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RCLS Weekly Memo 1 August 23, 2010

Serving Member Libraries Since 1959

September 5, 2016

Robert Hubsher, Executive Director Ruth K. Daubenspeck, Newsletter Editor

Ramapo Catskill Library System • http://www.rcls.org 619 Route 17M • Middletown, NY 10940-4395 • 845.243.3747

Candidates for RCLS Trustee

Three seats on the RCLS Board of Trustees need to be

filled at the Legislative Breakfast and Annual Meeting on

Friday, September 16 at the Bear Mountain Inn, one from

Orange County and two from Rockland County.

Nominations may be received from the floor of the Annual

Meeting from a Trustee of one library and seconded by a

Trustee of a second library in the counties having the

vacancies. The nominees need to indicate orally at the

Annual Meeting or in writing their willingness to serve if

elected.

The following are the biographies of the prospective

candidates:

ORANGE COUNTY • ONE VACANCY

ANITA BAUMANN of Florida, NY is a native New

Yorker, born in New York City. Having resided in

Westchester for the bulk of her life, she now calls Orange

County home. Anita also spent seven years on the West

Coast, in the Seattle metro area. Her background includes

studies in Liberal Arts/Humanities, Elementary Education,

and Human Resource Management.

Ms. Baumann’s professional experience has extended over

both for- and not-for-profit organizations including IBM,

Amazon.com, Center for Economic Growth and American

Booksellers Association. She was Box Office Manager at

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts and Tarrytown

Music Hall, as well as Assistant Director for the Children’s

Theatre Wing of the Croton Shakespeare Festival. Anita has

taught students aged 3 through adult, including volunteer

work as a Literacy Tutor and ESL instructor.

Author of technical and corporate publications and

marketing materials, she has also been a blogger to a global

audience, and has done freelance journalism. Over a span of

30+ years, she has edited textbooks, manuals, and corporate

and professional association newsletters.

Anita has been recognized for her leadership abilities,

serving as President, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee

Chairperson for HR, Education, and Business societies and

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local groups. She is an active member of a number of historical preservation and environmental

organizations.

A voracious reader since childhood, she believes fervently in the power of literature and language to

positively shape a life and broaden perceptions of the world. Her passion for being a contributor within

any environment has been realized in design and presentation of training and development programs,

marketing/management of events, and conceptualization/delivery of community outreach projects.

Music, friends and colleagues, and her husband and two beloved cats provide soothing moments in

her hectic life. She is enthusiastic about serving on the Board of Trustees, and is honored to aid RCLS

in achieving its goals and supporting the member libraries.

ROCKLAND COUNTY • TWO VACANCIES

JAIN JACOB was born and raised in India and completed his university studies there. He

immigrated to the United States in 1987 and has lived in Rockland County since 1989. While in India,

he received a Master’s Degree in Accounting. After arriving in the United States, Jain joined the MBA

program at the University of Alabama. In 1991, while enrolled in the MBA program, he sat for the

CPA exam and passed all four parts on the first attempt. Following this time in the South, he

subsequently moved to New York and has worked here since. Jain is a member of the American

Institute of Certified Public Accountants and New York Society of CPAs.

With over 25 years of experience in tax, accounting and business consulting, Jain started a CPA firm

in New City in 2007. Prior to this, he was with Deloitte and Touché LLP for 10 years, serving as a tax

senior manager. Jain’s clients there included US multinational corporations, non-profit organizations,

various international entities with US operations, partnerships and high net worth individuals. Prior to

joining Deloitte, Jain served as a senior tax auditor for New York Tax Department, where he audited

major corporations in various industries. Jain Jacob has served and currently serves on the boards of

several not-for-profit organizations. He also presently serves on the executive committee for New York

Society of CPA’s Personal Financial Planning Committee, is a Board Member of Rockland County

CPA Society and Rockland County Rent Regulatory Board. Jain also is actively involved with various

community, cultural, civic and religious organizations. He has served as treasurer for government

office holders and candidates running for elections, having experience in filing their financial

disclosures.

Jain is married to Reena Jacob, MD, who practices Internal Medicine in New City. They reside with

their three daughters in New City which is part of the Ramapo School District.

Jain is very much interested in continuing to serve as a member of the RCLS Board of Trustees. If

elected, he will do his best to fulfill the responsibilities that the position requires.

