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Library Staff Summer Camp 2025

Tuesday's Overview

Tuesday is all about movement, insight, and creative expression. Come ready to stretch, think, and play!

🪑 11:30 AM – Chair Yoga, Schmare Yoga
Start your day with gentle stretches led by Jillian Mertzlufft. It’s the perfect reset for long hours at your desk!

🧭 1:00–2:15 PM  ⚖️ AI Without Tears: Join Paul Rapp for a witty, insightful look at artificial intelligence through the lens of copyright law. Expect legal drama, open discussion, and a few laughs.
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🧭 2:45–4:00 PM  🧠 This Meeting Could Have Been an Email!!: Jenifer Wood leads a refreshingly honest session on workplace stress and the power of connection.
    

11:30-12:00

Chair Yoga - Schmare Yoga
Session Description: Come check out this easy going sequence of stretches and movements that you can do anywhere, anytime! If nothing else come learn for next time you are on a plane or stuck waiting at the DMV where you can bust a chair yoga move!
Location: Cobb Room
Presenter: Jillian Mertzlufft
Presenter Bio: I am the Associate Director of Recreation and Wellness, as well as a Certified Health Coach! I actually am a public health person who fell into recreation and enjoy bringing those two worlds together. In my spare time I do advocacy work for Ovarian Cancer Survivors and enjoy being active!

1:00 - 2:15

Option 1
AI Without Tears  
Session Description:  

A look at the AI phenomenon from a copyright law perspective. I'll talk about my own journey from trying to pretend that AI didn't exist to a full but cautious embrace of the technology. I'll present spiffy recap of the major on-going legal battles and the implications for the educational and entertainment sectors of the economy. There will be lots of engagement and open discussions, because like you, I'm trying to figure this stuff out, too!
 
Location: Minerva  
Presenter Paul Rapp, Esq.   
Presenter Bio:  I've been a lawyer for over 35 years; taught art & entertainment and/or copyright law at Albany Law School, Western Mass University and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; wrote the column "Rapp On This" (Metroland) for 12 years; member of the rock band Blotto  

 

2:45 - 4:00

Option 1
"This meeting could have been an email!!"  
Session Description: When thinking about stress in the workplace, I can assure you that we all feel pretty freaked out. We seem to spend more time working than we do playing with family or with friends or doing the things that we enjoy. Sometimes we work so much and to such an extent that we forget who and what we truly love. And, worse, through it all others are constantly telling us that managing stress is all about finding balance. Sure, I could throw familiar terms at you--such as "work-life balance" or "self-care"--but upon closer examination, these terms come to feel meaningless or hollow. They end up somewhere in the mid-brain among the miasma of other thoughts and feelings--many of which we feel we simply don't have time for. Minds can be so, so messy, after all, and by the end of the workday the soupy remnants of our flagging energy levels can contribute to an ongoing lack of stress management, a feeling of falling short despite our best efforts. We can do it tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow until nothing changes and we find ourselves simply stuck in the cycle of stress and being stressed about our stress. But I'm here to offer a different approach, a different way of thinking about these things. Let’s talk about this; let's see what we can do--together.  
Location: Cobb Room  
Presenter: 

Jenifer Wood, MS, NCC
 
Presenter Bio: 

I've been a therapist/counselor for almost 20 years and I have worked primarily with licensed professionals the last 11 years. The work I do with folks covers addictions, of all sorts, to anxiety, depression, stress, and the daily issues that can arise from coping with people-ing, or a lack of people-ing, on a regular basis. I believe strongly in the absolute power of connection to other humans and finding ways to play as adults.