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About This SessionMyth #2: “The perfect temperature and relative humidity for collections is 70ºF and 50% RH.”Back in the early years of the preservation profession, there was the 70/50 Rule: your space temperature had to be 70 degrees and 50% relative humidity, with no deviation from those set points. Nowadays, there is no perfect set…

Get to know the current state of book challenges across the U.S. with a look at what led to this particular censorship movement. This presentation will offer not only the terminology and groups associated with book challenges in public schools and libraries within and beyond New York, but it will also offer insight into how…

Join the code4lib NYC for a code & coffee Zoom the first or second Friday of each month this spring & summer. These calls are generally casual discussions about projects we are working on, cool tools we have come across in the past month, and a casual forum for technical questions of all kinds.

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…

About This SessionMyth #3: “Emergency planning requires creating an immense 3-ring binder of information.”Disaster planning can seem like a daunting task, requiring a lot of paperwork and time, but it is not as difficult as you might think. There are simple tasks and tools that can help you prepare for the worst. In this webinar,…

Grant funding provides libraries with the opportunity to offer programs and services to the community that may not fit into the library’s regular budget. If the process of applying for and managing a grant feels overwhelming, join us for this webinar to discuss strategies for success that can benefit libraries of all sizes. Funders are…

Join the code4lib NYC for a code & coffee Zoom the first or second Friday of each month this spring & summer. These calls are generally casual discussions about projects we are working on, cool tools we have come across in the past month, and a casual forum for technical questions of all kinds.

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…

Join privacy advocate Tess Wilson to discuss health data privacy. We will explore some of the health apps and tools that have recently become more popular, and the potential privacy concerns of interacting with these resources. Finally, we will dig into the ways library staff can support our communities in their health data journey. At…

Join us for the first in a series of panel discussions where we talk about the joys and challenges of working in various settings within the library industry.Up first, we'll be joined by Lauren Comito (Brooklyn Public Library), Sarah Gluck (Queens Public Library) and Ricci Yuhico (The New York Public Library) to talk shop about…