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• ACRL NY New Librarians Discussion Group: Becoming a Librarian in the Age of AI - Virtual Lunch Chat

  • When
    20 Mar 2026
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Via Zoom

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  As generative AI tools become increasingly omnipresent in every aspect of work, school, and daily life, librarians will need to grapple with whether and how to use and teach about AI tools in their work. Please join ACRL NY’s New Librarians Discussion Group for a candid discussion with other library students and new librarians on the role of AI tools in library school, the workplace, and in the job hunt.  

  We’ll discuss our current experiences with AI tools, ethical considerations, and the newly released ALA AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers. Diverse perspectives are welcome, from AI skeptics to AI fans, and feel free (but not obliged!) to bring articles, videos, and other resources to share with other attendees. 

  No matter where you are in your library career, all are welcome to join this timely conversation. 

  
  

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• ACRL/NY Mentoring Program's Wheel of Questions: Career Q&A

  • When
    27 Mar 2026
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    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  This event is open to Library & Information Science students and recent graduates, and does not require ACRL/NY Membership.

  Hear from professionals in the field who are experienced mentors in the ACRL/NY Mentoring Program share their stories. We will use a "spin the wheel" approach to ask questions and hear presenters’ experiences and advice. Topics will include job interviews, how to get started, professional service, work-life balance, and more. Attendees will have the opportunity to pose their questions as well. 

  Panelists:
  

  • Danielle Apfelbaum, Associate Librarian, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Farmingdale State College
  • Stephanie Gross, Electronic Reserves and Scholarly Communication, Yeshiva University Libraries
  • Mark Aaron Polger, Associate Professor & Coordinator of Library Outreach, College of Staten Island
  • Derek Stadler, Web Services Librarian and Head of Media Services, LaGuardia Community College

  Hosted by the ACRL/NY Mentoring Program Co-Coordinators:

  • Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, Dean, Barnard College Libraries
  • Eamon Tewell, Head of Research Support & Outreach, Columbia University Libraries

  
  

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• Library Advocacy: Save the Library, Save the World

  • When
    10 Apr 2026
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    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    ZOOM

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  The ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee invites you to the Spring 2026 Program on Library Advocacy

  Save the Library, Save the World

  Speaker: Emily Drabinski

  Emily Drabinski is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Queens College School of Information Studies, City University of New York. She served as 2023-24 President of the American Library Association during a time of unprecedented attacks on the right to read. Drabinski’s latest publication is Organize Your Library! (ALA Editions, 2026), a co-authored handbook for building the collective power of library workers. 

  WHEN: Friday, April 10, 2026, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  WHERE: A Zoom link will be sent to the email address linked to your registration the day before the meeting.

  PROGRAM MODERATOR: Dr. Kanu A. Nagra, Chair of Professional Development Committee ACRL/NY 

  REGISTRATION: Please register here by April 8, 2026

  	https://acrlny.org/event-6588328

  Description: 

  The rise of the organized censorship movement has raised the stakes of library advocacy. Uncritical continue to push for increased budgets and additional staff, but now many of us also face existential threats in the form of systematic and accelerating disinvestment, uncritical technology adoption, restrictions on our professional agency and autonomy, and a lack of public understanding of the critical social infrastructure libraries provide. What we learn from these struggles can inform advocacy beyond our shelves as we work toward the world we deserve.

  This program is open to ACRL/NY members.

  If you are not an ACRL/NY member: please use the following link to join or renew your membership to ACRL/NY (http://acrlny.org/join-us/).

  All ACRL/NY events, programs, and discussion groups are guided by our Code of Conduct. For more information, please see http://acrlny.org/about2/code-of-conduct/

  If you have any questions then please contact Program Organizer- Dr. Kanu A. Nagra, Chair of Professional Development Committee of ACRL/NY.

  
  

  
  

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