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    Facebook LIVE

    Facebook Live has become popular for hosting library events as we explore new programming norms.  How can we make the most of the Facebook experience for our patrons?  What are the best ways to share and market within the platform, and what options are available?  Please join us for an informative Q&A so you can get the most out of your Facebook Live events.

    About the Presenter:

    Noah Reed worked at Facebook for four years where he did social media data analysis. He is currently a social media and marketing freelancer as he finishes his degree in Business Entertainment focusing on marketing and design. Noah is also the cohost of the FANtom Zone podcast which is released bi-weekly and focuses on comics in its many forms. He is a host, editor, marketer, producer, and social media guru for the podcast. The FANtom Zone can be found wherever podcasts are available!


    Infodemic101

    This course is an introduction to misinformation and disinformation during the time of coronavirus. Developed in conjunction with Suffolk County's League of Women Voters.

    Intro to Digital Accessibility – Jan 2020

    Pre-Recorded

    How accessible is your website? How does the current state of social media stack up in terms of accessibility?  This online presentation will provide practical information on how libraries can make their websites accessible and how to make social media more accessible by recommending third party tools for users as well as best practices for library staff who are content creators for library social media.

    Presenters: Walei Sabry NYC & Willa Armstrong, NYPL

    LibraryAware - Getting Started

    LibraryAware - Advanced eNewsletter and eBlasts

    Little Free Pantry Presentation

    This pre-recorded presentation is from the Adult and Information Services meeting on November 12, 2020

    Linked Data 101

    This pre-recorded presentation provides concrete examples of how Linked Data is enhancing patrons' discovery of library materials today using tool like Google and an explanation of how library staff can use existing linked data tools to enhance the library's own web services.

    Marketing Through These Unique Times

    Pre-Recorded

    Mitch Tobol from CGT Marketing LLC will discuss social media marketing during the time of COVID-19 and self-quarantine.  Mitch not only manages business social media accounts he instructs small business on how to manage their own social media presence for Hofstra’s small business courses.  Learn some best practices from a leader in social media marketing. 

    Patron Authentication Options

    Adult and Information Services meeting January 21, 2021 presentation on Patron Authentication Options

    Maureen McDonald - Special Projects Supervisor

    Ellen Nasto - Technology & Electronic Resources Supervisor

    Nicole Turzillo - ILS System Administrator

    Plain Sight Project

    This pre-recorded presentation is from the Adult and Information Services meeting on February 11, 2021.  The presenters discuss the Plain Sight Project

    Presenters:

    Andrea Meyer, Long Island Collection, East Hampton Library
    David Rattray, Editor, East Hampton Star

    Planning for Everything

    Pre-Recorded
    We can’t predict the future, yet we do it all the time. We organize events, trips, projects, days, weeks, and years. We plan to buy a home, build a career, learn to dance, teach a class, or get in shape. Our ability to model the world as it is and might be is a gift, but mental time travel is also really hard. Fortunately, since planning is a skill, everyone from playful improviser to rigorous planner can improve, and that’s the aim of this talk. Along the way, we’ll cover: the principles and practices of nonlinear planning; how to grow and sustain hope with willpower and waypower; when to pivot or persist with paths, goals, values, and metrics; how artificial intelligence is poised to transform what we plan; and the relationship between planning and information architecture. If you hate planning, maybe you’re doing it wrong.  Learn how to organize the future by balancing chaos and control, and  find the best way to do so for you. 
    Speaker: Peter Morville. 

    Reference Services and Programming Best Practices

    Pre-Recorded


    Samantha DiGiacomo, Head of Adult Services from Port Jefferson Public Library, will discuss how the library's newly implemented online reference service using phone and chat is working. She will describe the roll out and challenges they have faced in the last week .

    Elizabeth Malafi Coordinator for Adult Services and the Miller Business Center Middle Country Public Library will discuss best practices for taking programming online.

    Using PPE Mask and Gloves

    This course is an introduction to wearing and using personal protect equipment like mask and gloves utilizing video content made available by health agencies.

    Introduction to JEDI Terms

    This course is the first in our EDI and Social Justice series.  This module covers specific terms that will be used through this series of workshops.

    Professional Development 1/2 Hour

    Implicit Bias

    This course is the second in our EDI Social Justice series.  Learn what implicit bias is and how that effects diversity, equity and inclusion.

    Professional Development 1/2 Hour

    Diversity & Inclusion

    This course is the third in our EDI Social Justice series.  We will delve deeper into defining what diversity means and how does inclusion relates to diversity.

    Professional Development 1/2 Hour

    Microagressions

    The forth in our JEDI training series, this microaggressions training provides library examples and tips to help you avoid perpetrating a microaggression.

    Professional Development 1/2 Hour

    Systemic Racism and Inequality

    This course is the fifth in an EDI Social Justice series. Learn the definition and explore examples of systemic racism.

    Professional Development 1/2 Hour

    Putting it All Together: Anti-racism

    This is the sixth (and final) training in this EDI Social Justice series.  Terms will be reviewed as well as how to continue your personal growth.

    Professional Development 1/2 Hour

    Nutrition Resources for Your Community

    Libraries Nourish: Nutrition Resources for Your Community.  This presentation was recorded August 27, 2020.

    Hunger Solutions NY

    Libraries Nourish Training: Hunger Solutions NY.  This presentation was recorded September 24, 2020.

    Veterans Programs and Services

    Libraries Nourish: Veterans Programs and Services.  This presentation was recorded November 17, 2020.

    Mental Health Resources and Services in Suffolk County

    Libraries Nourish: Mental Health Resources and Services in Suffolk County.  This Presentation was recorded January 12, 2021.

    Public Libraries and the Benefits of Community Partnerships

    Libraries Nourish: Public Libraries and the Benefits of Community Partnerships.  This presentation was recorded January 21, 2021.

    How to Create Meaningful Connections While Apart

    This Ted Talk with Priya Parker, author of The Art Of Gathering, discusses how we can make engaging meetings with the new norm of social distancing.  By asking ourselves some simple questions before we host a meeting and adapting our meeting accordingly we can have meaningful exchanges. 

    Q. How can I use this Ted Talk for Professional Development for my staff?

    A. We suggest you and and your team members watch this Ted Talk and then get together online and discuss.  

    You can use the course platform to have staff participate by:

       1) Having the staff directly sign-up and watching the embedded video;  or 

       2) the facilitator can sign up and download the discussion guide and provide a link directly to the video to the staff.

    What you will need:


    • Participants in the discussion need to have completed watching the Ted Talk.
    • Team leader and or department heads will need to complete watching the Ted Talk and host a meeting. (Discussion guide can be found under more resources).
    • The host can schedule a discussion using something such as OpenTok, Google Hangouts or Zoom.

    RA Refresh 2021

    Professional Development: up to 12 Hours

    This course has synchronous and asynchronous learning elements.  To earn all the PD hours available you must participate in all elements of the course.

    Every 2 weeks (for 8 weeks) we'll either listen to a recording of a discussion with an RA expert  or watch an online presentation.  We will read popular genres and discuss the aspects of the genres.  At the end of the course you will be asked for some reading suggestions based on characteristics of the genre just studies or a specific titles.  You will need to devote at least 3 hours every 2 weeks as well as be ready to read some books from a genre you usually don't read.

    What is covered:
    March 15: Introduction to RA and Why RA Matters
    March 29: The Reader's Advisory Interview  
    April 12: Genres
    April 26: Genres

    Synchronous schedule:
    March 15: meet online 9:30AM - 10:30AM
    April 12: meet online 10AM - 11AM
    April  26: meet online 10AM - 11:30AM

    Register

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