ESLN Events & Recordings

Calm, (Legally) Cool, and Collected: Tactics for Libraries Facing Book Challenges and Collection-Based Protests

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December 2, 2021
Speaker: Stephanie Cole Adams
Session Description: Using applicable library ethics and law as a foundation, this practical and action-oriented session will work through the roles, responsibilities, and possible tactics of every person working at and supporting a library when a community needs to weather a content challenge, protest, and/or obscenity charges based on materials in their collection.

Leading Performance: Ask the HR Expert webinar

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October 18, 2021
Speaker: Holly Nowak
Session Descritption: In this session participants will gain an understanding of the importance of timely, objective, and documented feedback on work performance. The session will also explore effective frameworks for ensuring our mindset is in the right place and how to utilize frameworks to prepare leading to more effective and objective performance conversations. Participants of this session will come away feeling more confident with accountability conversations and with an understanding of the importance of not avoiding difficult conversations.

Trust & Leadership: Ask the HR Expert webinar

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September 20, 2021
Speaker: Holly Nowak
Session Description: Join Holly Nowak, the HR professional behind the Ask the HR Expert service, for a discussion of building and improving workplace relationships and teams. Participants of this session will explore traits that ‘followers’ seek in their leaders, understand that the definition of ‘great’ leadership and communication are somewhat universal, and the overarching importance of trust in building effective workplace relationships.

Effective Selection: Ask the HR Expert webinar

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June 21, 2021
Speaker: Holly Nowak
Session Description: Join Holly Nowak, the HR professional behind the Ask the HR Expert service, for a discussion of interviewing and selecting the best candidates for open positions. Participants of this session will learn effective process and practices to be used in the interview process including: Foundations: Job Descriptions; Leading Formats: A common mistake; What can I and what should I ask? Constructing Legal and effective questions; Candidate Answers: Mining for Meaning. At the conclusion participants will be able to utilize what they have learned to ensure their own interview process is compliant and more effective in uncovering candidate fit to opportunities in their organizations.

 

HR 101: Ask the HR Expert webinar

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May 17, 2021
Speaker: Holly Nowak
Session Description: Join Holly Nowak, the HR professional behind the Ask the HR Expert service, for a discussion of basic human resources information that managers, supervisors, and directors need to know. Covering some of the most commonly misunderstood and/or misapplied HR foundational concepts, topics we’ll cover include best practice in: Job Descriptions, Worker Classification, Documentation and Record Keeping, Leaves (including recent changes in NYS); and other important information. Participants will leave the session recognizing the core HR area red flags and gain an understanding of how to ensure they are on track with foundational HR items.

New Sick Leave Law Webinar

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January 13, 2021
Speakers: Stephanie Cole Adams and Holly Nowak
Session Description: New York implemented a new law requiring employers with 1-4 employees to offer up to 40 hours a year unpaid sick leave. Employers with over 5 employees must offer paid sick leave and must not require the disclosure of confidential medical information to use the leave. As of January 1, 2021 employers required to follow this law must also allow employees to use sick leave time to take care of relatives. This new law impacts libraries that don’t operate as part of government, and other “private” employers. To ensure our affected members get practical guidance on these changes, we have asked attorney Stephanie Cole Adams and Holly Nowak to walk you through revising, developing, and following your sick leave policies.

Know Your Rights: Copyright Hacks for Librarians and Educators Webinar

WEBINAR RECORDING
May 14, 2020 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Presenter: Stephanie Cole Adams
Session Description: Most people know librarians and educators have special rights under the copyright laws, but can they easily recite them?  Join the league of people who can! This 90-minute session will help you learn and remember the special rights of librarians, archivists, and educators. We cover the basics of copyright (what it protects) and then dive into how to use the exceptions built into the law to encourage the free flow of ideas, education, and scholarship. We explore Copyright Act Sections 106, 107, 108, 109 and 110 and the implications of those exceptions on issues like purchasing and licensing.

Reopening Libraries in NYS Webinar

WEBINAR RECORDING
June 16, 2020 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Featured Speakers: Lauren Moore, State Librarian; Jeremy Johannesen, Director of NYLA; Stephanie Cole Adams, The Law Office of Stephanie Adams, PLLC; Michelle La Voie, Director of the Olean Public Library; Christian Zabriskie, Executive Director of Onondaga County Library System; Scott Jarzombek, Executive Director of Albany Public Libraries; Mary Lou Carolan, Assistant Director of Newburgh Public Library; Casey Conlin, Library Sustainability Coordinator of Mid-Hudson Library System; Susan Mitchell, Director of North Country Library System; Nate Hill, Executive Director of Metropolitan New York Library Council
Session Description: Public libraries have been given permission to reopen with restrictions as part of NY Forward’s phase one in the reopening process. What does this mean for you, your library, and your community? If you do decide to reopen as part of this phase, where should you begin? Hear from directors of both libraries and library systems in rural and urban regions across New York State. They will discuss the challenges of reopening their libraries, the services their libraries are offering, and how they are ensuring that the library is safe for both their staff and patrons.

Legal Issues & Reopening: The Saga Continues