Long Island Library Resources Council

LILRC's mascot Lily stopped by the Sustainable Libraries Initiative Offices today to discuss Mascot Best Practices and to learn about their own new mascots. Plus check out this basil plant!
#sustainability

What a wonderful gathering at Nassau Library System this past Friday for the Nassau County Legislative Breakfast! #longisland #libraries #libraryadvocacy

Are we giving tea party vibes as we prepare for tomorrow's event, a screening from the new PBS documentary series, The American Revolution, with remarks by ALA president Sam Helmick?

#AmericanRevolutionPBS #longisland #libraries @samhelmick.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

Get ready for #AskAnArchivist Day! During American Archives Month in October, join SAA and archives across the country to promote and share the work of archives on October 16. Participate across social media, and be sure to tag your posts with #AskAnArchivist.

Yes we do have doorprize copies to giveaway for attendees!

Food as Storytelling: Michael W. Twitty and Raj Tawney

Tuesday, October 28
11:00am - 12:00pm (Zoom)

Register now at link in bio or lilrc.org/events

LILRC Newsletters are hot off the presses!! Read the newest issues of our three publications: LILRCNewsletter, Long Island Archives, and LILRC HealthLine! All are available on our website at lilrc.org/page/newslet...

LILRC offices are closed on Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day.

It's still summer, but here's a sneak peek at our September CE events!
Registration for all events on our website
#libraries #lifelonglearning

34th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future: Change is Coming!

Friday, October 17th
8:00am - 3:00pm
Heritage Club at Bethpage

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#longisland #libraries #futureoflibraries

34th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future: Change is Coming!

Friday, October 17th
8:00am - 3:00pm
Heritage Club at Bethpage

REGISTER NOW!! lilrc.org/events/Event...

#longisland #libraries #futureoflibraries

Here's part two of sites that our summer intern, Mehwish Hasan, visited over the course of her internship here at LILRC!

#libraries #longisland #sbu #hofstra #smithtown #plantingfields #lim

Here's part one of sites that our summer intern, Mehwish Hasan, visited over the course of her internship here at LILRC!

#libraries #longisland #sbu #hofstra #smithtown #plantingfields #lim

Did you know that the new Planting Fields exhibit, Legacy of Landscape: Innocenti – Webel’s Designs for the Coe’s , has film footage digitized as part of LILRC's Accessing Archives Program?

For more information on this program, visit our website at lilrc.org/page/accessi...

LILRC July/August newsletters are here!! Read all about the lastest happenings at lilrc.org/page/newslet... #longisland #libraries #archives

Join us on Zoom on Tuesday, September 30th from 10:00am - 11:30am to discover how to design and host your own immersive virtual art gallery using Spatial.io, a web-based platform for building interactive 3D spaces.

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#virtualreality #library #tech #spatial

Good morning! Today our offices are closed in observance of Independence Day. Happy Fourth of July!

#fourthofjuly #4thofjuly #independenceday #officeclosed #holiday #friday #happyindependenceday #happyfourth

Join LILRC as we welcome LIRR historian Dave Morrison on Zoom, Thursday, August 7th from 11:00am - 12:00pm to discover resources available when researching LIRR history!

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#librarians #lirr #librariansofny #longisland #trending #history #explore #library

Episode 205: Long Beach Oral Histories Podcast Episode · The Long Island History Project · 06/30/2025 · 39m

LILRC Project Archivist Robert Anen is on the Long Island History Project Podcast!
Check it out, below, to learn about The Long Beach Historical & Preservation Society's extensive oral history collection.

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Thank you to our sponsors!

YALSA Expected To Be Dissolved, Absorbed by ALSC in 2026 In June, ALA Council will decide the fate of YALSA, voting on the recommendation that the teen division be eliminated and its work be moved under the umbrella of ALSC.

In case you missed:
YALSA Expected To Be Dissolved, Absorbed by ALSC in 2026

Thanks to SCLA MOSAIC for another fantastic Annual Breakfast and for including LILRC's former intern Savannah as a speaker on her experiences in libraries. It's a joy for us to see our interns grow.
#longisland #libraries #librariesofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #SCLA #MOSAIC

Meet our Summer Intern, Mehwish Hasan! Mehwish recently graduated with Honors in English. She will be pursuing her MLIS starting the fall. Stay tuned for more!

#LILRC #LongIsland #Library #Librarian #Librarians #Intern #Internship #SummerIntern #LibrariansofInstagram #instagramtakeover

As noted in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sept. 8, 1910 article "The Library System," there were "300,000 useful volumes in Long Island's 75 Fine Buildings."

h/t bookstr for this insight- it feels true because it is true

What a great time we all had today with Chocology's Linda Johnson learning about chocolate! And thanks to Bruce Seger from SCCC and SCLA DASL for bringing us the perfect Willy Wonka photo op!

Today's thing! Learning about chocolate programming for libraries while also experiencing the chocolate tasting program. Thanks to Linda Johnson at Chocology in Stony Brook for sharing her expertise for this in person program!

You’re Invited! On June 13, 9am-4pm, LILRC is hosting a Watch Party to view the New York Archives Conference (NYAC) as a group at SCLS.

Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our June programs are available now!
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Long Island Library Resources Council Join LILRC when we welcome author and Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider to discuss. her new book, Who Is Amy Schneider?: Questions on Growing Up, Being Curious, and Winning It Big on Jeopardy! LILRC members who attend are eligible to win a copy of the book!

Thursday, June 12
2:00pm - 3:00pm

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