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Ask The Archivist

This service is available to provide answers to basic questions regarding archives and special collections. RRLC members are eligible to use this service.

This service is staffed by archivists at several of the Councils of the Empire State Library Network (ESLN). 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. Questions can be submitted through the form below. If the form below does not work for you, click here to open it in a new window.

This is currently a one year pilot project. Some facets of the service may change if ESLN decides to continue the service after the end of the pilot.

Internship Grant

Internships should introduce undergraduate or graduate students to the variety of career opportunities in libraries, archives, museums, and cultural institutions, and provide valuable professional experience. The RRLC Internship Grant awards $3,300 to member organizations to support paid internships.

Grant Application Period is now closed.

The host institution will be asked to assure RRLC that they will meet these requirements:

Be an RRLC member or a library of an RRLC member library system
Provide meaningful work for the intern that will help build professional skills
Undertake a project that will help the organization fulfill its mission
Provide a positive environment
Pay the intern for their work; we recommend a pay rate of $20/hr

What must the internship host institution do?

Interview and select the intern (RRLC will assist in advertising the internship opportunity).
Confirm that the student is enrolled in a credit-bearing internship/practicum before the internship begins and fully adhere to all requirements for credit-bearing internships, including specific procedures that may be required by the school.
Manage all aspects of the internship.
Pay the intern for their work; we recommend a pay rate of $20/hr.
Provide RRLC with periodic reports on the internship and submit a final report upon project completion that may be shared on the RRLC website.

Tips and Feedback on internships from local library schools

GRANT TIMELINE:
October 21, 2024: Application Period is Open
December 9, 2024: Application with required documentation is due
January 16, 2025: Board of Trustees makes final award selections
January 20, 2025: Grant awardees notified this week
January 31, 2025: Grant acceptance letters due; award payments sent
July 31, 2025: Mid-year progress reports due
January 1, 2026: Project completion; final reports due

Contact Leah Matusek with questions.

The 2024 Internship Grant winners are:

Genesee Valley BOCES SLS – School Library Collection Development project intern
Through this project the intern will work with schools in the Genesee Valley BOCES SLS. The intern will interact with collections that have different organization systems thereby allowing the intern to learn how to work within both traditional school library organization and non-Dewey system. This experience will allow the intern to gain the skills to assess a collection while implement lasting changes to improve access and browsability.
Wood Library – Your Adventure Begins at Wood Library project intern
This summer project enables the intern to collaborate with three librarians, each specializing in a specific age group: children, teens, and adults. In the process, the intern gains valuable public library experience. Tasks include assisting with programming, collection development, display creation, and weeding projects. The intern will also lead a program aligned with the summer reading theme: Adventure Begins At Your Library.

PILLARS Symposium 2022 – Accessibility in Education

Join ESLN for the PILLARS Symposium 2022 on July 13, 2022!

PILLARS (Preparation, Information Literacy, Libraries, Academic Resources, and 21st Century Skills for Transitioning from Secondary School to College)
This year’s topic is “Accessibility in Education” with Keynote Speaker Judith Heumann.

Featured Presentations:

10 a.m. – Enhancing Accessibility: Five Strategies to Apply Tomorrow – Amber Eakin & Mary Snyder
10 a.m. – We’re All Individuals!: Differentiation in Library Instruction – Kathy Starks
11 a.m. – Designing Digital-Age Learning Ecosystems for ELLs – Heather Rubin
11 a.m. – Making LibGuides More Accessible Through a Universal Design Framework – Lauren Kehoe
1 p.m. – Helping Undergraduate English Language Learners Through Information Literacy Obstacles – Bryan Sajecki & Keith T. Nichols
1 p.m. – Bridging the Gap – Shawn Lemieux
2 p.m. – Keynote speaker: Judith Heumann

**During each hour, there will be two simultaneous sessions, except for 2 p.m. when we hear from our keynote speaker.**

Registrants will also have access to two pre-recorded sessions.
Please see our website for descriptions of the presentations and registration information.

For ESLN members and RRLC members, as well as students, retirees, and the under/unemployed, this event is presented at no cost.
Other educators in New York State: $10
Non-members / out of state guests: $25

Both CTLE and CE credit will be available to all who attend the live event.

For more information, visit the PILLARS Symposium website or email the PILLARS Symposium Planning Committee at pillars@esln.org

Register here: https://www.esln.org/events/pillars/

Libraries & First Amendment Audits

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Public libraries across the country are experiencing an increase in encounters of patrons conducting “First Amendment audits”. The asserted purpose of these “audits” is to record alleged civil rights violations in places open to the public, but the recording can impact patron privacy, workforce conditions, and library operations. This session will cover how libraries can prepare their policies and staff for these types of interactions, provide tips for training staff for in-the-moment response, and also discuss public relations techniques to foster respect for all people involved, willfully or circumstantially, in these types of encounters.

Presenter: Stephanie “Cole” Adams is an attorney advising libraries, creative professionals, civic organizations, and higher education institutions as they build our culture. Cole staffs ESLN’s Ask the Lawyer service. She first developed a deep connection to libraries working as a page, then clerk, at her hometown library in New Hartford, NY. For over 10 years, Ms. Adams was the in-house counsel at Niagara University. She is now the owner of her own practice, the Law Office of Stephanie Adams, PLLC, in Buffalo. Ms. Adams is admitted to practice in both the state and federal courts of New York.

We invite you to submit a question for Stephanie Cole Adams – there will be a place to do that during the registration process. The deadline to submit questions is April 15th.

Free to ESLN Members. Registration is required.

This session is sponsored by the Empire State Library Network. If you have any questions, contact Tina Broomfield.

REGISTER HERE

2022 RRLC Annual Meeting

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Join us for the 2022 RRLC Annual Meeting to celebrate the achievements of
RRLC members and to congratulate libraries and library staff in our region. We
will hear from recent recipients of RRLC grants as well as recognize the
RRLC 2022 Libraries of the Year, Library All Stars, and Regional / National Award Winners.

Meeting Agenda:
10:00 am Welcome and Business Meeting
10:10 am Reflections from recent recipients of RRLC grants
10:40 am Recognition of Regional / National Award Winners
10:45 am Recognition of 2022 RRLC Library All Stars
11:00 am Recognition of 2022 RRLC Libraries of the Year
11:30 am Closing

The meeting is being held on Zoom and registration is required.

REGISTER HERE

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The 2024 Internship Grant winners are:

Register here: https://www.esln.org/events/pillars/

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