Long Island Library Resources Council
@lilrc.bsky.social
he Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC) is one of New York’s 9 Library Resources Systems. LILRC is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt not for profit organization. It is chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. The Council was incorporated in 1966.
It has been a *thrillifying* few days for libraries
We couldn't be happier,
Look what we've got
A fairy-tale plot
Our very own happy ending
#imls #whatisthisfeeling
We couldn't be happier,
Look what we've got
A fairy-tale plot
Our very own happy ending
#imls #whatisthisfeeling
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It has been a *thrillifying* few days for libraries
We couldn't be happier,
Look what we've got
A fairy-tale plot
Our very own happy ending
#imls #whatisthisfeeling
We couldn't be happier,
Look what we've got
A fairy-tale plot
Our very own happy ending
#imls #whatisthisfeeling
All the feels for an autumn weekend #longisland #libraries
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
All the feels for an autumn weekend #longisland #libraries
LILRC Staff visted Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton today and we were lucky to get a great tour of the newly renovated space, including a cafe, a tech lab, and the Family Area (Children's). Thanks for hosting the EETC and TSR Roundtable!
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
LILRC Staff visted Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton today and we were lucky to get a great tour of the newly renovated space, including a cafe, a tech lab, and the Family Area (Children's). Thanks for hosting the EETC and TSR Roundtable!
LILRC's mascot Lily stopped by the Sustainable Libraries Initiative Offices today to discuss Mascot Best Practices and to learn about their own new mascots. Plus check out this basil plant!
#sustainability
#sustainability
October 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
LILRC's mascot Lily stopped by the Sustainable Libraries Initiative Offices today to discuss Mascot Best Practices and to learn about their own new mascots. Plus check out this basil plant!
#sustainability
#sustainability
What a wonderful gathering at Nassau Library System this past Friday for the Nassau County Legislative Breakfast! #longisland #libraries #libraryadvocacy
October 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
What a wonderful gathering at Nassau Library System this past Friday for the Nassau County Legislative Breakfast! #longisland #libraries #libraryadvocacy
Are we giving tea party vibes as we prepare for tomorrow's event, a screening from the new PBS documentary series, The American Revolution, with remarks by ALA president Sam Helmick?
#AmericanRevolutionPBS #longisland #libraries @samhelmick.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
#AmericanRevolutionPBS #longisland #libraries @samhelmick.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Are we giving tea party vibes as we prepare for tomorrow's event, a screening from the new PBS documentary series, The American Revolution, with remarks by ALA president Sam Helmick?
#AmericanRevolutionPBS #longisland #libraries @samhelmick.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
#AmericanRevolutionPBS #longisland #libraries @samhelmick.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
Yes we do have doorprize copies to giveaway for attendees!
Food as Storytelling: Michael W. Twitty and Raj Tawney
Tuesday, October 28
11:00am - 12:00pm (Zoom)
Register now at link in bio or lilrc.org/events
Food as Storytelling: Michael W. Twitty and Raj Tawney
Tuesday, October 28
11:00am - 12:00pm (Zoom)
Register now at link in bio or lilrc.org/events
September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Yes we do have doorprize copies to giveaway for attendees!
Food as Storytelling: Michael W. Twitty and Raj Tawney
Tuesday, October 28
11:00am - 12:00pm (Zoom)
Register now at link in bio or lilrc.org/events
Food as Storytelling: Michael W. Twitty and Raj Tawney
Tuesday, October 28
11:00am - 12:00pm (Zoom)
Register now at link in bio or lilrc.org/events
LILRC Newsletters are hot off the presses!! Read the newest issues of our three publications: LILRCNewsletter, Long Island Archives, and LILRC HealthLine! All are available on our website at lilrc.org/page/newslet...
September 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
LILRC Newsletters are hot off the presses!! Read the newest issues of our three publications: LILRCNewsletter, Long Island Archives, and LILRC HealthLine! All are available on our website at lilrc.org/page/newslet...
LILRC offices are closed on Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day.
September 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
LILRC offices are closed on Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day.
It's still summer, but here's a sneak peek at our September CE events!
Registration for all events on our website
#libraries #lifelonglearning
Registration for all events on our website
#libraries #lifelonglearning
August 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It's still summer, but here's a sneak peek at our September CE events!
Registration for all events on our website
#libraries #lifelonglearning
Registration for all events on our website
#libraries #lifelonglearning
34th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future: Change is Coming!
Friday, October 17th
8:00am - 3:00pm
Heritage Club at Bethpage
REGISTER NOW!! lilrc.org/events/Event...
#longisland #libraries #futureoflibraries
Friday, October 17th
8:00am - 3:00pm
Heritage Club at Bethpage
REGISTER NOW!! lilrc.org/events/Event...
#longisland #libraries #futureoflibraries
August 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
34th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future: Change is Coming!
Friday, October 17th
8:00am - 3:00pm
Heritage Club at Bethpage
REGISTER NOW!! lilrc.org/events/Event...
#longisland #libraries #futureoflibraries
Friday, October 17th
8:00am - 3:00pm
Heritage Club at Bethpage
REGISTER NOW!! lilrc.org/events/Event...
#longisland #libraries #futureoflibraries
34th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future: Change is Coming!
Friday, October 17th
8:00am - 3:00pm
Heritage Club at Bethpage
REGISTER NOW!! lilrc.org/events/Event...
#longisland #libraries #futureoflibraries
Friday, October 17th
8:00am - 3:00pm
Heritage Club at Bethpage
REGISTER NOW!! lilrc.org/events/Event...
