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SCLA Executive Board
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Tracy Van Dyne,
Connetquot Public Library
Lisa Kropp,
Half Hollow Hills Community Library
Beth Gates,
Rogers Memorial Library
Celia Volmer,
Brentwood Public Library
Brian Adams,
Longwood Public Library
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Division Presidents
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Susan DeMasi,
Suffolk County Community College
Community College
Robert Cognato,
Deer Park Public Library
Danielle Zubiller,
Brentwood Public Library
Anne Marie Hofmann,
Mastic Moriches Shirley Community Library
Joanne Albano,
Commack Public Library
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SCLA INFO:
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SCLA Suffolk County Library Association
c/o SCLS 627 N. Sunrise Service Road
Bellport, NY 11713
Newsletter
Nikki Greenhalgh
Port Jefferson Free Library
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SAVE THE DATE!
ANNUAL DINNER
Friday, November 18
The Irish Coffee Pub
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Hello from the RASD Board!
RASD had a very successful LILC with some wonderful programs. First off was Graphic Novels: All Grown Up presented by Mark Siegel and Gina Gagliano from First Second Books. The MOSAIC Committee and SCLA sponsored the program Learning English is a Library Affair with speakers Beth Donovan and Carmen Navarro-Gao from Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library. The PR and Marketing Committee arranged a Lunch and Learn with a panel of Librarians reviewing practical ways of using social networking sites and e-newsletters to publicize library programs, services and events. Do you want to join the RASD team? Your opportunity awaits as RASD will be having its annual election this Fall for the positions of Vice President/President elect and Secretary. If you are interested in running for one of these positions please contact current RASD President Robert Cognato at Deer Park Public Library or rcognato@gmail.com. Some important future events we don't want you to miss: **RASD Annual Dinner will be held on Thursday evening October 6th. We will announce very soon where the dinner will be.
**Health Concerns Meeting/Breakfast and Workshop will be held on Wednesday morning October 19th at SCLS. The topic for discussion is substance abuse and one of the presenters will be Dr. Stephen Dewey. 
Have a Very Fun and Safe Summer!
-Robert Cognato, RASD President
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DASL NEWS
**The Division of Academic and Special Libraries welcomed library students to its second in a series of roundtable panel discussions this spring. "Connecting Curriculum to Career: Crossing the Bridge from Library School to the Real World," was held in April at Suffolk County Community College in Selden. Participating panelists were Deborah Dolan, Hofstra University; Sonia Frangella, Dowling College/Recent MLS Graduate, Palmer School ; David Jank, Palmer School of Library & Information Science ; Gwen Loeffler, Special Librarian, Wunderman marketing; Claudia McGivney, Dowling College. Moderator was Chris Kretz, Dowling College.
**Our division was proud to present author Lawrence Epstein as a speaker at the Long Island Library Conference in May. Dr. Epstein is the author of six books, including The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America (2001) and Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan (2010). He currently writes for the blogs "The Dylan Watch" and "Larry Epstein's Culture Watch," for "The Best American Poetry Blog" and "Jewish True Tales" ( www.JewishTrueTales.com) of which he is the founder.
**DASL members, Michael Aloi and Marjorie Fusco, both from Dowling College, and Susan Ketcham of L.I.U., have co-authored, "Digital Collections Worldwide: An Annotated Directory." This reference book provides an opportunity for readers to access digitized historical documents, ancient manuscripts, photographs, video, audio recordings, web cams, and much more on the Web. The collections described reflect the national heritage of each country. As described in the forward by Cheryl LaGuardia this cutting-edge book, "is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to take full advantage of what the web has to offer, the extensively annotated and thoroughly indexed guide organized and describes the contents of thousands of important digital collection around the globe." "A companion website gives librarians and researchers all of the links found in the book so researchers can avoid transcribing the often-lengthy URLs."
-Susan DeMasi, Suffolk County Community College
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| SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Deadline: September, 1, 2011
The Suffolk County Library Association, serving Suffolk County libraries since 1939, offers an academic scholarship to assist an outstanding library school student in subsidizing the cost of their library school education, and to promote the profession by supporting an excellent student pursuing a Library or Information Science Master's Degree in Suffolk County. It's not too late to request an application.
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SACHEM RELAY FOR LIFE
The Sachem Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society was a huge success! It was held at Sachem North High School, Saturday June 11- Sunday, June 12 and Librarians for Life had two teams with a total of 20 people walking. We raised almost $6,000 between the two teams and had a great turnout at the event. Unfortunately, it rained - a lot - and the event got postponed for a bit and then called off completely at around 11:45 p.m. because of possible thunderstorms.
I was absolutely amazed at the outpouring of support, food, and tents that the teams brought! Suffice it to say, we didn't starve that nigh
t and I will not need to buy toilet paper for the next six months!
I would like to thank the following people:
Sheila Doherty
Jim Ward
 Joanne Albano Paula Bornstein Alan Schelp Kathy Gabriel Tim Sicurella Julie Delaney Andrea Kielbasa, Sarina Latorre-Sicurella Joseph Kielbasa, Kate Breen, Michele Carone (my daughter) Donna Mauceri Megan Sala-James Lisa Kropp Jamie Papandrea Sue Tychnowicz Tracy Van Dyne Lissetty Thomas -Jackie Narkiewicz Copiague Memorial Public Library
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Continuing Education Award for
Library Support Staff
Deadline October 1, 2011
The SCLA Continuing Education Award for Library Support Staff is a minimum cash award made to a library employee who is pursuing academic or career-related coursework that will enhance and contribute to their library duties, as well as benefit libraries. The award is supported by the Suffolk County Library Association and is activities, individual contributions and commemorative gifts. It's not too late to request an application.
