SENYLRC
Moves into its New "Digs"
The weekend of
Friday November 12 to Sunday November 14 was very busy for SENYLRC staff.
During that weekend, with the help of professional movers, we relocated the
SENYLRC office and all our furniture, files, etc., two miles down Route 299
to our new building. 21 South Elting Corners Road, Highland is our new address...More
New
Website for SENYLRC
As you may have
noticed, SENYLRC has a new website. New features of the site include: Quicklinks,
a Calendar on every page, a sitemap, and the ability to search the site...More
State
Aid for Library Systems - Reduced Again!
The Governor has
released his 2005-2006 Executive Budget. The Governor has proposed flat funding
of $84.442 million for library aid this year, which keeps the 5% cut from
last year (down from $88.9 million in 2003). What does this mean for SENYLRC?..More
Board
of Trustees to Embark on Strategic Planning Process
With the assistance
of a consultant from the Council of Community Services of New York State,
Inc (Albany and Poughkeepsie), the Board of Trustees will conduct a process
that will lead to a new strategic plan for SENYLRC...More
Library
Spotlight on Nathan Kline Institute Health Sciences Library
If you need information
on mental health or mental illness, the Health Sciences Library of the Nathan
Kline Institute (NKI) is a good place to look. The NKI library offers a variety
of psychiatric and medical information resources in print and electronic formats...More
Hudson
Valley Heritage Focuses on Unique Collections
The cultural heritage
organizations (libraries, historical societies, museums, etc.) in our region
have the important responsibility of being caretakers of the rich history
of the Hudson Valley. Digital technology provides an exciting opportunity
for these organizations to make the materials they care for available to a
broad audience...More
Technology
Training for Digital Projects
Starting in June,
2005, The Southeastern New York Library Resources Council will sponsor a series
of workshops to teach staff from libraries and cultural heritage institutions
how to digitize materials for inclusion in a regional, digital collection,
Hudson Valley Heritage. This training project is for the staff at regional
institutions that will perform requisite tasks such as scanning, creating
metadata, and managing digital projects...More
Upcoming
Workshops via Teleconference
Southeastern is
hosting teleconferences sponsored by the College of DuPage. The teleconference
format is an effective way to provide quality programming at an affordable
price...More
PubMed
Workshops at SENYLRC
Two PubMed workshops
will be held at SENYLRC on March 8, 2005 with a snow date of March 9, 2005.
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides
access to over 15 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related
biomedical articles back to the 1950's...More
The
Hospital Library Spotlight Shines on St. Luke's Cornwall
The latest service
offered to doctors, nurses, and administrators at St. Luke’s Cornwall
Hospital is the option to borrow an LCD projector and laptop for educational
presentations on campus and off. This innovative offering helps underscore
why CEO Allan Atzrott has such high praise for Twila Snead and her role in
leading the medical library into the electronic information age...More
NYSLAA:
Keeping Up with Library Assistants
Preparation is
underway for the 27th Annual Conference to be held June 8-10, 2005 (“Smooth
Sailing for the Future”) at the Ramada Inn-Geneva Lakefront in Geneva
New York...More
2005/2006
Continuous Assessment and Continuous Improvement Workshop Series
The NY3Rs are
very pleased to announce that, pending a final contract with New York State,
there will be a repeat of the very successful series of workshops on Continuous
Assessment and Continuous Improvement for libraries...More
Searching
the SEAL Virtual Union Catalog
Last fall, a new
feature was added to the SEAL VUC that makes searching easier. Library catalogs
in the VUC are now profiled into groups of similar type catalogs. A searcher
can select a library catalog group such as academic, hospital, public, school
or special libraries...More
