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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Banned Books Symposium
Proactive, Reactive, and Supportive
Saturday, May 16
8:30 am – 1:00 pm
Dutchess BOCES Conference Center, 5 Boces Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Cost: $30, includes breakfast & lunch
This half-day conference will feature presentations from various perspectives on programs and books that have been challenged. This Symposium is in partnership with Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, Ramapo Catskill Library System, Mid-Hudson Library System, Mount Saint Mary College, SUNY New Paltz and BOCES School Library Systems of Dutchess and Ulster.
The schedule for the day is as follows:
8:30 am Registration opens
9:00 am Welcome Remarks
9:15 – 10:05 am Session 1 (choose one)
10:05 – 10:20 am Break
10:20 – 11:10 am Session 2 (choose one)
11:10 -11:45 am Lunch
11:45 am – 1:00 pm Keynote
2026 Annual Meeting
Date: Friday, June 5, 2026
Time: 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
Location: The Cornell Boathouse at Marist University
Cost: In-person registration: $35 (Free livestream also available)
Topic: Storytelling for effective, emotive, and connected communication
The meeting program includes a membership meeting, an update on yearly activities, a catered breakfast, and a keynote delivered by Ana Stern of The Moth. The event will conclude with a presentation from Ann Sandri of Marist University.
This keynote from The Moth will outline the main framework of Moth-style storytelling. This engaging and interactive experience will allow attendees to see themselves as advocates for their libraries and introduce practical storytelling principles to support more effective, emotive and connected communication to constituents, stakeholders, and more.
Ann Sandri will present on the research conducted for the Marist University Archives collection and on a book co-written by Elizabeth Clarke, The Poughkeepsie Regatta 1891-1950. The book chronicles the establishment of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association, its Regatta, and its connection to the local community. An annual tradition held on the Hudson River where major university crews vied for supremacy, including the University of Washington’s “Boys in the Boat.” Crowds of spectators numbered in the thousands with over a 100,000 attending at its height in the1930s. Local businesses and organizations were involved in preparing for the event and treated Regatta Day as if it were a national holiday. The presentation will feature images of the races, crews, spectators, local establishments that served as crew quarters, and more. The importance of their research and subsequent book was that it is the first of it’s kind to take an in-depth look at the history of this sporting event’s over 50-year tenure on the Hudson River.
Ana Stern Bio:
Ana is born and raised New Yorker and has lived in 4 of 5 boroughs! She has a bachelor’s in Elementary Education and a Masters in Public Administration from New York University. For almost 20 years she has worked with programs within the US and internationally that advocate for and with young people. She strongly believes that their voices, opinions, and stories need to be amplified for the world. The current chapter of Ana’s story features reading with one of her three purring cats on her lap, watching the Knicks, and hanging out with her fiancé and two-year-old daughter.
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.
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.