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CARE Committee meeting November 16, 2017

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Please join the CARE (Career and Resource Exchange) Committee of RASD for our November 16 meeting at Suffolk County Library System.

Dave Sullivan from Family Service League will join us to talk about the Flexible Employment Program. This program provides vocational services to individuals with disabilities and is sponsored by the NY State Department of Education ACCES-VR. The program offers diagnostic evaluations and teaches computer skills, interviewing, job search skills, development skills, and placement. The organization also offers aftercare support and vocational counseling. Family Service League serves people with mental health conditions, developmental disabilities, substance abuse issues, legal histories, and physical disabilities.

Please join us for coffee at 2:00 pm and the presentation at 2:30 pm.

Professional development hours will be awarded.

RASD Public Relations and Marketing Committee

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Video Production and Library Promotion
10/19/17 at 10:00 a.m.
At the East Islip Public Library
SCLA Members – Free, Non-Members $10.00
RSVP to Jo-Ann Carhart – East Islip Public Library
 
Together we will discuss ways to incorporate
video media and video marketing into your
libraries communications.
 
We will go over how to create video for nothing,
inexpensively and utilizing student productions.
 
We’ll discuss promotion and community participation.
 
PSA’s and shorts and bios and documentaries and comedy
and even a video newsletter will be explored.

Preparing for Civil Service Examinations

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Suffolk County Library Association (SCLA) and the Children’s Librarian’s Association of Suffolk County (CLASC, Inc.) invite you to an upcoming program entitled “Preparing for Civil Service Examinations” being presented by Cheryl Caniano of Suffolk County Civil Service.  This program will be held on Wednesday, September 27th from 6:00pm-8:45pm at the Sachem Public Library.

Registration information is attached.

Best,
Kristen Todd-Wurm
SCLA Vice-President

2017 Daniel Kissane Scholarship – For Library Students

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2017 Daniel Kissane Scholarship – For Library Students

Daniel F. Kissane Memorial Scholarship

Financial assistance is available for a library school student to attend the annual SUNY Librarians Association (SUNYLA) conference. The purpose of the Scholarship is to offer an introduction to academic librarianship, provide professional growth opportunities and encourage involvement with SUNYLA.