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- | **Conference Location:** The New York Public Library’s flagship research library: [[https:// | + | **Conference Location:** The New York Public Library’s flagship research library: [[https:// |
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+ | Please use the 42nd street accessible entrance to the Stephen A Schwarzman building. It is on the south side of 42nd street just West of 5th Avenue, past the subway. Do not use the big fancy main entrance on 5th avenue with the large stairs and the two stone lions because it will not be open early in the morning when we start. If you are standing on 5th avenue between the lions facing the library building (at 41st street), turn right and go to the corner of 42nd street, then turn left to head west, go past the subway entrance, and go up the stairs or ramp just after it. There will be volunteers waiting to greet you. | ||
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Or Google “hotels near the Stephen A. Schwarzman building” and a map will come up showing prices, and letting you choose dates to search for (currently, the “Americana Inn” (4 blocks away)is showing $197/night and Dylan Hotel (1.5 blocks away) is showing $222/ night, and Marriott Vacation Club Pulse (4 blocks away) is showing $207/night. Note that I don’t know anything about hotels other than the one we’re getting a block at, but you can check ratings and websites) | Or Google “hotels near the Stephen A. Schwarzman building” and a map will come up showing prices, and letting you choose dates to search for (currently, the “Americana Inn” (4 blocks away)is showing $197/night and Dylan Hotel (1.5 blocks away) is showing $222/ night, and Marriott Vacation Club Pulse (4 blocks away) is showing $207/night. Note that I don’t know anything about hotels other than the one we’re getting a block at, but you can check ratings and websites) | ||
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+ | **Remote viewing:** You are invited to join the Northern-Midlands 2019 Conference remotely if you are not able to attend in person. When: April 8, 9, and 10, 2019 starting at 9:00 AM Eastern Time | ||
+ | Register in advance for this meeting: | ||
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+ | After registering, | ||
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+ | **Updated | ||
Monday April 8th: Trustees Room, 207, South Court, 8:30am - 5:30pm | Monday April 8th: Trustees Room, 207, South Court, 8:30am - 5:30pm | ||
- | 8:30 Coffee and snacks | + | • 8:30 Coffee and snacks |
- | 9:00 Welcome! | + | • 9:00 Welcome! |
- | 9:30 Roll Call! | + | • 9:30 Roll Call! |
- | 10:00 Assistive Technology | + | • 10:00 Assistive Technology |
- | 11:00 Updates from NLS: Refreshable Braille Display loans, Media and Outreach, MOCA (etc, tbd) | + | • 11:00 Updates from NLS: part 1 |
- | 12:00 Lunch on your own | + | • 12:00 Lunch on your own |
- | 1:30 Tools for Great readers advisory | + | • 1:30 Tools for Great Readers Advisory from Gwen Glazer of NYPL’s reader services department, gwenglazer@nypl.org |
- | 2:30 Keynote one | + | • 2:30 Pittsburgh presentation on Duplication on Demand with Mark Lee and Jeff Wright |
- | 3:00 Youth services: new pathways | + | • 3:00 Youth Services: New Pathways |
- | 3:45 Break and snack | + | • 3:45 Break and snack |
- | 4:00 Spark talks | + | • 4:00 NFB Newsline updates from Scott White |
- | 4:15 Afternoon think tank choices: Digital Accessibility; Troubleshooting with the USPS; Redistributing staffing - new models, | + | • 4:15 Afternoon think tank choices |
- | Working with patrons with multiple disabilities (incl developmental); | + | o Digital Accessibility |
- | 5:30 *Evening | + | o Redistributing staffing - new models, |
+ | o Working with patrons with multiple disabilities | ||
+ | • 5:00 Share out | ||
+ | • 5:00 Those attending the Met Museum tour will head uptown together. | ||
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Tuesday April 9th: Trustees Room, 207, South Court, 8:30am - 5:30pm | Tuesday April 9th: Trustees Room, 207, South Court, 8:30am - 5:30pm | ||
- | 8:30 am Coffee and snacks | + | • 8:30 am Coffee and snacks |
- | 9:00 Morning Think Tank Topics: Being an accessibility advocate in your larger institution and training staff in disability awareness; Motivating | + | • 9:00 Morning Think Tanks Topics: |
- | 10:00 Share-out | + | o Being an accessibility advocate in your larger institution and training staff in disability awareness |
- | 10:15 Panel and workshop: Duplication on Demand, models, step-by-steps, | + | o Diversity and underserved populations |
- | 11:15 Updates from NLS: NextGen machines, simplified interfaces, batteries and stock, MOC/PIMMS updates (etc, tbd) | + | o Troubleshooting with the USPS Lyman Clayborn, Vickie Collins, LaDawn Williams, and two reps from USPS headquarters (Trustees Room) |
- | 12:15 - updates | + | o What to do about all those studio-produced analog cassettes? A philosophical and practical talk Chris Mundy (3rd floor meeting room) |
