Since 2007, the ENY/ACRL Brown Bag Lunch Series has provided a great opportunity for librarians within a region to get together informally for lunch, discussions, and networking.  This year’s theme is “More Than Just Book Buyers: Communicating Our Value as Librarians,” with separate events focusing on related subtopics ranging from leveraging on-campus collaborations to connecting our libraries to the value of higher education in order to effectively communicate our institutional value.  This year we are delighted to present four brown bags at a variety of institutions, offering our members from across our region multiple options to meet and exchange ideas with colleagues from their local areas.  Many thanks to Clarkson University and SUNY Potsdam, Mount Saint Mary College, SUNY Geneseo, and Union College for generously volunteering to host this year’s slate of events!

Clarkson University and SUNY Potsdam (jointly-hosted event at Clarkson University)
Date/Time: Monday, October 27, 2014, 11:00am-1:30pm
Location: Clarkson University, Educational Resources Center (ERC), 1504 Presidents Conference Room
Hosts: Marianne Hebert (SUNY Potsdam) hebertm@potsdam.edu and Michelle Young (Clarkson) myoung@clarkson.edu
Title: When Worlds Collide: Is Work/Life Balance Just a Fantasy?
Description: Calling all librarians and library staff from all types of libraries! Let’s get together and discuss what it means to have (or not have) work/life balance in all kinds of library settings.  We will discuss readings, brainstorm ideas on how to achieve balance, and set goals!  A suggested readings list (3-4 articles) will be emailed to those who RSVP.  Readings are recommended (but not required) to provide background for discussions.  Please bring your lunch.  Beverages and a snack will be provided.
Directions/Parking: Parking passes and a campus map will be emailed to those who RSVP.
RSVP:  RSVP to myoung@clarkson.edu by October 22^nd, midnight.
 
Mount Saint Mary College
Date/Time: Monday, October 27, 2014, 11:30am-1:30pm
Location: Dominican Center Room 218, Kaplan Family Library at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY  12550
Description: A conversation about the value of librarians, touching on how collaborating and networking on campus can demonstrate and communicate our value to our campus.
Directions/Parking: Directions are available at: https://www.msmc.edu/library/about_us/map_and_directions.be (building 13 on the map)  Contact Campus Security and Safety (http://www.msmc.edu/Student_Services/security__safety, 845-569-3200) for temporary parking permit and Information (located in Hudson Hall, building 18 on map above).
RSVP: Please contact Denise Garofalo (denise.garofalo@msmc.edu) by Friday, October 24, 2014, if you are planning to attend.
 
SUNY Geneseo
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 11:30am-1:00pm
Location: SUNY Geneseo, Milne Library, Room 109
Description: In order to communicate our value, we first need to determine it. This discussion will focus on the methods we use to determine library value. Bonnie Swoger and Kim Hoffman from SUNY Geneseo will describe some methods underway to make connections between library services and student success. We encourage others to bring examples of methods (qualitative or quantitative) they have used to determine the value of their libraries.
Directions/Parking: Visitors can park in the Visitors’ circle off of College Street. Directions and a campus map are available here: http://www.geneseo.edu/about/directions.
RSVP: Please RSVP by contacting Bonnie Swoger at swoger@geneseo.edu.
 
Union College
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 12:00-1:30pm
Location: Union College, Phi Beta Kappa  Room, Library 2^nd floor
Description: Librarians Values: Discuss the value of librarians’ contributions to higher education in context of the ongoing debate about the value of higher education itself. The library will provide beverages and snacks.
Directions/Parking: Use this link for directions to the Union College Campus:  http://www.union.edu/maps/index.php.  We recommend Seward Place lot, which is near St. Anthony’s church and is a 3-5 minute walk to the library.
RSVP: Please register by emailing Raik Zaghloul at zaghlour@union.edu.

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