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DAVID ZUCKERBERG was born in Brooklyn, raised on Long Island, and is a 40-year resident of

New City in Rockland County. He and Doris, his wife of 45 years, raised two sons who learned the

value of the public library from story hour to research projects; they now bring their granddaughter to

the New City Library.

Dave is a retired scientist and business executive, and is presently a consultant to the pharmaceutical

industry, advising businesses on scientific and regulatory affairs. As a business executive, he was

responsible for hundreds of employees in North America, Europe and Asia, and tens of millions of

dollars in annual expenditures. Dave has a long-time interest in education and was for many years an

adjunct faculty member in the Mathematics Department of Dominican College. He has been active in

the Youth in Engineering and Science (YES) program at NYU, which encourages young people from

disadvantaged and historically under-represented groups to pursue technical careers. As a business

leader, he instituted a laboratory internship program for inner-city high school students.

Dave is a member of the New York State Historical Association and the Archives Partnership Trust.

He has received tours of the State Library and State Archives; viewing their incredible treasures

reinforces his belief in the importance of libraries not just as educational institutions, but as guardians

of our civilization.

Dave was elected to the RCLS Board of Trustees in 2011. During the five-year term he is now

completing, he has devoted his energy to assuring fiscal responsibility, service to local libraries and

ongoing advocacy for libraries with our elected officials. He served as Board Treasurer in 2015 and is

currently serving as Board President. He is also a Trustee of the New City Library and has served as

Board Secretary and Treasurer.

Last Call for Legislative Breakfast and Annual Meeting

The 29th Legislative Breakfast and 57th Annual Meeting will be held at the Bear Mountain Inn on

Friday, September 16. Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. and the continental breakfast will be ready

by 8:30 a.m. No fee is charged for the breakfast. Meet with state and county legislators about issues

facing libraries. Presentation of the three annual awards will be made. The business meeting,

presentation of the 2017 RCLS Budget, and election of three RCLS Trustees

will follow. Member library Boards of Trustees have been sent ballots to vote

on the RCLS Budget. This is a good opportunity to view the Budget and ask

questions regarding it.

Following the event, an optional guided hike to Doodletown, a part of the

Bear Mountain State Park, is being offered for $25 per person. If interested, be

sure to check the “yes” box on

the registration form.

Use the RCLS online

calendar to register today. Deadline for reservations is

Friday, September 9. For information, contact Ruth

Daubenspeck at RCLS (ext. 222 or e-mail).

You won’t want to miss this occasion!

Bear Mountain Inn & Conference Center

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SEAL 2.0 Training Scheduled for RCLS Libraries

SouthEastern Access to Libraries or SEAL is the current platform for regional interlibrary loan comprised of a virtual union catalog and electronic interlibrary loan system. SENYLRC will soon have a new platform for SEAL. If you are already a SEAL ILL System participant or a library new to regional resource sharing, you are invited participate. No fee is charged to use the service.

SEAL 2.0 classes in RCLS locations are open as follows:

Wednesday, September 21

Morning class: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Afternoon class: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. RCLS 619 Route 17M Middletown, NY 10940

Friday, September 23

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library 479 Broadway Monticello, NY 12701

Thursday, September 29

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Finkelstein Memorial Library 24 Chestnut Street Spring Valley, NY 10977

Trainer: Judy Fischetti, SENYLRC Member Services Librarian for resource sharing.

Questions? Contact Judy at judyf@senylrc.org.

Register for training by visiting the SENYLRC website.

Photo of the Week

Mary Lou Carolan (center), Director of the Cornwall Public Library writes, “In honor of Library Card Sign-Up Month, Neal S. Miller (right), Cornwall Central Schools Superintendent’s help was enlisted to give Dorothy the goat (left) from Edgwick Farms her very own library card. ‘If this kid can get a library card, so can you!’”

