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RCLS Weekly Memo 1 August 23, 2010

Serving Member Libraries Since 1959

March 21, 2016

Robert Hubsher, Executive Director Ruth K. Daubenspeck, Newsletter Editor

Ramapo Catskill Library System • http://www.rcls.org 619 Route 17M • Middletown, NY 10940-4395 • 845.243.3747

Teen Tech Week at

Wallkill Public Library

Lori Ann Mullooly, Library Technician,

Wallkill Public Library

Last week’s Teen Tech Week brought a new “Make Your

Own Memes” program to the Wallkill Public Library. Teens

used the library’s laptops and were challenged with coming

up with memes that were good enough (and funny enough)

to use on the library's Facebook page and website.

This creative group has also been working for months on

their own teen art and literary

magazine. Under the creative

direction of children’s

coordinator Carolyn Thorenz

and library assistant Emma

Caster-Dudzick (who also

served as editor), this

dedicated group of teens

created, edited, and published

The Untruthful Fruit, a unique

collection of original art and

writing.

“Everyone, from our

talented teens to Carolyn and especially Emma, who is an

amazing motivator, did an outstanding job,” said library

manager Lisa Palmer.

The Untruthful Fruit will be distributed at the John G.

Borden Middle School in Wallkill

during their upcoming Career Day on

Thursday, March 31. Come on down to

the event between 10:00 a.m. and 1:30

p.m. and visit the Wallkill Public

Library’s table to get your own copy!

RCLS Board

Meeting

The materials for the Monday,

March 21 RCLS Board Meeting

are now on the RCLS Website. The

meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at

the System Headquarters in

Middletown.

Please feel free to attend.

Friends Gathering

Randall Enos,

RCLS Youth Services Consultant

The Annual RCLS Member Library

Friends Gathering is scheduled for

Wednesday, May 25 , at the

Newburgh Free Library from 5 to 7

p.m.

Plan to join Friends and library staff

from other member libraries for this

exciting program and networking

opportunity.

Save the date and watch for more

details about the program and

registration.

Libraries Transform

ALA, in honor of its new public

awareness campaign, Libraries

Transform, wants librarians and

patrons to share their stories.

Librarians can submit 1–2 minute

videos discussing how their library

transforms its community, campus, or

school. Library patrons can also create

their own “Because…” statements on

social media using the hashtag,

#LibrariesTransform. One winner will

receive a copy of Secret Coders, by

Mike Holmes and Gene Luen Yang,

honorary chair of National Library

Week 2016.

Kindle e-readers

Update

Anyone using an outdated software

version on Kindle e-readers must

download an important software

update by Tuesday, March 22 in

o r d e r t o

continue to

d o w n l o a d

Kindle books

from the Cloud,

access the Kindle Store, and use other

Kindle services on their devices. After

March 22, you will need to manually

install the latest software update.

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National Library Legislative Day

Robert Hubsher, RCLS Executive Director

Join the New York delegation for National Library

Legislative Day (NLLD) Monday and Tuesday, May 2

and 3. Registration and information about hotel rooms are

available on the ALA

Washington Office website.

For additional motel rooms

visit the Your DC Hotel

website.

NLLD brings hundreds of

librarians, trustees, library supporters, and patrons to

Washington, D.C. to meet with their Members of Congress

to rally support for libraries issues and policies. As with

previous years, participants will receive advocacy tips and

training, along with important issue briefings prior to their

meetings.

In the wake of the sweeping changes to both the House

and the Senate in the 2014 Congressional elections, it is

more important than ever that we rally together to speak up

on behalf of libraries and the communities they serve.

Want to see a little more? View the video from last year!

The ALA Washington Office and the White House

Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce

(WHCLIST) offer a scholarship opportunity to a non-

librarian participant at National Library Legislative Day.

Recipients of the WHCLIST Award receive a stipend of

$300 and two free nights at a D.C. hotel. The deadline for

submissions is Friday, April 1. For more information about

the WHCLIST Award, visit the ALA website.

Your firsthand library experience as a librarian or as a

patron is an invaluable part of helping legislators to

understand the impact that libraries have in the day-to-day

lives of their constituents. Won’t you consider joining us!

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact

me (ext. 242 or rhubsher@rcls.org).

Name That Movie

Phil Bradley of Phil Bradley's Weblog, March 15, writes,

“If you can’t remember the name of a film it can be a real

nuisance. Well, worry not. There’s a new search engine

called What Is My Movie. You can simply type in some

basic concepts and it will find matches for you. I tried

several and it found them every time. For example, I tried

‘gunslinger looking for gold in the American Civil War’ and

it came back with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. You

can also try it with film quotes: ‘All the towns in all the

world’ came back with Casablanca.”

