28 Sep - 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
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September 28, 2015
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Sale
And the Winners are…
Randall Enos, RCLS Youth Services Consultant
Sunday, September 13, at SUNY Orange in Middletown,
14 library teams representing 16 member libraries met to
battle for the
honor
of
being
the
2015 RCLS
Teen Battle
of the Books
Champs.
At
the
RCLS Battle
of the Books
competitions,
all the participants
are
w i n n e r s ! 2015 Battle of the Books Champions from
They read the Daniel Pierce Library in Grahamsville
eight books,
they remembered the facts and they all seemed to have fun.
This year the teams proved to be particularly well-prepared.
There were some close battles; however, only one team can
prevail as the championship team.
Once again, the winner of this year’s book battle was the
Daniel Pierce Library Team from Grahamsville (also known
as the County Pumpkins) which steamrolled to the top and
will reign as the 2015 Champions. Congratulations to the
Team, Coach Matt Haynes and library staff member Anita
Jones. Go BIG ORANGE!
The powerhouse Livingston Manor Free Library Team
expertly managed to work its way into second place.
Congratulations Team and Coach Peggy Johansen.
The team from Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library in
Monticello came back from an earlier loss and placed third
this time around. Congratulations to Coaches Peggy
Ehrenberg and Joanna Goldfarb and their team.
We were especially pleased to have teams representing
libraries that had not participated before. They represented
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RCLS Legislative Breakfast and Annual Meeting Wrap-up
Dan Hulse, RCLS Development Officer
Carl Berkowitz, RCLS Board President, welcomed everyone to the RCLS 28th Legislative Breakfast and
56th Annual Meeting on Friday, September 18 at The Views at Mount Fuji Restaurant in Hillburn, NY. The
Breakfast was very successful in that 149 people attended including seven legislators or their
representatives.
Legislators attending the morning event were Assemblyman Tom Abinanti, Chair of the Committee on
Libraries and Education Technology as well as Assemblywomen Aileen Gunther and Ellen Jaffee,
Assemblymen James Skoufis and Kenneth Zebrowski,
Tiffanie Downs representing Senator John J. Bonacic and
Matthew Watkins representing Assemblywoman Claudia
Tenney, who all voiced their support of public libraries.
Three Library Champions addressed the group on what the
library means to them. They were Brian Colton of
Sloatsburg, Elise Graham of Valley Cottage and Barbara
Hahl representing the Western Sullivan Library. Laura
Grunwerg, Director of the Blauvelt Free Library read a letter
of appreciation from a Correctional Facility inmate on the
impact and power of public libraries and the interlibrary loan
service.
Robert Hubsher, RCLS Executive Director presented a
document he developed – Return on Investment (ROI) for
Services Provided by Ramapo Catskill Library System:
Monetary Value of Services for Every Dollar Spent. The
Front, left to right: Assemblywoman Ellen
document graphically shows the cost of RCLS services of
Jaffee and Assemblyman Tom Abinanti. Back, continuing education, consulting, cataloging, delivery and
left to right: Assemblymen James Skoufis and digital content compared to their value in services given to
member libraries.
Kenneth Zebrowski and RCLS Executive
The
Automated Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther
Director Robert Hubsher
Network Services
(ANSER) cost to value is also displayed in this document.
After the Breakfast many attendees stayed for the Annual
Meeting at which Stephen Hoefer, RCLS Fiscal Officer and
Assistant Treasurer, presented the 2016 RCLS Budget.
Three seats on the RCLS Board of Trustees - two from Orange
County and one from Rockland County - needed filling at this
meeting. Dr. William Troy of Goshen was elected to the Orange
County seat. His term will end on December 31, 2017. The other
Orange County seat and the Rockland County seat were left
unfilled.
Lynn Skolnick, RCLS Trustee and member of the Annual
Meeting and Awards Committee, presented the Member Library
Adult Program of the Year Award, a plaque and check for $500, to Jeannie Stiller and Jolee Dubois of the
Newburgh Free Library for the program “Who is Jim Crow?” film series. Albert Wisner Public Library in
Warwick received an Honorable Mention for their program “Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Celebration.”
