Past Events
The Upstate New York Chapter of SLA Presents "Career Building and Staying Relevant in Trying Economic Times"
Friday, April 24, 2009
Standish Meeting Room
Science Library
SUNY Albany
Program Details
Thursday, 23 April 2009
| 2:30pm - 5:00pm: | Board meeting Special Collections Conference Room, SUNY Albany Science Library |
| 7:00pm - 9:30pm: | Networking dinner CREO |
Friday, 24 April 2009
"Career Building and Staying Relevant in Trying Economic Times."
| 8:30am - 9:00am: | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am - 9:30am: | Greetings, Introductions, Ice Breaker |
| 9:30am - 11:00am: | Rachel Singer Gordon "Librarian Career and Skill Building in this Economy" |
| 11:00am - 11:15am: | Break |
| 11:15am - 12:00pm: | Noah Simon from SUNY Albany Career Center "Career Building in the Present Economy" |
| 12:00pm - 1:15pm: | Buffet lunch/Christian Miller |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm: | Update on SLA's Alignment Project with Ruth Wolfish |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Panel Discussion: "Career Paths as Information Professionals" |
| 3:00pm - 3:15pm: | Wrap Up |
Morning Session
9:30am - 11:00am
Rachel Singer Gordon
"Librarian Career and Skill Building in this Economy"
Rachel Singer Gordon is webmaster, LISjobs.com, and consulting editor at Information Today Inc., Books Division. She is the former Head of Computer Services at the Franklin Park Public Library, IL, and is currently a freelance writer, editor, and presenter. Rachel has authored eight books for librarians and information professionals, most recently What's the Alternative? Career Options for Librarians and Info Pros (ITI, 2008), Information Tomorrow: Reflections on the Future of Public and Academic Libraries (ITI, 2007), and The NextGen Librarian's Survival Guide (ITI, 2006). Among her other professional activities, Rachel is the "On the Brink" columnist for Emerald's Library Link; she was also the "Computer Media" columnist at Library Journal from2002-2008 and coauthored "Tech Tips for Every Librarian" in Computers in Libraries magazine from 2006-2008 . Other projects include Info Career Trends (www.lisjobs.com/career_trends), a bimonthly professional development publication for librarians and info pros, and The Tech Static (www.thetechstatic.com), a new technology review and collection development publication. Rachel speaks widely on topics from alternative careers to writing for publication to generational issues, and blogs at The Liminal Librarian (www.lisjobs.com/blog).
11:15am - 12:00pm
Noah Simon, Assistant Director of Career Services, SUNY Albany Career Center
"Career Building in the Present Economy"
Noah Simon has been an Assistant Director of Career Services at the University at Albany since 2006. Prior to that, he spent 8 years at Career Relocation Corporation of America providing the full gamut of career services to relocating spouses of employees from such companies as Microsoft, Nortel and Marathon Oil. He has developed, delivered and managed programs for populations ranging from university students and alumni to entry and executive-level employees. He received his Master's degree in Counseling from The College of St. Rose and his Bachelors in Economics from St. Lawrence University.
Afternoon Session
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Ruth Wolfish: Update on SLA's Alignment Project
Did You Know SLA is celebrating its 100th Birthday?
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) was founded in 1909 in the state of New York and is now the international association representing the interests of thousands of information professionals in over eighty countries worldwide.
SLA's vision, mission and core value statements were revised and adopted in October 2003. Special librarians are information resource experts who collect, analyze, evaluate, package, and disseminate information to facilitate accurate decision-making in corporate, academic, and government settings.
Congratulations SLA!
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Panel Discussion: "Career Paths as Information Professionals"
With panelists Polly Farrington, Euan Morton, Jill Hurst-Wahl and Ruth Wolfish. Moderated by Christian Miller.
Christian Miller (Moderator)
Christian Miller is the Reference, Instruction and Outreach Coordinator at the Martin P. Catherwood Library in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. The Catherwood Library is renowned as one of the top libraries in the world collecting information on work and workplace issues and his interests include the library as a workplace. He also serves on numerous campus-wide library committees and is the current Treasurer of the Upstate New York chapter of SLA.
