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Free Webinar – Information Literacy : Autism Awareness for Library Workers

Date: Monday, April 28, 2025Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AMPlace: Online at https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_js-XvlukQMukycx2jfmR_w#/registrationPresenters: Temple Grandin, Mychal Threets, Cindy HohlCost: Free In recognition of Autism Awareness Month, ALA invites you to a virtual program to learn how libraries can support coworkers and patrons on the autism spectrum. The program will be a moderated conversation: Panelists: Temple […]

Free Webinar – Sensory Story Time and Sensory Play Programming Foundations

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025Time: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PMPlace: Online at https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/14114927Cost: Free In this webinar we will explore the benefits for all children when they engage in sensory play experiences.  Sensory play and sensory process art experiences boost nerve connections in the brain pathway during optimal early childhood brain development years. Sensory play […]

Free Webinar – Open Ask HR

Date: Friday, April 25, 2025Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AMPlace: Online at https://www.senylrc.org/event/open-ask-hr/Cost: Free (select Capital District Library Council as your ESLN Council when registering) This seminar is a chance to pose your “What ifs” “Whys” and “Howabouts” for employment practices in the future. Stephanie “Cole” Adams will answer your questions about HR-related issues in this session designed by you! […]

Free Webinar – Strategic Planning Insights : Effective Approaches and Common Trends

Date: Tuesday, April 08, 2025Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PMPlace: Online at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l6BMN19yREC63DV2bbIpmg#/registrationCost: Free Join Fast Forward Libraries for a free hour-long webinar on strategic planning insights and trends. Join us for an hour-long webinar on effective approaches in strategic planning, common priorities, and emerging trends. Amanda Standerfer, Laura Huddleston, and Kirstin Gebhart from Fast Forward Libraries will explore how libraries are […]

Workshop – Transforming Teen Services

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PMPlace: Mid York Library SystemCost: Free (travel costs are the responsibility of the attendee)Presenters: Stephanie Markham and Kenneth Roman, NY State T3 Team Do you want to increase teen engagement at your library and enhance services to teens in your community?  The NY State Library is […]

Free Webinar – AI On the (GLAM) Job

Date: Friday, March 28, 2025Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AMPlace: Online at https://www.senylrc.org/event/ai-on-the-glam-job/Cost: Free (select Capital District Library Council as your ESLN Council when registering) A review of how the law impacts use of AI at work in libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions. Written material: guidance and template language for Personnel Manuals and policies (both for using, and for […]

Grant Opportunity – Kids Need to Read

Kids Need to Read provides books, periodicals, and literacy resources to schools, libraries, and other organizations that administer literacy programs to disadvantaged children and adolescents. A school, library, or organization receiving books from Kids Need to Read must be a governmental agency or 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization located in the United States or its territories. […]

Free Webinar – Innovations in Employee Benefits

Date: Friday, February 28, 2025Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AMPlace: Online at https://www.senylrc.org/event/innovations-in-employee-benefits/Cost: Free (select Capital District Library Council as your ESLN Council when registering) Exploring unconventional benefits that libraries, museums, and other cultural organizations can offer to recruit, retain, and inspire employees. Written material: legal guidance and sample language for implementing creative benefits. This is the second event in […]

Free Webinar – Disaster Preparedness Basics : People, Policies, Practices and Procedures

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PMPlace: Online at https://clrc.org/event/webinar-disaster-preparedness/Cost: Free (select Capital District Library Council as your ESLN Council when registering) In July, 2024, Rome, NY was hit by an EF2 tornado that went through the city’s center coming within a block of the library. (MVLS has had our share of natural and manmade disasters over […]