The Member Library Youth Program of the Year Award, a plaque and check for $500, went to Joni
Armstrong and Maureen Jagos, Director of the Chester Public Library for the program “Sensory Storytime.”
Honorable Mentions were awarded to Ethelbert B. Public Library in Monticello for the program “Make
Your Own Zombie Apocalypse Survival Kit” and to the Goshen Public Library and Historical Society for
“Goshen’s Book Bingo Bonanza!” program.
The Anthony J. Knipp Library Trustee Award, a plaque and check for $250, was presented to Mary Paige
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Lang-Clouse, a past Trustee at the Sunshine Hall Free Library in Eldred. Ruth Manyin, Trustee of the
Moffatt Library of Washingtonville, was awarded an Honorable Mention.
Thank you to everyone that took time out of their work day to attend the Legislative Breakfast and
Annual Meeting. A BIG THANK YOU to those that brought their displays and handouts to make the event
the success it was.
If you were unable to attend the Legislative Breakfast and Annual Meeting and would like to view Robert
Hubsher’s presentation or the program, each can be found on the RCLS website.
Member Library Adult
Program of the Year
Award recipients Jeannie
Stiller, Assistant Director
and Jolee Dubois , Library
Assistant of the Newburgh
Free Library
Joni Armstrong, Youth
Services Librarian and
Maureen Jagos, Director
of the Chester Public
Library, received the
Member Library Youth
Program of the Year
Award
Mary Paige Lang-Clouse, 2015
Anthony J. Knipp Library
Trustee Award recipient and
Patty Kennedy, Director of
Sunshine Hall Free Library in
Eldred
Joanna Goldfarb of the
Ethelbert B. Crawford Public
Library accepts the 2015
Minecraft Challenge Award
September 28, 2015
RCLS Juvenile Preview
Session
Randall Enos,
RCLS Youth Services Consultant
The RCLS Preview Session for
juvenile books at RCLS opens on
Monday, September 28 and runs
through Friday, October 30. I hope
you will be able to take advantage of
this opportunity to look at over 1,030
books published during 2014 and
2015 for children and teens.
The preview books are divided by
category (picture, fiction, nonfictionindividual, nonfiction-series, seriesfiction, young adult fiction, young
adult nonfiction, and pop-up/toy
books, etc.), allowing you to focus on
the areas in which you are interested.
Visit the RCLS Web site for details,
instructions on how the preview
operates and a list of the books.
Those who participate in the RCLS
Preview Session will be able to
request specific books from the
collection for their library.
Free items are also available to
those who come to RCLS to preview
the books.
The collection is available for
viewing Monday through Friday, 8
a.m. to 3 p.m. To schedule an
appointment (you must register to
participate), contact Eileen Kieva at
ext. 221 or e-mail.
For more information about the
RCLS Preview Session, visit the
RCLS website.
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How to Teach One Hour of Code
How to teach One Hour of Code is a great resource on
how to hold a coding workshop using a computer lab, one
computer or even no computer at
all!
The Hour of Code is a global
movement reaching tens of millions
of students in 180+ countries.
Anyone anywhere can organize an
Hour of Code event, even if you
don’t know anything about coding.
One-hour tutorials are available in
over 40 languages. No experience
is needed. Hour of Code can be
geared for ages 4 to 104.
Forthcoming Bestsellers
Grace Riario, RCLS Assistant Director
and Outreach Coordinator
The Fall 2015 issue of Forthcoming Bestsellers, a handy
guide to up-and-coming new books, is now online. Member
libraries’ staff can duplicate or direct
their patrons to the PDF.
This list is one of four produced during
the year as predicted and derived from
Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal,
Booklist, Brodart or Baker & Taylor
lists, etc. According to the publishers’
schedules, the titles will be released
during the upcoming three months.
For best results, place copies of the list near your New
Books area or at the Circulation Desk.
The Editors for this edition are Lisa Hewel, JosephineLouise Public Library in Walden and Mary Duffy from
Monroe Free Library.
2016 PageA-Day Book
Lover’s Calendar
Order your copy today!
The order form can be
found on the RCLS
website.
