March/April 2012
Volume 30, Number 2
ISSN: 0887-3739 www.lilrc.org
March 2nd
Introduction to Google Apps
Farmingdale State College
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
March 9th
Basics of Archives I
Harborfields Public Library
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
March 9th
An Introduction to Online Legal
Resources
Plainview-Old Bethpage Public
Library
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
March 23rd
An Introduction to Online Legal
Resources (Repeat Session)
Suffolk Cooperative Library
System
10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.
April 24th
I Didn’t Know the Census
Bureau Did That! Finding and
Using Data from Censuses and
Surveys
Farmingdale State College
10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.
April 27th
Critical Strategies for
Implementing and Managing
Organizational Change
Farmingdale Public Library
9:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m.
It’s that time of year again when library advocates are asked to raise their voice on behalf of libraries. Library Lobby Day is a statewide effort coordinated by the New York Library Association (NYLA) to get library supporters in the offices of their state legislators in Albany.
On Tuesday, March 6th Long Island advocates will join together to show support and advocate on behalf of libraries and ask legislatures to recognize libraries as educational institutions deserving of the same percentage increase as schools. Library Aid has been cut 23% since 2008 from $102 million to $79 million in 2011. In the 2012 budget, the Governor has proposed a 4% increase in School Aid and Libraries deserve a similar increase.
In addition to joining your friends, colleagues, and fellow advocates in Albany for Library Advocacy Day, here are some other ways library advocates can show support by:
▪ Contacting your elected officials via email or fax to urge the legislature to restore library funding. Visit NYLA’s Advocacy Center online at: http:// nyla.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=4 for more information.
▪ Participating in NY’s Libraries: Essential’s Become a Library Champion by downloading a logo for your website at: http:// www.protectnylibraries.org/joomla-overview/captify-content/100-becomelibrary-champion .
There are a number of ways to get involved with advocating for libraries. If you’re curious about how to get started, turn to page 5 for information on
PLA’s Public Library Advocacy Education Program. Don’t wait, share your voice, ideas, and support for libraries today.
In an effort to increase access to the technologies needed to both produce and display multimedia content, LILRC lends the following equipment out to member libraries on a first come, first serve basis: two Amazon Kindle (2nd generation) eBook readers, two digital video cameras, a digital voice recorder, and a Nintendo
Wii Console and Wii Fit are all available for a 21-day loan period.
For additional information, including the Equipment Loan Form, please visit: http://lilrc.libguides.com/equipment .

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State Senator Hugh T. Farley (R,C, I - Schenectady) reports that he was named Chairman of a newly-created Senate Select Committee on
Libraries. This 19-member bipartisan body was established on January
10th through passage of a Senate resolution.
“This new committee will help the Senate in promoting libraries and addressing their needs,” said Senator Farley. “I am proud to have been a lifelong advocate for libraries, and will continue my efforts to assist them in meeting the needs of the public.
The Select Committee is authorized to conduct meetings, conferences and public hearings, to gather information and to make recommendations on library-related legislative proposals.
Long Island senators serving on the Select Committee are Kenneth P.
LaValle, Carl L. Marcellino, and Jack M. Martins.
To read the full press release visit: http://www.nysenate.gov/pressrelease/senator-farley-announces-establishment-senate-library-committee .
According to a new Pew Internet & American Life report, “the share of adults in the United States who own tablet computers nearly doubled from 10% to
19% between mid-December and early January and the same surge in growth also applied to e-book readers, which also jumped from 10% to 19% over the same time period.”
In addition, “the number of Americans owning at least one of these digital reading devices jumped from 18% in December to 29% in January.”
To view the full report visit: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Ereaders-and-tablets.aspx
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In support of the library community, LILRC has discontinued its $10 charge for Jobline postings. Instructions for submitting a
Jobline posting are available online at: http://www.lilrc.org/pdf/ jobline.pdf
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LILRC has recently acquired two new online tools, LibGuides and GoToMeeting, which are intended to be shared with staff of
Long Island libraries to facilitate online collaboration and knowledge sharing.
LibGuides: Content sharing platform for academic, public, special, and school libraries, which could be used by all library professionals to share knowledge, develop collaborations, evaluate and disseminate digital tools, identify and highlight innovative and best practices, etc. To access the Long Island Librarians’
Knowledge Base visit: www.lilrc.libguides.com
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GoToMeeting: Web conferencing and online meeting tool, which could be used by committees, special interest groups, task forces, etc. ( http://www.gotomeeting.com/ fec/online_meeting ).
With the help of these new tools, we seek to form an online community of academic, public, and special librarians, information technology specialists, library administrators, library school faculty, and all other library professionals to work collaboratively and continuously through inperson and online meetings in the form of
Special Interest Groups (SIGs), task forces, and committees, and then, to create comprehensive web resources for the purpose of improving library services on
Long Island.
For further information, please contact Min
Liu, LILRC Assistant Director, at 631-675-
1570 x203 or email her at minliu@lilrc.org.

