Date: Friday, February 28, 2025Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PMPlace: Online at https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/14099287Presenter: Peter KowalskiCost: Free Is your library looking for interesting and educational performers and presenters as you jumpstart your planning for Summer Reading 2025 and Color Our World? This session will provide an overview of the searchable Performers and Programs database. Performers and […]
Date: Tues, February 04, 2025Time: 10:00 AM – 11:40 AM (Freedom of Information Law); 1:00 PM-2:40 PM (Open Meetings Law)Presenter: Kristin O’Neill, Deputy Director and Counsel for the Committee on Open Government Freedom of Information Law Information Session: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 10:00 AM | Registration link Open Meetings Law Information Session: Tuesday, February 4, […]
Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PMPlace: Online at https://midhudson.org/trusteebookclub/ Join Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, co-author of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State, and friends for this fun and informative series! At each session, trustees will take a deeper dive into a topic relevant to their role and responsibilities as a library […]
Date: Friday, January 24, 2025Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AMPlace: Online at https://www.senylrc.org/event/new-laws-in-the-new-year-2025/Cost: Free (select Capital District Library Council as your ESLN Council when registering) A roundup of employment-related laws going into effect in 2025, with a focus on how they will impact libraries and other 3R-member institutions. Written materials: template language to implement them in the library or cultural […]
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PMPlace: Online at https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13852128Cost: Free Don’t miss this webinar to help your library plan programs or events celebrating the bicentennial of the Erie Canal! The Erie Canal is one of the most important transportation routes in American history. When the canal opened in 1825 its effects on New York and the […]
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMPlace: Online at https://tinyurl.com/3923jp32Cost: FreePresenter: Jamie LaRue For some time now, many communities have been grappling with political division and conflict. How can the library be a more positive and unifying influence? Part of the solution is “turning outward”- the shift in librarianship that sees our services as part of a […]
Date: Friday, November 22, 2024Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AMPlace: Online at https://www.senylrc.org/event/directors-officers-insurance-webinar/Cost: Free (select Capital District Library Council as your ESLN Council when registering) Libraries, museums, and other cultural organizations face many of the usual legal risks of conducting business: employment-related claims, defamation and other “personal injury” claims, and claims related to actions taken by corporate officers (both directors […]
Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PMPlace: Online at https://cdlc.libcal.com/event/12866009Cost: Free to CDLC members Libraries are hubs of access, collaboration, and inclusion within communities. As library teams aim to continue to meet the preferences and needs of the communities they serve, pursuing understanding of how to create neurodivergent-affirming spaces and offerings for neurodivergent patrons as well as […]
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AMPlace: Online at https://clrc.org/event/webinar-programming-equation/Cost: Free (select Capital District Library Council as your ESLN Council when registering) Coming up with new adult programs every year can be difficult. In this interactive workshop, we will learn: This session will be recorded and made available to all who register.
Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PMPlace: Online at https://midhudson.org/2024/02/trustee-handbook-book-club-2024-dates/ Join Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, co-author of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State, and friends for this fun and informative series! At each session, trustees will take a deeper dive into a topic relevant to their role and responsibilities as a library […]