Polly Farrington
Polly-Alida Farrington, is President of PA Farrington Associates, a consulting firm specializing in internet training and website development. Before forming her own training and consulting firm in 1997, Polly was a librarian at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for 17 years, working in Reference, Government Documents, ILL and Automation. She is a graduate of State University of New York at Albany. You can visit Polly's website at: http://blog.pafa.net/
Euan Morton
Euan Morton gained his MLS at SUNY Buffalo in the mid-1990s. After working in public libraries in the Rochester area (and Niagara Falls) focusing on reference services and computer applications, he transitioned to almost a decade in corporate computing, particularly Web Development, for companies such as Xerox and CitiGroup. In the last few years he has changed again to working, remotely, as an online business / patent researcher for Nerac Inc. This phase ended in early 2009 and Euan is currently seeking jobs or consulting opportunities involving CI/IP research and/or Information Technology.
Jill Hurst-Wahl
Jill Hurst-Wahl is president of Hurst Associates, Ltd. and a Professor of Practice in Syracuse University's School of Information Studies. Jill has transitioned her career several times, moving from information technology to information retrieval and from being a corporate citizen to being an entrepreneur and then to being an academic. She is a frequent speaker and author/blogger. In 2006, Information Outlook profiled Jill in an article entitled "For Career Growth, Forget the Label and Recognize the Opportunities."
Ruth Wolfish
Ruth Wolfish, IEEE Client Services Manager, provides training for IEEE online products, distributes informational materials to drive usage, answers all usage questions, and performs both on-site and internet conference training. She works with IEEE's academic, government and corporate accounts in North America and overseas. Ms. Wolfish came to IEEE in 2001 from Lucent Technologies. Her 18-year career with Lucent and its predecessor companies included roles as Bell Labs Reference Librarian, management trainer and administrator of education, information specialist for business systems, and electronic content coordinator for Lucent's Digital Library. She was President of the NJ SLA chapter in 2006 and currently is the 2009 SLA Chapter Cabinet Chair Elect.
Student Shadows
Student shadow application form (PDF)
Attention students: Are you interested in networking with information professionals? Keen to improve your public speaking skills? Want to add a few lines to your resume?
If you answered "yes!" to any of these questions, consider volunteering as a "student shadow" during our spring UNYSLA Meeting .
Shadows will introduce speakers and sit with them at lunch. The shadow will also write a short article for the UNYSLA newsletter. In addition, your registration fee will be waived. Deadline for application is 10 April 2009.
Questions? Contact Amelia Birdsall, Director, Membership & Recruitment
Networking Dinner
The Upstate New York Chapter of SLA invites you to attend our networking dinner at Creo. This is an opportunity to network, meet fellow Chapter members, members of the Chapter Executive Board, and dine with our program speakers. See registration form to RSVP.
Networking Dinner
Thursday, 23 April 2009
7:00 PM
Creo
1475 Western Avenue
Stuyvesant Plaza
Albany, NY 12203
518.482.8000
http://www.creorestaurant.com
Please Note: Creo will provide a separate check to each guest.
Directions and Accomodations
Hotel Accommodations
Albany Fairfield Inn
1383 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12206 USA
Phone: 1-518-435-1800
Fax: 1-518-435-1800
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/albfi-fairfield-inn-albany-suny/
A small block of rooms is available at a special UNYSLA rate of $89.99 + taxes. Please call the hotel and make your reservations by April 1, 2009 to secure this rate!
The SUNY Albany Fairfield Inn by Marriott offers all that the business and leisure traveler is seeking. We are located across from the SUNY Albany campus and near the Nanoscale College and Harriman Campus. Shopping and dining at Crossgates, Stuyvesant Plaza, Colonie Center Mall, and downtown Albany are moments away. Many Colleges and Businesses are within an easy distance as well as the Albany International Airport. Our visitors have access to several local attractions including the New York State Capital, the New York State Museum, The Egg, and the Times Union Center to name a few. You will also find nightlife, parks, and outdoor activities.
