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Code and Coffee with code4lib NYC

Friday, December 2, 2022 - 18:52
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Join the code4lib NYC for a code & coffee Zoom the first or second Friday of each month. 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.

code4lib NYC Meetup at Urbanspace Vanderbilt

Thursday, December 1, 2022 - 11:17
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Join code4lib NYC for a casual, in-person meetup at Urbanspace Vanderbilt, a food hall near Grand Central Terminal. Please contact organizer Michael Rios at mrios27@fordham.edu to receive details on how to locate the group within the space.

A Day In The Life: A Panel Discussion With Corporate Librarians

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 12:58
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Save the date! Our series of conversations with library workers who well, work in various settings continues with a conversation with folks working in corporate or business settings. This event will be presented in partnership with SLA NY.

Ownership, Licensing, and Library Materials

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 12:45
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Save the date of Thursday, March 16 at noon for presentations and a conversation about ownership and licensing and how they pertain to library materials. The right of first sale allows libraries (among everyone else) to provide access to materials they’ve purchased. In the digital era, however, libraries usually license content rather than own it, …

Copyright and Fair Use for Libraries

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 12:41
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Save the date of Thursday, February 23, 2022 for an event on copyright and fair use for libraries. Why does copyright and fair use matter for libraries and librarians? This event features lawyers and librarians who will share historic and legal frameworks for copyright, provide helpful information about our rights to fair use, and give an understa…

Introduction to Digital Rights for Library Workers

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 12:39
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Save the date of Thursday, February 2 at noon for presentations and a discussion about our rights to access, create, and publish information here in this era of networked technologies. This event features academics and practitioners who are digging into thorny questions like: How as a society might we balance copyright protections with free and equ…

Climate Stories Project, Part 3: Working Through Climate-Related Emotions

Monday, November 28, 2022 - 13:44
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Join Climate Stories Project for a three-part series of interactive climate storytelling workshops. Workshop facilitators Jason Davis and Kelly Hydrick will work with participants to gain a deeper engagements with our myriad responses to climate change, increased confidence in their ability to speak with members of their communities about the chang…

Climate Stories Project, Part 1: Crafting Climate Stories

Monday, November 28, 2022 - 12:23
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Join Climate Stories Project for a three-part series of interactive climate storytelling workshops. Workshop facilitators Jason Davis and Kelly Hydrick will work with participants to gain a deeper engagements with our myriad responses to climate change, increased confidence in their ability to speak with members of their communities about the chang…

Climate Stories Project, Part 2: Interview Techniques

Monday, November 28, 2022 - 12:16
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Join Climate Stories Project for a three-part series of interactive climate storytelling workshops. Workshop facilitators Jason Davis and Kelly Hydrick will work with participants to gain a deeper engagements with our myriad responses to climate change, increased confidence in their ability to speak with members of their communities about the chang…

027 to 612.662: Libraries and Menstrual Literacy

Monday, November 28, 2022 - 10:41
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What makes libraries the perfect place for period advocacy? Brooklyn Public Library’s Rakisha Kearns-White will share how she became a period advocate and why she decided the public library was the perfect place for her advocacy. She'll discuss the different positive outcomes of starting this initiative and the many ways menstrual literacy can look…

NYC Digital Safety Train-the-trainer Reprise

Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - 13:22
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We're celebrating the launch of over 40 curriculum modules, written especially for library workers by the project team at NYC Digital Safety! Join us on Zoom meetings to learn more about these approachable and engaging modules in train-the-trainers workshops. This workshop features a walk through the project's website, where you can find these scal…

Using Excel to Manage Your Projects and Budgets

Friday, November 18, 2022 - 13:09
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Are you ready to Excel? Microsoft Excel, that is! Many tasks are well suited to Excel, including managing budgets, tracking project deliverables, and creating forms. Join us to learn more about how Excel can be used in your work, and get curious about exploring the range of features that this software offers. Because budget management includes coor…

A Day In The Life: A Panel Discussion With School Media Specialists

Friday, November 18, 2022 - 10:02
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Join us for our next elucidating conversation in a series of panel discussions where we talk about the joys and challenges of working in various settings within the library industry. We'll be joined by Sandra Echols, Melissa Jacobs, and Patricia Sarles to talk shop about working in school libraries. We'll learn what aspects of their work make them…

