The Nylink Notes blog is moving in with his sister, the Nylink Status Line blog.
From now on the Nylink news that is fit to blog will be found at http://nylink.org/SL. Plus all Nylink Notes blog entries, going back to May 2007, have been moved over to the Status Line blog.  This change will not affect [...]

A recent IMLS press release announces the issuance of a new report:  “Catalyst for Change: LSTA Grants to State Program and the Transformation of Libraries Services to the Public”.  Below is the announcement.
Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
IMLS Report: Libraries are a Vital Community Resource in the Information Age
Washington, DC-The character of library services has changed [...]

Joyce and I just returned from a visit to the Hadley Exhibit company in Buffalo.
Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram and Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold unveiled their first kiosk for the Uncrowned Community Builders project.  It’s a partially enclosed environment which could comfortably seat two or more people.  The idea is to allow individuals the opportunity to record [...]

H.W. Wilson is offering free 30-minute Web-delivered training sessions to highlight new features on the WilsonWeb platform and in specific Wilson databases, including the following:

A new slideshow feature for all films included in Cinema Image Gallery.
In all WilsonWeb databases, an option to conveniently change the interface font size.
Web 2.0 user-commenting in the Current Issues [...]

This was just announced by Heritage Preservation.  It seems Historic Cherry Hill located here in Albany, NY has been selected for the Award For Outstanding Commitment to Preservation and Care of Collections.  Congratulations Historic Cherry Hill!
Here is the press release…
HISTORIC CHERRY HILL AND THE SHELBURNE MUSEUM RECEIVE NATIONAL PRESERVATION AWARD
(Nominations invited for 2010 award)
Historic [...]

June 25, Albany NY. Multi-type New York State library consortium Nylink is pleased to announce a partnership with Maryland-based library services company Library Dynamics to market and support their collection analysis suite of tools including the Spectra line of services.
Spectra Web services provide collection overview to individual title analytical capability, leveraging the time and [...]

Headed to ALA? The following Nylink vendor partners will be exhibiting at the upcoming American Library Association conference in Chicago (exhibits held July 11-14). Booth numbers available at http://exhibitors.ala.org/files/AN09-Current-Exhibitors.pdf (and in parentheses below). For more information about Nylink’s consortial discounts on their products and services, please contact Nylink at services@nylink.org or 800-342-3353.
• ABC-CLIO / Greenwood [...]