Directions to Science Library and Standish Meeting Room
Campus map
The closest parking to the Science Library is Visitor Lot P2 ($5 parking fee), which is on Center Drive East, next to the Indian East Gold Lot. Come in from Washington Avenue, bear left once on campus (University Drive East) and follow the road around to Center Drive East. Make a right on Center Drive East. If you come from Western Avenue you can bear right on University Drive east and left on Center Drive East. The Standish room is on the 3rd floor of the Science Library.
The Science Library is located in the New Library Building on the south side of the Academic Podium, behind the Campus Center.
The Upstate New York Chapter of SLA Presents "Communicate and Collaborate: Practical Uses of Interactive Technologies
Friday, September 26, 2008
Kate Gleason Auditorium
Bausch & Lomb Public Library Building
Central Library
Rochester, NY
Come and hear what Web 2.0 technologies are being integrated for real world applications in real world library settings. We all know what Web 2.0 technologies are available---but how do we know which ones to use and how to integrate these technologies into our current practices.
Speakers
Morning Session
"Building an Interactive Online Community"
by Bridget Schumacher & Ligaya Ganster
University at Buffalo Libraries
This presentation demonstrates how Facebook, combined with other social networking tools such as blog software, provide libraries with the opportunity to develop an outreach presence. While much of the recent literature examines and defines Facebook and its potential use within libraries, very little research explains how to successfully market an interactive online presence and engage virtual users.
This presentation will discuss how to maintain an online community using customizable Facebook Pages and importing RSS feeds. Librarians can update and inform students, faculty, and staff of new events, workshops, library services and resources. Challenges and ideas for marketing these tools are also presented.
Bridget is an Assistant Librarian for the Undergraduate Library
Ligaya is Senior Assistant Librarian at the Architecture and Planning Library
"Demystifying & Integrating Web 2.0 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
By Jennie Pu & Deborah Vincelli
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This session will focus on how a small group of librarians at The Thomas J. Watson Library of The Metropolitan Museum of Art convinced Museum staff to experiment with, trust and integrate Web 2.0 tools in their daily work. We will demonstrate how we marketed these strange new tools to an idiosyncratic group of library users with extremely specific needs and whose discipline - Art History - has typically relied on more traditional resources. In addition to demonstrating how the library staff itself quickly adopted Web 2.0 tools, we will describe the Demystifying Web 2.0class that we created for all Museum staff. We will discuss how this class addressed the concerns particular to our target audience: relevancy of Web 2.0 tools to scholarly research, and the concern with authority and security. Our presentation will also look at the consequences and effects of our Web 2.0 instruction throughout the Library and Museum, in addition to lessons learned.
Jennie Pu has been the Senior Library Associate in the Thomas J. Watson Library and the Librarian for the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2006. She is a member of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) team which oversees collection development, cataloging and reference services for Asian language library materials. Jennie came to libraries from the technology sector, where she honed her customer service and technical skills at WatchGuard Technologies, a network security firm in Seattle, WA. Jennie has blogged at several ALA conferences, is fluent in Chinese and serves on the Public Relations committee for the Chinese American Librarians' Association. She is pursuing her MLS from Queens College.
Deborah Vincelli has been the Electronic Resources Librarian at the Thomas J. Watson Library of The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2002. She heads the E-Resources Instruction Team which provides training to Museum staff on online resources. She is also involved with collection development for subscription databases, and is active in the Library's Public Services arena. Originally from Montreal, Deborah received her MLIS degree from McGill University in 1999. She has worked at The National Library of Canada, the Humanities and Social Sciences Library at McGill University, the Esther Raushenbush Library at Sarah Lawrence College, and the Town of Mount Royal Public Library in Montreal. Deborah is fluent in French and Italian and is an active member of ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Association of North America).
Afternoon Session
"The del.icio.us Cook Book: recipes for the everyday tagging"
by Ken Fujiuchi
E.H. Butler Library at Buffalo State College
Ken Fujiuchi is the Emerging Technology Librarian in the E. H. Butler Library at Buffalo State College. He has also worked as a lab and instructional facilities coordinator and adjunct faculty member in the School of Informatics at the University at Buffalo. Ken holds a Masters in Library Science from the University at Buffalo. His research interests include information literacy, information storage and retrieval, and human-computer interaction.