E-mail the Scholarship Chairperson, Angela Richards,
Good Luck! |
 LILRC 2011 Continuing Education Brochure Now Available The LILRC CE Brochure, which lists programs scheduled through December 2011, is now available. To view an electronic version, please visit the What's New section on the LILRC website at:
Here you can find a downloadable version of the brochure and registration form. -Christina Rivera Long Island Library Resources Council |
SUFFOLK COUNTY JAILS LIBRARY SERVICE COMMITTEE
The goal of the Suffolk County Jails Service Committee is to encourage libraries to provide paperback books of a nonviolent nature to the jails in Yaphank and Riverhead and to use the money obtained through the SCLS to purchase new paperbacks and to order subscriptions to appropriate magazines for the jails. In addition, this year funds from the Jail Grant Program were used to buy books to support the work of the chaplains in the jails and the teachers of the GED
programs.
Periodically, the Committee appeals to remind its readers of Suffolk Libraries and Friends of the Library groups to generously send these nonviolent paperback books and appropriate magazines to the jails through the Suffolk Cooperative Library System and to label the boxes as follows:
To: SCLS for Riverhead Jail
OR To: SCLS for Yaphank Jail, Attn: Law Librarian
Sister Joan Ryan of St. Joseph's College Library and Marjorie Fusco of Dowling College Library currently serve on the Suffolk County Jails Service Committee. Sister Joan arranges the purchase of paperbacks for the jail from Baker and Taylor. Marjorie represents the committee at the SCLA Board meetings. We welcome other volunteers to help us. If you can oversee the collection and shipping for your library--you will be assisting some of the neediest patrons of Suffolk County.
For further information, please contact: Sister Joan Ryan, Callahan Library, St. Joseph's College, 25 Audubon Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772-2399, (631-447-3231), or Marjorie Fusco, Dowling College, Oakdale NY 11769, (631-244-3284).
-Majorie Fusco, Dowling College
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SCLA-LIST
The Suffolk County Library Association's listserv, SCLA-LIST is now over twelve years old. It has been a great source to advertise library jobs, announce a conferences and workshops and to get advice from colleagues in neighboring libraries. Unlike many other professional listservs, messages on the SCLA-LIST are usually on topic. Likewise there have only been a handful of "flame wars" throughout the SCLA-LIST's long history and these happened in the early days of the listserv.
There are currently nearly 1,500 subscribers to the SCLA-LIST listserv. If are not on the SCLA-LIST, there is no better time to join. Likewise, if you have new staff in your library, please let them know about the SCLA-LIST listserv. Instructions on how to join can be found at:
SCLA-LIST Listserv
The lucky person that is the 1,500th subscriber will win a free year's membership to SCLA!
-Kevin McCoy
mccoykj@sunysuffolk.edu
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BRENTWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTOR RECEIVES
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY ACHIEVEMENT
at the Long Island Library Conference
Brentwood Public Library Director Thomas A. Tarantowicz, Jr., received the LDA Award for excellence in library achievement at the 2011 Long Island Library Conference for his outstanding contribution to libraries on Long Island throughout his career.
Mr. Andrew Ippolito, founder of LDA PUBLISHERS, INC, created the LDA in 1978.
The criteria for selecting the award recipient is: outstanding achievement in developing and publishing library materials, long and distinguished service in the advancement of librarianship, an original contribution for promoting the library, progressive legislative activity, promotion of intellectual freedom, and creative, innovative utilization of technologies.
The committee of three Nassau County Library Association members and three Suffolk County Library Association members reviewed all entries and selected Mr. Tarantowicz as the winner because hemet and exceeded these standards.
Photo (l-r): Brentwood Public Library Trustee William Menendez, Board President Mary Reid, Thomas A. Tarantowicz, Jr., Dr. Arthur Friedman, Board Vice President Ellen Edelstein, Trustee Gail Kirkham
-Marie Weiss
Brentwood Public Library
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Continuing Education Award for
Library Support Staff
Deadline: October 1, 2011
The SCLA Continuing Education Award for Library Support Staff is a minimum cash award made to a library employee who is pursuing academic or career-related coursework that will enhance and contribute to their library duties, as well as benefit libraries. The award is supported by the Suffolk County Library Association and is activities, individual contributions and commemorative gifts. It's not too late to request an application. 
E-mail the Scholarship Chairperson, Angela Richards,
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
On behalf of SCLA, Jackie Narkiewicz attended the Habitat For Humanity house dedication for the Hille family on February 18. We were able to walk around the house and look around before the dedication started. It was a truly moving event that was attended by all of the agencies who helped build the house and lots of politicians (Steve Levy, Mark Lesko, Brookhaven Town Supervisor). The family seemed very touched and a bit overwhelmed by the ceremony and all the gifts they received. Our baskets were on display in the kitchen.
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