Newer STLS Librarians Discuss Continuing Education Working in Southern Tier libraries for the last two weeks has been fantastic. In addition to my ongoing projects of connecting libraries to Broadband, strategic planning for 2017-2021 and assisting member libraries in obtaining sustainable funds, I have had the joy of visiting many people who make this library
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Last week I took a tour of the Fayetteville Free Library. Fayetteville is famous for their innovative labs and collection management, their programs and their building. They are the library people tour and immediately say “It was so great, but we can’t do that here.” One of the “so great” things about Fayetteville is that
Phil Trautman started as the Cohocton Public Library’s new director in October. He gave me some time and shared his vision of the library with me. Spoiler alert: one word mission statement! Can you guess what the word is?
This is an interview with Adult Services Librarian Alex Andrasik of Penn Yan Public Library in which we talk about #NYLA2015 (last interview with this topic – promise!), the newly named film genre The Glam Heist, and trying to crack the Milleniums code. Thank you members of Penn Yan’s public library community for letting me
Recently, while at the 2015 NYLA Conference, I witnessed Pauline Emery accept the Mary Bobinski Innovative Public Library Director Award. She did so with grace and humility and her eyes focused on the future of our profession and our neighborhoods. It was really beautiful. Unfortunately, I recorded that audio with Hope Decker’s phone (I felt
Last week, New York State library systems were asked to provide testimony in writing, or in person to the Assembly Standing Committee on Libraries and Education and Technology. The Committee sought input on the anticipated impacts of increased funding to New York libraries. Library Aid increased for 2015-2016 by 5.6%. I would have liked to attend in person,
I wanted to share this inspiring video from Lifetime Arts, Inc. on redefining aging through arts education (check out their Creative Aging Toolkit). It reminded me of the fact that the Richburg Colonial Library is developing a creative arts program for seniors with funds awarded from an STLS Outreach Mini-Grant. What programs has your library
I recently attended South Central Regional Library Council’s Annual Meeting which featured a presentation from Dr. Loriene Roy, a professor at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. Her presentation was entitled, Answering the Call for Leadership. Portions of Dr. Roy’s presentation were based on a book by former ALA president Brook Sheldon:
I had never been to a New York Library Association Conference before. Among the incredible opportunities my work with STLS affords me, NYLA Conference attendance is a pretty remarkable. The fine people from the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System picked Filomena Jack and I up, ferried us to Lake Placid and back, and, most importantly, let us
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