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LILRC Welcomes New Member:
North Shore Public Library
Laura Hawrey, Director
LILRC Welcomes New Directors:
Matt Bollerman, Hauppauge Public Library
Kathie Flynn, Glen Cove Public Library
Neely McCahey, Babylon Public Library
Elizabeth Pollicino Murphy, St. Joseph’s College,
Callahan Library
Alison O'Reilly, Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free
Library
Susan Quinn, East Williston Public Library
Susan Sloan , Locust Valley Library
LILRC Welcomes New Assistant Directors:
Elizabeth Olesh, Nassau Library System
Arthur Cooper , LILRC Retired Librarian
Member and retired school librarian from the
Mineola Public Schools died on January 7, 2011, while on duty at the South Huntington Public
Library.
Please send us news about your library such as; new hires, programs, awards, announcements, etc.
Email: Christina Rivera at crivera@lilrc.org
April 6, 2012—Good Friday
The Brentwood Public Library promoted three librarians to positions in the adult reference/career development, teen, and circulation departments.
Pictured left to right: Jose Rodrigo Hernandez, Bilingual
Librarian; Tracy Van Dyne, Head of Teen Services; Xibe Solis,
Head of Circulation Department.
On January 24, 2012, Virginia Carew of the Levittown Public
Library was presented with the Mildred Lowe Award, which is an annual award given to a librarian who has made a significant contribution to government information, and/or the encouragement of documents use from the NY Sate Libraries.
Pictured left to right: Rosemary LaSala, NYLA GIRT President,
Virginia Carew, Government Information Librarian, Celeste
Watman, Director, Levittown Public Library, Laura Hoffman,
Assistant Director, Levittown Public Library, and Steven Dalton,
Board Member, Levittown Public Library.

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The B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Long Island University—Post Campus is one of 55 sites throughout the
United States selected for the exhibit tour of, “ A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, 19010-1965”, which opens on March 8, 2012.
The exhibit celebrates the many Jewish composers of the “American Songbook,” such as Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin,
George and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, and their great contributions to American popular culture during the period 1910-1965. It has been developed by Nextbook, Inc., and the American Library Association
Public Programs Office, and is further enriched with a display of original movie posters from the library’s Special
Collection Department, and original drawings and sketches by internationally renowned artist, Dan Christoffel.
The exhibit will be at LIU-Post Campus from March 8th through April 12, 2012, with several lectures, performances, and educational activities scheduled during the duration of the exhibit. Please note that all programs are free and open to the public.
For additional information, please visit: www.liu.edu/post/jewishsongwriters .
Calling all retired librarians. Are you looking for a way to stay connected in the profession and continue to share your knowledge and experience with the library community?
If so, LILRC would like to invite you to consider membership in our Retired Librarian Membership—the only individual membership the Council offers. Membership costs $40 annually and includes distribution of the LILRC Newsletter, discounted rates to continuing education programs, and much more.
For additional information, including the membership application, please visit the LILRC website at: www.lilrc.org/ becomemember/default.php
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As a result of member requests, Tattle-Tape Security
Strips, for use in 3M library security systems, are being offered at substantial savings through this group purchase.
We are also including Checkpoint Security Strips as part of the agreement.
Any library interested in ordering tapes should mail the completed order form (which is available online at http://www.lilrc.org/forms/TattleTapes.pdf
) to LILRC.
If you need assistance with your order, please contact Joan
Seaman via email at jseaman@lilrc.org or by phone at
631-675-1570 x208.
Do you find searching the iTunes store for educational related apps challenging?
Then be sure to take a look at APPitic ( http:// www.appitic.com/ ), an online guide/directory of more than 1,300 apps for education created by Apple
Distinguished Educators (ADEs).
These apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies, and classroom settings.
Apps are presented in themed categories including Arts
& Music, Math, Science, Thinking Skills, and much more.

