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System Meeting - Friday, May 20, 2016 at 9:30am

25 May 2016 - 10:22 | Version 12 |

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Selection Lists

J and YA publisher preview books will be available for review before and after meeting, and during break.
  • Construction Grants Intent to Apply - June 7, 2016 (Ron)
  • Library Budget Votes (Ron) - Congratulations libraries! Upcoming votes: Perry and Palmyra
  • Recording System Meetings/ GoToMeeting /Live Streaming (Lauren) - consensus: Full length footage of meeting is too long. A condensed version may work better. Notes added to TWiki can be helpful, send link out.
  • Office Chair Drawing (Lauren) - Congratulations: Avon, Caledonia, Lyons, Newark, Palmyra, Sodus, Williamson
  • Ancestry.com - June 2016 (Lauren) - Central Library funds; All libraries will have access to Library Edition. Available only at the library, authentication based on IP address. Patrons using your WiFi will have access.
    Those libraries with Heritage, Lindsay will talk to Ancestry.
  • Trustee/Director Workshop - July 12, 2016 (Lauren) - Flyer will be sent. Workshop starts at 5:30pm: Budgeting Basics. Before workshop is opportunity for trustees to participate in a Focus Group
    for PLS Plan of Service - starts at 4pm.
  • OWWLAC - May 24, 2016 (Lindsay)
  • Local History Interest Group - June 10, 2016 (Lindsay)
  • Library Aware show and tell - Program bookmark from Mary Conable @WAR (Lindsay) - pdf "Half a Chance" - book discussion and photography scavenger hunt
  • Evergreen Upgrade (Lindsay)
    • Scheduled for June 15, should not involve downtime
    • Libraries will have to install an updated staff client on all workstations; this is a quick process, PLS will send links out in advance
    • No major changes to the staff client interface or function
    • New features will be announced in the next few weeks
    • The major new feature with the upgrade is a new web-based staff interface. We will not be rolling this out immediately or to all libraries; after we have all adjusted to the upgrade, we will seek out a few libraries to test the web interface.
  • Windows 10 Aggressive Push
  • Let Your Library Shine (Hope) - Each library given LED diode, battery, resistor. Possible uses/promo ideas: program, decorate flyer, light up balloons, movie night at library and light walkway. For more ideas google LED throwies.
    Send pictures to Hope of what you used your lights for! Contact Hope if you need more LEDs or have questions.
  • NY Comic Con Fan Verification 5/20-6/13 (Hope) - Opportunity to attend Thurs, Oct 6 program in NYC. PLS rent small van: drivers Hope and Ron, room for 10 passengers. First step: verify you are a fan (used as prevention of scalpers) site opens today. After Fan Verified, contact Hope. She will keep track of passengers. Buy your own ticket and be reimbursed.

Sharing

  • Victor-Farmington - Has new logo and new sign on building front.
  • Wadsworth - work on elevator continues
  • Perry - reports that after 14-year run, Tales of 3 Counties has disbanded.
  • PLS - new bandwidth levels with Time Warner contract. Exciting - patrons will see huge change using WiFi

10:30am Program: Family Literacy at the Food Pantry

The Cazenovia Public Library is connecting the dots between early literacy, the local food pantry, and family well-being, and they’re doing it all on a small budget. Starting with an Early Literacy project at the CazCares food pantry, library outreach coordinators began to build more in-depth relationships with the food pantry’s clients. Their interactions led to unexpected positive outcomes:
  • adults obtaining their high school equivalency through the library tutoring program;
  • school age children participating in an interactive summer learning program and book club;
  • and the food pantry becoming the site for ESL classes, Dolly Parton Imagination Library sign ups and health literacy initiatives.
Find out how this innovative library team supplemented their small budget with donations and volunteers to make Family Literacy work for the community.

Presented by: Betsy Kennedy, Director, Cazenovia Public Library
Betsy has a BS in Elementary Education from Oswego State and 25 years later received her MLS from Syracuse University. She started at the Cazenovia Public Library in 1979 and became the director in 1984. She is a member of the Literacy Coalition of Madison County Managing Partners, a board member for the Greater Cazenovia Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Cazenovia Arts Heritage Alliance. Betsy also acts as the director liaison with the Mid York Library System board of trustees. For over 20 years she was a medic for the Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps and a firefighter for the Cazenovia Volunteer Fire Dept.

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