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“Read for the fun of it!” during

Teen Read Week™ 2016 Press Release

Trustees’ Fiduciary Responsibility

(PowerPoint Slides)

RCLS 2017-2021 Plan of Service

(Pending Approval of DLD)

RCLS Legislative Breakfast and

Annual Meeting Program

2017 Return on Investment

Libraries Need Friends: A Toolkit

to create Friends Groups or to Revitalize the One You Have (Sally Gardener Reed, Executive Director, United for Libraries)

Forthcoming Bestsellers—Fall

Battle of the Books Results

2017 RCLS Operating Budget

RCLS Weekly Memo 1 August 23, 2010

Serving Member Libraries Since 1959

October 10, 2016

Robert Hubsher, Executive Director Ruth K. Daubenspeck, Newsletter Editor

Ramapo Catskill Library System • http://www.rcls.org 619 Route 17M • Middletown, NY 10940-4395 • 845.243.3747

Library Champion Award

New Yorkers for Better Libraries, an important library

advocacy organization in New York, has announced the

recipients of the Library Champion Award.

This award is reserved for state legislators

who advocate and stand up consistently in

the interest of New York’s libraries. One

RCLS area legislator is included in this

year’s list of Library Champions:

Assemblyman Kevin Cahill The New Yorkers for Better Libraries

Steering Committee, with the help of their

contacts in Albany, made the selection for

this year’s Library Champion Award based

on the following criteria:

Generous Bullet Aid awards to libraries

Key support of library legislation

Leadership and advocacy on behalf of libraries and

library funding

Assemblyman Cahill has co-sponsored several important

library bills.

National Friends of Libraries Week

Friends of Libraries groups have their very own national

week of celebration! United for Libraries will coordinate the

11th annual National Friends of

Libraries Week: October 16-22, 2016.

The celebration offers a two-fold

opportunity to celebrate Friends. Use the

time to creatively promote your group in

the community, to raise awareness, and to

promote membership. This is also an

excellent opportunity for your library and

Board of Trustees to recognize the

Friends for their help and support of the library. Explore

ideas and resources on the United for Libraries website. Visit

the RCLS website for more Friends information and links to

member libraries’ Friends groups.

RCLS Board

Meeting

The materials for the Monday,

October 17 RCLS Board Meeting

are now on the RCLS Website. The

meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at

the System Headquarters in

Middletown.

Please feel free to attend.

Assemblyman Kevin Cahill

October 10, 2016 2 RCLS Weekly Memo

Small Libraries Create

Smart Spaces

Are you always thinking about new

ways to engage your community with

your library’s services? A big-picture

thinker who can also manage minute

details and get people excited about

long-term projects? Looking for an

opportunity to reinvigorate your

library space to support active

learning in your community?

If this describes you, then check out

this opportunity from WebJunction

and their partners at the Association

for Rural and Small Libraries to

submit an application to the Small

Libraries Create Smart Spaces

project.

Fifteen small public libraries

(serving communities with fewer than

25,000 people) will be selected to

receive instructional and material

support to engage their communities

in a space transformation process that

supports active learning at the library.

In addition to fostering local change

and impact, these libraries and their

experiences will influence knowledge

and resources that will be shared with

the public library field at large,

demonstrating the amazing leadership

that exists within small libraries and

their communities.

Applications are being accepted

through 8:00 p.m. on Friday,

October 21. Read the participant

overview, and if it feels like a good

fit, head on over to the application

itself.

Share your library news with the

RCLS Weekly Memo

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rclsmemo@rcls.org

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photo release form

The Library’s Legal Answers for

Meeting Rooms

In the free Library’s Legal Answers for Meeting Rooms

webinar, Tomas A. Lipinski, co-author of the new eBook The

Library’s Legal Answers for Meeting Rooms and Displays,

will review the relevant First Amendment principles that

relate to patron access in the public library setting.

He will discuss the standards courts use to assess

challenges to library policy and practice, specifically those

which concern the use of meeting rooms. Using a case study

approach, Lipinski will discuss how case law can guide you

in designing policies relating to various library spaces. You

will come away from the webinar with a basic framework to

help you think about your library spaces in terms of the

First Amendment.

The 60-minute ALA webinar will take place on Friday,

October 14 starting at 2:30 p.m. For additional information

and to register, visit the ALA website.

