SLS Weekly Update
November 5, 2021
Great example of outside-the-box collaborating with a teacher- thanks Aja!
Library.fyi updates
2. Learn360 only shows once.
3. I will be adding Insignia on the right hand column. This is who bought out Snap and they have the federated search option. Stay tuned!
IFC In Action
Rarely do I promote anything I do (being a relatively modest person), but I wanted to share a recent blog post I wrote for AASL to detail how I used the ESIFC on the fly when asked to be a classroom teacher for a week with no preparation: https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/the-versatility-of-information-literacy/
Many of you are new to being library teachers this year, so please read this post and reach out to the listserv, your mentors, and the Office of Library Services for support on how you can integrate information literacy into your lessons and teacher collaborations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xcv7gZ-xA
https://slsa-nys.libguides.com/ifc
Thanks!
Leanne Ellis, Manhattan Library Instructional Coordinator
New York City School Library System
Building Partnerships with School Counselors and Librarians
NCWIT and Infosys Foundation USA invite you to join us for a free panel discussion with members of the NCWIT Counselors for Computing (C4C) program, where we will provide information and resources that help counselors, librarians, and other educators join the front line of the computing conversation. Listen in as my school counselor friends and I discuss what we are doing to bring programs together with professional development, knowledge, and resources to give all students access to transformative careers in technology. By the end of this session, you will have learned how to better work with counselors and librarians to become a change leader for implementing computer science and gain the knowledge to educate parents, spark creativity in students, and illuminate a future they may have never considered.
Please register here:
https://ncwit.org/broadening-participation-in-computer-science-education/
Sora Big Library Read now live
Five Total Strangers is now available and displayed on Sora at no cost to your school. Students have unlimited access to the ebook and audiobook until November 15 – with no waitlists or holds. It’s a great way to bring students together through reading and discussion.
NOTE – The Content Access Level is set at Adult
Author Event
Don’t miss a live, virtual event with author Natalie D. Richards on November 8 at 2pm ET. Register today.
Get students talking
Check out our discussion guide designed to encourage conversation and help students get the most from Five Total Strangers.
Spread the word
Don’t miss the marketing materials we’ve put together to help you promote Big Library Read.
You also have a chance to win a tablet, Sora swag and signed books by the author if you use #biglibraryread on social media from November 1-15. See the official rules.
Please reach out to your Account Manager with any questions.
Thanks,
OverDrive
Exploring Nature Science Resources trial with GST BOCES
Let me know if you would like a follow up on this:
I have set up a 30 day trial for your schools. Here is the information you can share with them.
Welcome to your Exploring Nature Science Resources 30 Day Trial.
Your logins are as follows:
Student Login:
UN: boces2
PW: boces2
Teacher Login (Be sure to use the teacher login button on the opening page or on the top of any page)
UN: boces2_master
PW: boces2
You can now access all 6,000+ pages of illustrated Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, Biology, Anatomy and Ecology resources for K-12.
School subscriptions provide IP authorization, so students do not have to sign in to use the site at school. In addition, school subscriptions can now access all the downloadable science bundles in our store as part of your subscription (165 bundles with a total value of more than $1,300).
New Learn 360 Titles
Number of New Titles: 246
We are pleased to announce the new titles that were added to your Learn360 subscription over the past month.
- ✔ View your newly added titles: Click here to view a full list of the new titles just added to your collection
SCRLC Update
SCHOAM! for November 2021 Special Collections, Historical Organizations, Archives & Museums
in short: News | Grants | Events | Ideas | Webinars | Jobs
News from SCRLC New Collection on NY Heritage: A Birds Eye View of Cayuga County Photographer Bill Hecht traveled around Cayuga County with his drone in hand through the fall of 2015 and spring of 2016. Images cover the Village of Aurora with Wells College, the Village of Moravia, the Village of Union Springs, the City of Auburn, as well as neighborhoods and farmlands of Genoa. Analytics for Collections The traffic to New York Heritage is doing well, as you can see here, and if you want to dig down to your own collections, check the Granular Traffic report here.
Grants & Assistance $eedMoney for Gardens This challenge grant, in which the amount you raise in a month affects how much you're eligible for through the grant, can support a community garden. Maybe you could plant heritage herbs and vegetables? Or offer some programming about historic gardening practices? Consider the possibilities! Humanities NY Action Grants The next round of Action Grants through Humanities NY are due on February 1, 2022 and can be used to fund projects next summer. That means now is the time to think and plan, so check out the requirements. Assessment Grants from DHPSNY The next round of free Planning & Assessment Services from DHPSNY are due this Friday, November 5. IMLS Grant Opportunities Matching Museums Empowered grants for $5,000-$250,000 for museums are available from IMLS, with the application due on November 15. Inspire! Grants for Small Museums have no matching requirement and are also due November 15. NYS Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials Grants of $2,500 to $40,000 are available for the preservation of cultural heritage materials. Read more.
