Computers in Libraries update – Registration is due to SENYLRC by March 9, 2010

The Computers in Libraries 2010 Conference & Exhibition is celebrating its 25th annual event in April. The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA, from April 12 -14. The Southeastern NY Library Resources Council is offering group discounts to libraries in the SENYLRC region. The regular registration rate for the 3-day conference cost is $489; however with this discount, the three-day event costs $244 — a savings of 50%.

To obtain this discount, libraries in the SENYLRC region must register via the special registration form available on the SENYLRC website http://www.senylrc.org/computersinlibraries2010.htm .

Faster than the Speed of Bytes: Technology, Cognition, and the Academic Librarian

Dates: June 7 & 8, 2010
Location: Holiday Inn Downtown, Ithaca, NY Continue reading this post…

The Southeastern NY Library Resources Council is pleased to announce the launch of a new website, HRVH Historical Newspapers http://news.hrvh.org/, part of the Hudson River Valley Heritage (HRVH) service. The Kingston Daily Freeman is the first newspaper to be included in this new digital newspaper repository and was completely digitized for the years 1903 to 1912. Continue reading this post…

Is your organization interested in providing web access to images of historic items from your collections? The Hudson River Valley Heritage (www.hrvh.org) service, administered by SENYLRC, is a digital repository designed for contributions from multiple organizations. The first step to contributing images to HRVH is to learn about the various aspects of digitization. Continue reading this post…

Southeastern works with many vendors that provide electronic resources to libraries. There are several packages available for libraries, organized by library type. Continue reading this post…

Float - Capture of Andre

We sent out a press release last week about the new Hudson Fulton Celebration materials that are online in HRVH.org. Continue reading this post…

Libraries in the region are invited to join the Ask Us 24/7 Virtual Chat service, coordinated by the Western NY Library Resources Council (WNYLRC). The Ramapo Catskill Library System joined the service last year and several  academic libraries in this region plan to join the service this summer. If you are interested in learning more about this service, SENYLRC is hosting a demonstration on June 3, 2009. More information is below. Continue reading this post…

70% of FirstSearch subscribers have completed surveys. Thank you!  In order to give the remaining 30% of you a chance to complete your survey, the deadline has been extended until April 8, 2009. Continue reading this post…

We would appreciate it if you would follow the link below and take this short survey (only six questions) about your FirstSearch subscription.

This survey is for all current subscribers to the FirstSearch Base Package with Wilson Full Text, which is partially subsidized by SENYLRC.  The Technology Review & Advisory Committee (TRAC- the SENYLRC committee that recommends the use of automation subsidy funds) has a few questions for you. This information will assist TRAC in preparing for the 2009/10 subscription year.  More information about FirstSearch  is on the SENYLRC website.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=JWmdo4alKcKXvR6Vlo3r9g_3d_3d

Please complete this survey by Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Thank you!

A few years ago the the Southeastern NY Library Resources Council purchased several of the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) titles, which appear in the same list with the titles offered by NOVELny. Beginning on April 1, 2009, GVRL titles will no longer be offered through NOVELny, but the SENYLRC titles will remain. All not-for-profit libraries in the SENYLRC region will continue to receive the following GVRL titles from April 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010: Continue reading this post…