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A Foot in the Door: Increasing Your Chances to Get a Library Job Interview
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 2:00 – 3:30pm

Have you seen a job that matches your experience, applied for it, and never even been called in for an interview? It might be that you need to brush up on your job application skills! Your cover letter, resume, or attention to detail may be hindering your success in the job search process.

In this webinar, librarians from Brighton Memorial Library who have been involved in filling numerous position vacancies, resume screenings, and interviews in the last 15 years will share:

• what NOT to do in a job application
• how to improve your application materials
• how to increase your chances to get an interview and hopefully the position you want!

Attendees will learn:
1. How to assess a job announcement
2. How to optimize your resume
3. How to effectively pull all of your materials together and apply for a job
4. How to present yourself in the best light in order to get an interview
Presenters:
Deena Viviani, Young Adult, Programming, & Circulation Services Librarian, Brighton Memorial Library
Kory Yerkes, Media, Network & Volunteer Services Manager, Brighton Memorial Library

Note: The primary audience for this workshop is public library staff, but all are welcome.

Free to RRLC & ESLN Members. This webinar will be held on Zoom Webinar; registration is required. 

All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for one hour and 30 minutes of CE credit. Please note that this webinar will not be recorded.

RRLC Registration & Program Attendance Policies

If you have any questions, please contact Tina Broomfield.

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This webinar will focus on student employment practices since the pandemic and managing the next generation of student workers. How has student employment changed in the last few years? What are some expectations of student employees, or student supervisors? Is job burnout a concern with student employees? How do we empower, train, and retain student employees? Join us for an interactive presentation that will tackle these topics and more!

Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
– identify how student employment has changed since the pandemic
– identify what supervisors of student employees might want to consider to attract, empower, and retain student employees
– recognize how job burnout might affect not only student employees, but supervisors as well

Presenter: Ben Hogben is the Access Services Manager for the Ithaca College Library. Ben has a BA from Ithaca College and training that includes employee and student coaching, and MBTI certification. He has written articles on coaching employees, conducting performance evaluations, hiring and training student employees, and co-authored an article on Animal Assisted Activities at the Library.

Free to RRLC & ESLN Members. This event will be held on Zoom Webinar; registration is required.

All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for 1 hour of CE credit.

This webinar will not be recorded. Live transcription will be available.

We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, please contact RRLC at least five business days ahead of this program.

RRLC Registration & Program Attendance Policies

If you have any questions, please contact Tina Broomfield.

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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 to colleagues on all aspects of archival work, such as processing, preservation, reference, acquisition, appraisal, and digital projects. We invite all your questions on archives and special collections, big or small!

About the Presenters:

Heidi Ziemer is the Outreach & Digital Inclusion Coordinator for the Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC), a multi-type of member library organization encompassing public, school, academic, hospital, and special libraries in the Buffalo-Niagara region. She joined WNYLRC in 1990 as Regional Archivist for their Documentary Heritage Program, after receiving training as an archivist at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.  From those early years, Heidi’s interest has always been in how primary sources can be effectively used to engage students (including lifelong learners!) in gaining new knowledge and skills. Heidi has participated in Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region programs and events since 2007, including as a TPS grant recipient (Tourgee Papers on New York Heritage). Heidi also holds a New York State Initial Certification in Social Studies grades 5-12. Digital inclusion, advocacy and outreach are her other duties at WNYLRC, in addition to archival services.

An alum of Niagara University, she holds a BA in Psychology and an MBA with a concentration in human resource management. Holly’s certifications include the SPHR, FourSight Creative Thinking Profile, DiSC, and Certified facilitator of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method and materials*. A member of national (SHRM) and local HR associations (BNHRA, WNYHRA), she was named a finalist for “HR Professional of the Year” in the BNHRA’s 2010 HR Excellence Awards. Holly serves on the Boards of Kenmore Rotary and the Graycliff Conservancy, a Frank Lloyd Wright designed property overlooking Lake Erie just south of Buffalo, NY.

Susan D’Entremont is the Digital Project and Continuing Education Manager at the Capital District Library Council (CDLC). CDLC serves a 10-county area around Albany, New York. She is the CDLC liaison for New York Heritage and the Empire Archival Discovery Cooperative, both services of ESLN. She has previously worked as a Regional Archivist for the Documentary Heritage Program and as an archivist at both the Wisconsin Historical Society and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

Nicole Menchise is currently the Digitization and Archives Coordinator for the Long Island Library Resources Council where she conducts site visits to cultural institutions in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, and teaches continuing education programs related to the preservation of archival materials.  She earned a BA in Geography from the University of Memphis and her MLIS and Advanced Certificate in Archives and Records Management at Long Island University.  She has worked as an Archivist for the Oyster Bay Historical Society, Raynham Hall Museum, the Townsend Society of America, and the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, and as an Adjunct Professor at Long Island University.  She also served on the Board of Trustees for the North Shore Historical Museum.

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