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News Worthy

Regional

Albert Wisner Public Library

to mark 15th anniversary of Sept. 11 terror attack on

Sept. 9 | Warwick Advertiser 9.1.16

Port Jervis Library asks

patrons to take survey | Recordonline 8.29.16

Library In Washingtonville

Still Rebuilding From Tropical Storm Irene | Time Warner

Cable News 8.28.16

Editorial: Libraries serve as

community hubs | Pocono

Record 8.24.16

Cafe and other changes

planned at Eastern Monroe

Public Library | Pocono Record:8.23.16

Master Gardeners Program at

Monroe Free Library | The Photo News 8.23.16

National

Tweet NY Public Library an

emoji, get a related image back | The Associated Press 9.6.16

Leading the Creative Library |

Leading from the Library | Library Journal 8.25.16

Parents have little clue what

their kids are doing online, study says | c|net 8.24.16

World's largest philatelic

library opens doors in

Bellefonte Centre Times Daily | 8.24.16

Op-ed: To stay relevant,

libraries must rethink how they connect to communities | NewsWorks 8.23.16

50 Banned Books Week

Programming Ideas

Intellectual Freedom Blog, Aug. 11

A free webinar from the American Library Association’s

Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) includes more than 50

ways to celebrate this year’s Banned Books Week

(September 25 – October 1). Hosted by OIF Assistant

Director (and former librarian) Kristin Pekoll, the webinar

offers programming ideas from libraries across the country,

from family-friendly fare to banned books beer outings and

not-safe-for-work trivia contests.

Become a Neighborhood Champion

for Small Business Saturday®

Celebrated on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 26,

Small Business Saturday helps small business owners with

their most pressing need - getting more customers.

In collaboration with American Express, the American

Library Association invites libraries to become a

Neighborhood Champion to help raise awareness and

support for local small businesses to support your library

and community on that day.

You could even plan a community event for Small

Business Saturday. Last year, over 4,100 Neighborhood

Champions participated by:

Organizing local activities to get their community

excited about participating in the day (e.g., a kickoff

breakfast to get shoppers out, street fairs to showcase

local goods, shuttles to transport shoppers around

town and other events)

Rallying small businesses to participate in the day and

encouraging neighbors to go out and Shop Small®

(e.g., providing small business owners with Shop

Small merchandise to promote their business,

organizing in store events to help get more customers

in the door)

Promoting Small Business Saturday via social media,

in local newspapers and around their town

Sign up to be a Neighborhood Champion by Friday,

November 11 at ShopSmall.com/ALA.

Looking for ideas and inspiration for how to get started?

As a Neighborhood Champion, you will receive monthly

emails with downloadable resources leading up to the day to

help with planning your Small Business Saturday event.

You will also receive a Small Business Saturday Event Kit

containing Shop Small merchandise, including items like

bags, balloons, and more to help support your community

activities.

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Deadlines

Friday, September 9

Legislative Breakfast and Annual

Meeting Reservations (9/16)

Tuesday, September 13 @ 8 a.m.

Trustee Leadership Workshop

Reservations(9/14)

Tuesday, September 20 @ 8 a.m. Trustees’ Fiduciary

Responsibilities Reservations

(9/21)

RCLS Headquarters E-mail and Extension Directory (845.243.3747)

Robert Hubsher ............ Executive Director ................................................................. 242

Grace Riario ................. Assistant Director & Outreach Coordinator ............................ 233

John Schneider ............ ANSER Manager and Systems Administrator ....................... 228

Chuck Conklin .............. Delivery & Building Maintenance Supervisor ......................... 226

Jerry Kuntz ................... Electronic Resources Consultant ........................................... 246

Stephen Hoefer ............ Fiscal Officer .......................................................................... 223

Dan Donohue ............... ILL/Technical Services Librarian ............................................ 237

Randall Enos ................ Youth Services Consultant .................................................... 240

System Calendar

For a complete and up-to-date list of events, including links to

additional information, see the RCLS Calendar.

To add information, contact Ruth Daubenspeck.

September

Wednesday, 7 Directors Association, RCLS – 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, 7 Direct Access Committee, RCLS – 12:00 p.m.

Thursday, 8 International Literacy Day

Friday, 9 SUPLA, Monticello - 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, 10 Teen Battle of the Books, SUNY Orange – 12:00 p.m.

Monday, 12 System Services Committee, RCLS – 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, 13 RUG, Newburgh – 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, 14 CTUG, Middletown, 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday, 14 Orange County Chamber Expo, Galleria at Crystal Run Middletown, 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday, 14 Trustee Leadership Workshop, Valley Cottage – 5:30 p.m.

Friday, 16 RCLS Legislative Breakfast and Annual Meeting, Bear Mountain Inn, 8:00 a.m.

Monday, 19 RCLS Teen Librarians, Middletown – 10:15 a.m.

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