CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE
Introduction to WordPress Friday, January 22nd Farmingdale Public Library 10AM-12:30PM Intermediate WordPress Friday, January 22nd Farmingdale Public Library 1:30PM-4PM Principles and Practices of Archival Processing for the Non-Archivist: Part I Wednesday, January 27th Harborfields Public Library 9AM-1PM Easy Gaming with Kahoot! Friday, February 12th Farmingdale State College, Greenley Library 10AM-12:30PM Emotional Intelligence for Effective Leadership Friday, February 26th Farmingdale Public Library 10AM-12PM
Ringing in the New Year has much significant meaning for us this year, as it marks the "golden anniversary" of the Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC), as we look ahead to celebrating 50 years of the organization on April 14, 2016. A lot has changed in the world since our establishment in April of 1966. Our mission of promoting, developing and enhancing resourcing sharing, conducting continuing professional development programs, and engaging in other cooperative activities for the benefit of the diverse libraries in Nassau and Suffolk Counties has remained a constant, but our ability to adapt and respond in a dynamic environment has ensured our continued success in leading the way toward a stronger, more vital library community. Please join us as we celebrate our first 50 years and look ahead to the future. In looking ahead, we're also honoring leaders in the library community that have helped to pave the way to success. Find out who our guest speaker is, honorees and much more about the event on Page 3.
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Looking Back LILRC 24th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future
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Welcome to the first issue of the digital LILRC Newsletter. You'll notice it has received a complete face-lift, but the focus is still on communicating with the library community about topics of interest, important happenings, and much more. If you would like to be added to the email mailing list, please sign up online at: http://eepurl.com/bMgRVn. Let us know what you think! Send your comments to crivera@lilrc.org.
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News from the Long Island Library Resources Council
Volume 34 Number 1
January/February 2016
$319 for the 3-day event (regular rate is $549). That’s a $230 savings! $599 (regularly $749) on the Library Leaders Summit (includes all three days of CIL) $109 (regularly $209) on the Internet@Schools Track. No discount rates are available for pre-conference and post-conference seminars and workshops. For additional information on Computers in Libraries 2016, including travel and hotel information, please visit: http://computersinlibraries.infotoday.com/2016. The conference Advance Program can be viewed online at: http://conferences.infotoday.com/documents/220/CIL2016-Advance-Program.pdf. HOW TO REGISTER: This year it’s even easier to register! Simply register online using the following URL: https://secure.infotoday.com/RegForms/ComputersInLibraries/?Priority=LILRC15. No promo code is needed. For further assistance, please contact the LILRC Office by phone at (631) 675-1570 ext. 205.
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LILRC Welcomes New Directors & Assistant Directors: Lisa Caputo, Director, Long Beach Public Library Lisa Kropp, Assistant Director, Lindenhurst Memorial Library Dr. Lambert Shell, Director, Roosevelt Public Library LILRC Wishes a Happy Retirement to: Barbara Elish, Medical Library Director, Winthrop-University Hospital Barbara Kessler, Director of the Jericho Public Library, who retired on November 27, 2015, after working at the library for 27 years; the last eight serving as Director. LILRC Congratulates: Debbie De Louise, Reference Librarian at the Hicksville Public Library who's romantic suspense novel, A Stone’s Throw, was recently released by Limitless Publishing.
LILRC is proud to announce that we have once again arranged with Information Today, Inc., to offer a reduced rate for the Computers in Libraries conference, to be held on March 8-10, 2016 at the Hilton Washington in Washington, DC. By registering through LILRC, you are eligible for the special following rates:
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Apologies to Assemblyman Steve Englebright (pictured above), who was mistakenly not named as a participant in the Suffolk County 29th Annual Legislative Breakfast, which took place on Friday, September 18, 2015 at the Comsewogue Public Library.
People and Places
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John J. Flanagan New York State Senator Gerald D. Nichols Director, Palmer Institute for Public Library Organization and Management Joseph Price Joseph Price Agency Inc.