- | 12:30 Lunch on your own | + | • 9:45 Share-out |
- | 2:00 Head down together to visit to the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library | + | • 10:00 Panel Q&A: Duplication on Demand models, step-by-steps, |
- | 2:30 Workshop on using 2d and 3d tactile for visual and spatial literacies and running accessible arts and cultural programs, | + | • 11:15 Updates from NLS part 2 |
- | 3: | + | • 12:15 Updates |
- | *Evening activity -- Reception | + | • 12:30 Head down together to visit to the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library |
+ | • 2:30 Workshop on using 2d and 3d tactile for visual and spatial literacies and running accessible arts and cultural programs | ||
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+ | o Audio Description training for images, art/ | ||
+ | o Circulation open discussion - amnesty, overdues, increasing circ, etc Mark Alonso (3rd floor) | ||
+ | o From Page to Player: Creating a Digital Talking Book - in 4 parts James Langton | ||
+ | o Open lab time for tactiles creation and personal help Chancey Fleet and the Heiskell AT Team (2nd floor) | ||
+ | • 4:30 Those going to the Tenement Museum will head downtown together | ||
+ | • 5:30 Private touch / verbal description | ||
- | Wednesday April 10th: Trustees Room, 207, South Court, 8:30am - 5:30pm | + | Wednesday April 10th |
- | 8:30 Coffee and snacks | + | • 8:30 Coffee and snacks |
- | 9:00 Keynote | + | • 9:00 Keynote |
- | 9:45 Morning think tank choices: Creating and running braille study groups; Early and pre-literacy skills and activities for children who are blind or have low vision; Circulation open discussion - amnesty, overdues, increasing circ, etc; Summer Reading and Bookclubs - participation/ | + | • 9:45 Think Tank choices: |
- | 11:00 Share-out | + | o Creating and running braille study groups |
- | 11:30 Speed networking | + | o Early and pre-literacy skills and activities for children who are blind or low vision |
- | 12:30 Lunch on your own | + | o Summer Reading and Bookclubs - participation/ |
- | 2:00 ILS breakout sessions | + | o Let’s talk even more about duplication on demand Mark Lee (Trustees Room) |
- | 3:00 Regional Conference meetings | + | • 11:00 Share-out |
- | 4:00 Closing remarks | + | • 11:30 ILS breakout sessions (WebReads = TRUSTEES, |
+ | • 12:30 Lunch Party on KLAS! Lunch provided, musical guests, and optional tour of the historic NYPL building we are in, or the Stonewall 50 exhibition | ||
+ | • 2:00 Spark Talks: Marrakesh with Bookshare’s Lisa Wadors; Aira with Scott Norris | ||
+ | • 2:15 Karen Keninger’s Town Hall and Marrakesh Discussion | ||
+ | • 3:00 Regional Conference meetings | ||
+ | • 4:00 Closing remarks | ||
+ | • Optional outing to Fordham’s Distinguished Lecture by Eli Clare | ||
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+ | **Evening activities and other optional special events to sign up for:** | ||
+ | __Monday evening:__ free private accessible touch/ | ||
+ | __Tuesday Afternoon: | ||
+ | __Tuesday Evening:__ Our $25 private accessible touch/ | ||
+ | Wednesday Afternoon: We'll be offering lunch on site for you, along with some music, and an option to go on a docent-lead tour of the historic main NYPL research library that we're in. It will include verbal description and touch tour elements. Please register here if you know you are interested OR sign up to go on the same tour at 4:30 PM (or you can decide later) | ||
+ | __Wednesday Evening:__ You might be interested in the free Fordham Distinguished Lecture series happening this night by Eli Clare: | ||
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+ | **Want to know more about what to do in the neighborhood of the conference? | ||
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+ | **Want to know where the locals go in their free time** (hint: it's not usually Midtown)? What neighborhoods are fun and where to eat and what to see? Here's some advice from library staff: | ||
+ | My New York: Library staff talk about what they love to do in the city | ||
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+ | Kayleigh Salstrand, Heiskell Library Reader Advisor | ||
+ | I love to be in the Lower East Side on a weekday--when it tends to be less crowded. If I’m hungry for a sit-down meal I’ll go to Ahimsa Garden, a vegan-vegetarian-kosher Indian restaurant serving the best food I have ever had in NYC (265 East 10th Street between 1st Ave and Ave A). After dinner, I’ll take a block’s walk to Confectionery, | ||
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+ | Lyman Clayborn, Heiskell Library Managing Librarian | ||
+ | When I’m off work from the Andrew Heiskell Library, many times I actually find myself ending up in the same neighborhood! | ||
+ | John Fahs, Heiskell Library senior librarian | ||
