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Meeting Schedule

CLOUSC 2024-25 Meeting Schedule 

All meetings are in -person at host libraries throughout Orange, Ulster, and Sullivan Counties.  If you are interested in hosting a meeting at your library, please contact Michelle Muller, michelle.muller@rcls.org.

Chair:Beth Balogh, Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden
Secretary: Dawn Falone, Florida Public Library
 

September 23: Walden: Table Talk: Summer Reading Recap
                        Bookshare: Favorite Books of Summer Reading
                         At Noon: Serving Homeschool Families
 
October 28: Monticello:  Table Talk: Online Reading Platforms: Beanstack, ReadSquared
                         Bookshare: Diverse Holiday Books
                    At Noon: Mental Health: potentially a Representative from NAMI Sullivan County
 
December 2nd: Cornwall:  Table Talk: Science of Reading
                          Bookshare: Decodable Books
                            At Noon: Digital Navigators (Meaghan Doyle)
 
Mock Newbery/Caldecott: January 10th @RCLS with a Snow date of January17th
 
February: Florida:  Table Talk: Civil Service
               Bookshare: 2025 Award Winners
                At Noon: ?
 
March: Tuxedo:  Table Talk: Koha So Far...
                   LARC/CLOUSC Meet Up ?
               
April: Ask a Sullivan Library:  Table Talk: School Visits/ Relationship Building with Schools
                                Bookshare: Colorful Stories
                               At Noon: Art in the Hudson Valley
 
May/June: End of Year Luncheon at Thrall Library in Middletown


  

  

Upcoming Conferences and Continuing Education Opportunities 

October 17-20: New York Comic Con, New York City 

October 24: Fall Into Books, Newburgh, NY 

November 7-10: NYLA Conference, Syracuse, NY 

January 24-27: LibLearn X: The Library Learning Experience Phoenix, AZ

February 14: Performers’ Showcase, RCLS

February 25: Summer Reading Workshop, online

March 11: YA Summer Reading Collab, online

April : NYLA YSS Conference,  

June 26- July 1: ALA Annual, Philidelphia, PA

 

Current Officers

Beth Balogh, CLOUSC Chair, Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden bbalogh@rcls.org

Dawn Falone, CLOUSC Secretary, Florida Public Library, dfalone@rcls.org