Are you ready to celebrate with LILRC? If so, then be sure to mark your calendar for Thursday, April 14, 2016. The LILRC 50th Anniversary Gala will take place at Carlyle on the Green at Bethpage State Park, starting at 6pm. Our guest speaker for the event will be Lawrence Levy, Executive Dean, National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University. During his 35 years as a reporter, editorial writer, columnist and PBS talk show host, Lawrence Levy won many of journalism’s top awards, including Pulitzer Finalist, for in-depth works on suburban politics, education, taxation, housing and other key issues. As a journalist, he was known for his blending of national trends and local perspectives and has covered six presidential campaigns. In his leadership role at the NCSS, he has worked with Academic Director Christopher Niedt to give it a truly national profile. He works closely with Hofstra’s strong academic community to shape an innovative agenda for suburban study, including a new Sustainability Studies degree, forge alliances with other institutions, not-for-profit groups and government agencies and promote the study of the suburbs nationwide. Levy has been a guest contributor to CNN.com, the New York Times.com, covering the 2008 presidential campaign from a suburban perspective. He also writes a regular column on politics for the Albany Times Union, and appears regularly on local and national television. Following what promises to be an engaging and enlightening keynote, LILRC will be awarding the following honorees for their contributions to the library community: There is sure to be more in store for this event! Please look for additional details and registration information on the LILRC website coming soon.
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January/February 2016 | NEWSLETTER
LILRC IS TURNING 50
New York State Senator John J. Flanagan
HE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS RESEARCHING KEYWORDS, WRITING TAGS & COPY, TESTING URL STRATEGIES AND BUILDING INTERNET MARKETING SKILLS.
LOOKING BACK LILRC 24TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LIBRARIES AND THE FUTURE
Pictured Above: Thursday night keynote speaker Andrew Hazen, CEO of LaunchPad.
Hard to believe the LILRC 24th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future is now two months behind us! This was one of LILRC’s largest conferences yet, featuring four guest speakers with over 170 participants attending the Thursday evening and full-day Friday event in Bethpage, New York at Carlyle on the Green, Bethpage State Park. This year’s conference theme, Changing Spaces, Changing Faces: Design Thinking, Demographics and Diversity brought together and showcased speakers with a passion for sharing knowledge, expertise, and entrepreneurial ideas. That’s what you missed (plus more) if you weren’t there, but we’re here to share some highlights from the event with you! First up: Andrew Hazen, CEO of LaunchPad. Andrew is a successful entrepreneur with 20+ years’ experience in Domain Name Investing & Development, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Paid Search (PPC), eMail Marketing, Social Media Marketing and Custom Bobbleheads (yes, bobbleheads!). Andrew, who’s no stranger to libraries, opened with a story about how he spent his college years optimizing websites while attending law school in Michigan. He spent countless hours researching keywords, writing tags & copy, testing URL strategies and building internet marketing skills. Fast forward to today, and Andrew is currently the Founder & CEO of Angel Dough Ventures, the Co-Founder of LaunchPad Long Island, a 12k sq. foot business accelerator and co-working community, and the Founder of LI Startups, an organization that educates and provides mentors who have successful experience founding, growing and selling their companies. Some food for thought offered was how can libraries provide resources for our communities of future entrepreneurs, inventors, and business owners? Andrew pointed out a fundamental need of entrepreneurs and that is a work environment that is quiet but also allows for collaboration. Libraries have valuable facilities, with access to computers, the internet, meeting spaces and much more; not to mention our valuable resources and knowledgeable staff. He reflected on the many factors libraries have in their favor; the question to answer is: how do you market them?
Changing Spaces, Changing Faces: Design Thinking, Demographics and Diversity
The Conference resumed on Friday with our remaining speakers covering the topics of diversity, demographics and design thinking. Courtney L. Young, Head Librarian & Professor of Women’s Studies at Penn State Greater Allegheny and President 2014-2015, American Library Association began the day's event with her presentation, "Advocacy, Diversity and Leadership: How Libraries Empower Communities." Courtney passionately addressed the issues surrounding diversity and shared ideas about how libraries can and must play an important advocacy role in their communities with diversity. Looking outside of libraries, our second speaker of the day Nathalia Rogers, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the American Communities Institute at Dowling College shared her expertise and research for the past 20 years on the dynamics of the relationship between politics and markets in both emerging and advanced economies. Dr. Rogers addressed demographics in her presentation, "How to Keep Them Coming and Keep Them Happy: Four Generations of Library Users in the Suburbs," and explored the many types of library users out there; from our senior population to millennials. Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple University concluded the conference with his presentation, "Turn It Into a Design Challenge: Design Think Your Way to a Better Library." In his talk, Steven addressed the unprecedented challenges that librarians are facing as they confront a rapidly changing environment with constrained resources. Steven led attendees through interactive activities to demonstrate and provide a better understanding of what design thinking is and how it can be applied by librarians to tackle some of our toughest challenges. Whether you missed out on the conference or just want to experience it again, LILRC will be lending DVDs of the conference soon. Additional information will be posted to the LILRC website.
