Upcoming Professional Development, SIGs, and Events

This series of six 90-minute panel discussions will feature academic library leaders from across New York State discussing various topics relevant to new and emerging leaders. Panelists represent a wide variety of academic institutions and provide a diverse set of experiences. As part of each session, participants will have opportunities to network with other new and emerging leaders through breakout rooms and small group discussions in addition to the larger panel discussion. These sessions will not be recorded.

Join us for the first event in this new series, exploring Personal Development! This discussion will focus on the ways in which leaders model and continuously develop their values and skills.

Topics discussed may include:

• Personal values and modeling those values through library work
• Harnessing personal strengths for impact and success
• Prioritizing continuous development and new skill acquisition despite busy schedules
• Self-care as a leader

Panelists: Geralynn Demarest (Columbia Greene Community College); Frances Maloy (Union College); Bonnie Swoger (SUNY Brockport)
Facilitator: Kristine Kasbohm (Canisius University)

Free to Southeastern & ESLN Members. This event will be held on Zoom Meeting; registration is required.

All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours of CE credit.

Live transcription will be available. We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, please contact ESLN at least five business days ahead of this program.

This month’s topic: Resources available from the New York State Library

Join us for the next Resource Sharing SIG, in-person at Southeastern’s office! We will be joined by Emily Wager and Danielle Rosenberg from New York State Library’s Inter-library Loan Department. They will be providing a short presentation on the resources that are available through ILL at the State Library.

This SIG provides a friendly space for resource sharing professionals to meet, discuss workflows, and share resources. The Resource Sharing Special Interest Group (SIG) meets to discuss issues of Interlibrary Loan, delivery, union catalogs, and other related topics. The members of the group are a mix of full-time and part-time, degreed and non-degreed librarians, and come from all library types. Registration for this event is free and open to all.

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Speaker Bios:

Emily Wager is the Associate Librarian of Acquisitions/Interlibrary Loan-Document Delivery Unit at the New York State Regent Joseph E. Bowman Jr. Research Library located in Albany, NY. As a library worker since 2010 Emily has always been involved in some aspect of resource sharing. Prior to the NYS Library she worked at Capital District Library Council (CDLC) and Empire Library Delivery (ELD). Being a part of the resource sharing community and seeing it evolve is part of what has kept Emily going.

Danielle Rosenberg is the Librarian 1 for Interlibrary Loan-Document Delivery Unit with the New York State Regent Joseph E. Bowman Jr. Research Library. Danielle started her career at the Sage colleges where she processed ILL borrowing requests. From there she worked with NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Danielle returned to the ILL world with St. Peter’s Hospital Library and then moved on to the State Library. Danielle enjoys ILL and providing access to materials that people didn’t otherwise have.

NYSED Conservation and Preservation Discretionary Grant Writing Workshop

A grant writing application workshop will be conducted by the New York State Education Department, New York State Library, Division of Library Development, Conservation/ Preservation Discretionary Grant Program to inform prospective applicants of available grants and aid them in preparing for 2024/2025 applications.

The purpose of the New York State Discretionary Grant Program is to encourage the proper care and accessibility of research materials in the State, to promote the use and development of guidelines and standards for conservation/ preservation practices, and to support the growth of local and cooperative preservation programs.

The Discretionary Grant Program provides modest financial support for projects that contribute to the preservation of significant research materials in libraries, archives, historical societies and other agencies within the State of New York, whether by conducting surveys, improving collections storage environments, reformatting or treating collections or other preservation activities described in the guidelines.

The workshop will include a review of the general guidelines and a step-by-step review of the instructions for preparing a Discretionary Grant application. Included will be a description of the types of activities and projects that will be able to be funded through the program. Considerable time will be allowed for questions, and representative examples of successful (and unsuccessful) applications from previous years will be discussed. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to successfully write a grant application that meets program requirements.

Who Should Attend: Librarians, archivists, curators, and volunteers working in these types of organizations interested in applying for a Discretionary Grant are encouraged to attend the program.

This workshop is of no cost to all participants. However, registration is required online. The event will be recorded and posted online.

