[SLI-public] SLCP Meetup Notes

Fri Jul 16 10:13:25 EDT 2021

Good morning!

We were thrilled to see everyone at our SLCP Meetup yesterday. In case you
missed it, here are some discussion highlights and questions. If you have
any suggestion or resources to add or have questions for the next Meetup,
please email: mailto:sliadmin at suffolknet.org

SLCP Meeting 7/15/2021

Moderators: 

Lisa Kropp and Annemarie Gordon

Note Taking:

Annemarie Gordon

Attendance:

Sara Fiorenzo (Lindenhurst), Jen Ferriss (Saratoga Springs Public Library),
Jeri Cohen (Patchogue-Medford Library), Erick Frank (Brentwood, East Islip),
Claire Mitchell (School Librarian, Massapequa School District), Courtney
Tsahalis (Millbrook Library), Sarah Matthews (Harborfields Public Library),
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (Co-Founder SLI, Mid-Hudson Library System), Debbie
Bush (Comsewogue)

Notes:

Introductions, reports and questions:

Annemarie - introduction

Sara - New title of Sustainability Coordinator. Report on community garden
harvest deliveries to community organizations. Sustainable programming
including: repair cafes, beach cleanups, working with
<https://savethegreatsouthbay.org/> Save the Great South Bay and working on
getting more community involvement.

Jen - Saratoga Springs has started holding outdoor, in person library
programming. In May, the board passed a new Strategic Plan - will be shared
soon. Library was able to purchase an electric lawnmower, which reduces
noise and pollution.

Claire - School Librarian, having trouble making connections with public
librarians in the district. Noted from others at the meetup that it may take
time.

Eric - East Islip is looking for programmers to do sustainable programs. 

Courtney - Millbrook Library, they started the Certification Program a year
ago and are making slow but steady progress. They just finished the
transportation section of the benchmarks. The library did an Earth Day seed
give away that was popular. They also have a seed library which they asked
the participants to send or tag in pictures.

Rebekkah - New project at Mid-Hudson called 'Library of Local.' Four
libraries were established as a community resilience hub. Custom collections
are being developed, seed and tool libraries are set up with a goal of
trying to make new connections in the community. They are also partnering
with  the YMCA in the area.

Questions:

Lisa and Sara will provide programming resources and more details. Some
ideas: Cornell Cooperative Extension (Roxanna Zimmer), Lori Barber, Save the
Great South Bay - bay friendly yard series (?), informative food waste
program. 

Jeri- The Patchogue Medford Library finished their certification last
winter. They continue to work on improving their efforts in reducing energy
use and in the other benchmark categories. They have offered programs on
sustainable lawn care and gardening and have a popular seed library. They
are interested in having access to the new SLI CO2 Use Calculator. They were
certified with the Green Business Partnership and would like to continue to
track their energy use, and have their data that was input into the GBP
Calculator. (Annemarie will look into this, Jen was able to copy and paste
the data from the GBP site to retain it for their own records).

Claire - Discussed some confusion in the SOARA app. It's hard to get info
about purchase and connections between what is available from the school and
public library through the app. Claire mentioned an idea for the libraries
in her district to create their own special collections that could be
rotated between schools and possibly partner with the public library too.

Lisa - discussed ways to approach the public-school library connections and
finding the right terms to approach school administration. Using 'pilot' or
'trying things out' can help make the administration more receptive. 

Jen - Better World Books has a new policy and will no longer accept AV
materials. They are scrambling to find other agencies to reuse or recycle
CD's and DVD's. (CD Recycling Center of America was mentioned, but the
company may no longer be in business). AV ages very quickly.

Lisa - Thinking in longer terms, looking at circulation there may be
justification to reduce purchasing. Many patrons have switched to streaming
and libraries may be able to justify reduction in purchasing. Many libraries
will only purchase if requested by patrons. It is important to communicate
to patrons that the library is considering the entire life cycle in their
purchasing strategy. There should be an end plan in every purchasing
decision.

Links from chat:

Rebekkah shared Mid-Hudson Library System's new EDJI Policy:

<https://board.midhudson.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/MHLS-EDI-Policy_2021
.pdf>
https://board.midhudson.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/MHLS-EDI-Policy_2021.
pdf

And also the "Library of Local"

 <https://www.libraryoflocal.org/> https://www.libraryoflocal.org/

Lisa shared this resource, but it may already be out of business:

<https://lessismore.org/locations/278-the-compact-disc-recycling-center-of-a
merica/>
https://lessismore.org/locations/278-the-compact-disc-recycling-center-of-am
erica/

Save the Great South Bay

 <https://savethegreatsouthbay.org/> https://savethegreatsouthbay.org/

Cornell Cooperative Extension

 <https://cals.cornell.edu/cornell-cooperative-extension>
https://cals.cornell.edu/cornell-cooperative-extension

Going forward:

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Annemarie will be working to make the community of SLCP members more active.
There is new content being added to the website regularly.

Please share resources, pictures, anything of interest, and questions:
<mailto:sliadmin at suffolknet.org> sliadmin at suffolknet.org

 <https://sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/> 

Annemarie Gordon

Sustainability Coordinator

Suffolk Cooperative Library System
<https://portal.suffolklibrarysystem.org/> 

sliadmin at suffolknet.org

631-286-1600 x1355

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