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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: Tuesday, December 10, 2024Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PMPlace: CDLC HeadquartersPresenter: Holly BoucherCost: Free This interactive, in-person workshop will equip library staff with the tools to identify, address, and prevent disrespectful behavior in the workplace. Participants will explore: The program will feature scenarios and examples relevant to library settings. This workshop is IN PERSON […]
