03 Aug - Ramapo Catskill Library System

RCLS Weekly Memo
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August 23, 2010
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
Serving Member Libraries Since 1959
August 3, 2015
Now Online @
www.rcls.org
 RCLS Weekly Memo Archives
 RCLS Directory—Summer Edition
 RCLS Book Lovers Calendar Sale
 Friends News and Notes
 Member Library Board Meetings
 RCLS Trustee Nominations
 “I Love to Read” Quilt Raffle
 Minecraft Challenge 2015
Florida Public Library’s display at the
2014 Legislative Breakfast
RCLS Legislative Breakfast Displays
Dan Hulse, RCLS Development Officer
The RCLS Legislative Breakfast and Annual Meeting will
be held on Friday, September 18 at the Mt. Fuji Restaurant
in Hillburn, NY.
The legislators have been impressed in the past with the
varied displays showing programs and services that member
libraries provide their patrons. We are again asking for your
help in presenting fabulous visual displays of how funding
for libraries benefits the communities throughout the RCLS
service area. Let your imagination run wild, put those
artistic and collage skills to good use. Go through your
photos and look for ones that show all ages having fun at
your library. Have a photo of a county and/or state legislator
presenting your library with funding? Make sure to include
it. Have a model of future expansion or
renovations that you could bring along? Please
do so. If you would like to bring handouts to
put on the tables, that is another option. Show
legislators that libraries offer the public much
more than they did 10 or 20 years ago.
Displays can be on either poster board with
an easel backing or inside a Lucite display
holder. Make sure your library’s name and
location are prominently noted on the display.
If you will be attending the breakfast, please
bring the display early that morning, but let
Dan Hulse (ext. 245 or e-mail) know that you
will do so. You will also be required to take the
display with you when you leave that morning.
If you or a representative will not be able to
attend, please drop off the display at the
System no later than Wednesday,
September 16. If you have any questions,
please contact Dan. Thank you and we look
forward to seeing your displays!
Register for this event electronically via the
RCLS online calendar.
August 3, 2015
2016 Page-A-Day Book
Lover’s Calendar
The Advocacy and Fundraising
Committee of the RCLS Board of
Trustees is presenting an opportunity
to purchase the 2016 Page-A-Day
Book Lover’s Calendar for use in
homes and offices or as gifts for
friends and loved ones.
A bibliophile’s dream come true ever y da y bri ngs a spot -on
recommendation. Readers
who love Dan Brown are
instructed to check out
The English Girl by
Daniel Silva. Cormac
McCarthy devotees are nudged toward
William Gay’s debut novel, The Long
Home. And sci-fi lovers learn they
must pick up Rick Yancey’s The 5th
Wave. Additionally, famous last lines,
literary quizzes, and surprising facts
about our favorite authors are
included.
The calendars are priced at $10.00
each, a savings of $3.99 over the retail
price and are available for purchase
from RCLS. Purchases will be
delivered to the library of your choice.
The calendar sales will benefit the
RCLS Vehicle Reserve Fund.
Don't delay  this special offer to
purchase these calendars is available
for a limited time only. To order your
copies, download the order form
located on the RCLS Web page.
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RCLS Weekly Memo
Best Small Library in America 2015
With just six staff members serving a community of
12,700 outside of Bozeman, MT, the Belgrade Community
Library won this year’s Library Journal Best
AUG
Small Library in America Award. This award,
cosponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, was created in 2005 to encourage
and showcase the exemplary work of libraries serving
populations under 25,000. What is Belgrade’s secret awardwinning sauce? With a robust volunteer base, they have
reimagined library services and aggressively developed new
outreach efforts to meet the community’s changing needs.
The result is intense engagement and support from the
community and an impact beyond Belgrade’s borders
through leadership to small libraries throughout the state.
Learn how to replicate and adapt Belgrade’s ambitious
outreach efforts on a small-library budget.
The Best Small Library in America 2015 webinar is
hosted in collaboration with the Association for Rural and
Small Libraries and Library Journal, and will include an
overview of the nomination process and details for next
year’s award. Deadline for submitting a nomination is
Wednesday, September 9.
This free, 60-minute webinar takes place Tuesday,
August 18 starting at 2 p.m. To register or for more
information, visit the WebJunction website.
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DMV Insert
The insert shown below will be placed in registration
renewals (and possibly license renewals at a later date) by
the central New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
(DMV) office in Albany. The Division of Library
Development (DLD) asked RCLS to share this information
with you so you are aware that your patrons may receive
one in the mail and may inquire about NOVELNY at their
local library.
Friends News and Notes
NYLA’s Friends of Libraries
Section (FLS), a network of library
advocates in New York State, has
issued its latest newsletter, Friends
News and Notes. This edition includes
articles on Friends Day at the NYLA
Conference, National Friends of
Libraries Week, the FLS Executive
Board Election Candidate Profiles,
plus more. View the newsletter on the
RCLS website.
NOVELNY is the New York Online Virtual Electronic
Library, which contains a wide variety of resources  books,
magazines, newspapers, research and reference sources and
more. These resources are included through RCLS catalog,
but patrons can also login through the State website with
their New York driver license.
