Professional Development and Service
This y ear , our librar y staff participated in a w ide range of professional de v elopment acti v ities , including national conferences , speciali z ed w ebinars , and credentialing programs . These opportunities support our continued gro w th , ensure w e sta y current w ith trends in librarianship , and strengthen our abilit y to ser v e the Yeshi v a Uni v ersit y communit y .
Selected Activities
Sand y Moore , Director of Uni v ersit y Libraries , and Rina Kraut w irth , Research and Instruction Librarian , attended the Association of College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) Conference in Minneapolis .
Tina Weiss , Head Librarian of Mendel Gottesman Librar y of Hebraica - Judaica attended The Strategic Value of the Librar y , a Chronicle of Higher Education w ebinar , and an AI - focused w ebinar w ith the Northeast Judaica Librarians , and Judaica Curators ' Conference at the National Librar y of Israel .
Shuli Berger , Curator of Special Collections and Hebraica - Judaica , attended Judaica Curators ' Conference at the National Librar y of Israel .
Stephanie Gross , Electronic Reser v es & Scholarl y Communication Librarian , attended the Northeast Institutional Repositor y Da y 2024 , and ser v ed as an ACRL NY mentor to a Pratt MSLIS student for the academic y ear .
Sara Saiger , Archi v es Associate , completed the Archi v es 101 course offered b y Documentar y Heritage and Preser v ation Ser v ices for NY .
Se v eral librarians completed the Federal Reser v e Bank of St . Louis Data Literac y Micro - Credential program and participated in a Data Literac y Lunch and Learn .
Nanette Johnson , Head Librarian of Pollack Librar y , attended Teaching Critical Thinking about Data for Business Decision - Making at the Brookl y n Public Librar y and completed the APA St y le Orientation Essentials .
Justin Thomas , Public Ser v ice and User E x perience Librarian , participated in w ebinars on Data Literac y in Action , Librar y Signage : The Good , the Bad , and the Ugl y , and AI and Libraries : Literac y , Ethics , and Responsible Use .
Wend y Kosakoff , Public Ser v ices and Outreach Librarian , attended Process O v er Product : Setting Students Up for Success in Writing APA St y le Papers , and Be y ond Peer - Re v ie w ed : Tracking Do w n Ne w and Unusual Reference T y pes .
Hao Zeng , Head of Librar y Technolog y , presented at the EBSCO User Group Conference in Pro v idence , Rhode Island .
Shulamis Hes , Electronic Resources and Reference Librarian , attended a Data Literac y in Action w ebinar , completed a technical w riting course , and engaged in electronic resource management training w ith our v endors .
Rina Kraut w irth , Research and Instruction Librarian , participated in Centrali z e Your Assessment Management : Tips for Better Reporting and Time Sa v ings , the Data Literac y in Action series , and the Barnard STEM Librarianship Conference .
Hindishe Lee , Reference and Instruction Librarian , attended Be y ond Super Searchers : Adapting Information Literac y Tools to Meet the Generati v e AI Challenge , the Je w ish Braille Institute Librar y w ebinar on accessibilit y , and Protecting Academic Integrit y in the Age of AI .
Cha y a Sarah Cantor , Acquisitions Associate , attended Be y ond Super Searchers and Protecting Academic Integrit y in the Age of AI .
Emil y Apterbach , Research and Instruction Librarian , ser v es as President of the Association of Je w ish Libraries , Ne w York Metropolitan Area .
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