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RASD Seed Libraries Roundtable
Seed Libraries Roundtable
THURSDAY, MARCH 19 2020
9:30-11:00AM
MIDDLE COUNTRY PUBLIC LIBRARY
101 EASTWOOD BLVD, CENTEREACH
Seed libraries are popping up all around Long Island. Libraries are realizing seed libraries are a great way to engage gardeners in our community. We are also traditionally very good at saving, collecting and sharing items! What’s the best way to operate a seed library? Let’s get together to discuss best practices and share our ideas!
Conversation will be lead by:
Regina Dlugokencky, Glen Cove Public Library & Amber Gagliardi, Middle Country Public Library
Coffee & Breakfast will be provided.
Please RSVP via Email to Amber Gagliardi at gagliardiamber@mcplibrary.org or https://tinyurl.com/seedlibrariesroundtable
RASD PR & Marketing Meeting January 16th @ SCLS
All are invited to our annual meeting where we catch up on new marketing trends and view the entrees from the 2019 SLMA Award competition. Everyone who attends always learns something new or a new twist on an old idea. We will meet in the SCLS Blue Room for coffee at 9:30 and the meeting from 10-12.
Jo-Ann Carhart, MLS
Head of Adult Services
Librarian III
East Islip Public Library
381 East Main Street
East Islip, NY 11730
Phone (631) 581-9200 x 5
FAX (631) 581-2245
jcarhart@eipl.org
www.eipl.org
Co-Chair of the RASD PR & Marketing Committee
Message from the RASD PR & Marketing Committee
The Suffolk Library Marketing Award recognizes the Best Public Relations
Marketing Campaign by a Public or Academic Library in Suffolk County, a
commission of the Public Relations and Marketing Committee of the Reference
and Adult Services Division of the Suffolk County Library Association,
a Regional Chapter of the New York Library Association.
The deadline of September 15, 2019 is just around the corner. Be sure to go to rasdpr.wordpress.com and start working on your entrance application for the SLMA Award. It is an easy application and before you know it you can have the bragging rights to being the best in Suffolk County.
Information is out on the Annual Library Marketing and Communications Conference:
The Library Marketing and Communications Conference 2019
November 13th & 14th at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch
https://www.librarymarketingconference.org/LMCC-2019-Schedule
This conference is designed for library employees of any level who are involved in marketing, communication, public relations, social media, and outreach in academic, public, and special libraries. The sessions will explore issues that are important for this niche of library work, and the conference will include time for attendees to network and to discuss mutual challenges.
MOSAIC Annual Breakfast at the Middle Country Public
Join us for a FREE workshop for SCLA Members!! This event includes breakfast (egg sandwiches)!!
On Tuesday, June 11th 2019, MOSAIC will be hosting our Annual Breakfast at the Middle Country Public. Our guest speaker, Annelies Kamran, PhD, will present a brief tour of the history, politics, economics, and culture of some of the largest new immigrant communities on Long Island. This is a great opportunity to begin developing cultural competency in interacting with and serving our diverse society.
To register, please use the following link: https://tinyurl.com/MOSAICBREA
Please see attached flyer for more details.
RASD Electronic Resources Committee @ SCLS on Tuesday, April 30 at 12 PM.
The next Electronic Resources Comm
The discussion will include topics covered in his earlier program, David Carroll vs Cambridge Analytica, along with the importance of patron privacy and how libraries can help the public with this increasingly complicated task.
David Carroll, an associate professor at Parsons School of Design in New York, is suing Cambridge Analytica for a complete summary of his personal data the company harvested from Facebook.com through the use of third-party apps and APIs.
Dave Jones
Head of Teen & Digital Services
Westhampton Free Library
7 Library Avenue
Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
Phone: (631) 288-3335 ext. 147
Fax: (631) 288-5715
Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
Phone: (631) 288-3335 ext. 147
Fax: (631) 288-5715
New Adult Committee of RASD April Workshop
New Adult Committee of RASD April Workshop
The next New Adult Committee meeting will be held on Monday, April 15th at SCLS. Coffee/ tea will be at 9:30 a.m. and the meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. Graduate social work interns from the Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare will speak about having social workers in your library.
Please RSVP at: rachelrcecchini@gmail.com
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Rachel Cecchini
New Adult Committee Meetup.com
The New Adult Committee of RASD will be hosting a workshop about Meetup.com on Monday, 2/25 at 10:00AM at SCLS.
Meetup.com is a service used to organize online groups that host in-person events. Learn how libraries can utilize this site as an effective marketing tool for programs and events.
For more information, please contact Rachel Cecchini: rachelrcecchini@
RASD Media Committee – Podcasting in the Library
Please join us Wednesday, February 13th, networking at 9:30am, meeting will begin at 10am, at Middle Country Library in Centereach. We will be discussing podcasting practices in the library with Salvatore DeVincenzo of Milddle Country Library and Chris Kretz of Stony Brook Southampton Library.
If you are interested in how you can start podcasting in your library, the equipment needed, and other details, don’t miss this meeting.
Contact Tim Sicurella with any questions you might have: tsicurella@sayvillelibrary.org
RASD PR & Marketing Committee SLMA Award Review and Roundtable Discussion SCLS
SLMA Award Review and Roundtable Discussion – January 17 at 10:00 a.m (9:30 coffee) – SCLS Blue Room
We will showcase the fine marketing and publicity done by those libraries who submitted to the SLMA Award this past year. These are the best of the best, so a great way to get new ideas for your library.