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Nylink Notes to Join With Status Line Blog

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 [...]

Uncrowned Community Builders Kiosk Unveiling

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 [...]

Nylink Partners at ALA Annual Conference in Chicago

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 [...]

Farewell and Thank You to Seven Nylink Council Representatives

Today’s Nylink Council meeting at the Nylink Offices marked the last gathering of the current roster of Nylink Council representatives. Their term ends in August of this year, but the next Council meeting won’t be held until this fall.
Nylink would like to offer each of the outgoing representatives a heartfelt thanks for their years [...]

Gaming the Library - Great Conversation, Future Group?

Munchkins, World of Warcraft, Wii bowling or good old Dungeons & Dragons and monopoly? Yesterday 11 interested, curious and knowledgeable people met at the East Greenbush Community Library to discuss the popularity and importance of gaming in our libraries.
We had library school students, public librarians, and academic librarians discussing topics ranging from encouraging youths [...]

Nylink’s True Serials Service Offers Cost-Effective ERM and More

Nylink is pleased to announce the launch of True Serials, a hosted serials management service developed and managed by Nylink staff. Built on a knowledgebase that includes over 425 database and serials aggregation packages (representing thousands of individual titles), True Serials can work for your library.
Dave Penniman, Executive Director of Nylink, says “True Serials, the [...]