Welcome
to SENYLRC's online newsletter. Starting with this issue, the newsletter
will be in html format rather than the special "book-like"
format used for the previous two issues. The latter, although pleasing
to look at, could not be viewed in a MAC environment and some people
could not load the reader plug-in. We hope you like this format. Southeastern
News Online will be published bi-monthly. - J. Shaloiko
SENYLRC
to Celebrate its 37th Annual Meeting
This year
the meeting will be held at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
in the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts & Manor
House Café on Friday, June 4, 2004 from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm...More
Candidates
for SENYLRC's Board of Trustees
Four candidates
are to be elected to SENYLRC’s Board of Trustees. Three are eligible
for re-election and one to replace an unexpired term. Board of Trustee
election ballots were recently distributed to each member library...More
Forecast
Budget Deficit...Board
Decisions
During the
last four meetings of the SENYLRC Board of Trustees, board members have
been discussing options to address a rather large forecasted budget
deficit for the new fiscal year starting July 1.The Board has also been
exploring the option to purchase or build a new facility for SENYLRC’s
office and meeting rooms...More
SENYLRC's
Consortium Electronic Resources: OVERVIEW
Southeastern
continues to work with library organizations in New York State in order
to provide most affordable access to commercial databases for libraries
in the region. SENYLRC collaborates with other library organizations,
like WALDO, with other 3Rs councils and Nylink to aggregate and leverage
the statewide licensing of these databases that result in volume discounts
for your libraries...More
Federated
Searching Program
On April
26, 2004, the Technology Review & Advisory Committee (TRAC) of SENYLRC
sponsored a three and half hour long program on Federated Searching
hosted by the Mid-Hudson Library System. Federated searching is a cross-collection
discovery technology that has been referred to as “broadcast,”
“multi-protocol,” or “meta-” searching...More
Information
Literacy Programs for Academic Librarians
The following
programs may be of interest to library staff from our academic community.
The first is a series of two seminars sponsored by the NY3Rs Association,
Inc.. The second is a program sponsored and hosted by Rockland Community
College...More
A
Look at SENYLRC's IT Security Policy
As I write
this, yet another major virus (W32.Sasser) is worming its way through
the annals of the Internet. Everyone from your average Joe User to corporate
Manager Jane are scrambling to keep the new virus at bay or worse, stop
the virus from causing further havoc and infecting more machines at
their sites...More
Hospital
Libraries Shine in New Quarters
Expansion
of outpatient physical therapy services at Helen Hayes Hospital caused
the library’s move to a new location where clinicians, researchers,
administrators, patients, and visitors find an attractive redesigned
space. Nyack Hospital has seen many changes under the leadership of
Jesse Caudill, Director of Library and CME Services. Vassar Brother
Medical Center Library, while remaining in the same physical space,
has an inviting new arrangement, shelving, furniture and equipment thanks
to a local foundation grant...More
Web
OPAC and Hosting Services
After a
year and half of preparation, SENYLRC announces the availability of
a new Online Public Access Catalog OPAC service targeted to hospital
and other special libraries...More
Upcoming
Continuing Education Programs
Four programs
are scheduled for the spring and summer 2004 that we hope will be of
interest to library staff in the region. The Continuing Education Committee
at SENYLRC, chaired by John Barrie, Dominican College, selected the
following topics to be covered in programs in 2004...More
Communication
Workshop with Pat Wagner
More than
35 people filled the conference room at SENYLRC in attendance of the
Boot Camp to Strengthen Communication: Customer Service & Presentation
Skill workshop given by Pat Wagner of Pattern Research. Attendees traveled
from as far away as Buffalo to participate...More
Attention
Technical Services Library Staff...Subject: Introducing "Backstory"
Check out
this new on-line newsletter from Cornell University Libraries Technical
Services Executive Group (TSEG). “Backstory,” a new Web-based
newsletter will be highlighting the work being performed at technical
services centers in CUL...More
Leadership
Development Training Continues
Southeastern
Library Resources Council has received another LSTA grant to provide
training in leadership skills to the librarians of the region and beyond.
SENYLRC received $35,000 to provide eight sessions in the Leadership
and Supervisory Development program which builds on last summer’s
grant and workshops...More
Regional
Interlibrary Loan and Procedures
The Regional
Interlibrary Loan Committee (RIC) under the leadership of chair Susan
DiLorenzo, Mid-Hudson Library System convened a task force in 2001 –
2002 to revise the Regional Interlibrary Loan Code and Procedures. The
task force considered changes to interlibrary loan in the region due
to the implementation of the regional electronic SEAL ILL System (VDX)...More
Online Regional Interlibrary Loan Directory to be Available
The
Regional Interlibrary Loan Committee (RIC) chaired by Theresa Davis,
Mount Saint Mary College, is preparing a new version of the regional
interlibrary loan directory. Previously only available in paper format,
the directory will now also be accessed via the Internet...More