RCLS Weekly Memo
RCLS Directory
The Summer edition of the RCLS 2015 Directory is now
online. Library staffers can print their own copies from the
PDF file. The directory is a valuable
source of information for RCLS staff,
the staff and trustees at member
libraries, legislators and other people
who work with our libraries. The
directory provides member libraries’
hours, contact information, board
meeting times, legislative districts and
more information.
We appreciate the Directors’ time and efforts in helping
make the Directory a valuable communication tool.
Please send new updates for the next revision to Ruth
Daubenspeck by Friday, September 25.
You Are Invited
Join us on Tuesday, August 11 at 10 a.m. for System
Orientation at RCLS. Any member libraries’ employees,
Trustees or Friends are invited to attend. You will meet with
the RCLS director and the various
department heads to get a total picture of
the services offered to member libraries.
Register today using the RCLS online
calendar before it’s too late.
Mandatory Construction
Workshop
A reminder to register for the Mandatory Construction
Workshop scheduled for Friday, August 14 at RCLS from
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Use the RCLS online calendar
today to reserve your seat. Deadline to register is Thursday,
August 13 at 8 a.m.
RCLS staff will host an in-depth discussion on how to
prepare a successful NYS $14 million Public Library
Construction Grant application. Libraries that intend to
apply for a grant should have already begun the application
process by this time. This workshop will delve into the nitty
-gritty details of the application and other grant
requirements such as activities exempt from SHPO review.
This is a Construction workshop; participants will receive
3 contact hours for attending.
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August 3, 2015
International Games
Day Registration is
Open for 2015!
International Games Day @ your
library (IGD@yl) is an annual
celebration of games, play, libraries
and learning that is free for libraries!
This event has only one
requirement  you have to have some
sort of game-related activity in or
around your library, on or around
t he offi ci al dat e, S atu rd ay,
November 21. That’s it! The games
can be videogames on a library
console, tabletop games, social games,
party games – whatever you think will
work for your individual library and
community.
To register, complete the form on
the International Games Day website.
Early registrants can choose corporate
donated games and also sign up for
some international inter-library events
that will give your community the
chance to connect to other library
communities in other parts of the
world.
This is a world-wide event, with
libraries on ALL SEVEN continents
participating. Yes, that does include
Antarctica! How’s that for a great way
to spark conversations about the
importance, power and ubiquity of
libraries?
The International Games Day blog
publishes updates weekly on a range
of topics to help inspire ideas,
discussion, and of course learning
around games and play, and a great
press kit with posters and materials to
help you promote the day in your
library.
August 3, 2015
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RCLS Weekly Memo
Deadlines
System Calendar
 Friday, August 7
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.
2016 RCLS Group Movie
Licensing USA® (MLUSA) to
Carol Martin @ RCLS
 Monday, August 10 @ 8 a.m.
Registration for System
Orientation (8/12)
 Thursday, August 13 @ 8 a.m.
Registration for Mandatory
Construction Workshop (8/14)
 Wednesday, August 19 @ 4 p.m.
Nominations for RCLS Trustee
to Pat Soto @ RCLS.
 Monday, August 31
RCLS Trustee Nomination
Biographies to Ruth
Daubenspeck @ RCLS.
 Friday, September 11 @ 9:30 a.m.
Reservations for RCLS
Legislative Breakfast and Annual
Meeting (9/18)
Follow RCLS on
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Facebook
August
Friday, 7
Emerging Leaders Group Session, RCLS – 9:00 a.m.
New Date
Tuesday, 11
System Orientation, RCLS – 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, 13
Directors Association Executive Committee,
RCLS – 9:30 a.m.
Friday, 14
Mandatory Construction Workshop, RCLS – 9:30 a.m.
Monday, 17
Battle of the Books Planning Committee,
RCLS – 9:30 a.m.
Monday, 17
RCLS Board Meeting, RCLS – 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 19
Emerging Leaders Team, RCLS – 9:00 a.m.
Thursday, 20
Emerging Leaders Group Session, RCLS – 9:00 a.m.
Thursday, 20
RCLS Managers Meeting, RCLS – 10:00 a.m.
September – Library Card Sign-up
Month
Twitter
Monday, 7
Labor Day – RCLS CLOSED
YouTube
Wednesday, 9
Directors Association, RCLS – 9:30 a.m.
Linkedin
Thursday, 10
Customer Services in the Trenches, RCLS – 9:30 a.m.
RCLS Headquarters E-mail and Extension Directory
(845.243.3747)
Robert Hubsher ............Executive Director ................................................................. 242
John Schneider ............ANSER Manager and Systems Administrator ....................... 228
Grace Riario .................Assistant Director & Outreach Coordinator ............................ 233
Chuck Conklin ..............Delivery & Building Maintenance Supervisor ......................... 226
Jerry Kuntz ...................Electronic Resources Consultant ........................................... 246
Stephen Hoefer ............Fiscal Officer.......................................................................... 223
Randall Enos ................Youth Services Consultant .................................................... 240