Ramapo Catskill Library System
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Monday, April 20, 2020
RCLS News Archives
RCLS Census Competition
RCLS is holding a Census competition among the member libraries that began on Friday,
April 17.  Each member library will track the Census response rate of a preselected region in their service area.  Weekly winners will be determined by the difference in percentages from one week to the next.  The overall winning library will receive a pizza party once libraries reopen!  For rules and information, visit the RCLS Census Guide LibGuide.

The RCLS Census Guide: Home LibGuide is available  HERE
 
Upcoming Events
 
Resilience Film
Resilience is a film about adverse childhood experiences and how they can impact mental and physical health as children grow up. The film also discusses how having a trusted adult in a child’s life can help battle and prevent these negative health effects. A virtual (BlueJeans) showing and discussion will happen on Tuesday, April 28 at 10 a.m. Register here. (2 CE)
Children’ Day/Book Day
Member libraries representing all four counties will participate in the Dia (aka Children’s Day/Book Day) Read-a-Thon on Thursday, April 30.  Participants will post a video of themselves reading a children’s book on Facebook, with a new video going up on a different Facebook page every 15 minutes.
 
 
Now Online!
Have you viewed these?
  • April Webinars - Online
  • Free Digital Resources To Use During Social Distancing - LibGuide
  • Online Professional Development Opportunities - LibGuide
  • RCLS Census Guide - LibGuide
  • RCLS Libraries Present Online Programs - Flyer 
We're Still Open HV
 
 
 
We’re Still Open Hudson Valley is a resource for the community to find out who is open and how they are offering their services during this time. Why not add your library to the “Education” section to help residents connect with your online and outreach services?
 
Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award
The Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award is sponsored by the Friends of Libraries Section (FLS) of New York Library Association (NYLA).  Given annually since 1993, the award honors a volunteer member or group from the library community whose efforts have contributed to the growth of libraries or Friends of the Library organizations.  To learn more and for a nomination form, visit the NYLA website.  Deadline to submit nominations is Monday, June 1.
 
News Worthy
 
We Got That Database
Tredyffrin Libraries YouTube channel, Apr. 8
Tredyffrin Township (PA) Libraries' staffers join in a song about library services in the time of COVID-19. “We’ve Got That Database” (2:24) was written by Kate Boyle as a parody of Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass.”
 
  • Libraries and the Census in the Time of COVID-19 | Library Journal 4.10.20
  • How Public Libraries Are Responding to the Pandemic | American Libraries Magazine 4.9.20
  • Stay-At-Home Stir Crazy? Library Crowdsourcing Projects Provide Productive Distraction at a Social Distance | Library Journal 4.6.20
  • Libraries Fight Misinformation on Coronavirus | Library Journal 4.2.20
National News
 
 
RCLS Board News
RCLS Board Meeting
The materials for the Monday, April 20, RCLS Board Meeting are now on the RCLS Website.  The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. via BlueJeans.  For dial-in information, contact Grace Riario, Executive Director (ext. 233 or griario@rcls.org).  
This is an open meeting and all are invited to attend.
In keeping with Executive Order 202.14 (regarding emergency adjustments to the Open Meetings Law in response to the COVID-19 pandemic), the public is not permitted in-person access to this meeting, and the meeting shall be held remotely via BlueJeans online meeting software.  As required by the Governor’s Order, the public will have the ability to view and listen to such proceeding (BlueJeans Link), and the meeting shall be recorded, and made available on the RCLS website.
 
 
RCLS Headquarters Directory
The RCLS team is available to help you via email and phone.
Don't hesitate to reach out.
 
Grace Riario
Ruth K. Daubenspeck
Eileen Acosta
Daniel B. Hulse
 
John Hurley
   
Ryan Smith
David Krawczyk
 
Leonard M. George
   
Nicholas Yaven
 
 
Stephen P. Hoefer
Marla Landsman
Tracey Webber
 
 
 
 
Jen Park
 
 
 
 
Chuck Conklin
   
Jerry Kuntz
 
Martha Sullivan
 
 
Daniel Donohue
 
Gretchen Chandra
 
Patricia Velez
 
 
Joanna Goldfarb
  ADMINISTRATIVE
Executive Director
Administrative Assistant
Communications Assistant
Development Officer
ANSER
Manager & Network Administrator
Technical Assistant
Assistant Network Administrator
Senior Automated Systems Technician
Automated Systems Technician
BUSINESS OFFICE
Fiscal Officer
Assistant Fiscal Officer
Account Payroll Coordinator
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Community Engagement & Talent Development Specialist
DELIVERY & BUILDING MAINTENANCE
Delivery & Building
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Electronic Resources Consultant
Software Support Technician
ILL/TECHNICAL SERVICES
ILL/Technical Services Librarian
ILL/Technical Services Specialist
ILL/Technical Services Specialist
YOUTH SERVICES
Youth Services Consultant
 
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Ramapo Catskill Library System
619 Route 17M • Middletown, NY 10940 • 845.243.3747
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