Published: Sunday, November 06, 2011

By ANN GIBBONS

Daily Freeman

HUDSON VALLEY CHAPTER OF (SLA) SPECIAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL MEETING 2011

WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT DIGITIZATION BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK Continue reading this post…

Cataloging 4-1-1 or How I learned that Catalogers are not trying to make my Life Difficult!

Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011

Subject Analysis 4-1-1 (or What Is It About and Where Do I Put It?)
Date: Thursday, August 18, 2011

Testimonials from previous workshops taught by Maggie Horn and John Myers:

I wish I could take you both home with me so I can be molded into the great cataloger I am meant to be!

Thank you, Maggie; thank you, John; thank you, Melvil!

While cataloging can be a dry subject, Maggie and John made cataloging fun. Continue reading this post…

The 44th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern NY Library Resources Council will be held on June 3, 2011 at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY.

http://www.ecostudies.org/

Plan to join us for the SENYLRC Annual Meeting including
lunch, tours and hiking at the Cary Institute.

Click here for more information and to register online.

The same day we are sponsoring an online webinar featuring the Wilson Web Omni File Full Text Select.

Schedule for Tuesday May 3, 2011

10:00 am: A one hour online webinar (via webex) will be given by Daniel Firrincili, Product Manager, The H.W. Wilson company. We will show the webinar in the conference room. No need to register, just show up by 10 am.  If you would like to participate in the webinar from your office/library, please send me a message (killian@senylrc.org) and I will forward you the log in details.

11:00 am – 4:00 pm: Emerging Library Technologies II: Innovation, an online conference.
Online Registration: http://www.senylrc.org/reg/

Join us in West Hartford, CT on May 20 for “Good Practices for Great Outcomes: Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference”

You’re invited! OCLC and our co-host, the University of Hartford, have teamed together to bring you an informative and lively program focused exclusively on cataloging efficiencies and how members are adjusting to new ways of working to increase cataloging effectiveness. Continue reading this post…

Local troops played role in Civil War

http://www.recordonline.com

Congratulations to HRVH.org contributors for having content to provide to Alyssa Sunkin for her article!

SENYLRC recently purchased a technology skill-building resource available to all library staff in the region.  The resource, called Tech-Talk.com, covers an eclectic array of topics (Microsoft focused) that offers insight for everyone who uses computers at work. Continue reading this post…

Hudson River Valley Heritage: A Journey in Collaborative Digitization, a chapter by SENYLRC’s Digital Services Librarian, Jennifer Palmentiero, is featured this month on the blog for the book Digitization in the Real World: Lessons Learned from Small to Medium-Sized Digitization Projects: http://metroblogs.typepad.com/ditrw/2011/03/hudson-river-valley-heritage-a-journey-in-collaborative-digitization.html.

Don’t miss this opportunity to download and read Jennifer’s chapter on HRVH! Continue reading this post…

Digitization Basics for Hudson River Valley Heritage: A Workshop Series for Contributors to HRVH

Is your organization interested in providing web access to historic materials 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…