Posted May 6, 2013 by Carolyn Bennett

The May-June SENYLRC Matters newsletter is now available for you!

In it, you’ll find even more information about our annual meeting, legislation in New York State, a story of one of our members in the national news, an upcoming workshop, a lot on SENYLRC member benefits, and a really great story out of the Goshen Public Library. Enjoy!

Posted May 2, 2013 by Carolyn Bennett

We are pleased to invite you to the 2013 SENYLRC annual meeting, to be held this year at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, New York on Friday, June 7th.

Full details and registration can be found on our website here.

You’re not going to want to miss this year’s meeting! Here are some highlights:
Our Keynote Speaker this year will be Rebecca Edwards, Professor of History on the Eloise Ellery Chair at Vassar College. She will be be giving a talk titled “Documenting the Underground Railroad in the Mid-Hudson Valley.”

Expand your network and meet new people! In order to facilitate conversation with your colleagues, we will be hosting themed networking tables. When you register, you may pick the topic of most interest to you and your work, and over lunch, we will seat you with other professionals from the area who share your interests.

Food this year will be catered by Lola’s in Poughkeepsie. Both a continental breakfast and a light lunch will be served.

After the meeting, don’t forget to stay for a tour of the Locust Grove Historic Estate. If you have time and the weather permits, you can also stroll the grounds and look at the beautiful gardens.

Posted April 29, 2013 by Carolyn Bennett

SENYRLC Member libraries who are switching to RDA are now eligible for discounted purchase of the RDA Toolkit by leveraging group licensing arranged by the NY3Rs Association. For libraries implementing or planning to implement RDA, the RDA toolkit is an essential resource for navigating from AACR2 to RDA. NY 3Rs Association is coordinating statewide purchases of the RDA Toolkit on behalf of our libraries.

If your library is interested in purchasing the toolkit, more information about the group purchase can be found on the NY3Rs website here. Registration from libraries who are willing to purchase the materials must be completed by May 24th. The discount will be finalized based on how many libraries sign up.

RDA is coming, and don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn everything you can about it!

 

Posted April 11, 2013 by Carolyn Bennett

SENYLRC is pleased to announce our newest initiative: Connecting to Collections

www.c2cnys.org

Last fall, Greater Hudson Heritage Network was awarded $250,000 through the fall of 2014, from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to present preservation training in connection with the collection types identified as “at risk” in New York State: books and paper; photographic collections; digital materials; and historic objects. Training will be provided via:

• webinar series (14 in all), viewable independently or in groups to encourage discussion and networking
• web-based “How-To” video tutorials providing instruction to organizational staff and to a more general audience who may have personal collections
• circuit rider mentoring program where professionals offer ‘house calls’ to organizations throughout the state
• C2CNYS.org – an interactive cross-disciplinary knowledge portal website website – will serve as the ‘go-to’ site for collections care best practices, a ‘home’ for disaster preparedness plans, conservation and preservation resources, the webinar series, and the “How-To” video tutorials

Click to read more below! (more…)

Posted April 5, 2013 by Carolyn Bennett

We hope you enjoyed participating in our webinar series as much as we enjoyed having you! After spending all this virtual time together, we want to have you over for lunch and a debriefing session to review what we’ve learned. You can register for lunch here: http://www.senylrc.org/reg/ and you can click “more” for the details:

(more…)

This website was supported by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.