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It’s almost 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 on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 for Library Advocacy Day! The Suffolk County Library Association (SCLA) and the Nassau County Library Association (NCLA) will be sponsoring buses for attendees. More details will be available online at: www.lilrc.org.
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Looking Back LILRC 25th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future
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Upcoming Continuing Education Events
The LILRC staff and Board of the Trustees wish to congratulate Connie Litcher, Administrative Assistant on her retirement after 37 years of dedicated service. We wish Connie and her family many years of health and happiness. Congratulations! We'll miss you!
LILRC Congratulates and Wishes a Happy Retirement to Connie Litcher
News from the Long Island Library Resources Council
Volume 35 Number 1
January/February 2017
LILRC NEWSLETTER | January/February 2016
LILRC Welcomes New Directors: Danielle Paisley, Patchogue-Medford Library LILRC Welcomed the Following New Members for 2016: Middle Country Public Library, Montauk Historical Society, Montauk Library and Sachem Public Library LILRC Thanks Our 2016 Sponsors: Baldessari & Coster, LLP, Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, CSEA Long Island Region, H.W. Wilson Foundation, Inc., Hometown Insurances Agency of Long Island, Island Industrial Boiler, Joseph P. Price Agency, Inc., Knockout Pest Control, Inc., Nassau County Library Association, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, C.W. Post, People's United Bank, Sandpebble Builders Inc., St. John's University Division of Library and Information Science, T-Mobile, Thrift Recycling Management, Inc., and Utica National Insurance Group.
Registration for Computers in Libraries 2017 conference has opened and LILRC is proud to announce that we have once again arranged with Information Today, Inc., to offer a reduced rate for the conference. If you haven’t already heard, the 2017 event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA, on March 28-30, 2017. As in the past, we’re offering huge savings! Take a look at this year’s new pass types and available special rates: GOLD PASS Includes all Computers in Libraries AND Internet@Schools conference sessions PLUS one full day or two half day workshops. Gold Pass rate is $589 (regular rate is $789). OTHER PASSES Full 3-Day Conference Pass Includes all Computers in Libraries AND Internet@Schools conference sessions. Does NOT include workshops. The Full 3-day Pass will be $329 (regular rate is $549). (No discount rates are available for the pre-conference seminars and workshops, unless purchased as part of a Gold Pass.) In addition, discount prices of $599 (regularly $749) on the Library Leaders Summit (includes all three days of CIL), and $119 (regularly $209) on the Internet@Schools Track are also available. REGISTRATION This year there are two registration options! Simply register online using the following URL: https://secure.infotoday.com/RegForms/ComputersInLibraries/?Priority=LILRC17 or visit http://computersinlibraries.infotoday.com/2017/Register.aspx and use the promo code LILRC17. Online registrations can be made until February 24 to receive the discounted rates. After this time, rates will go up. For further assistance, please contact the LILRC office by phone at (631) 675-1570 ext. 205.
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Increase State Library Aid Proportionally with Increases in Education Funding Background New York State Education Law requires Library Aid for FY 2017-2018 to be $102.6M. Total state funding in the FY2016-17 enacted budget was $95.6M, placing library aid at 2006 funding levels. More than $111M in statutory State Library Aid has been withheld since FY2007-2008. Messaging Library usage and demand for services are surging statewide A January 2015 Siena Poll found library usage is up: 10% statewide, 15% among women respondents aged 18-34, nearly 15% among African-American respondents, 15% among Latino respondents, and among all income demographics, with usage up 20% for those households making less than $50,000 annually. Libraries are a core component of our state’s educational infrastructure – LIBRARIES ARE EDUCATION A January 2015 Siena Poll found that 94% of New Yorkers say their local library is an important part of our education system, with nearly half saying library aid should increase proportionately to increase in education funding. Libraries are chartered by the same Board of Regents that oversees schools, colleges, BOCES and other educational institutions, and library aid is administered through the NYS Department of Education. Libraries are the leading digital literacy educators in New York State. When schools close at the end of each day, each week and each school year, libraries remain open to New York’s children and families. Libraries are critical for access and equality. The same January 2015 Siena poll found for nearly 33% of African-American and Latino respondents, and 25% of households making less than $50,000 annually, the public library is their primary source of internet access; Of the respondents who have used their local public library for job seeking or career building programs in the last six months, 53% were African-American, and 40% were households making less than $50,000 annually Libraries and library systems are models of shared services and collaborative planning. According to the State Education Department, local communities realize $7 in services for every $1 allocated in state aid. Visit the NYLA website at http://bit.ly/1T0FQmM for additional information.
