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Tech After Lunch

In our next edition of Tech After Lunch we will be focusing on creating flyers, tri-folds, and web graphics all using Canva. The session will be lead by our own Faith St-John. Faith is not only the director at Argyle but a Graphic Designer! Faith recognized the ease of use and thought other libraries that don't have a graphic designer on staff might benefit from a workshop. Here is an example of Argyle's Summer Reading Tri-Fold built using Canva: https://www.canva.com/design/DAE7nuzgLJ8/H4Yp01CvTTz5i49N-XPmWg/view?utm_content=DAE7nuzgLJ8&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

In this workshop, we will give a tour of Canva, show how it works, and how to use it. Then we will dive in and create some flyers. During the practice portion, you'll be able to ask for assistance, get help troubleshooting, cure any hiccups, and gain some experience using Canva.

Join us on May 24th, 1:30 - 2:30

Web Accessibility

Join us for small sessions to learn about website accessibility. The same material will be presented at each of these sessions so register for the date and time that works best for you. We have several times available on April 27 and May 12.

Each session will cover:

Foundational Principles

• What is Digital Accessibility
• Why Digital Accessibility is Important
• 4 Pillars of Accessibility Standards | WCAG A, AA, AAA

Making Environments Accessible

• Accessibility Factors
• Logical Flow
• Headings
• Navigation
• Alt Tags / Alt Text
• Informative Images
• Decorative Images
• Best Practices
• Labeling and Tagging
• Color Contrast

The program will be presented by the staff of AKEA, a website design and accessibility firm in Lansing, Michigan. AKEA focuses on creating accessible websites that are easy to navigate for every single web visitor.

This workshop is supported by federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds allocated to the New York State Library by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

Accessibility Principles: 9:30am - 10:30am Thursday, May 12, 2022

Accessibility Principles: 11:00am - 12:00pm Thursday, May 12, 2022

Accessibility Principles: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Thursday, May 12, 2022

Accessibility Principles: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Thursday, May 12, 2022

The April 27 workshops had to be canceled because of an emergency, but will be rescheduled shortly.

LEGO Foundation's "Build A World Of Play" campaign

The campaign website and #BuildAWorldOfPlay platform will launch on May 10! The second workshop for the library community will take place a week later on May 17, where we will discuss how to use the materials from the website.

Workshop #2 for public libraries will take place on May 17, where you’ll have the opportunity to learn more about the rich content of the platform. Note: It is not a prerequisite to have participated in the first workshop, so If you haven’t already registered for workshop #2, you can do it here.

The #BuildAWorldOfPlay platform with an abundance of free resources for libraries will open on May 10! The toolkit will be available in these languages: Bengali, Danish, English, Kinyarwanda, Portuguese, Spanish and Swahili. We will send out a link to you when the platform goes live.

Decoding the Mysteries of Cats

This program was passed along to me:

Just a quick recommendation for a great program we hosted yesterday with Cat Behaviorist Stephen Quandt, Decoding the Mysteries of Cats. https://www.cat-behavior-help.com/ His direct email is: stephen@cat-behavior-help.com

We held it as a hybrid program, with 15 people in the library and another 15 on Zoom. Stephen was on Zoom, and both groups were fully engaged with both his half hour presentation and the 30+ minutes of Q & A that followed.

He was also a very organized speaker -- sending event info, photos, invoice, etc. in a timely manner without needing reminders!

It was very appealing to a multi-age audience -- not the heavy topic programming we often have for adults -- and it was nice to offer something totally different.

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