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Registration has opened for the spring 2012 session (Week of
March 19–Week of April 23) of Turning the Page 2.0, a free, online advocacy training program for public libraries, developed and presented by the Public Library Association (PLA) with generous support from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Participants choose an advocacy goal for their library and are guided through the creation of an Advocacy Work Plan. Highly interactive units cover topics such as creating and telling your library story, building relationships with key decision makers, project management and making the all-important ask.
Each six-week session of Turning the Page 2.0 consist of:
▪ In-person kick-off (optional)
▪ Weekly, facilitator-led virtual classroom sessions
▪ Independent assignments to advance Advocacy Work Plan
▪ Personalized feedback
▪ Online
For more information about the program , including how to register, visit: http://www.ala.org/pla/education/turningthepage .
LILRC would like to thank the following organizations and commercial firms that supported LILRC activities in 2011 including:
Baldessari & Coster, LLP
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
CCP Solutions, LLC
EBSCO Publishing
EnVisionWare, Inc.
Gale Cengage Learning
Joseph P. Price Agency, Inc.
Nassau County Library Association
Palmer School, Long Island University
Utica National Insurance Group
Suffolk County Library Association
Financial contributions are always welcomed. Those interested in contributing should contact LILRC at 631-675-1570.
The last month has seen a number of anti-piracy, online infringing, copyright-related bills making the headlines, including the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act or OPEN Act (S. 2029), Theft of
Intellectual Property Act of 2011 or PIPA (S. 968), and The Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA (H.R. 3261).
All three bills take aim at any website beyond U.S. borders that distribute counterfeit or copyright infringing products.
To capture how all three bills compare and contrast, Corey Williams of the ALA Washington Office has constructed the
PIPA, SOPA and OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide , which is available online at: http://www.districtdispatch.org/wp
-content/uploads/2012/01/ALA_pipasopaopen_ref_guide.pdf
. This 2 page guide is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather, provide a comparison among the bills.
For more information visit: http://bit.ly/ySyRe8 .
At its meeting on January 17, 2012, the LILRC Board of Trustees urged legislators to modify the current legislation,
so the any possibility of censorship would be eliminated.

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CONSERVATION & PRESERVATION
Virginia Antonucci-Gibbons; LILRC liaison
Regina Feeney; Freeport Memorial Library
Diane Holliday; Dowling College Library
Jean Lynch; Diocese of Rockville Centre Diocesan
Archives
Claudia McGivney; Dowling College Library
Michael O'Connor; L. I. Studies Institute, Chair
Thomas Saltzman; Town of Hempstead
Geri Solomon; Hofstra University-Axinn Library
F. Jason Torre; Stony Brook University
DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE
Virginia Antonucci-Gibbons; LILRC liaison
Melanie Cardone-Leathers; Longwood Public Library
Irmgard Carras; Village of Sands Point Historian
Helene Cerky
Mamie Eng; Henry Waldinger Memorial Library
Geoffrey Fleming; Southold Historical Society, Chair
Patricia Flood; Brookhaven National Laboratory Library
Gregory Hunter; LIU/Palmer School-Library & Info Sci
Jean Lynch; Diocese of Rockville Centre Diocesan
Archives
Antonia Mattheou; Huntington Town Clerk's Archives
Kristen J. Nyitray; Stony Brook University
Sharon Pullen; Suffolk County Historic Documents Library
Cindy Sciacca
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Christina Rivera; LILRC liaison
Virginia Carew; Levittown Public Library
Elaine Conner; Half Hollow Hills Community Library,
Chair
Elaine Hoffman; Stony Brook University
James Macinick; Farmingdale State College, Greenley
Library
Claudia McGivney; Dowling College Library
Victor Oliva; Adelphi University Swirbul Library
HEALTH SCIENCES INFORMATION COMMITTEE
Christina Rivera; LILRC liaison
Claire Joseph; South Nassau Communities Hospital
Medical Library
Deborah Provenzano; Suffolk Community College Library-
Ammerman, Chair
Tanya Shkolnikov; North Shore Univ Hosp-Glen Cove-
Med Library
Susan Simpson; Huntington Hospital Medical Library
Melissa Spangenberg, Winthrop-University Hospital,
Hollis Health Sciences Library
Jeanne Strausman; New York College of Osteopathic
Medicine Library
Susan Werner; Stony Brook University, HSC Library
Mary Westermann; LIU/Palmer School-Library & Info Sci
LEGISLATIVE
Herbert Biblo; LILRC liaison
Samantha Alberts; Suffolk Cooperative Library System
Kenneth Bellafiore; Freeport Memorial Library
Maureen Chiofalo; Rockville Centre Public Library, Chair
Deborah Cunningham; Harborfields Public Library
Sonia Frangella; Dowling College Library
Arthur Friedman; Nassau Community College
Marjorie Fusco; Dowling College Library
Hugh Mahoney
Kevin McCoy; Suffolk Community College Library-
Ammerman
Frank McKenna; Seaford Public Library
Elizabeth Olesh; Nassau Library System
James Olney; Northport-East Northport Public Library
Tracey Simon; Floral Park Public Library
Kevin Verbesey; Suffolk Cooperative Library System
RESOURCE SHARING AND MANAGEMENT
Min Liu; LILRC liaison
Sarah Glasser; Hofstra University-Axinn Library, Chair
Rosanne Humes; Nassau Community College Library
David Jank; LIU/Palmer School-Library & Info Sci
Elizabeth Pollicino Murphy; St.Joseph’s College
Linda Russo; Hofstra University-Deane Law Library
Joan Casson Sauer; Bryant Library
April Schwartz; Touro Law Center, Gould Law Library
Debbi Smith; Adelphi University Swirbul Library
Marilyn Stern; U S Merchant Marine Academy-Bland
Mem Library
Mahnaz Tehrani, New York College of Osteopathic
Medicine Library
Rebecca Turner Wallace; Suffolk Community College
Library-Ammerman
Barbara Walsh; SUNY College at Old Westbury Library
Deborah Wiesehan; Patchogue-Medford Library

