The Board of Trustees invites you to our 58th Annual Meeting at the beautiful Sapsucker Woods, Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 PM. 

9:00am Bird Walk for those interested.

Registration Closed

SCRLC's 2024 annual meeting will focus on the triad of sustainability-- environmental stewardship, social equity, and economic feasability. How can libraries and other organizations do this? How can we help our communities to be resilient as the climate changes around us? What is the Sustainable Libraries Initiative? What about the Indigenous perspective? How do birds factor into sustainability? What about citizen science?

Join us for an engaging program on one of the most important issues of our time. 

Objectives: At the conclusion of the program, participants will:

• know how and why to participate in the Sustainable Libraries Initiative
• gain ideas for implementing sustainable practices in their institutions and communities
• learn about some innovative approaches to becoming sustainable
• feel hopeful that we can save the world from a catastrophic climate future through changes that are within our grasp

AGENDA & ACTIVITIES

Bird Walk. Join us at 9:00 a.m. for a pre-meeting bird walk (approximately 45 minutes), led by Christine Brown, SCRLC’s Outreach Services Librarian and Audubon Society member. The walk will take place on trails that are primarily flat with a combination of boardwalk, pavement, and wood chips. The pace will be slow with stops to identify birds in the area. Binoculars will be available to borrow; a brief description of how to use them will be provided.

10:00 Welcome – Megan Biddle, SCRLC Board of Trustees Vice President and Mary-Carol Lindbloom, Executive Director

10:05 Sustainable Libraries (and other organizations): Environmental Stewardship, Social Equity, and Economic Feasibility - Rebekkah Smith Aldrich

10:50 Getting Started on a Sustainability Journey - Keturah Cappadonia, Southern Tier Library System

11:00 Break

11:10 Sustainability through a Seneca-Hodinöhsö:ni’ Lens - Ansley Jemison (Seneca, Wolf Clan)

11:30 Libraries, Museums, and Historical Societies are for the Birds! - Sarah Wagner

11:50 The Library Field - Nate Hill

12:10 Lunch and Small Group Reflections

1:30 Membership Business Meeting (there will be a call-in option)

Call to Order – Megan Biddle, Vice President

Roll Call – Matthew Roslund, Secretary

Approval of 2023 Annual Meeting Minutes – Megan Biddle

Vice President's Report – Megan Biddle

Financial Report – Sarah Glogowski, Treasurer

Executive Director's Report – Mary-Carol Lindbloom

Board of Trustees Election – Nominating & Board Development Committee

Awards Presentation

Adjournment of Business Meeting – Megan Biddle 

2:30 Wrap up and close

October Board of Trustees Meeting to follow.

Presenters

Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MS, is executive director of the Mid-Hudson Library System, a public library cooperative system serving more than 600,000 Hudson Valley residents via 66 public libraries. She is the cofounder and cochair of the New York Library Association's Sustainability Initiative, a founding board member of the American Library Association's Sustainability Round Table, and cochair of ALA's Special Task Force on Sustainability. She is the author of multiple titles, including Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library's Future in an Uncertain World and Resilience, part of the ALA Library Futures series, and is a frequent international speaker on the topic of libraries and sustainability. 

Keturah Cappadonia is the Outreach and Sustainability Consultant for the Southern Tier Library System. She works with 48 small and rural public libraries on areas of outreach to underserved populations, grant writing, DEISJ, and sustainability. She is the current NYLA Chapter Councilor for the American Library Association.

Ansley Jemison (Seneca, Wolf Clan) serves as the Cultural Liaison at Ganondagan State Historic Site. He is an accomplished media producer and public educator, with extensive knowledge of Ganondagan and Seneca Culture and history. Ansley is the host and producer of the “Original Peoples Podcast: Ongwehonwe.” He served as an Academic Advisor with the New York State Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) at Cornell University, and as the Residence Hall Director of Akwe:kon, the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program (AIISP) Program House at Cornell University. Ansley was the former Executive Director of the Haudenosaunee Nationals and is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he earned a degree in Communications.

Sarah Wagner is a scientist, educator, birder, explorer and photographer, devoted to conservation of biodiversity worldwide through effective science education and communication. She studies how bird species’ natural history can be used to inform their conservation, and is committed to identifying how we can mitigate future disturbance. During her PhD and Master's work with Dr. Alex Cruz at the University of Colorado, Boulder she began working at the interface of animal behavior, behavioral ecology, and macroecology, where she incorporated behavioral components into models that predict risk. Throughout her research, she has grown to understand the importance of communicating science and making conservation applicable to people. During her graduate career, she taught every semester, and enjoyed the combination of outreach and research.

Nate Hill is a librarian, artist, and aspiring ecologist. He’s the Executive Director of the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), which serves as the institutional home for projects like the Archipelago Commons, the Digital Equity Research Center, the Library Field, as well as others. In the past, Nate has worked at the Brooklyn Public Library (NY), San Jose Public Library (CA), and Chattanooga Public Library (TN). Nate was a past affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, is currently a fellow with Library Futures at New York University’s Engelberg Center, and was a past participant in the International Network of Emerging Library Innovators (INELI) with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Nate studied art as an undergraduate at Skidmore College, and got his MLIS at Pratt Institute. Nate is happiest when he’s making, building, or contributing to new things, whether those things are sculptures, gardens, communities, or organizations.