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Minecraft Challenge 2015 and Gaming at Member Libraries
Congratulations to the Ethelbert B. Crawford Library in Monticello for building the best “Secret
Volcano Lair” in the 2015 Minecraft Challenge. Participants from Monticello built an Evil Superhero
Lair with an Escape Helicopter.
The 2015 Challenge was to create a Superhero Hideout or Secret Volcano Rolling Video Games @
Lair using Minecraft for PS4. Each team had two weeks to collaborate on Wallkill Public Library
their design. After completion, contestants had to create a tour video of their
Minecraft creation and upload it to YouTube.
A recent survey showed that 59% of Americans play video games. Gaming
is central to the lives and learning of teens. Kids learn to read through games.
Teens learn to solve problems through games. What does this mean for
libraries? It is one way to engage teens in your library and encourage learning
and exploration in new ways, according to YALSA’s (Young Adult Library
Services Association) STEM Task Force. And what is STEM you ask?
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math and is one of
the hottest topics in education and library circles.
Many libraries, whether by conscious effort or not, already provide some
support to tweens and teens in the area of STEM, but are probably not
seeking out the available grant funding to support it. Yet libraries are in a
good position to help young adults gain key skills in STEM areas. By
providing fun programs that incorporate STEM ideas, libraries can spark an
interest in their young adult
patrons and demonstrate to the community the
important role the library provides in helping prepare
teens for a 21st century workforce.
Libraries already offer access to the tools necessary
to pursue STEM projects such as computers and
devices, and Internet access, which young adults may
have only limited access to at school and may not have
available at home. Recently Wallkill and Fallsburg
Libraries successfully ran video gaming events using
Rolling Video Games. Sixteen kids at a time played in
Rolling Video Games @ Wallkill Public
their air conditioned trailer, using four big screen TVs.
Public libraries often have more freedom in programming options than schools, and can help to fill
some of the gap American youth are experiencing in STEM education. With fewer restrictions on time
and content, public libraries in particular can provide the opportunity to experiment, allowing tweens
and teens the time for trial and error. There are no grades or formal evaluations for students in a public
library, which allows for a stress-free environment to play and find inspiration.
Thanks to Ethelbert B. Crawford Library in Monticello, Wallkill Library, Albert Wisner Library in
Warwick and Moffat Library in Washingtonville for participating in the 2015 Minecraft Challenge!
AND THE WINNERS ARE…
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the Fallsburg Library, Sloatsburg Public Library and Suffern Free Library.
Special thanks to the SUNY Orange English Department for cosponsoring the event this year and
thanks to all who participated—volunteers, coaches, planners, and most of all the team members. We
look forward to seeing you all next year.
For photos and a diagram of how all of the teams fared, visit the RCLS website.
September 28, 2015
Deadlines
 Thursday, October 1
RCLS Outreach Grant
Applications due to Grace Riario
@ RCLS
 Wednesday, December 2
RCLS Budget Ballots due to
Robert Hubsher @ RCLS.
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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.
September – Library Card Sign-up Month
Sunday 27—Saturday, October 3
Banned Books Week
Monday, 28—Friday, October 30
RCLS Juvenile Preview Book Center,
RCLS—8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Monday, 28
ANSER Committee, RCLS—9:30 a.m.
Monday, 28
CLOUSC, Warwick—9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, 30
RCLS Focus Groups
Youth Staff, RCLS—10:00 a.m.
Adult Staff, RCLS—2:00 p.m.
October
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Thursday, 1
RCLS Focus Groups
Directors, RCLS—10:00 a.m.
Circ/Tech Staff, RCLS—2:00 p.m.
Trustees, RCLS—6:00 p.m.
Friday, 2
RCLS Focus Groups
Youth Staff, Nyack—10:00 a.m.
Adult Staff, Nyack—2:00 p.m.
Monday, 5
RCLS Focus Groups
Directors, Suffern—10:00 a.m.
Circ/Tech Staff, Suffern—2:00 p.m.
Trustees, Suffern—6:00 p.m.
Monday, 5
RCLS Teen Librarians, RCLS—10:15 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