Four Ways to Reach Entrepreneurs in

Your Community

If you are looking for an impressive number of resources,

templates and ideas on how to reach and serve

entrepreneurs at your library, then

look no further than the recorded

webinar Support Small Business

Development at Your Library .

Presenter Laura Metzler, Small

Business Information Librarian, Cecil

County Public Library (CCPL) in Maryland, oriented her

advice around four ways you can reach entrepreneurs in

your community. No matter the size of your library or your

community, Metzler showed concrete ideas big and small

that you can initiate.

Booklist Partners with WNBA for

Great Group Reads

The Booklist Reader, Sept. 19

Booklist is once again working with the Women’s

National Book Association for its National Reading Group

Month in October, including the special

Great Group Reads initiative that

highlights recommended titles. National

Reading Group Month celebrates shared

reading by promoting reading groups.

Great Group Reads are a key element of the

event, with 21 titles selected in 2016 for their appeal to

reading groups by a panel of writers, reviewers, librarians,

booksellers, publicists, and committed readers.

RCLS Weekly Memo 3 October 10, 2016

Photo of the Week

Share a library related photo, include a brief caption, your name, position and the library’s name. A photo release is required from recognizable individuals in the photo. Click here for the RCLS photo release. Submit the picture to rclsmemo@rcls.org with ‘Photo of the Week’ in the subject line.

October 10, 2016 4 RCLS Weekly Memo

2016 RCLS Annual Program of the Year Awards

At the RCLS Legislative Breakfast and Annual Meeting held on Friday, September 16, Annual Awards

presentations were made. The following is the nomination for the winner of the Member Library Youth

Program of the Year Award:

Program: “ValCon”

Creator: Jennifer Daddio Nominating Library: Valley Cottage Library

On July 18, 2015, the Valley Cottage Library hosted

ValCon, the first library con in Rockland County and the

entire RCLS Library System. The movement to host cons

in libraries has gained momentum in recent years and

having attended a few, I wanted to bring that experience

to our patrons as well as anyone

else who was interested in such

an event. Comic cons, such as

New York Comic Con, can be

cost prohibitive and tickets sell

out very qu ickly, which

eliminates the possibility of

attending for many.

Our event was free and open to

all. Our mascot, shown at left, was created by one of our local teens,

Isabella Feeney. There were presenters, panels, and programs

throughout the day: manga and cartoon drawing workshops, a candy

sushi workshop, a presentation

by Denny O’Neil (the first writer and editor of the

Batman comics), a sword fighting demonstration, and

more.

About 20 vendors set up in the main part of the library

that sold comics, artwork, cosplay accessories, buttons,

and more. The Hudson Valley Chapter of the 501st Legion

(an international

fan-based organi-

zation dedicated to

the construction and

wearing of screen-accurate replicas of villains from the

Star Wars universe) was also on hand to greet patrons,

and take pictures with attendees.

ValCon was a huge success. We had 284 attendees from

all over the RCLS service area and beyond. The Journal

N e w s s e n t a

photographer and

printed pictures in

their Sunday edition and online. The Rock land County Times

also sent a reporter who wrote a piece for their paper as well.

ValCon was a wonderful experience for everyone involved

and we are thrilled to be hosting ValCon 2.0 this summer!

Rockland County Legislator Harriet Cornell and Valley Cottage Library Head of Youth Services Jennifer Daddio

News Worthy

Regional

Pound Ridge Library director

fired; president ousted | Journal News 10.2.16

Actor and Warwick resident

Carleton Carpenter releases memoir | The Warwick

Advertiser 9.28.16

National

Arrested Kansas City

librarian gets support from

ALA Global |The Kansas City Star 10.4.16

New For Napa County

Students: 'One Card' Access At Public Libraries | Napa

Valley Patch 9.27.16

Libraries pushing safety

measures after attempted kidnapping | kxan 9.26.16

Encinitas rejects library

renaming |The San Diego

Union-Tribune 8.18.16

Beyond Books - How Canton

Free Library expanded their collection |NYS Legislative

Commission on Rural Resources - Rural Futures Summer 2016 Newsletter

Stephen Fry and the

Gutenberg Press | YouTube

(1 hour)

RCLS Weekly Memo 5 October 10, 2016

Join a Nationwide Reading of

It Can’t Happen Here

For one night during the week of Monday, October 24,

theaters, universities and libraries across the country will

imagine the rise of fascism in America with staged readings

of Sinclair Lewis’ semi-satirical It Can’t Happen Here.