Schedule
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Registration/Breakfast/Networking |
| 9:90 am - 9:15 am | Introductions/Welcome/Business Meeting |
| 9:15 am - 10:30 am | "Building an Interactive Online Community" - Bridget Schumacher & Ligaya Ganster, University at Buffalo Libraries |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm | "Demystifying & Integrating Web 2.0 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art" - Jennie Pu and Debora Vincelli, Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| 12 :00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch - Catering by Simply Crepes, Located at the Bausch & Lomb Public Library |
| 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm | "SLA's 23 Things" - Christian Miller, Reference, Instruction and Outreach Coordinator, Martin P. Catherwood Library |
| 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm | "The del.icio.us Cookbook: Recipes for the Everyday Tagging" - Ken Fujiuchi, Buffalo State College |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Wrap Up/Afternoon Crepes/Networking |
Hotel Accomodations
Attendees needing hotel accommodations can reserve a single or double room for the rate of $115 for the night of Thursday, September 25, 2008.
NOTE: Reservations MUST be made by 12:01 AM on the morning of September 11, 2008 to secure this rate.
Reservations after this date are subject to availability. Please state you are attending the "Special Libraries Association" or "SLA" meeting to secure the meeting rate.
Hyatt Regency Rochester
125 East Main Street,
Rochester, New York, USA 14604
Tel: +1 585 546 1234
Fax: +1 585 546 6777
Web: http://rochester.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Parking
The Hyatt Regency Rochester is attached to the South Avenue Parking Garage. Overnight guests should proceed directly to the garage.
Prices: Parking for overnight guests is at a discounted rate of $3.00 per day with in and out privileges.
Non-Overnight Guests Parking rates are as follows: $.45 per hour not to exceed $6.35 per day. $4.00 special evening pricing, arrival after 5pm.
NOTE: The Hyatt Regency Rochester and the Bausch & Lomb Public Library are located on the same side of the street, "next" to each other, separated by the parking garage and an intersection.
Directions
Map & Directions to Hyatt Regency
http://rochester.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/services/maps/index.jsp?icamp=propMapDirections
Directions to the South Avenue Garage entrance located on Broad Street:
From490 West Bound
Follow 490 West to Exit #16 (Downtown-Clinton Avenue). Stay to your left on Clinton Avenue. At the third traffic light, turn left onto Broad Street. Follow Broad Street 1 ½ blocks and turn right into the South Avenue Garage.
From 490 East Bound
490 East to Exit #13 (Plymouth Avenue West). Turn right at the traffic light onto Plymouth Avenue. Go to third traffic light and turn left onto Broad Street. At the third traffic light, make a U-turn at Stone Street
South Avenue Garage Entrance will be on the right after U-turn. Hyatt walkway is on the 2nd level of the garage.
Directions To Kate Gleason Auditorium
Bausch & Lomb Public Library Building, Rochester Central Library
115 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14604
Phone: (585) 428-7300
http://www2.libraryweb.org/index.asp?orgid=275&storyTypeID=&sid=&
Note: The Hyatt Regency Hotel and Bausch & Lomb Public Library are on the same side of the street.
Coming from the West:
Take thruway exit 47. Take 490 Eastbound, exit South Ave, turn left at the second light onto Mt. Hope Ave. and then immediately left again onto Clinton Ave, Northbound. At the second light, turn left onto Court Street. You will pass the Bausch & Lomb World Headquarters. The entrance to the Court St. garage is on the right just after Bausch & Lomb Place.
Coming from the East:
Take thruway exit 45. Take 490 Westbound, exit Clinton Ave, and merge into the farthest left lane. At the second light, turn left onto Court St. You will pass the Bausch & Lomb World Headquarters. The entrance to the Court St. garage is on the right just after Bausch & Lomb Place.
