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The Long Island Library Resources Council has had a very exciting winter! On December 10th we moved into our new office space within the Suffolk Cooperative Library System building in Bellport. Switching locations with Literacy Suffolk allowed both offices to get some major renovations. The new LILRC location provides the staff with private offices, a reception area, and a new conference room to host meetings. The LILRC staff would like to extend our gratitude to the staff at the SCLS for their efforts in making this move possible. We welcome all of our members to come and say hello.
Upcoming Continuing Education Highlights
Message from Tim Spindler, LILRC Executive Director We have closed another calendar year with many changes happening at LILRC. A lot has been accomplished. We moved recently to a new office space within the Suffolk Cooperative Library System and signed a long term lease. This provides us with a professional working space and confirms a location that is geographically central to Suffolk and Nassau Counties. As part of this, we have plans to offer programs in more diverse locations to reach the eastern parts of Long Island. We have also initiated a new program to provide funds for libraries to develop innovative uses of technology or assist in digitization projects. The applications for the new Technology and Innovation Grant has been opened and we look forward to ideas that member libraries will bring to enhance and improve services. We also now have an Erie Canal traveling exhibit available that can be loaned out in addition to more items for the equipment loan program. One of the new items for the equipment loan program is a set of analog converters. In 2018, we completed a lot of successful continuing education programs. We served 727 different library professionals with our continuing education programs from 176 different institutions with a total of 1,529 attendees. In 2019, we started offering free registration for our continuing education programs to members. We already have some excellent programs scheduled on using PastPerfect software for archives and part two of a workshop on creating and promulgating an employee handbook. The benefits of these changes have been recognized with new members including: This coming year we also will be launching a strategic planning process for LILRC to develop a vision for the organization driven by member needs. ~T. Spindler
LILRC Makes A Move in 2019
News from the Long Island Library Resources Council
Volume 37 Number 1
January/February 2019
Continuing Education programs are now free for our members. We will be continually adding new programs to our events page.
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Mark your Calendars.....
Introduction to Google Analytics Friday, February 15, 2019 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Farmingdale State College @ Greenley Library Click HERE to register!
Tackling Core Administrative Issues Friday, February 22, 2019 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Farmingdale Public Library Click HERE to register!
More classes scheduled for the Spring...Limited to 10 seats. Check the events page to register!
LILRC Annual Membership Meeting Tuesday, June 18th Farmingdale Public Library
Introduction to Google Apps Wednesday, February 13, 2019 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Training Room Click HERE to register!
Thursday, February 21, 2019 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Riverhead Free Library Monday, March 18, 2019 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Hempstead Public Library
Digitization Best Practices and Metadata Basics
Academic Libraries Invitational Friday, April 26th Suffolk Co. Community College (Grant Campus)
A Guide to Crafting & Promulgating the Employee Handbook, Pt. II Friday, February 1, 2019 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Farmingdale Public Library Click HERE to register!
Continuing Education with LILRC
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People & Places Congratulations to Michael Bailou Huang, MLS, MEd, MS, LAc, Director of Global Library Initiatives and a full librarian at the Health Sciences Center Library at Stony Brook University, was named Distinguished Librarian, the highest academic rank at SUNY, the largest higher education system in the U.S. In the 55 years since this program started in 1963, only 6 other SUNY librarians before Michael have received this prestigious award. Nancy Evans, Director, West Babylon Public Library Claire B. Joseph, MS, MA, AHIP, Director of the Medical Library at South Nassau Communities Hospital, recently published a book "The Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections." Sara Fiore, Reference Librarian at the Rogers Memorial Library, for her recent book "Crowdsource Your Library, Engage Your Community: The What, When, Why, and How' published by ABC-CLIO. Learn more about it at: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442281714/The-Medical-Library-Association-Guide-to-Developing-Consumer-Health-Collection
LILRC Technology and Innovation Grants Earlier in the month we announced a grant opportunity for our members. The guidelines and application form are now available. To access the guidelines and the application form you will need to login to the membership portal and go to MEMBERS ONLY >> TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION GRANTS. Projects or activities which may be approved for funding must fall under three major categories: Information Enhancement, Electronic Access, and Innovation through Information Technologies. Approved uses for funds include hardware, software, outsourced services, consulting services, staffing, training, web design, project evaluation and promotion. More specific details are available in the guidelines. The application deadline is March 1. GUIDELINES APPLICATION FORM
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LILRC wishes to thank all of the professionals who have dedicated their time to being a Committee member. If you are interested in learning more about our Governance or Advisory Committees, please take a look at the descriptions on our website: LILRC.org/Committees From there you can see a list of current members for each committee.
2019 LILRC Board of Trustees Please welcome our new board members. Dr. Josh Bienstock who is a professor in human resource management from NYIT. He brings 30 years of experience as a practicing attorney focused on employment and labor law. Dr. Bienstock has also been generous with his time presenting for us in workshops on conflict management and employee handbooks. Heath Martin comes to us from Stony Brook University where he is the associate dean of collection strategy & management. Caroline Ashby is also joining us as the new director of the Nassau Library System replacing Jackie Thresher who retired in the fall. Our full board includes: Kenneth Bellafiore, Freeport Memorial Library (President) Carl Vitevitch, Eastern Suffolk BOCES (Vice President) Howard Graves, Hofstra University-Axinn Library (Secretary) Brian Lym, Adelphi University Swirbul Library (Treasurer) Caroline Ashby, Nassau Library System Dr. Joshua E. Bienstock, New York Institute of Technology Dr. Arthur Friedman, Nassau Community College Library Patricia Garvey, Brookhaven National Laboratory Library Suzanne Johnson Sara Kardasz, Western Suffolk BOCES Heath Martin, Stony Brook University Libraries Rimma Perelman, Nassau University Medical Center Library Dr. Elizabeth Pollicino Murphy, St. Joseph's College, Callahan Library Kerri Ann Rosalia, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library Kevin Verbesey, Suffolk Cooperative Library System A special thank you to past Board President Carol Meschkow for her dedicated service to our Council.
627 N. Sunrise Service Road Bellport, NY 11713-1540 January/February 2019 Volume 37, Number 1 For more information visit: www.lilrc.org
New Additions to LILRC Equipment Loan Program We have recently purchased three digital converters as listed below which are available to be borrowed as a Digital Converter Kit through the Equipment Loan Program. The purpose of the Equipment Loan Program is to introduce new gadgets for our member libraries to explore. Whether you will buy it later for your Technology Petting Zoo or for your own library lending program, borrow from LILRC and try it before you buy. You may take a look at what’s available at https://lilrc.org/Equipment-Loan-Program and fill out the Equipment Loan Form to request to borrow. First come, first served. • Video to Digital Converter - Capture video from VCR's, VHS Tapes, Hi8, Camcorder, DVD, Gaming Systems • CD to MP3 Converter - Encode CDs direct to MP3 files; Record from CD or aux-in jack • Cassette to MP3 Converter - Encode old cassettes tapes to MP3/WAV/WMA files and laptop CD Thanks Jesse Reinard, Network System Specialist at the Connetquot Public Library, for recommending these digital converters. The Library purchased them for patrons to borrow through their Library of Things service (see http://www.connetquotlibrary.org/services/library-of-things/). If you would like to suggest any items you would like to borrow from LILRC, please email Min Liu at minliu@lilrc.org.
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: Nicole Menchise ADDRESS: 627 N. Sunrise Service Road, Bellport, NY 11713-1540 TELEPHONE: (631) 675-1570 WEBSITE: www.lilrc.org