NYC Digital Safety Train-the-trainers Workshop

Monday, November 7, 2022 - 16:41
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We're celebrating the launch of over 40 curriculum modules, written especially for library workers by the project team at NYC Digital Safety! Join us on Zoom meetings to learn more about these approachable and engaging modules in train-the-trainers workshops. This workshop features a walk through the project's website, where you can find these scal…

Postponed: NYC Digital Safety Train-the-trainers Workshop

Monday, November 7, 2022 - 16:38
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We're celebrating the launch of over 40 curriculum modules, written especially for library workers by the project team at NYC Digital Safety! Join us on Zoom meetings to learn more about these approachable and engaging modules in train-the-trainers workshops with curriculum developer and designer Sarah Morris and project manager Davis Erin Anderson…

Archipelago Workshop Series 2022: Session 1

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - 14:26
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Please join us for our upcoming Archipelago Workshop Series taking place this early Winter 2022. These workshops will focus on general migration and ingest workflows using the Archipelago Multi Importer (AMI). Each session will include live demonstrations and explanations of different areas of AMI functionality and configurations. Follow up Q+A and…

Archipelago Workshop Series 2022: Session 2

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - 14:26
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Please join us for our upcoming Archipelago Workshop Series taking place this early Winter 2022. These workshops will focus on general migration and ingest workflows using the Archipelago Multi Importer (AMI). Each session will include live demonstrations and explanations of different areas of AMI functionality and configurations. Follow up Q+A and…

Archipelago Workshop Series 2022: Session 3

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - 14:25
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Please join us for our upcoming Archipelago Workshop Series taking place this early Winter 2022. These workshops will focus on general migration and ingest workflows using the Archipelago Multi Importer (AMI). Each session will include live demonstrations and explanations of different areas of AMI functionality and configurations. Follow up Q+A and…

Foundations of Evaluations and Assessment in Library Settings: Part I – Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You…

Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 13:20
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Conducting useful and impactful evaluations and assessments in libraries often starts with needing to understand the distinction between the two concepts. This session will serve as an introduction to evaluation and assessment as concepts, and begin laying the ground work for understanding how to apply both evaluation and assessment to library prog…

Keeping Your Digital Life Organized, Part 1: The Principles of File Wrangling

Monday, October 24, 2022 - 11:17
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File management is an essential part of staying digitally organized, but it can also quickly become overwhelming. If you’re not sure where to start or you’d like to brush up on your digital organization skills, presenter Katie Wolf, Science and Technology Librarian at Fordham University Libraries, will discuss key conventions and useful tips for ge…

Interlibrary Loan Interest Group Meeting

Monday, October 24, 2022 - 09:51
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Join the ILL's interest group meeting on November 15! Bring your updates, thoughts, and questions about resource sharing across your networks.

Code and Coffee with code4lib NYC

Thursday, October 13, 2022 - 12:58
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Join the code4lib NYC for a code & coffee Zoom the first or second Friday of each month this fall. 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. This month, Dan Woulfin of NYU will present on DIYDDICurator,…

Health Data Privacy in the Library

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 12:51
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This workshop will explore the role libraries play in patron health journeys, which includes the layout of our physical spaces, the way we handle sensitive documents, which resources we share, and more. Privacy advocate Tess Wilson will discuss practical approaches to patron support and ways we might teach patrons about their health data safety. A…

Data Privacy + Big Tech: How Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google Deal With Data (And What It Means for You)

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 - 13:25
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In this 60 minute online session, Daniel Alaya, Davis Erin Anderson, and Gary Price will review how our world’s largest tech companies view privacy. We’ll discuss the steps these businesses take to collect your data, share the personal impacts of data collection policies, and give you tips for what you can do to bring back a modicum of control over…

Moving Towards Holistic Healing in Libraries

Monday, October 10, 2022 - 13:43
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Prioritizing well-being is a priority right now. By tending to ourselves, we give our brains reprieve so we can be more present in meetings, relationships, and decision-making. This also allows us to be more equipped to show up for the hard and messy work that is advancing social justice. In the last few years, there has been an increase in the num…

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