Points North Newsletter - March 2016
 
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ENY/ACRL - NNYLN - Information Literacy Instruction: Reboot the Mission

Are you being asked to infuse and assess information literacy at your institution? Do you think that some students (and perhaps some faculty) believe that one 55 minute library instruction session is enough?

Join hosts Paul Doty and John Thomas for an informal discussion on library instruction. Paul has been involved with the New York Six Blended Learning Project and John has a significant role with the development of a plan to formalize, organize, and more fully infuse information literacy into the curriculum at Jefferson Community College.

Lunch will be provided. Please join us at the NNYLN office on Wednesday, March 30 from 11am - 2pm for this discussion. Please register for this meeting on NNYLN's webpage.
 
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NNYLN Webinar: Getting the Most From Lynda.com

Learn about the free service of Lynda.com that NNYLN provides to all library staff in the region. This service provides thousands of online courses that are tailored to increase knowledge and increase skills in multiple subjects, including technology, marketing, public speaking, and other areas. This free webinar will be held on March 4 from 1-2pm. You can register for this webinar on NNYLN's website.
 
 

NNYLN Webinar: Empire Library Delivery Information

Empire Library Delivery is a service that allows for an easy and inexpensive way to share inter library loan resources among  libraries throughout New York State. This webinar will cover basic information, including how to utilize the service for ILL delivery. This free webinar will be held on March 14 from 11am-12pm. You can register for this webinar on NNYLN's website.
 
 
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Win $1000 With Your New York Research

The Researching the Empire State Writing Competition has been launched by the Empire State Library Network. Learn more about this competition, eligibility requirements, and additional information on ESLN's website.
 
 

School Library Assessment Webinar

Effective assessment builds a relationship of trust between teacher librarians and students. This webinar will explore assessment, trust, and student empowerment. This webinar is free to all members and will be held on Wednesday, March 30 from 4-5pm. You can register for this webinar on SCRLC's website.
 
 
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Current Jobs Listed on NNYLN's Employment Page

Learning Services Librarian (Canton)
Senior Library Clerk (Saranac Lake)
Library Manager (Sackets Harbor)
Science Librarian (Canton)
 
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ASKUS 24/7 Recognition

The ASKUS 24/7 service asks that each library strive to maintain and "answering percentage" of 75%. In January Clarkson University had an answering percentage of 322%, the second highest in the program for the month. In addition, Mary Cabral of Clarkson University had the second highest number of questions answered, providing 29 answers. Thank you to all of our ASKUS 24/7 participants, and congratulations to Clarkson University. 
 
 

Upcoming Courses:

March 4 (Webinar): Get the Most Out of Lynda.com
March 9 (Webinar): Transforming Library Spaces
March 14 (Webinar): Empire Library Delivery Information
March 30 (Webinar): School Library Assessment
April 19 (NNYLN): EBSCO and Watertown Daily Times Workshop
April 25 (Webinar): Early-Career Transitions: Opportunities for Leadership, Engagement, and Growth from Day One
May 26 (Lake Placid): NNYLN Annual Meeting
June 2 (Webinar): Using the NYS Historic Newspapers Website
 
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Feature Spotlight: Lynda.com

Lynda.com is a leading online learning company that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. This includes online training for software from Microsoft, Adobe, Corel, Photoshop, InDesign, Apple, Autodesk, Blackboard, and Joomla, and well as many open source packages such as Drupal. Lynda.com is a service provided free of charge to staff of all libraries in the region. Licenses are available in two-week or one-month increments with unlimited viewing. In February, Lynda.com had 177 course videos viewed. To learn more about this service and how to sign up to use this service, please visit NNYLN's web page.
 
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