Yearly Archives: 2015

FREE Statewide Access to Five Nationally Known ILEAD Keynoters March 24-26

State Library Offers FREE Statewide Access to Five Nationally Known ILEAD Keynoters March 24-26

The New York State Library, New York Library Association and the Mid-York Library System are pleased to invite library staff across the State to view the following five ILEAD USA keynote addresses, which will be delivered March 24-26.  The keynote addresses will be live streamed by the University of Illinois Springfield.  All New York State library staff are invited to participate.

The web streaming link & more information can be found here: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/ilead/session1.htm

Session Information:

Tuesday March 24, 11:30AM: Everything You Learned in Library School is Wrong

David Lankes, Syracuse University, School of Information Studies, Syracuse, New York.  Professor and Dean’s Scholar on New Librarianship
This keynote will focus on how librarians are radical positive change agents that make communities better.

Tuesday March 24, 3:30PM: Inspired Outreach Inspired

John Emerson, an activist, graphic designer, writer, and programmer based in New York City creator of  http://backspace.com/notes

How do you engage the hearts and minds of your audience? Connect and empower with outreach that makes people say “Aha!” and “Let’s do it!”

Wednesday, March 25, 11:00AM: FLATLAND:  A Statistical Romance of Many Dimensions.

 Eli Neiburger, Associate Director, IT and Production, Ann Arbor District

In which our Hero, A. Librarian, must search for scalars amidst an increasingly flat landscape, with which to earn the favor of capricious higher-dimensional beings, before her entire world collapses to a single ultradense font of information, only to find that the only dimension that truly matters is        LOVE.

Wednesday, March 25, 3:30PM: “Perspectives and Advice on Accessibility and Universal Design”

Sina Bahram, an accessibility consultant, researcher, and entrepreneur

Join Sina Bahram as he walks through the concepts of accessibility and universal design, core principles fundamental to understanding how to be relevant in the 21st century. Through exploring a narrative about technology, access to information and the physical world, Sina will both motivate and show how to augment content, interactions and thinking to become more inclusive.

Thursday, March 26, 11:00AM: “Nothing Is Different But Everything Has Changed: Observations and Insights From 10 Years on the Road.”

 David Bendekovic, President, The B. A. David Company, Syracuse, New York 

Your ability to reach your goals has as much to do with how you choose to see the world as it does with your level of education and intelligence.  This keynote will give you the keys to thinking in a more powerful way about yourself, the people around you, and the work you want to get done. What You Do Makes A Difference. You Just Have To Figure Out What Kind Of Difference You Want To Make.

 

The New York State Library, in partnership with the Illinois State Library, the New York Library Association and the Mid-York Library System, is participating in the multi-state nationwide 2015 ILEAD USA (Innovative Librarians Explore, Apply and Discover) program designed to increase the leadership, collaboration and technology skills of library and library system staff from all types of institutions.

ILEAD USA participants work in teams during three sets of onsite multi-day collaboration/learning sessions, supported by mentors and instructors, to address an identified statewide or local community need and develop a product, which is shared via the web.

During the onsite multi-day sessions, ILEAD USA participants will experience, through web streaming, keynote addresses delivered by national leaders both in and related to the library field.

NYS Historic Newspapers Presentation

On Monday, March 30th, 2015 from 1:00 PM until 3:30 PM at the CDLC Offices at 28 Essex Street in Albany, there will be a New York State Historic Newspapers Presentation by Eric Alan, Regional Services Librarian at Northern New York Library Network.

New York State Historic Newspapers is a fantastic resource for all types of libraries. It provides free indexed access to selected historical newspapers from across New York State.  Currently, the site holds over 200 newspapers, with millions of searchable pages!

This event is free and open to all members of CDLC institutions.  Registration is required by Friday, March 27th.  Register Here

During this presentation, you’ll learn the history behind the website and become familiar with basic and advanced search strategies, including personal name search methods.  We will also discuss the criteria needed to get your library’s newspapers included in the project, including the possibility of receiving some funding through CDLC to get you started.
Although it is not required, it is recommend that participants bring a laptop or tablet to follow along.  Due to a limited number of seats, if you register and are unable to attend, please contact Susan D’Entremont at susan@cdlc.org

Library Program of the Year Nominations due March 27th

Nominations for the Library Program of the Year Awards are due on March 27th.  A program may be nominated by the library, by a community member, or by a Trustee.  The winners will be honored at the SALS 57th Annual meeting on May 18th, 2015.  Two awards will be given.  One program per library will be considered.  The SALS Library Services Committee is responsible for the selection of the award recipients.
Eligibility Requirements:

  • Program must have been initiated during the 2014 calendar year.
  • Any program—adult, outreach, young adult, children, community services or public relations is eligible.
  • Selection is based on programs that have demonstrated creativity and innovation, demonstrated community partnerships, enhanced services to the community, or reached a previously unserved constituency.
  • Program must have pursued excellence in library services and sought to have the library make a difference in the community.

The program being nominated should be described on library letterhead and accompanied by any supporting materials.  Nominations by e-mail or fax will not be accepted.  The nomination must be received at SALS on March 27th before 4:30 PM, Attention: Sara Dallas.

Last year’s winners included:  Stony Creek Free Library for their Joe McChesney Showcase and Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library for their program The Holocaust Revisited: A Retrospective Review.
This year’s winners will be announced at the April 21st, 2015 SALS Board Meeting.  Awards consist of a framed certificate honoring the library’s achievements and a financial award to the library.  In the event that a representative from an award-winning library is not present at the Annual Meeting, the certificate will be given to the library’s Board President for presentation at the library’s next Board Meeting.