#longisland #libraries #futureoflibraries
August 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
34th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future: Change is Coming!
Friday, October 17th
8:00am - 3:00pm
Heritage Club at Bethpage
REGISTER NOW!! lilrc.org/events/Event...
#longisland #libraries #futureoflibraries
Friday, October 17th
8:00am - 3:00pm
Heritage Club at Bethpage
REGISTER NOW!! lilrc.org/events/Event...
#longisland #libraries #futureoflibraries
Here's part two of sites that our summer intern, Mehwish Hasan, visited over the course of her internship here at LILRC!
#libraries #longisland #sbu #hofstra #smithtown #plantingfields #lim
#libraries #longisland #sbu #hofstra #smithtown #plantingfields #lim
August 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Here's part two of sites that our summer intern, Mehwish Hasan, visited over the course of her internship here at LILRC!
#libraries #longisland #sbu #hofstra #smithtown #plantingfields #lim
#libraries #longisland #sbu #hofstra #smithtown #plantingfields #lim
Here's part one of sites that our summer intern, Mehwish Hasan, visited over the course of her internship here at LILRC!
#libraries #longisland #sbu #hofstra #smithtown #plantingfields #lim
#libraries #longisland #sbu #hofstra #smithtown #plantingfields #lim
July 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Here's part one of sites that our summer intern, Mehwish Hasan, visited over the course of her internship here at LILRC!
#libraries #longisland #sbu #hofstra #smithtown #plantingfields #lim
#libraries #longisland #sbu #hofstra #smithtown #plantingfields #lim
Did you know that the new Planting Fields exhibit, Legacy of Landscape: Innocenti – Webel’s Designs for the Coe’s , has film footage digitized as part of LILRC's Accessing Archives Program?
For more information on this program, visit our website at lilrc.org/page/accessi...
For more information on this program, visit our website at lilrc.org/page/accessi...
July 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Did you know that the new Planting Fields exhibit, Legacy of Landscape: Innocenti – Webel’s Designs for the Coe’s , has film footage digitized as part of LILRC's Accessing Archives Program?
For more information on this program, visit our website at lilrc.org/page/accessi...
For more information on this program, visit our website at lilrc.org/page/accessi...
LILRC July/August newsletters are here!! Read all about the lastest happenings at lilrc.org/page/newslet... #longisland #libraries #archives
July 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
LILRC July/August newsletters are here!! Read all about the lastest happenings at lilrc.org/page/newslet... #longisland #libraries #archives
Join us on Zoom on Tuesday, September 30th from 10:00am - 11:30am to discover how to design and host your own immersive virtual art gallery using Spatial.io, a web-based platform for building interactive 3D spaces.
REGISTER HERE: lilrc.org/events/Event...
#virtualreality #library #tech #spatial
REGISTER HERE: lilrc.org/events/Event...
#virtualreality #library #tech #spatial
July 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Join us on Zoom on Tuesday, September 30th from 10:00am - 11:30am to discover how to design and host your own immersive virtual art gallery using Spatial.io, a web-based platform for building interactive 3D spaces.
REGISTER HERE: lilrc.org/events/Event...
#virtualreality #library #tech #spatial
REGISTER HERE: lilrc.org/events/Event...
#virtualreality #library #tech #spatial
Good morning! Today our offices are closed in observance of Independence Day. Happy Fourth of July!
#fourthofjuly #4thofjuly #independenceday #officeclosed #holiday #friday #happyindependenceday #happyfourth
#fourthofjuly #4thofjuly #independenceday #officeclosed #holiday #friday #happyindependenceday #happyfourth
July 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Good morning! Today our offices are closed in observance of Independence Day. Happy Fourth of July!
#fourthofjuly #4thofjuly #independenceday #officeclosed #holiday #friday #happyindependenceday #happyfourth
#fourthofjuly #4thofjuly #independenceday #officeclosed #holiday #friday #happyindependenceday #happyfourth
Join LILRC as we welcome LIRR historian Dave Morrison on Zoom, Thursday, August 7th from 11:00am - 12:00pm to discover resources available when researching LIRR history!
REGISTER HERE:
lilrc.org/events/Event...
#librarians #lirr #librariansofny #longisland #trending #history #explore #library
REGISTER HERE:
lilrc.org/events/Event...
#librarians #lirr #librariansofny #longisland #trending #history #explore #library
July 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Join LILRC as we welcome LIRR historian Dave Morrison on Zoom, Thursday, August 7th from 11:00am - 12:00pm to discover resources available when researching LIRR history!
REGISTER HERE:
lilrc.org/events/Event...
#librarians #lirr #librariansofny #longisland #trending #history #explore #library
REGISTER HERE:
lilrc.org/events/Event...
#librarians #lirr #librariansofny #longisland #trending #history #explore #library
Thank you to our sponsors!
June 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Thank you to our sponsors!
Thanks to SCLA MOSAIC for another fantastic Annual Breakfast and for including LILRC's former intern Savannah as a speaker on her experiences in libraries. It's a joy for us to see our interns grow.
#longisland #libraries #librariesofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #SCLA #MOSAIC
#longisland #libraries #librariesofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #SCLA #MOSAIC
June 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Thanks to SCLA MOSAIC for another fantastic Annual Breakfast and for including LILRC's former intern Savannah as a speaker on her experiences in libraries. It's a joy for us to see our interns grow.
#longisland #libraries #librariesofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #SCLA #MOSAIC
#longisland #libraries #librariesofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #SCLA #MOSAIC