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REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA
Min Liu; LILRC liaison
Gail Barraco; Eastern Suffolk BOCES SLS
Steven Bregman
Rocco Cassano; East Meadow Public Library
Darren Chase; Stony Brook University
Jeri Cohen; Patchogue-Medford Library
Richard Delbango; Nassau Community College Library
Ellen Druda; Half Hollow Hills Community Library
Sarah McCleskey; Hofstra University-Axinn Library
Nancy Morcerf; Northport-East Northport Public
Library
Michael Morea; Gold Coast Public Library
Deborah Podolski; Farmingdale Public Library, Chair
Maria Pontillo; Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library
Michael Simon; Long Beach Public Library
Howard Spiegelglass; South Huntington Public Library
Carl Vitevitch; Nassau BOCES School Library System
THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Herbert Biblo; LILRC liaison
Sherry D. Boucarut; Uniondale Public Library
Rocco Cassano; East Meadow Public Library
Helen M Crosson; Cold Spring Harbor Library eva efron; Nassau BOCES School Library System
Debra Engelhardt; Huntington Public Library
Arthur Friedman; Nassau Community College
David Jank; LIU/Palmer School of Library & Info Sci
Chris Kretz; Dowling College Library, Chair
Joseph Latini; South Huntington Public Library
Due to popular demand, LILRC has added the following hands-on training sessions for Adobe InDesign:
▪ Introduction to Adobe InDesign , 10:00am-
12:30pm, Farmingdale Public Library
▪ Intermediate Adobe InDesign, 1:30pm-4:00pm,
Farmingdale Public Library
For more details visit: http://www.lilrc.org/calendars/ cont_edcalendar.php
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Have you heard of Pinterest? Pinterest
( www.pinterest.com
) is a digital pinboard application, which has been around for a little over one year, but already has over 11 million users. Pinterest lets you organize and share ‘things’ you find on the web, which can be arranged on inspiration boards and easily shared on
Facebook and Twitter.
According to iLibrarian, Pinterest offers libraries a creative avenue for displaying resources and services visually and the following ideas are offered to get you started:
▪ Create Recommended Book Boards: Create separate boards for different book categories such as: fiction, non-fiction, young adult fiction, science fiction, horror, travel, most popular, recommended, etc.
▪ Highlight Library Staff: Use Pinterest’s photo boards to spotlight your friendly and helpful library staff.
▪ Spread the Word About Author Talks: If you’ve got an upcoming author talk you might create a pinboard with information about that author such as the author’s book cover(s), photos of the author, links to interviews, biographical information.
▪ Create Patron Contributed Boards: A great social feature of Pinterest is the ability to allow others to contribute to your boards.
▪ Have a Pinterest Board Contest: Encourage patrons to create their own boards for summer reading programs, pins of books they want to check out, research or homework topics, etc. Have them each
“follow” the library’s Pinterest profile in order to enter and award the best board a prize.
For more information on how libraries can use Pinterest, refer to “5 Ways to Use Pinterest in Your Library” by iLibrarian online at: http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2012/5
-ways-to-use-pinterest-in-your-library/ .

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The Code is a clear and easy-to-use statement of fair and reasonable approaches to fair use developed by and for librarians who support academic inquiry and higher education.
The Code was developed in partnership with the Center for Social Media and the
Washington College of Law at American University.
The Code deals with such common questions in higher education as:
▪ When and how much copyrighted material can be digitized for student use? And should video be treated the same way as print?
▪ How can libraries’ special collections be made available online?
▪ Can libraries archive websites for the use of future students and scholars?
To download the Code and view supplementary educational resources, including videos, slideshows, and FAQs, visit the ARL website: http://www.arl.org/fairuse . To read the full press release visit: http://bit.ly/z3N6oi .
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