A
New Home for SENYLRC
After approximately
six years of searching for new offices, SENYLRC has finally secured
a new facility for its offices and headquarters. A 7,000 square foot,
two-level building at 21 South Elting Corners Road in Highland (Town
of Lloyd) is now the property of SENYLRC as of September 23, 2004...More
Reduction
in State Aid Looms for SENYLRC
As of this
writing, SENYLRC stands to lose almost $42,000 in state aid. You ask
how can this be when the NYS legislature voted as part of its state
budget to restore the 5% reduction by the Governor to library systems
and public libraries? Well, after the legislature submitted its budget
in August to the Governor, the Governor vetoed, among other items, this
5% restoration...More
Three
Days with Sandra Nelson: Policies, Management, & Data
Sandra Nelson,
most notably known as a leader in the public library arena, will be
in the Hudson Valley in October to teach three uniquely different programs
for the Ramapo Catskill Library System (RCLS), the Mid-Hudson Library
System (MHLS) and Southeastern...More
Stevenson
Library at Bard College
As we gear
up for another semester in Annandale, the breeze brings the musk of
last peaches, and grapes now, and tomatoes. There will be just under
1,400 students on campus this year studying everything from human rights
to human anatomy, and using the Stevenson Library in more ways than
ever before...More
Tons
of E-mail SPAM is Coming From You (even if you didn't send it)...
Chances
are if you get SPAM, then somebody else in the world is getting SPAM
with your e-mail address on it. The
fact of the matter is that you don’t have to do anything to have
somebody send SPAM that looks like it came from you...More
Benedictine
Hospital Librarian in the Spotlight: 20+ Years and Evolving Roles
Mary Evans,
M.S., M.L.S., AHIP, was originally trained as a chemist and subsequently
received her library degree from SUNY Albany. Now a Senior Member of
the Academy of Health Information Professionals, she has been the Medical
Librarian at Benedictine Hospital for over 20 years...More
Effective
Web Pages for Libraries
What makes
an effective, usable web site? Come spend the day with a creative web
designer, Liz Bushey to practice and learn about effective web pages.
Liz will cover usability; accessibility; design and graphics; as well
as sound and animation in this full day program...More
Featured
SENYLRC Staff Member: Pamela L. Wolven
Pamela Wolven
is the Business and Office Manager at SENYLRC. As such, she pays the
bills, prepares and sends invoices to libraries for various services,
works with other staff on grant projects, communicates with vendors,
oversees everyday office needs, and supervises two staff members. This
fall marks her 30th year at Southeastern...More
Copyright
Law in the Digital Age
This full-day
workshop is designed to provide librarians with an overview of the current
status of the U.S. copyright law and its impact on library services.
Emphasis is on the copyright status of print, audiovisual and electronic
information as well as computer programs, databases, electronic journals,
the Internet and World Wide Web...More
Final
Thoughts on Chocolate and Leadership
Chocolate
has an interesting history. It used to be mixed with hot peppers and
spices rather than sugar, was first a drink and only relatively recently
in bar form. All chocolate has caffeine to some degree, dark chocolate
has fewer carbohydrates (less sugar) than milk chocolate and chocolate
can be a very strong motivator – well for some people. That last
item you would know had you spent some of the last few months with me
in SENYLRC’s Leadership and Supervisory program offered on Tuesday
afternoons...More
Introducing
OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing
OCLC ILL
is moving to FirstSearch. With this move comes a new name: OCLC WorldCat
Resource Sharing. This migration will allow resource sharing staff to
take advantage of existing FirstSearch features such as improved searching,
and will also allow OCLC to introduce new features and improved functionality...More
Presidential
Libraries Welcome the Public and Focus on FDR's New Henry A. Wallace
Center
Library
directors with the National Archives and Records Administration gathered
at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library- the nation’s
first presidential library- for the first time in thirty years at a
three-day summit in August hosted by FDR Library Director Cynthia Koch...More
