Upcoming Events

Register Here This series of brief webinars illuminates the behind-the-scenes work that is done to make digital collections available on the New York Heritage Digital Collections website. Interviews with the professional staff reveal stories from the archives, how materials were chosen for digital projects, and the impact the collections have in interpreting the past. Brandon […]

REGISTER Ask the Archivist is a service for members of ESLN councils that provides answers to basic questions regarding archives and special collections. This is a pilot program that will be evaluated after July 2023. Archivists at several of the Councils of the Empire State Library Network (ESLN) staff this service.  The staff will provide advice […]

REGISTER HERE According to the National Endowment for the Arts, "Big Read—a partnership with Arts Midwest—broadens our understanding of our world, our neighbors, and ourselves through the power of a shared reading experience. Showcasing a diverse themes, voices, and perspectives, the NEA Big Read aims to inspire meaningful conversations, artistic responses, and new discoveries and […]

REGISTER NOW Library workers experience trauma at work from multiple directions. Whether it’s abuse from patrons, coworkers, or secondary trauma from trying to meet the needs of the community that go far beyond what library services can provide, library workers take on more pressure and stress than we expected as new staff. The groundbreaking Urban […]

REGISTER HERE How are health communication and health literacy connected? How can you be more effective in providing health information to consumers, patients, clients, library patrons and your community? This 1 hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication, outlines components of clear health communication, and identifies online resources from NLM, government […]

Register Here The Empire State Library Network has partnered with Ubiquity Press to bring a new institutional repository platform to our academic library members. Ubiquity provides easy, flexible hosting for institutions looking to house their public, private, and embargoed works at a fraction of the cost of competitors like BePress or Digital Commons. We’ve negotiated an incredibly competitive […]

RRLC is offering up to 15 seats at the upcoming LibraryWorks webinar, LibraryWorks Webinar: Communicating with Elected Officials about your Library The climate for libraries can be stressful. With polarizing politics, book bans, budget concerns and more, libraries must increasingly work and interact with their elected officials and the public. How do you communicate effectively in […]

REGISTER HERE Join us for a webinar on tactics to reduce occupational stress for library staff! Workplace stress has adverse effects on workers’ mental health, with an increased risk of anxiety, burnout, depression, and substance use disorder. Today, we are living in the bodies of our ancestors in a world they never dreamed would exist. […]

RRLC is offering up to 15 seats at the upcoming LibraryWorks webinar, LibraryWorks Webinar: Empathic Design: Center Your Library with Empathy, Compassion, and Purpose Empathic design, often referred to as empathetic design, takes a user-centered approach with empathy and compassion towards your user. Through observation and listening, empathic design calls libraries to analyze and apply what […]

REGISTER HERE Crisis management is a process, not an event. It is an ongoing, systematic, and disciplined process that an organization should follow to help identify vulnerabilities, prevent crises from occurring, plan for those most likely to occur, communicate effectively during and after a crisis, monitor and evaluate the situation, and make adjustments as necessary. […]

REGISTER Using case studies, lectures, and discussion, in this webinar we will define boundaries and their role in professional practice. Using a trauma-informed lens, we will discuss factors that complicate setting and maintaining healthy boundaries, including those that support and detract from such efforts. Strategies to support healthy boundaries between library workers and patrons will […]

REGISTER Building on Part 1’s focus on knowledge building, part 2 will give attention to ways in which we can apply tools for setting healthy boundaries in professional practice. Participants will work through scenarios together, discussing approaches for setting and managing boundaries. Using a trauma-informed lens, we will discuss factors that made it difficult to […]