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This issue marks 35 years of the LILRC Newsletter and here's a quick look at our transformation through the years! Today, the LILRC Newsletter is completely digital and is distributed to some 1,600 readers. If you are interested in receiving the digital publication, please be sure to join our email list, by filling out the following form: http://eepurl.com/bMgRVn. Thank you and happy reading!
Celebrating 35 Years of the LILRC Newsletter
Looking Back: LILRC 25th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future
Twenty-five years is a major milestone for the Long Island Library Resources Council in hosting the Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future. Through thoughtful planning, the conference themes have embraced the Council’s mission of bringing important issues and programs to the attention of the library community. The 2016 conference theme, “Open for Business: Rethinking Relevance and Reality,”offered an impressive roster of movers and shakers from the education, library and publishing worlds. Not breaking from tradition, Thursday night's event included great food, an opportunity to network with colleagues and an engaging presentation from guest speaker, Bill Brennan, Ed.D, the Executive Director for Innovation, Communications and Organizational Development in Farmingdale Schools. Working with the leadership team in Farmingdale, Bill instituted an overhaul of professional practices related to organizational learning and successfully established Farmingdale Schools and the leadership team as an incubator for innovation in learning. In his presentation, 3 Trends That Define the Future of Education: Innovation Labs, Makerspaces and Learning Commons, Bill described the current state of education and how the teaching and learning process is being transformed to foster new rules of engagement and empowerment. He accomplished this by sharing examples of the ways forward-thinking educators in Farmingdale Schools are breaking down traditional walls to create a culture of personalized and passion based learning. For example, teachers utilize social media, such as Facebook, and other tools to engage with students and the community. He demonstrated how these trends are the key to ensuring that students possess the knowledge, confidence and mindset to thrive in a rapidly changing global society. In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Conference, LILRC Annual Conference Committee member, Professor Arthur L. Friedman, Ed.D., MLS, MS(ED) welcomed attendees on Friday morning and provided a detailed glimpse into the history of the Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future with a retrospective. Stepping outside the realm of libraries, our first speaker of the day, Pablo Calvi, Assistant Professor at the School of Journalism at Stony Brook University took attendees into the world of journalism and the recent media "obsession" with fact-checking; the act of assessing the veracity and correctness of an assertion in an non-fictional statement. In his presentation, Hoaxes and news, Twitter and fakes. Checking facts in an Era of Absolute Information, Pablo discussed the notions of fact-checking and the role of expert curators —editors, librarians, journalists— and how the advent of the social media as information repository has triggered the same issues of credibility and legitimacy that were raised for the first time in the young American democracy of the Jacksonian era. Pablo provided attendees with a glimpse into the history of fact-checking from pre-WWWI and its relationship to journalism. He further went on to discuss the limits of fact-checking, including confirmation bias, deadlines, financial constraints and others. So why is fact-checking making such a prevalent appearance today? According to Pablo, there are a number of reasons, including our witness of a large number of journalistic failures (The New Republic's, Rolling Stone coverage of the UVA rape on campus), the rise of blogs and social networks, which have allowed anyone to publish and circulate ideas, which have "rendered obsolete the role of the gate keeper--journalists, professors, librarians." He asked attendees to question what our role as information providers is in today's world when "the main problem is how to curate and select relevant elements in a sea of cacophony." Moving more directly into the realm of librarianship, our next speaker Kerri Willette, Deputy Director at the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) presented, Empire State Digital Network: New York's Collection in the Digital Public Library of America, which focused on the current state of digitization in New York State. The Empire State Digital Network (ESDN), which is the New York state service hub for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), is administered by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) in partnership with the Empire State Library Network. Together, partners from around the state collaborate to contribute digital resources from hundreds of New York collecting institutions to DPLA. Kerri reviewed ESDN’s network, including LILRC, which is a participant in New York Heritage. She walked attendees through what a typical search on the DPLA website would look like when yielding results from the New York region. To date, New York has contributed over 320,000 records to the DPLA, with some 225 unique institutions, 264 unique datasets and 162 institutions in New York Heritage. So what's next? In concluding, Kerri discussed the steps for moving forward, including continuing to grow New York content in DPLA through outreach to archives, records managers, school libraries and others. In addition, a searchable statewide portal is in development. As attendees breaked for lunch, with much food for thought, our third speaker for the day arrived for a last-minute speaker change. Calvin Reid, Senior News Editor at Publishers Weekly kicked-off the afternoon session with an inside-look into the world of Publishers Weekly. As the coeditor of PW Comics World, PW's online coverage of graphic novel and comics publishing, he enthusiastically and humorously shared personal stories of his role with PW and how the industry has grown and continues to evolve. Calvin, is also a co-host of More to Come, PW Comics World's weekly podcast. To conclude the day, Tom Jacobson, Principal Consultant for Third Chapter Partners wrapped-up the conference with his presentation, Marketing the Value of Your Library: New Technologies, Practices, and Privacy. There is a new generation of marketing technologies that libraries can use to better understand their digital users and improve those users’ experiences. To exemplify this, Tom discussed, Patron Point, which compiles patron activity data from across all of your library’s service points and systems (ILS, ebook, self-service, etc.) enabling libraries to engage with users in a much more personalized manner. These activities can raise questions regarding data requirements and management, privacy, and proper use and Tom illustrated these questions with examples of this new functionality and the issues that libraries will face as they begin to use these new technologies. 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.