Parking for the Bausch & Lomb Public Library
Parking for the Bausch & Lomb Public Library Building (BLB) at 115 South Avenue is available in a variety of garages located near the building. The Court Street Parking Garage is connected to the BLB, and is the recommended parking garage...just follow the signs from the garage to the library:
http://www.libraryweb.org/news/parking.html
Court Street Parking Garage
The Court Street Garage is located on the corner of South Avenue [one way going south] and Court Street. The garage's first level, consisting of 73 spaces, and 27 spaces leading to the second level, are designated for short-term parking only. These spaces are designated by posted signs noting a maximum parking time of 2 hours. The time restriction for these spaces is strictly enforced.
Court Street Garage is connected to the Central Library's BLB Building by an enclosed hallway. This is added convenience for patrons during times of inclement weather. Additional short-term and daily parking is available at the South Avenue and Midtown Garages.
South Avenue Garage
The South Avenue Garage is located on the corner of South Avenue [one way going south] and Broad Street. It is connected to the Hyatt Hotel and is located across the street from the Riverside Convention Center, on the corner of Main Street and South Avenue. There is also an inside skywalk connecting the garage to both the Hyatt and the Convention Center.
- Entrances from South Avenue and Broad Street
- Short-term parking is $.40 per half hour
- Daily Maximum is $5.70
Midtown Garage
The Midtown Garage is located under Midtown Plaza, between Main Street and Broad Street on the north and south and South Clinton Avenue [one way going north] and Chestnut Street on the east and west.
- Short-term parking is $.40 per half hour
- Daily maximum is $6.35
All City parking facilities are staffed by uniformed security officers for the safety and well being of garage patrons. These officers are available to escort customers and help locate vehicles, as well as provide regular security patrols.
Handicapped Parking
Handicapped parking on the street and in garages is available for disabled motorists or passengers with handicap permits. There are two street parking meters nearest the South Avenue corners of both Broad and Court Street that are designated handicapped spaces. These spaces are well marked. Cars using handicap parking spaces without a permit will be ticketed or towed.
Networking Dinner
The Upstate New York Chapter of SLA would like to invite you to attend a networking dinner. This is a nice opportunity to network and meet fellow Chapter members and members of the Chapter Executive Board. See registration form to RSVP.
Networking Dinner
Thursday, September 25, 2007
7:00 PM
Hyatt Rochester Palladio Restaurant
Dinner Menu
Please Note: Dinner does not include alcoholic beverages
Guest Choice of One Starter
House Salad with Choice of Dressing
Caesar Salad with Caesar Dressing
Chef's Soup Du Jour
Herb Roasted Half Young Chicken With a forest mushroom jus & roasted garlic mashed potatoes
Chicken Parmesan With Linguine and Fresh Tomato Sauce
Penne Pomodoro Penne Tossed in a Roasted Garlic Fresh Tomato Sauce topped with Asiago
Potato Gnocchi Tossed with a Tomato cream sauce & Fresh mozzarella
Choice of Dessert
Ice Cream
Apple Pie
Chocolate Cake
Cheese Cake
Beverages
Fountain Soda, Ice Tea, Lemonade, Milk, Coffee, Tea, Decaf, or Hot Chocolate
$36 per person (Includes all service charges)
About the Library
The Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building
The Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building, built in 1995-1997, comprises one half of the Rochester Central Public Library, the other half being the Rundel Memorial Library Building. Located at the intersection of South Ave and Broad Street, the Bausch and Lomb building houses the majority of the Central Library collection in its four floors, including:
- Arts, Music and Recreation (including an impressive collection of CDs of all genres, as well as lending artwork- framed prints that may be checked out of the library for 8 weeks at a time)
- Business and Government
- Children's Center (Try to find the "Secret Room"!)
- History and Travel (Not Local History- that is found in the Rundel Memorial Library Building)
- Information Center (Telephone books, periodicals, etc.)
- Sciences, Technology and Health
- Social Sciences
- Job Information Center (Civil Service Exams, Resume Preparation, College and Financial Aid Info)
- Grants Information Center
As well as several meeting rooms, a Simply Crepes counter, the Library Store, and the Dorris Carlson Reading Garden.
