Month: January 2023

RASD Career & Business Committee Meeting: Increase productivity and collaboration with Microsoft 365

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Increase productivity and collaboration with Microsoft 365

Register here.

Get an overview of Microsoft’s popular Office Suite and learn how to work smarter, not harder, by automating your processes. Also, learn how to utilize the great collaboration features available via the Cloud to help manage your small business’ documents, files, and more!

Presented by Robert Kratzke, BESTech Consulting

Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | 2:30 pm
MCPL – Centereach
101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, NY 11720

Program brought to you by the Career and Business Committee

 

YASD Joint Nassau and Suffolk Meeting

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February 13 at 10am via Zoom

Please join us at this year’s joint meeting of Nassau and Suffolk YASD.
We will be discussing Marketing to Teens with a panel of librarians from all over Long Island! Topics will include Community Service and Programming, School Partnership’s and Collaboration, TikTok, and Podcasting.
Register here!

2023 Author Event Long Island Reads

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2023 Author Event Long Island Reads

Authors John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski will be honored at the 2023 Long Island Reads Selection Award event for their book A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue in a dual in-person and online program hosted by Half Hollow Hills Library on Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 2 p.m.

TWO WAYS TO ATTEND:

  1. Free tickets to the in-person event will be available to the public beginning Saturday, April 1, at 9:30 a.m. Click the EVENTBRITE link for more information.
  2. For those who prefer to attend virtually, Half Hollow Hills Library will also host the event as an online program. Please check back soon for registration details.

For more information, please contact your home library.

Long Island Reads is sponsored by the Nassau Library System and the Public Libraries of Suffolk County.

 

Join SCLA Today – Registration Now Open!

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My name is Alex Blend and I would like to introduce myself as your SCLA President this year. I am an Adult Services Librarian at the Middle Country Public Library. I am very pleased to officially announce the opening of membership registration for SCLA! Don’t wait, sign up for an SCLA membership today!

Registration now open!

SIGN UP HERE!

The Suffolk County Library Association (SCLA) has been serving librarians, staff and trustees of Suffolk County’s libraries since 1939. Its divisions, committees and liaisons bring members the best in professional development programs and activities through workshops, publications and conferences.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS INCLUDE:

*   Reduced registration fee to the Long Island Library Conference
*   Access to low cost, high quality, and relevant continuing education opportunities
*   Select membership in 1 specialized division of your choice. Additional Divisions can be added at $3 each
*   Newsletters, the Directory of L.I. Libraries and Media Centers, and other special publications…and much more!
*   NOTE: Providing your e-mail address will register you on the SCLA listserv.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out via email to scla1939@gmail.com

Happy New Year!

Alex Blend
SCLA President
Middle Country Public Library
101 Eastwood Blvd.
Centereach, NY 11720
(631)-585-9393 ext. 272
blendalex@mcplibrary.org

Long Island Library Conference Registration

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The Long Island Library Conference Committee is excited to announce that registration for the 2023 Long Island Library Conference will open on January 2, 2023, and close on May 4, 2023. The conference will be held in person on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the Melville Marriott. This year, registrations will be processed through Eventbrite.

Register Here

Please review these updated registration policies and procedures:
Rates
Attendee: $75
Student: $45
Day Of: $125
Attendee and Student payments must be made by May 4. Those who do not pay by May 4 will not be registered. Anyone who wishes to register after May 4 can do so the day of the conference and will be charged the Day-Of rate of $125. Day-Of payments must be made by credit card.
Group Registration
Registering multiple attendees at once is possible. NYLA, SCLA, and NCLA credentials are not necessary.
 Payment Options
Cash, check, credit, PayPal, Google Pay, and invoice payments can be made.
Refunds
Payment is non-refundable, but registrations can be transferred to someone else.
Questions? Email lilcregister@gmail.com and visit https://libconference.org for more information.
See you in May!