Pictured Above (left to right): Thursday night keynote speaker Bill Brennan, Ed.D. and Rocco Cassano, Chair, LILRC Annual Conference Committee
Pictured Above: Arthur Friedman, LILRC Annual Conference Committee
Open for Business: Rethinking Relevance and Reality
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A Look Back: Continued
Presenters with LILRC Annual Conference Committee Members
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Pablo Calvi
Calvin Reid
Tom Jacobson
Kerri Willette
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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.
LIBRARY PAPARRAZI: Next Level Tips for #LibrariesOfInstagram
There's a Library Hashtag for That! In the last issue of the LILRC Newsletter, we looked at some of the top library-related hashtags out there including #BookFaceFriday, #LibraryDisplay, and even #TBT. We asked what hashtags you're using and you answered! Here's a look at what you shared: #iamalibrarian & #librarylife: These two hashtags enable users to see a small snapshot of the lives of librarians. #libraryinmyhand: Promotes electronic resources and services offered by libraries. #LoveMyLibrary: Advocacy hashtag that is great for getting non-library users involved in spreading the good word for libraries. There are tons more out there! Do you have a favorite? Tell us what it is and how you're using it! Email: info@lilrc.org.
Thousands of libraries are using Instagram. What’s next for you in this space? Join in the practical fun with this hands-on session to learn how to use photos for community engagement and integrate Instagram into your library’s overall PR & communications strategy. We’ll share examples from libraries, museums, and archives that are doing excellent work in this space and you’ll leave with ideas you can implement immediately. Join LILRC on Friday, April 7, 2017 at Farmingdale Public Library from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm for the session. Presenter: Claire Schmieder is an Adult Services Librarian at Cherry Hill (N.J.) Public Library, where she manages the Adult Summer Reading Program and serves on the library’s social media committee. She’s the chair of the NJ Library Association’s Member Communications Committee and a member of the planning committee for the annual Telling Untold Histories Unconference, the first public history unconference in New Jersey. In her free time, Claire goes to concerts, plays way too many video games, and hunts for treasures at thrift stores. Her graduate degrees in public history and library science are both from Rutgers University. For registration information visit the LILRC Training & Events Calendar online at: http://www.lilrc.org/event/1708.
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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.
A Manager's Guide to Employment Discrimination Laws and Practices, Part II
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 2016: Amagansett Free Library Brentwood Public Library Comsewogue Public Library Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton Middle Country Public Library Half Hollow Hills Community Public Library Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library Mattituck-Laurel Library Northport Public Library Patchogue-Medford Library Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library Port Jefferson Free Library Port Washington Public Library Quogue Library Shelter Island Public Library Westhampton Free Library
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Mark your calendar for Friday, March 24, 2017 and be sure to join LILRC at the Farmingdale Public Library for Part II of our popular leadership workshop! This program will start with a short review of the federal and state laws that prohibit employment discrimination that were covered in the fall 2016 workshop, and then provide participants the opportunity to apply this know-how to practical issues of managing their workforce effectively and lawfully. The session will involve a guided analysis of cases and scenarios that present challenging issues encountered in today’s workplaces. Who Should Attend: Library directors, managers, board of trustees, and all others. Presented by: Joshua Bienstock, J.D., Assistant Professor of Law and Associate, Center for Human Resource Studies, NYIT. Professor Bienstock teaches business and employment law at the Center for Human Resource Studies, New York Institute of Technology. He is also director of the Dispute Resolution Institute of New York. Visit the LILRC Training & Events Calendar online for additional information: http://www.lilrc.org/event/1707.
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