+ | The best things in NYC are free. A stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge and up the promenade to Brooklyn Heights is mandatory. Sit down on a bench and take in the classic Hollywood view of Manhattan already! A ride on the Staten Island ferry costs nothing but the sight of lower Manhattan up close from the water? Priceless. A trip to the Museum of the City of New York is always a good idea--It' | ||
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+ | For NYC visitors with visual impairment, a trip to the Louis Armstrong House museum in Queens provides an audio experience that is unlike any other museum experience in the world. Because " | ||
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+ | Shabana Noorhassan, Heiskell Library Secretary | ||
+ | Living in Queens, I try to make the best of the time I spend in the City. As I am hustling to get to work, I see a sign reading, “everything for $2!”, I am there. | ||
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+ | Anthony Murisco, Senior Children’s Librarian | ||
+ | After work all I want to do is see movies and New York City has an incredible amount of repertory movie theaters rich with history that play movies in DCP, 35mm, 16mm and sometimes even 70mm. There’s Quad Cinema (34 W. 13th Street), named for being the first New York City theater to show more than one movie at a time. IFC Center (323 6th Avenue) is located on the former site of the Waverly Theater, one of the early adopters of midnight movies. Their midnight screenings on weekend nights still carry the moniker “Waverly Midnights!” Then there’s Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Ave)founded by the late, great avant-garde filmmaker, Jonas Mekas. Right down the block from Anthology is one of my favorite places to eat, Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken (28 East First Street) where you can eat your chicken with a variety of different flavored honeys. If you are feeling adventurous and want to head down to the great white way, the season is in full swing. I have yet to see The Cher Show (250 W. 52ND St.) but you can never going wrong with seeing Stephanie J. Block on stage. They (and many other Broadway shows) offer an online rush via https:// | ||
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+ | Jill Rothstein, Chief Librarian at the Heiskell Library | ||
+ | I like going to the lower east side for Jewish and Immigrant Heritage | ||
+ | Start at the Tenement museum gift shop for new york items and to catch the constantly-looping free film about immigrants in nyc in the back room. Head to the 108 year-old Yonah Schimmel restaurant for a snack of knishes and egg creams, then walk over to Economy Candy for gifts of retro and bulk candy from the 1940s to the 90’s. | ||
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+ | OR get yourself to Korea Town on 32nd street between Madison and 6th Avenue. There is great traditional Korean BBQ at WonJo on 32nd street | ||
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+ | Also, make sure you see Central Park: enter around 72nd street by the West side and go through Strawberry Fields (the John Lennon tribute which always has flower offerings and guitar players), Bethesda fountain (whose grand angel statue often has buskers nearby), Turtle Pond with the rowboats, and Belvedere castle. | ||
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+ | Chancey Fleet, Assistive Technology Coordinator | ||
+ | Lunch tip for during the conference! Simit Sarayi (435 5th Avenue) is a spacious two-story Turkish bakery. I love the light-filled second floor and cozy chairs, perfect for catching up with friends. A simit is a magical cross between a croissant and a bagel: I love the one that comes filled with olives. The spinach-and-feta-filled rose borek is also delicious, and the strong Turkish coffee will help you stay awake during those long afternoon sessions. | ||
+ | Uniqlo, at 131 34th St, is a Japanese department store replete with affordable, stylish basics. I love the rainbow of soft cashmere and merino wool sweaters, simple button-down shirts and endless array of leggings. If you’re willing to wait a day, Uniqlo will hem anything you buy, free of charge, which is an important perk for short people who enjoy their regular-people-length jeans. | ||
+ | Caveat (21A Clinton Street) is a bar and performance space that bills itself as a place for intelligent nightlife. Comedy sets revolve around topics like particle physics, climate change and electoral polling. Shows are cheap and sometimes free and invariably entertaining. If you’re feeling brave and you’re here on a Saturday afternoon, work out your own material at the Scratch Paper academic standup open mic. | ||
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+ | Nina Manning, Senior Collections Processing Associate | ||
+ | I love the Time Square area for the many eateries. Virgils, Bubba Gump, BBq's Carmine' | ||
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+ | Tunisia Craig, Collections Processing Assistant | ||
+ | A great place to explore is Union Square. There is a farmers market on Monday' | ||
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