More than 20 sites have already signed on to participate.

Join in and hold your own staged reading, royalty-free.

Published in 1935, It Can’t Happen Here tells how the

fictional Senator Buzz Windrip, a charismatic and power-

hungry politician, is elected president after promising to

restore his country to greatness and restore traditional

values. Windrip easily defeats his opponents, including

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and then quickly

becomes a dictator, enacting martial law and throwing

dissenters into labor camps.

Shortly after it was published, the novel was recreated as a

play and opened in 21 cities nationwide on October 27,

1936.

Now, for one night only, the Sinclair Lewis estate is

allowing libraries, theaters, schools and other institutions to

hold staged readings of It Can’t Happen Here royalty-free.

The readings coincide with the opening of the play at

Berkeley Repertory Theater in Berkeley, CA.

Download a free copy of the script, courtesy of Berkeley

Repertory Theater.

Here is how your library can take part on October 24 (or

during the following week):

Invite your staff, patrons, faculty or others to take part in

a staged reading. Berkeley Rep is staging the play with

14 actors, with some playing multiple roles, but you can

do it with more or fewer. Since this is a staged reading,

little to no rehearsal is needed.

Invite your community whether that is a city, town,

school or other to listen. (Admission must be free.)

Promote your reading locally. Berkeley Repertory

Theater has a pre-designed flyer, digital artwork and

template press release to help. (See below for contact

information to get access to these materials.)

Record some portion of your staged reading and share it

on social media. (Please tag @berkeleyrep and

#ItCantHappenHere.)

If you are interested in participating, or if you would like

m o r e i n fo , con tac t S ar ah M cA r t h u r a t

smcarthur@berkeleyrep.org, 415.307.3374.

Read more about Berkeley Rep’s Nationwide Reading of

It Can’t Happen Here.

October 10, 2016 6 RCLS Weekly Memo

Deadlines

Tuesday, October 11 @ 8 a.m.

Registration for LibGuide Basics

10/12

Wednesday, October 12 @ 8 .m.

Registration for LibGuide Basics

10/13

Monday, October 24 @ 8 a.m.

Registration for OLA and RCLS

Lecture MICROAGGRESSION

Tuesday, October 25 @ 8 a.m.

Registration for Trustee

Orientation Workshop (10/26)

Wednesday, October 26 @ 8 a.m.

Registration For Civil Service

Libraries: Employee Performance

Management and Proper

Terminations In the Civil Service

System (10/27)

RCLS Headquarters E-mail and Extension Directory (845.243.3747)

Robert Hubsher ............ Executive Director ................................................................. 242

Grace Riario ................. Assistant Director & Outreach Coordinator ............................ 233

John Schneider ............ ANSER Manager and Systems Administrator ....................... 228

Chuck Conklin .............. Delivery & Building Maintenance Supervisor ......................... 226

Jerry Kuntz ................... Electronic Resources Consultant ........................................... 246

Stephen Hoefer ............ Fiscal Officer .......................................................................... 223

Dan Donohue ............... ILL/Technical Services Librarian ............................................ 237

Randall Enos ................ Youth Services Consultant .................................................... 240

System Calendar

For a complete and up-to-date list of events, including links to

additional information, see the RCLS Calendar.

To add information, contact Ruth Daubenspeck.

October

Monday, 10

Columbus Day—RCLS CLOSED

Wednesday, 12 System Orientation To be re-scheduled

Wednesday, 12 LibGuide Basics, RCLS – 1:00 p.m.

Thursday, 13 LibGuide Basics, RCLS – 10:00 a.m.

Friday, 14 Team Building Workshop - Part 2 To be re-scheduled

Monday, 17 ANSER Subcommittee, RCLS - 9:30 a.m.

Monday, 17 System Services Committee, RCLS - 9:30 a.m.

Monday, 17 RCLS Board Meeting, RCLS – 6:30 p.m.

Friday, 21 SUPLA, Liberty – 9:30 a.m.

Monday, 24 CLOUSC, Mamakating – 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, 25

OLA and RCLS Lecture MICROAGGRESSION Newburgh - 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday, 26 Trustee Orientation Workshop, RCLS 5:30 p.m.

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