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January/February 2016 | LILRC NEWSLETTER
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Courtney L. Young
SBRnet: Sports Business Research Network
Nathalia Rogers
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 24th ANNUAL CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Is your Twitter account unmanageable? If so, the Social Media Examiner has 6 quick and easy steps to cleaning up your account: #1: Unfollow Inactive Accounts #2: Unfollow Irrelevant Accounts #3: Organize with Twitter Lists #4: Spruce Up Your Profile #5: Pin a Tweet #6: Delete Off-topic Tweets These quick and easy steps are sure to get your Twitter account in top shape for the new year! Source: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/6-tips-to-clean-up-your-twitter-account/
Steven J. Bell
Quick Tech Tips: 6 Tips to Clean Up Your Twitter Account
LILRC continues to offer a subscription to the unique online sport industry market research database, the Sports Business Research Network (SBRnet). SBRnet is the most comprehensive database in existence for sports business, providing coverage of sporting goods, sports e-commerce, sport marketing, sport sponsorship, sport facilities, sport broadcasting and new media provides online sport industry market research. Only SBRnet provides nationwide analysis of statistical trends in each major segment of the sports market and the extent to which they interrelate. For subscription information, please contact LILRC Assistant Director Min Liu at minliu@lilrc.org.
H. W. Wilson Foundation, Nassau County Library Association, Baldessari & Coster LLP, Palmer School, Emerald Island Supply Company, Hometown Insurance Agency, Inc., Island Industrial Boilers, National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, St. John’s University, and the Suffolk County Library Association.
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Looking to Hire? Take Advantage of Jobline Libraries are reminded to list professional and support staff job openings on Jobline. Webpage postings are retained for two weeks at no charge. Instructions for submitting a Jobline posting are available online at: http://www.lilrc.org/jobline/jobline-service. Those seeking positions in Long Island libraries are reminded to check Jobline online at: http://www.lilrc.org/jobline.
Easy Gaming with Kahoot! Upcoming Hands-On Training Session
Advocacy Corner: Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), Congressman Tom Marino (PA-10) and Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (VA-10) have introduced a bill (H.R. 4241), known as the Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act or the CODE Act, which is aimed at modernizing the US Copyright Office. The key points of the bill are: -Housing the Copyright Office in the Legislative Branch. -Requiring ongoing technology studies to ensure the office remains current with technology to be more user friendly which includes improving upon the searchable database. -The establishment of an advisory board representing a variety of interests and views tasked with providing the Office with candid feedback on the office current field of copyright to ensure neutrality and objectivity. -Technical provisions to ensure a more seamless transition away from the Library of Congress. The text of the Code Act can be read online at: https://www.congress.gov/bill/ 114th-congress/house-bill/4241/text.
Want a fun and easy way to inject more interactivity into your library programs or information literacy classes? Try Kahoot!, a game-based audience response system. In this session, participants will have the opportunity to play, create, and test their own Kahoot! games. Join LILRC on Friday, February 12, 2016 at Farmingdale State College, Greenley Libary from 10:00 am - 12:30 pm for the session. Space is limited to 20 participants, so be sure to register early! Presented by: Danielle S. Apfelbaum Danielle S. Apfelbaum is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, New York where she recently received the Presidential Engagement Award for Student Engagement by Professional Staff for her use of technology in her one-shot information literacy sessions. For registration information visit the LILRC Training & Events Calendar online at: http://www.lilrc.org/event/1603.