Rundel Memorial Library Building
Located above the former Johnson and Seymour Millrace and part of the Abandoned Subway, across the street from Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, and across the Genesee River from the Blue Cross Arena, this building sits at a focal point of Rochester. It currently serves as half of the Central Library. Using an underground walkway you can travel to the library's other half, the modern Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building.
The local history section on the second floor of this building is a great resource for anyone wanting to know more about the Rochester area. It is also a nice cozy quiet place to disappear for a few hours, offering a pleasant view of the Genesee River from its rear windows.
The Rundel Memorial Library Building's construction was made possible by money left to the city by art dealer Morton Rundel following his death in 1911. The city failed to begin construction in a timely manner, and the family of Morton Rundel responded in turn by bringing suit against the city. Ironically this further delayed construction through to the 1930s.
The Rundel Building houses the Fiction and DVD/Video collections of the Central Library
(Source: http://rocwiki.org/Bausch_and_Lomb_Public_Library_Building)
The Upstate New York Chapter of SLA Presents:
Copyright and Digital Rights Management: What you need to know NOW
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850Join us for an informative program on copyright and digital rights at Cornell University's world-renowned Lab of Ornithology.
Our morning program will feature Peter Hirtle, Technology Strategist & Cornell University Library Intellectual Property Officer, and Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy and Computer Policy and Law Program at Cornell University.
Our afternoon session, "The In's and Out's of Digital Licensing: What's in the small print..." will feature a lively panel discussion on managing digital licensing agreements.
We will also offer an early morning bird walk in Sapsucker Woods and allow participants time to experience the interactive exhibits, multimedia theater, bird sanctuary or visit Adelson Library.
Space is limited to 60 registrants.
Schedule
Friday, April 25, 2008
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am | Optional birding walk in Sapsucker Woods |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Registration/Continental Breakfast/Networking |
| 9:00 am - 10:30 am | Peter Hirtle, Copyright Overview Peter is a Technology Strategist & Cornell University Library's Intellectual Property Officer |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 am - 12:15 pm | Tracy Mitrano, Social/Political Side of Copyright Tracy is the Director of IT Policy and Computer Policy and Law Program at Cornell University |
| 12 :15 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch/Lunchtime Programming/Networking |
| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | The In's and Out's of Digital Licensing: What's in the small print.... Panel Discussion |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Wrap Up / Explore Lab of Ornithology |
Speaker Biographies
Morning Session:
9:00 — 10:30 am
Peter Hirtle: Technology Strategist & Cornell University Library Intellectual Property Officer
Peter will provide an overview of copyright law and specifically focus on fair use practices
Peter B. Hirtle is the Intellectual Property Officer for the Cornell University Library. Hirtle also serves as the Technology Strategist for the Library's Public Services and Assessment Division and is the bibliographer for United States and General History. Previously, Hirtle served as Director of the Cornell Institute for Digital Collections where he explored the use of emerging technologies to expand access to cultural and scientific sources through the development and management of distinctive digital collections. He also served as the Associate Editor of D-Lib Magazine <http://www.dlib.org>, a monthly magazine about innovation and research in digital libraries.
Prior to his arrival at Cornell, Hirtle worked at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), first for the Technology Research Staff and then as coordinator of electronic public access for the agency. He has also served as curator of modern manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine. Hirtle has an MA in History and an MLS with a concentration in archival science. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Society of American Archivists and chairs its Working Group on Intellectual Property. He was also a member of the Commission on Preservation and Access/Research Library Group's Task Force on Digital Archiving and the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage's Working Group on Best Practices in Networking Cultural Heritage. He is currently a member of the Copyright Office's Section 108 Study Group and is a contributing author to the LibraryLaw.com blog.