RCLS Weekly Memo 3 March 21, 2016

Mary Linda Todd Retiring from

New York State Library

Library Development Specialist Mary Linda Todd is

retiring in early April 2016 after more than 15 years of

service at the New York State Library. Linda is currently the

Team Leader for Library Development’s Technology and

Federal Aid Team. In addition to her work in leading the

State Library’s statewide technology initiatives, she has also

been the New York State Library Services and Technology

Act (LSTA) Program Coordinator, the leader of the State

Library’s statewide Outcome-Based Evaluation Initiative, a

contributing member of the State Library’s NOVELNY

Internal Team, the program manager for the State Aid for

Library Construction Program and most recently, the

program manager for the School Library System program

and New York State’s ILEAD program. She has

successfully written and obtained a number of grants to

fund innovative projects at the State Library.

During her tenure at the State Library, Linda led

numerous statewide technology efforts that significantly

increased public access computing, broadband connectivity

and digital literacy services in all of New York's 1,080

public library buildings. She provided outstanding and

innovative leadership in statewide technology initiatives.

Her work resulted in millions of federal, state, local and

private dollars for New York State public libraries and

library systems for the creation of innovative public access

computing programs and services. She is the 2013 recipient

of NYLA’s Teresa Strozik Award for Innovation in Library

Technology. This prestigious state-level award is given

annually to a current NYLA member for the innovative use

of technology in a library or information setting.

Linda is looking forward to spending more time with

family on her boat Riverdancer, traveling, dancing,

introducing her granddaughter to the world of reading and

working on special library projects. Linda’s email address is

marylinda.todd@nysed.gov if you would like to send her a

message before her last day at work, Wednesday April 6.

Great Stories Club

Grant

The American Library Association

(ALA) Public Programs Office has

announced a new round of the Great

Stories Club, a reading and discussion

program for at-risk teens, supported by

the National Endowment for the

Humanities (NEH). The 2016 offering

will feature books under the theme

“The Art of Change: Creation, Growth

and Transformation.” Working with

small groups of 6 to 10 teens, grantees

will host reading and discussion

events for each of three selected book

titles. The titles - selected in

consultation with librarian advisors

and humanities scholars - are chosen

to resonate with reluctant readers

struggling with complex issues like

incarceration, violence and poverty.

Eligible libraries are located within or

working in partnership with

organizations that serve at-risk youth,

such as alternative high schools,

juvenile justice organizations,

homeless shelters, foster care

agencies, teen parenting programs,

residential treatment facilities and

other nonprofit and community

agencies. Up to 75 grants will be

awarded. Visit the ALA website for

full guidelines and to apply online.

Applications are due Friday, April 15.

Forthcoming Bestsellers

Grace Riario, RCLS Assistant Director and Outreach Coordinator

The Winter 2016 issue of Forthcoming Bestsellers, a handy guide to up-and-coming new books, is

now online. Member libraries’ staff can duplicate or direct their patrons to the PDF.

This list is one of four produced during the year as predicted and derived from Publisher's Weekly,

Library Journal, Booklist, Brodart or Baker & Taylor lists, etc. According to the publishers’ schedules,

the titles will be released during the upcoming three months.

For best results, place copies of the list near your New Books area or at the Circulation Desk.

The Editor for this issue is Eileen Kieva, Ramapo Catskill Library System.

RCLS Weekly Memo 4 March 21, 2016

April Webinars

Content Marketing and Strategy

Wednesday, April 13, from 3:00 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Has your library been promoting itself online (blogs, social media, etc.)? If so, chances are it has seen very mixed results. Now is the time to make your library's online efforts more effective, however, the majority of libraries don't have an online content marketing plan...and it shows.

In this webinar, Laura Solomon will share the steps for defining a content strategy for your library. Find out what people really want online, how to further content reach, and how to re-purpose your content for different platforms. Get valuable tips that can help you create and better distribute content to attract and engage your library's audience. Discover how to move beyond just advertising and promotion (which people usually ignore). Start getting a better handle on where your library’s efforts should go and how to make that effort count!

For more information and to register, visit the Infopeople webiste.

Incubate Creativity at Your Library

Tuesday, April 19 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Library as Incubator Project (LAIP) promotes the library as a place to connect and create. LAIP has networked with hundreds of libraries who are working with their communities to incubate and inspire creative projects. They have talked with scores of artists, writers, makers, performers, and other creatives about how they use their libraries and how their libraries can serve them even better. In this webinar, LAIP shares program and project ideas, resources and case studies to turn your library into a creativity incubator. Take the workable, scalable programming and resource framework from LAIP and become a hub for supporting creatives of all types and skill levels in your community.

Presented by: Laura Damon-Moore, Co-founder and Editor, Library as Incubator Project, and Community Engagement Librarian, Madison Public Library

For more information and to register, visit the WebJunction website.

Managing Children’s Services: Supervising the Youth Services Department

Tuesday, April 19 at 12:00 p.m.

What does supervising mean anyway? Learn how to set goals, mentor staff, document information, and manage the performance of others in this introductory webinar to the ins and outs of supervising staff.