TITLE: A Stone’s Throw AUTHOR: Debbie De Louise PUBLISHER: Limitless Publishing PUBLISHED: November 17, 2015 SYNOPSIS: Widowed librarian Alicia Fairmont needs answers… After her husband is killed in a hit and run accident, Alicia travels upstate to his hometown of Cobble Cove, New York, hoping to locate his estranged family and shed light on his mysterious past. Anticipating staying only a weekend, her visit is extended when she accepts a job at the town’s library. Secrets stretch decades into the past… Assisted by handsome newspaper publisher and aspiring novelist, John McKinney, Alicia discovers a connection between her absent in-laws and a secret John’s father has kept for over sixty years. But her investigation is interrupted when she receives word her house has burned and arson is suspected, sending her rushing back to Long Island, accompanied by John. Back in Cobble Cove, cryptic clues are uncovered… When Alicia returns, she finds a strange diary, confiscated letters, and a digital audio device containing a recording made the day her husband was killed. Anonymous notes warn Alicia to leave town, but she can’t turn her back on the mystery—or her attraction to John. As the pieces begin to fall into place, evidence points to John’s involvement in her husband’s accident. The past and present threaten to collide, and Alicia confronts her fears… Has she fallen in love with her husband’s killer? PURCHASE LINK: http://amzn.to/1MjaHWb Also available on Ingram Limited complimentary copies are available from the author upon request. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Debbie De Louise is a reference librarian at the Hicksville Public Library. Her self-published romantic suspense novel, “Cloudy Rainbow” (Booklocker 2008) received an honorable mention in the Writer’s Digest self-published awards. She was awarded the Lawrence C. Lobaugh Memorial Award in Journalism from Long Island University/C.W. Post where she earned a B.A. in English and a M.L.S. in Library Science. Her short mystery, “Stitches in Time” was published in the Cat Crimes Through Time Anthology, (1999). She lives on Long Island with her husband, daughter, and two cats. Debbie is available for author talks at member libraries. Contact her at the Hicksville Library or through the links below. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debbie.delouise.author Twitter: https://twitter.com/Deblibrarian Website: https://debbiedelouise.wordpress.com
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The NY3Rs Association, Inc. recently received approval from the NYS Board of Regents to change its name to Empire State Library Network (ESLN). This was done to better describe who we are and what we do, and to reduce confusion about our former name, which was often confused with various local 3Rs councils. We will formally begin usage of the new name in January 2016.
Emotional Intelligence for Effective Leadership
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NY3Rs Association, Inc. Is Now the Empire State Library Network
Mark your calendar for Friday, February 26, 2016 and be sure to join LILRC at the Farmingdale Public Library for our latest leadership workshop! Successful leaders understand and manage their emotions, while effectively managing work relationships with others and motivating employees. This workshop will explain the basic concepts of emotional intelligence [EI], and demonstrate how to effectively handle difficult work situations based on an understanding of your own and other’s emotions. Staying calm and remaining in control, when to be assertive, and how to empathize are among the skills covered. The workshop includes hands-on exercises. Who Should Attend: Library directors, managers, board of trustees, and all others. Presented by: Samantha Halfen, PHR, CP-SHRM, Director of Human Resources at Heatherwood Communities LLC. Samantha Halfen is an experienced human resources director, who trains her employees to successfully develop their EI. She is active in the Long Island Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, and holds an M.S. in human resources management and labor relations degree from New York Institute of Technology. Visit the LILRC Training & Events Calendar online for additional information: http://www.lilrc.org/event/1604.
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March 2, 2016 is Library Advocacy Day in Albany It’s that time of year again when library advocates are asked to raise their voice on behalf of libraries. Library Advocacy Day is a statewide effort coordinated by the New York Library Association (NYLA) to get library supporters in the offices of their state legislators in Albany. Mark your calendar and be sure to join your colleagues in Albany! The Suffolk County Library Association (SCLA) and the Nassau County Library Association (NCLA) will be sponsoring buses for attendees. More details are available online at: http://www.lilrc.org/event/library-advocacy-day.
The LILRC Newsletter is the official newsletter of the LONG ISLAND LIBRARY RESOURCES COUNCIL. © 1996. It is published six times a year and available on our website. We encourage articles and photographs but reserve the right to refuse any material. Editor: Christina Rivera; crivera@lilrc.org ADDRESS: 627 N. Sunrise Service Road, Bellport, NY 11713-1540 TELEPHONE: (631) 675-1570 Ext. 205 FAX: (631) 675-1573 WEBSITE: www.lilrc.org
Congratulations to Our Long Island Star Libraries Congratulations to the following Long Island public libraries who were honored with American Star designations from Library Journal for 2015: