also cover creating a four-flap enclosure for books that are difficult to repair.
Please bring one item from your collection that you would like to work on.
This event is free for all Southeastern members and affiliate members.
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Location: online via Zoom
Facilitator: Jordan Evans-Boyajian-Torres, Stevenson Library at Bard College
The Collections Development group will meet to discuss matters related to acquisition. This is the place to bring your questions and stories about topics such as: diversifying your collection, making choices on a small budget, and leveraging our resources to serve our communities.
This meeting will be the first meeting of the group since 2023, and we welcome library workers from all library types to join us and re-start the collection development conversation.
Fall Poster Session
You are invited to join us for our fourth annual Fall Poster Presentation Session/apple cider donut taste test!
- The deadline to sign up for posters is Friday, October 16 at 12:00 pm.
Submit your proposal and register here
About the event: This open house at Southeastern allows all members and affiliate members to share ideas and enjoy fall treats. All attendees will have the opportunity to interact and network with the presenters and other library workers. The event runs from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, with a dedicated time around 1:30 pm reserved for presenters to discuss their posters.
We will also be featuring some of our favorite apple cider donuts from farms around the region, along with other fall favorites. All are welcome, and we ask that you RSVP using the link below so we know how many donuts to put out!
If you’re new to giving a poster presentation, look what we have for you: An entire LibGuide dedicated to the how-to’s of great posters. We encourage first-time presenters to join us, so this is the place if you are a supervisor or manager who would like to give your staff experience. Please pass along the registration information to anyone who might be interested.
If this is not the year for you to present a poster, you are encouraged to come as a guest. We look forward to having you here at the office!
Information Literacy Instruction SIG
Date: Friday, November 13, 2026
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: online via Zoom
Facilitator: Rich Kovarovic, Ritz Library, Dutchess Community College