MOSAIC meeting Tuesday, January 15, 2018 9:30am-12:00pm @SCLS

 

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Come meet Dr. Annelies Z. Kamran
President and Founder of GeoLyceum

at the next MOSAIC meeting
Tuesday, January 15, 2018     9:30am-12:00pm
Suffolk Cooperative Library System
627 Sunrise Hwy, Bellport, NY 11713

Dr. Kamran has taught at Queens College/CUNY, Hofstra University, Dowling College, and currently teaches international relations at St. Joseph’s College.  She has developed a series of in-depth country studies programs for public libraries  entitled Places in the News.  These programs give an opportunity to comprehend what is going on today’s headline news and provides an opportunity for patrons in our community to take part in thoughtful conversations.  Dr. Kamran will discuss how she runs this series as well as, new projects she has in development for Eastern  Suffolk BOCES on cultural competency and understanding our various immigrant communities on Long Island.

All are welcome to attend

Questions? Contact MOSAIC Co-chairs:

Michelle Athanas, michelle.athanas@nenpl.org ● 631-261-2313 ext. 210 or

Amber Gagliardi, gagliardiamber@mcplibrary.org ● 631-585-9393 ext. 274 

PDF of flyer with this link.

 

 

 

 

 

RASD Electronic Resources Committee Meeting Wed. December 19 2018

Please see the attached document for details of the next Electronic Resources Committee to be held at SCLS on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at SCLS.
9:30 coffee, 10 am Meeting.
 
Dave Jones
Head of Computers & Digital Services
Head of Teen Services

Westhampton Free Library

7 Library Avenue
Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
Phone: (631) 288-3335 ext. 147
Fax: (631) 288-5715

RASD Media Committee – Nov 28th!

Please join us Wednesday, November 28th, 9:30-12pm at SCLS for our next RASD Media Committee meeting.  We will be discussing:
  • Piper Computer Kits for Children’s STEM programming
  • Valerie Lewis of SCLS will be joining us to discuss Memory Kits for outreach to patrons with dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease.

You don’t want to miss this valuable information.  And you do not need to be a member of RASD/SCLA to attend, so please come by.

2018 DASL Annual Luncheon at the Country House in Stony Brook. 2:30 pm

Please join us for the 2018 DASL Annual Luncheon at the Country House in Stony Brook.
Our event will include lunch and a presentation by David Favaloro, Director of Curatorial
Affairs & Hebrew Technical Institute Research Fellow at the Tenement Museum.

Time: 2:30 pm

Register Online: http://goo.gl/S1XNnV

After you register, please send a check for $25 made payable to “NYLA/SCLA” to:

ATTN: Fabio Montella
Suffolk County Community College
Montaukett Learning Center
121 Speonk-Riverhead Road
Riverhead, NY 11901-3499

Participation is limited to 20 people. For questions, please email daslpresident@gmail.com

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Support the SCLA Scholarship Fund!

Support the SCLA Scholarship Fund!

This year, please visit https://bit.ly/2Om2ieT to purchase raffle tickets to support the annual SCLA Scholarship. Changing things up from previous years, there are no longer booklets of paper raffles. Ticket purchases can only be made online and winners will be auto-generated at the SCLA dinner on November 15th.
You do not have to attend the dinner in order to purchase raffle tickets, or to win! Some of our fun prizes this year include: SoBol gift certificates, painting classes, and theater tickets!
Thank you for your support.

SSD 3rd Annual Safety Conference and Annual Membership Meeting

The SCLA Support Staff Division will be hosting its 3rd Annual Safety Conference and Annual Membership Meeting at the Brentwood Public Library on October 17, 2018 from 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m..
Our presenters: Geraldine Hart, Suffolk county Police Commissioner; Patrick Beckley & Nicole Marks, Homeland Security Emergency Services; Matthew Settaducati, Public Employee Safety & Health Bureau (PESH); Jessica Price, Empathy; and NARCAN Training Suffolk county Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services.
Free for SSD members
$1.00 for SCLA members who join SSD
$10.00 for non-members

Online registration link

Teri Hatred
SSD Past President
631-286+-1600 x 1314