The DigPres SIG will focus on strategies, activities and technologies relating to preserving digital content for the long-term. This meeting’s topic: Fixity and Checksums. Description: After an introduction to the topic, Kim Gianfrancesco (Vassar College Digital Preservation Librarian) will provide a demo of Quick Hash GUI, the free tool she uses to incorporate fixity checking into her digital preservation workflow.

This series of six 90-minute panel discussions will feature academic library leaders from across New York State discussing various topics relevant to new and emerging leaders. Panelists represent a wide variety of academic institutions and provide a diverse set of experiences. As part of each session, participants will have opportunities to network with other new and emerging leaders through breakout rooms and small group discussions in addition to the larger panel discussion. These sessions will not be recorded.

Join us for the second event in this new series, exploring Effective Communication! This discussion will focus on ways to effectively communicate with your campus to promote and advocate for the library. 

Topics discussed may include:

• How to communicate library values, goals, and objectives to the campus community
• Strategies to navigate institutional politics
• How to promote the library on campus
• How to effectively demonstrate the relevance of the library to administrators, faculty, and other influential groups

Panelists: Lisa Hoff (Onondaga Community College); Marta Brunner, (Skidmore College); Katy O’Neill (Loyola Notre Dame Library)
Facilitator: Bonnie Swoger (SUNY Brockport)

Free to RRLC & ESLN Members. This event will be held on Zoom Meeting; registration is required.

All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours of CE credit.

Live transcription will be available. We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, please contact ESLN at least five business days ahead of this program.

Date: Monday, October 28, 2024*
Time: 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Facilitator: Crystal Middleton, Elting Memorial Library
Location: Southeastern NY Library Resources Council

This month we will be following up on “From DEI to IDEA: where have we been and where are we going (in libraries).” We will continue the conversation from the most recent meeting and hear from you about what kind of leadership training you want and need.

This group is for library workers of all library types who handle administrative tasks and are becoming leaders in the field. If you aspire to or are currently working as, a: director, assistant director, manager, program manager, trustee, or serve in a leadership role within a professional organization, this meeting is for you! Topics we will cover in this meeting may include:

• Supervising other staff, volunteers, and/or interns
• Introducing and running programs and services at the library
• Onboarding new employees
• Getting professional development for management skills
• Doing advocacy work on behalf of the library
• Creating and maintaining a budget
• Work/life balance in the light of growing work responsibilities
• Networking with other library workers who may become future colleagues
• Staying committed to social justice issues
• Working within union structures
• Influencing the culture of the library from within
• Deciding when and if to apply for different positions

The nature of the conversation will be based on the interests of the people who attend and may change from meeting to meeting. You can view the notes from previous meetings here.

*The meeting was originally scheduled for 10/25, and it was changed because of a conflict with that date.

Date: Tuesday, November 12
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: online
Facilitators: Brittany Costa, Marist College

The 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 to college. You can view the notes from the previous meeting 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.

Thursday, November 14, 2024
Time: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Location: Online via Zoom
Facilitators: Tracy Dunstan & Morgan Strand, Nyack Library

Topic for this meeting: EDI Support Resources for Library Workers. The Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion SIG meets to discuss anti-racism and actions that library workers can take in order to create a more just library environment for all.

(Note: the meeting was moved from the original 11/7/24 date so it would not conflict with the NYLA conference.)

You are invited to join us for our second Fall Poster Presentation Session/apple cider donut taste test!

The deadline to sign up for posters is Wednesday, November 6 at noon! (registration for attendees will remain open.)

About the event: We are looking for posters about your library or project and would like presenters to spend time meeting and showing off your work to colleagues. If you have a poster you’d like to re-purpose or something in the works that you want to share in progress, this is the place. We will provide the space for you to set up your presentation and see the others. We will also provide the donuts, cider, apples, and probably some protein to balance it all out.

A little history: a few years ago, the Southeastern staff each brought our favorite local apple cider donuts to a fall staff meeting for a taste test. They were delicious! We wanted to do it again! But there were way too many donuts for just the 8 of us. We understand that you can’t drop everything and come to Highland just for donuts. We’ve also heard from you that you love events like SENYCon where you can share your great ideas, network, and get some low-key practice for future presentations or do a victory lap from presentations of the past. So why not make a combo event? Hence, the return of the apple cider donut taste test/fall poster session!

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!