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We're excited to participate in Open Data Week 2022!Library workers can make great use of NYC Open Data to both answer questions from patrons and conduct their own research. Once you've got the dataset, though, the process has only just begun. The next step? Ensuring the data is uniform so you can begin to answer…

What do you do when your tape is sick? Won’t play? Feels damaged? XFR Collective is back to cure what ails your magnetic media. We’ll walk you through the anatomy of a tape, how to diagnose common audio visual artifacts, and discuss your treatment options. In this hour-long webinar we’ll also highlight some recent experiments…

Want to learn more about prison abolition? Looking to explore the role of information in the prison industrial complex? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join the club (literally!). This monthly discussion group with Prison Library Support Network will look at a rotating calendar of…

Providing robust readers’ advisory service that values equity, diversity, and inclusion principles is essential to all library service. Moving from being a neutral, well-meaning library where systemic racism is acknowledged to an actively anti-racist organization involves work.In this program you will learn tangible skills to help build enthusiasm for reading and discovering diverse books, begin…

Copyright affects so much of the creative content we interact with and create... not just a painting we may see in a museum or a novel we are reading, but also the emails we ourselves send, the blogs and articles we write, and the photos we take and post. Copy That! Copyright Basics for Library…

About This SessionWant your FedEx package? Now you must allow the company to scan your ID. Check into a hotel? Hand over your passport. Rent an e-bike? Key in your driver’s license, which includes your address, birthdate, and weight. What if you could maintain control over your personal identity and share only what is needed?…

Join the code4lib NYC for a code & coffee Zoom the first Friday of each month this winter and spring. Attendees will have the option of joining breakout rooms to socialize and talk about current projects or to quietly work together in a virtual space. Are you interested in joining code4lib NYC as an organizer?…

This one-hour workshop will build on concepts covered in Part 1, presenting more advanced aspects of OpenRefine, including connecting to APIs, reconciling data, and scraping the web for information.Katie Wolf, Science and Technology Librarian at Fordham University Libraries, will introduce participants to parsing HTML with OpenRefine using a Project Gutenberg example, as well as working…

Join the Library Assistants and Support Staff Association (LASSA) for an event on creditworthiness, financial planning, and other topics to help you get your financial ducks in a row. Topics will include:- What constitutes a FICO score? - Does your credit score matter? - How to improve your creditworthiness, with or without a credit score!Presenter…

Join LASSA to celebrate Library Assistants' Day! We will be hosting a webinar from noon until 1pm on April 7, to be immediately followed by a repeat performance.Please join us at either 12pm or 1pm for an hourlong gathering.After the traditional welcome and reading of the LAD proclamation, Cheryl Marriott will present a Vision Board…