This webinar is intended for children's librarians with little management experience, new to a role with managerial responsibilities, or aspiring to a promotion; middle management, librarians who supervise children’s librarians, though they themselves are not children’s/youth services specialists; and upper management, librarians who supervise children’s services managers/supervisor

Instructors: Kelsey Johnson-Kaiser, Youth Services Librarian, La Crosse Public Library; Lisa Kropp, Assistant Director, Lindenhurst Memorial Library; Madeline Walton-Hadlock, Early Education Manager/Senior Librarian, San José Public Library

For more information and to register, visit the Association for Library Service to Children website.

Serving the Needs of ESL Immigrant and Refugee Teens in Your Community

Thursday, April 21

For more information and to register, visit the Young Adult Library Services Association webiste.

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RCLS Presents

Musical Performers’ Showcase

Desktop Publishing by RCLS

Handouts and performance rates will be available at the showcase.

Please register through the RCLS calendar (calendar.rcls.org/) by 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 23, 2016

10:00 .... Tom Gardner,Axel Belohoubek & Barry Wiesenfeld Hooley Shooters

10:35 .... Tom Lindsay & Michael Eck Lost Radio Rounders

11:10 .. Larry Newcomb & Joe Tranchina Jazz & Blues Duo

11:45 .... Marc Mathelier Music, Love & Life through Guitar

12:05 ... LUNCH

12:45 .... Marc Black History of the 1950’s & 60’s through Popular Song

1:25...... Marc Berger Songs of the American West

1:55...... Balam Dance Theatre Contemporary Dance

Thursday,

March 24,

2016

9:30 a.m. Coffee

10:00 a.m. Program

Ramapo Catskill

Library System

619 Route 17M619 Route 17M

Middletown, NYMiddletown, NY

845.243.3747845.243.3747

Join us for a musical day! Seven musicians will each perform a 20-minute mini-concert. This is a no-cost opportunity

for you to audition these talented performers before making your hiring decision.

If you enjoy their music, your library customers may also!

The performers are:

Ramapo Catskill Library System presents

Desktop Publishing by RCLS

Please register through the RCLS calendar (calendar.rcls.org/) by 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2016

This is a Youth Services Workshop; participants will receive 3 contact hours for attending.

This workshop was supported by funds from the New York State Library’s Family Literacy Library Services grant program.

Friday, April 8, 2016 9:30 a.m. Coffee 10:00 a.m. Program 1:00 p.m. End

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More Teen Summer Reading Program Planning Workshop Fun

This will compliment (not repeat) the SRP planning issues covered at the March 7th workshop.

Topics covered will include (but will not be limited to):

Attracting teens and 'tweens and promoting your programs

New and different programming ideas

Incentives and care and feeding of volunteers

Passive programs and gaming

Audience: Teen and ‘tween library staff (for children in 5th grade

and up).

Presenter: Chrissie Morrison is the outgoing Past

President of the Youth Services Section of NYLA and

former ‘Tween & Teen Librarian at the East Greenbush

Library. In addition to her frequent presentations for

library systems and associations within New York State,

Chrissie has written articles about teen programming and

VolunTeens for Young Adult Library Services Association

(YALSA) and Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA), and

recently presented at the Missouri State Library’s Teen

Summer Reading Workshops.

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Deadlines

Monday, March 21 @ 8 a.m. Registration for Accessible

Customer Service-Webinar (3/22)

Tuesday, March 22 @ 8 a.m. Registration for Trustee

Orientation Workshop (3/23)

Wednesday, March 23 @ 8 a.m. Registration for Adult Music

Performer Showcase (3/24)

Sunday, May 1

Direct Access Plan Approval Form

due to Robert Hubsher @ RCLS

System Calendar

For a complete and up-to-date list of events, including

links to additional information, see the RCLS Calendar.

To add information, contact Ruth Daubenspeck.

March

Monday, 21 Summer Reading Program Planning Workshop, RCLS – 9:00 a.m.

Monday, 21 RCLS Board Meeting, RCLS – 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, 22 Accessible Customer Service-Webinar, RCLS – 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday, 23 Trustee Orientation Workshop, RCLS – 5:30 p.m. Buffet Dinner / 6:00 p.m. Workshop

Thursday, 24 Adult Music Performer Showcase, RCLS – 10:00 a.m.

Friday, 25 Orange/Ulster BOCES Spring Recess Day –

RCLS CLOSED

Monday, 28 ANSER Committee, RCLS – 9:30 a.m.

Monday, 28 CLOUSC, Florida – 9:30 a.m.

Thursday, 31 RCLS Managers Meeting, RCLS – 10:00 a.m.

RCLS Headquarters E-mail and Extension Directory (845.243.3747)

Robert Hubsher ............ Executive Director .................................................................. 242

Chuck Conklin .............. Delivery & Building Maintenance Supervisor .......................... 226

Dan Donohue ............... ILL/Technical Services Librarian ............................................ 237

Grace Riario ................. Assistant Director & Outreach Coordinator ............................. 233

Jerry Kuntz ................... Electronic Resources Consultant ........................................... 246

John Schneider ............ ANSER Manager and Systems Administrator ....................... 228

Randall Enos ................ Youth Services Consultant ..................................................... 240

Stephen Hoefer ............ Fiscal Officer .......................................................................... 223

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