Happening in the Neighborhood American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Grants through MANY Congratulations to the History Center in Tompkins County, who received a grant from IMLS through the Museum Association of NY. This list of projects from around the state is full of good ideas! Print-A-Kitty Hands-on History Zoë Van Nostrand of the History Center in Tompkins County is co-presenting a very cool blend of art and history with Laura Rowley of Illuminated Press. They're printing archival images to teach kids and adults about this local history story (the famous Ithaca Kitty) in a workshop that looks very fun. Here's another great event idea from the Corning Museum of Glass. They're offering a free webinar in which they'll describe the history of glass perfume bottles. The webinar is free but attendees are invited to purchase an accompanying kit of materials to be shipped to them for the whole olfactory experience. Yates County History Center is offering an in-person, outdoor blacksmithing demonstration with Durand VanDoren, made possible by a Decentralization Program grant. A Dandy Candy Incentive, a Farewell, and Thanks in Elmira Chemung County Historical Society has a new exhibit, Chemung County in the 1910s, which features food introduced in that decade like Marshmallow Fluff and Campbell's Tomato Soup. They're sweetening the deal by giving out candy invented in 1914 for anyone who finishes a scavenger hunt. CCHS's longtime curator, Erin Doane, has left after 10 great years. Forward the job listing (found below) to a good candidate! I also wanted to bring your attention to CCHS's nice post about volunteers. The Greater Oneonta Historical Society will be holding its largest annual fundraiser on November 19. They have an auctioneer and free admission, with food and drink available for purchase through the venue, Quality Inn. They will also hold a week-long online auction leading up to the live auction. GOHS has also completed a handful of COVID-19 oral histories with local leaders, and the collection looks especially nice on their new website, https://oneontahistory.org/. Fenimore for Families Fenimore is repeating their very successful preschool programs over Zoom starting this month. The museum has extended its free admission for ages 19 and under through the end of December, so you can bring the kids to check out their exhibits on Arthur, elegant clothing from NYC, contemporary Haudenosaunee textile artwork, and more. Chipmunks in Cortland The Cortland County Historical Society is teaming up with the Cortland Free Library to offer local history for kids in the form of a storytime and activity in a series called Time Travel. This November, they'll be sharing the story of how Chipmunk Got Tiny Feet, a Native American folktale.
Ideas & Inspiration for Imitation 'We did our job, nothing more': The archivists who proved a 1961 Paris massacre Happily, I think, you won't be able to imitate this kind of work exactly, but I did find it inspiring to see what archivists are capable of doing for the public good. Why Everything In The Archives Isn't Digitized (Yet) This is one article in a three part series written by Denver Public Library's archivist for Archives month in October. Addressing the general public, she describes the complicated balance of considerations for digitizing their immense collections. This kind of blog post is a nice way to remind your audience that digitization is more than "scan and save" and that you really do have quite a bit on your plate! What Does a Truly Equitable Recruiting Process Look Like? This article from the American Alliance of Museums provides food for thought about hiring practices. Should you always prefer someone who can "hit the ground running," or might you lose out on a useful fresh perspective? Are you focusing too much on urgency when you hire a replacement? Working Group Discussants in Montreal in March The National Council on Public History will have an in-person conference in Montreal, March 23-26, 2022. They're looking for participants in different working groups. One that stuck out to me as interesting was "Records, Repair, and Reckoning: Productive Collaborations for Archivists and Public Historians." If you think you'd like to attend the conference and be a part of that conversation, apply by November 7. If there's an audience that would appreciate a blog post all about historical fasteners, it may be this one. This post from the National Archives talks about ribbons, wax and other pre-password security measures.
Zooms & Webinars Up Your Alley Jenny Shonk presents “How to use the HeritageQuest database” Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 12 pm National History Day Teacher Training Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 5 pm Monday, Nov. 8 at 2 pm Robert's Rules of Order and Parliamentary Procedure Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 10 am Digital Equity Barriers and Strategies Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 11 am Discussing Equity with Your Community and Why It Matters Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 4 pm Workplace Productivity Skills: Spreadsheets Wednesday, Nov.10 at 10 am Stories from the Field: Electronic Media Preservation at The Strong Museum of Play Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 11 am Ask An Archivist: Safe Labeling of Items & Objects in the Archive Friday, Nov. 12 at 10 am Friday, Nov. 12 at 11 am Careers and Job Hunting Strategies Beyond the L in LIS Monday, Nov. 15 at 2 pm Instructional Design Basics for Teaching in Any Mode Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 10 am Collections, Catalogs, and Clouds: How to Choose a Collections Management System Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 1 pm Real Life ECMS Examples in Local Governments and State Agencies Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 11 am Digital Equity Partnerships and Coalitions Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 11 am Web Usability 101: Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks for Library Web Sites and Beyond (ACRL/NY) Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 10 am SENYLRC's Archives Special Interest Group Tuesday, Nov. 30 at 2 pm Thursday, Dec. 2 at 2 pm Recent Recordings & Resources In Person Events MANY's Southern Tier Partnership Forum in Binghamton Tuesday, November 9 MANY's Central NY Partnership Forum in Syracuse Monday, November 15 MANY's Capital Region Partnership Forum in Cohoes Wednesday, December 1
Openings In The Field
That's all for this month! Send me an email if there's anything at your organization you'd like me to include in the next newsletter: clovell@scrlc.org | Claire Lovell, Digital Services Librarian
Cayuga Onondaga School Library Systems
Email: psweeney@cayboces.org
Website: https://www.cayboces.org/Page/95
Location: 1 Eagle Drive, Auburn, NY, USA
Phone: (315) 255
Twitter: @plsweeney1