COMING SOON FROM SCRLC

SCRLC is delighted to be presenting two workshops series over the next several months: Putting Theory into Place (on conservation and preservation topics) and Library: Place, Service, or Both (on library services, tangible and virtual). What do you need to know? Please register early to reserve your seat! Further information about these and all SCRLC events is available at http://www.lakenet.org/scrlc/calendar.html

Putting Theory into Place Series:

Wed. Dec. 6	Environmental Concerns of Graphics Conservation Preservation Instructors: Tatyana Petukhova & Michele Hamill, Cornell Location: Cornell University, Ithaca Time: 9:30am This workshop will review the different types of graphic materials that libraries and archives must care for, including photographs, maps, manuscripts, prints, and, occasionally, works of art. Some of the basic principles of housing, storage, and display will be discussed, as well as some of the fundamentals of user access and safe handling.
Thurs. Feb. 15	Responding to Mold and Other Environmental Problems Instructors: Michele Brown & Sophia Kramer, Cornell Location: Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca Time: 9:30am This workshop will cover issues relating to the response to mold infested library and archives materials and will focus on prevention and some basic remedial treatments.
Thurs. Mar.15	Preservation Reformatting Instructors: Barbara Eden & DCAPS Staff, Cornell Location: Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca Time: 9:30am This workshop will present the various options available for preservation copying of library and archival materials. Discussions will focus on the pros and cons of preservation photocopying, microfilming, and digitization.
Thurs. Apr. 12	Disaster Planning and Collection Salvage Instructors: John Dean & Joan Brink, Cornell Location: Ithaca Time: 9:30am This workshop will address the basics of disaster planning, but will be concerned mainly with the recovery and salvage aspects of emergency response.
Thurs. Apr. 26	Non-toxic Pest Management for Collections and Facilities Instructors: John Dean & Lynn Braband, Cornell Location: Ithaca Time: 9:30am This workshop will present an overview of Integrated Pest Management practices and will examine non-toxic pest management alternatives to pesticides for book and manuscript collections, and the building, that house them.
Library: Place, Service, or Both Series:
Fri. Feb. 23	New Tools for Connecting Staff and Patrons: Social Networking Instructor: Jill Hurst-Wahl, Hurst Assoc, LTD Location: Broome County Public Library, Binghamton Time: 9:30am If you are communicating the same way you did 5-10 years ago, then you are missing out on using new business tools for connecting in often unexpected and positive ways. Jill Hurst-Wahl will bring you up to date on blogs, online collaboration tools, and much more.
Fri. Mar. 16	Participatory Librarianship Instructor: David Lankes, Syracuse University, School of Information Studies Location: Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca Flickr, MySpace, Facebook, Blogger – these web services have begun to redefine how communities form and work on the web. This presentation will discuss how libraries can improve their own web services, and, at the same time, help shape the whole concept of communities on the web.