Archives for the Month of June, 2008

“Own…”“Loan…”“No…”
Were the chants Lauren Pinsley suggested we could use at the Zen and the Art of Local Holdings Maintenance summit held yesterday. We had a great turn out for this first time event. In the morning there were a variety of speakers and after a yummy lunch we gathered into groups to discuss [...]

SUNYLA Wraps Up

Greetings on this Friday the 13th,
Just a quick post before Ann and I hit the road back to Albany (on another gorgeous day!)
We had a wonderful time here at SUNYLA - great presentations, food, activities and - most of all - people. It was great chatting and meeting so many people (this was my [...]

Let the Rubber Hit the Road - Brown Bag report

Hello,
Ann and I were at the Northern New York Library Network (http://www.nnyln.org/) on Tuesday (6/10) where we had a Brown Bag lunch to discuss getting Web 2.0 projects going.
There were four great participants (in addition to Ann and I) and the conversation never flagged for almost two hours - even when we lost power for [...]

Making a Raquette - SUNYLA

Hello - Ann and I are at SUNYLA in Potsdam, NY. Stop by our booth if you’re up here - we have prime real estate, right across from the breakfast/snack table, I’m loving the coffee.
SUNYLA has a lot of great resources up on the web - you probably want to check them out even [...]

Astronomical FirstSearch Savings for Groups!

We’d like to share just a few of the terrific savings realized by libraries that participate in Nylink’s FirstSearch groups. The groups were created by, and continued to be supported and maintained by, Nylink staff, in response to the needs of New York libraries.

MLA International Bibliography, 16 libraries, savings 29% - 41% off national [...]