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SUNYLA Snapshot for November 16, 2011 at FIT

The early morning portion of the meeting was devoted to an open discussion regarding the Distinguished Librarian Rank and the role of Librarians in faculty governance and other campus wide roles.

Dan Harms from Cortland reported that his campus discovered a mistake/miscommunication originating from SUNY Provost Office in the August memo that was sent out to campuses seeking nominations for Distinguished Faculty ranks. Although ranks for Professorship, Service Professorship and Teaching Professorship were listed, the memo neglected to mention the Librarianship category. SUNYLA President, April Davies will be sending a formal letter to the SUNY Provost with a gentle reminder to include all ranks in next year’s memo. (more…)

SUNYLA Snapshot June 15, 2011 SUNY Plattsburgh Jason Kramer of NYSHEI was scheduled to attend the meeting to share his report but he was unable to attend, so Angela relayed his report. Notable from the report: ARIA was passed and is expected to be signed into law by the governor Read more…

The minutes from the March Council meeting are now available online.

The SUNYLA Snapshot of the March 11 meeting is now available.

Highlights from the latest SUNYLA Council meeting, 11/19/10 Announcements, Reminders, Updates: Conference planning is underway for SUNYLA 2011. The conference theme will be Shared Borders: Collaborating for Success.  A website has been set up at http://sunyla2011.wordpress.com. April has been conducting discussions with SUNYLA delegates via email. They plan to begin Read more…

Announcements, Reminders, Updates President, Angela Weiler, is looking for input and ideas on developing the SUNY library strategic plan. Send any thoughts to weilera@sunyocc.edu. 1st Vice President, April Davies is looking to work with the delegates on a more direct basis. 2nd Vice President, Shannon Pritting, is close to nailing Read more…