Morning Session:
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Tracy Mitrano: Director of IT Policy and Computer Policy and Law Program at Cornell University
Tracey will discuss the Social/Political Side of Copyright
Tracy Mitrano is the director of IT Policy and Computer Policy and Law Programs for the Office of Information Technologies at Cornell. Elected to the EDUCAUSE Board in 2006, she took her seat as its Treasurer in January 2007. Mitrano is a 2002 graduate of the Frye Institute, and since then a member of its faculty, chair of Internet 2 InCommon Steering Committee and from2004-2006 the co-chair of the Internet 2/EDUCAUSE Security Task Force, Law and Policy Team.
A member of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Program Committee, Mitrano is also faculty of the EDUCAUSE Leadership Institute and co-facilitator of the Seminars on Academic Computing. In 2003 the University of Iowa named her the Ada Stoflet Lecturer. In spring 2005, Mitrano taught an Internet Law class for the MiNE Program at the Universite Cattolica in Piacenza, Italy. At Cornell, Mitrano is an adjunct assistant professor in the Information Science Program where she teaches Information Science 515, "Culture, Law and Politics of the Internet."
Source:
http://www.cit.cornell.edu/policy/Mitrano/
Networking Dinner
The Upstate New York Chapter of SLA would like to invite you to attend our networking dinner. This is a nice opportunity to network and meet fellow Chapter members, members of the Chapter Executive Board, and dine with our program speakers.
Please note the change in location and time!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
7:30 PM
Antler's Restaurant
1159 Dryden Road
http://www.antlersrestaurant.com/
SLA members not attending the Spring Meeting are still welcome to attend. Just e-mail Jacie//<![CDATA[ var contact = "jcs93" var emailHost = "cornell.edu" document.write("<a href=" + "mail" + "to:" + contact + "@" + emailHost + ">" + "e-mail Jacie</a>") //]]>e-mail Jacie by April 15 and ask her to add you to the list.
Student Shadows
Attention Students —
Would you like to be a student shadow at our Spring meeting? Interested in networking with information professionals? Keen to improve your public speaking skills?
If you answered "yes!" to any of these questions, consider volunteering as a student shadow at the Spring 2008 UNYSLA Meeting. A Library and Information Studies student will shadow each of our two speakers, Peter Hirtle and Tracy Mitrano.
Shadows will introduce their speaker, sit with speaker at lunch, and write a short article for the UNYSLA newsletter. In addition, your registration fee will be waived.
Interested? Please fill out this form and return to Amelia Birdsall, Director, Membership & Recruitment, at this address//<![CDATA[ var contact = "amelia.birdsall" var emailHost = "nyssbdc.org" document.write("<a href=" + "mail" + "to:" + contact + "@" + emailHost + ">" + "this address</a>") //]]>this address .
Hotel Accommodations
A small block of rooms at our conference hotel is available at a special room rate of $115 plus taxes. In order to secure this rate, you must make your room reservations by April 1, 2008.
Courtyard Ithaca
The award winning Ithaca Courtyard by Marriott will exceed the expectations of today's business and leisure traveler. Centrally located we are just minutes from Cornell University, Ithaca College and an abundance of Finger Lakes Wineries. Spacious 100% non-smoking guestrooms and executive suites boast a stylish modern decor and amenities including plush mattresses, feather pillows, crisp cotton sheets and free high speed internet access. This hotel is about one mile from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and offers free shuttle service. The hotel's direct phone number is: 607-330-1000. If you call to make reservations, please reference the UNYSLA.
To reserve a king room at the UNYSLA rate:
http://marriott.com/ithcy?groupCode=slaslaa&app=resvlink
To reserve a room with two double beds at the UNYSLA rate:
http://marriott.com/ithcy?groupCode=slaslab&app=resvlink
Other Ithaca Accommodations
Ramada Inn Hotel and Conference Center
Ramada Ithaca Hotel and Executive Conference Center is a full service hotel conveniently located just one mile from Cornell University and Tompkins County Regional Airport, and three miles north of Downtown Ithaca, NY. This hotel is 2.3 miles from the Lab of Ornithology and has reserved a few rooms at the special UNYSLA rate of $89.95. Reservations at this rate must be made by April 1, 2008. To make a reservation, call the Ramada directly at 607-257-3100 and ask for group UNY.