Nylink’s Annual Meeting, “Evolution & Transformation: Get Ready for the Future!,” is coming up May 5-6 with speakers addressing such topics as leadership, the future of cataloging, and making the most of Web 2.0. Learn more about our Annual Meeting at http://nylink.org/events/amtg08.cfm.
One of the speakers, Jessamyn West, will talk about “Web 2.0 and the Open [...]

Personalizing Your Virtual ReferenceNylink Community Brown Bag LunchCo-sponsored with CLRCWednesday, May 21, 2008 11:30am -1pmMid-York Library System
Reference is no longer the traditional face to face, it now includes text messaging, email, chat, instant messaging. Embarking into the virtual world of reference is an exciting sometimes daunting experience.
How in these untraditional/virtual environments [...]

April is a time of renewal, freshness and Earth Day. Celebrate spring and the earth at our next Brown Bag Lunch!Going Green in the LibraryNylink Community Brown Bag LunchCo-sponsored with RRLCMonday April 28, noon-1:30Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
Many libraries are going green: using environmentally sustainable products and practices, assessing their environmental footprint and even building [...]

Greetings from the Computers in Libraries conference in Arlington, Va., where 2200 library and information technology professionals are enjoying three days of conference programs with Web 2.0/Library 2.0 a dominant theme. New York State is well-represented with 120 attendees who took advantage of the registration discounts available through Nylink.
Day 1 was jam-packed with information-rich programs [...]

The (infamous) OCLC AppleCake![reprinted from OLUC 25 by George Promenschenkel]To celebrate the 25th anniversary of WorldCat, the OCLC Online Union Catalog, Patricia G. Beam, of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Clifford E. Barbour Library, prepared a display of OCLC memorabilia and baked the “famous” OCLC apple cake. Famous? Well, it does have a history at OCLC. [...]