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REGISTER HERE Why do the Brits call them biscuits and we call them cookies? The answer lies in the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherland. But cookies have a peculiar history. Once the purview only of the wealthy, their flavors, shapes, and textures have changed over time. Influenced by changing technologies, household labor, slavery, […]

The Digital Literacy and Media Analysis Training program will train and support up to 40 participants from community based organizations, libraries, and educational institutions to lead question-based media analysis about the credibility, accuracy, bias, content, and impact of digital information. Digital Literacy and Media Analysis Training: Workshop 1 January 12, 10am - 12pm This program […]

The Digital Literacy and Media Analysis Training program will train and support up to 40 participants from community based organizations, libraries, and educational institutions to lead question-based media analysis about the credibility, accuracy, bias, content, and impact of digital information. Digital Literacy and Media Analysis Training: Workshop 2 January 19, 10am - 12pm This program […]

The Digital Literacy and Media Analysis Training program will train and support up to 40 participants from community based organizations, libraries, and educational institutions to lead question-based media analysis about the credibility, accuracy, bias, content, and impact of digital information. Digital Literacy and Media Analysis Training: Workshop 3 January 26, 10am - 12pm This program […]

Register now to join your colleagues for a lively discussion via Zoom Meeting. The Rochester Area Special Collections, Archives and Libraries (RASCAL) group is made up of various staff from cultural and archival institutions around the Rochester region. The group meets quarterly to discuss issues related to special collections, archives, and libraries. Discussion Topic: Roundtable Updates, 2022 Planning […]

REGISTER NOW New York State institutions are home to archival, special and historical collections that document a wide range of topics, people and organizations. Empire Archival Discovery Cooperative (EmpireADC; www.empireadc.org) brings together descriptions of these collections (called “finding aids”) to help connect people with the resources they need and the organizations that have them. Repositories […]

The Digital Literacy and Media Analysis Training program will train and support up to 40 participants from community based organizations, libraries, and educational institutions to lead question-based media analysis about the credibility, accuracy, bias, content, and impact of digital information. Digital Literacy and Media Analysis Training: Workshop 4 February 2, 10am - 12pm This program […]

UPDATE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Diversity Audit Meet Up originally scheduled for February 9th will be cancelled and rescheduled. We will announce the new date in the near future. Thanks for your understanding! Register now to your colleagues for a lively discussion via Zoom Meeting! Library workers from all types — school, public, academic, special, […]

REGISTER HERE Hundreds of books are published every month. But who has the time to read so many books? In the form of book talks, Charlie Kelly will highlight new and upcoming culturally relevant elementary books which include picture books, chapter books, novels, graphic novels, poetry, biography, and nonfiction titles. Ms. Kelly has attended webinars […]

REGISTER NOW The New York Historic Newspapers (nyshistoricnewspapers.org) provides free online access to over 700 historic newspaper titles, comprising more than 11 million pages, from every county in the state. The project also provides an affordable microfilm digitization process that makes it easy for libraries, historic associations and museums to get prized newspaper microfilm scanned […]

REGISTER HERE New to cataloging and processing, or looking to brush up your skills? This webinar will teach library staff the basics of cataloging and processing books, such as creating specs on file. Specs on file (AKA vendor specification cataloging requirements) are required by each book vendor. However, there is no need to fill out […]

REGISTER NOW New York Heritage Digital Collections features curated selections of digital cultural heritage materials from libraries, library systems, historical societies, museums, archives, and other cultural institutions across the state of New York. More than 380 contributing organizations have contributed over 340,000 cultural objects to our platform. This service is administered by eight of the […]