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September 15, 2023 Council Meeting @ VIRTUAL / President's Report
« on: September 13, 2023, 10:01:15 AM »
Welcome back to another academic year!
First a huge shout out and thank you to Jennifer DeVito for all her work as SUNYLA president last year, and thank you for helping me prepare for this role.
We had another amazing conference at SUNY Maritime in June. Jillian Kehoe and her team did an incredible job putting the conference together and being our hosts for those three days. SUNYLA looks forward to the 2024 Annual Conference at Buffalo State College. Charles Lyons (2nd VP) will update us on those preparations.
Looking ahead we have decided to continue the trend of holding council meetings via Zoom. Exceptions will be for the March and June meetings which will be held at Buffalo State College as well as zoom. The SUNYLA Council meeting schedule for 2022-2023 is as follows:
• Friday, September 15 @10:00AM - Virtual
• Friday, November 17 @10:00AM - Virtual
• Friday, January 19 @10:00AM - Virtual
• Friday, March 22 @10:00AM - Buffalo State College and Virtual
• Wednesday, June 12 @10:00AM - Buffalo State College (Annual Conference) and Virtual
Our position statement regarding the elimination of funding for NOVELNY resources was sent out. I want to thank Jennifer DeVito (Past President) and Jill Locascio (1st Vice President) for all their help in drafting this document. The position statement was sent to the New York State Division of Library Services, specifically Lauren Moore (State Librarian), to Speaker Carl E. Heastie of the New York State Assembly, and to the Office of the Governor (Kathy Hochul). The statement is also now posted on the SUNYLA blog. Of those who the document was sent to only one response has been heard so far. Lauren Moore (State Librarian) responded saying it had been received thanking us for our position on the subject.
NOVELNY – NY Alliance of Library Services & Constituents
In mid-August Sheryl Knab, WNYLRC Council Chair, reached out to myself and constituents from around New York State to form a combined alliance in an effort to tackle the issues of the NOVELNY defunding. The first NYALS meeting with constituents was held on August 25th. Representatives from RICS (Regional Information Centers), BOCES, public libraries, and SUNY were present. Synopsis of discussion and next steps to be covered in Old Business.
• Sheryl Knab, Executive Director, Western New York Library Resources Council and Chair - New York Alliance of Library Systems
• Tessa Killian, Executive Director, Southeastern NY Library Resources Council and Chair - Empire State Library Network
• Maureen Clements, Associate Director of SUNY Library Services, SUNY OLIS
• Adam R. Saunders, Online Learning and Instruction Librarian, SUNY Morrisville and President of SUNY Library Association (SUNYLA)
• Kristine Kasbohm, Director - Canisius University and representing Private Academic Libraries
• Tom Lawrence, Director, Poughkeepsie Public Library District (Representing Central Public Libraries group)
• Scott Budelmann, Madison Oneida BOCES
• Michele LaVoie, Olean Public Library (representing Central Public Libraries)
• Esta Tovstiadi, SUNLY OLIS
• Chris Harris, Genesee Valley BOCES
An OLIS Advisory Board Meeting was held on September 11th, some highlights from the meeting included:
• An OLIS Strategic Plan update and roadmap
• OLIS annual report will be coming out this winter
• OLIS website update
• Updates to the ELD courier services and eBook ILL Pilot
• Updates to the Diversity Fellows Program
• NOVELny Updates/ task force creation
• Transition to the OLIS Advisory Board and updating of policies
• Updates to Interest Groups. IEC is now the Systems & Process Interest Group
• Development of a cataloging survey
• Alma/Primo VE five-year look back – Reflection and future plans
First a huge shout out and thank you to Jennifer DeVito for all her work as SUNYLA president last year, and thank you for helping me prepare for this role.
We had another amazing conference at SUNY Maritime in June. Jillian Kehoe and her team did an incredible job putting the conference together and being our hosts for those three days. SUNYLA looks forward to the 2024 Annual Conference at Buffalo State College. Charles Lyons (2nd VP) will update us on those preparations.
Looking ahead we have decided to continue the trend of holding council meetings via Zoom. Exceptions will be for the March and June meetings which will be held at Buffalo State College as well as zoom. The SUNYLA Council meeting schedule for 2022-2023 is as follows:
• Friday, September 15 @10:00AM - Virtual
• Friday, November 17 @10:00AM - Virtual
• Friday, January 19 @10:00AM - Virtual
• Friday, March 22 @10:00AM - Buffalo State College and Virtual
• Wednesday, June 12 @10:00AM - Buffalo State College (Annual Conference) and Virtual
Our position statement regarding the elimination of funding for NOVELNY resources was sent out. I want to thank Jennifer DeVito (Past President) and Jill Locascio (1st Vice President) for all their help in drafting this document. The position statement was sent to the New York State Division of Library Services, specifically Lauren Moore (State Librarian), to Speaker Carl E. Heastie of the New York State Assembly, and to the Office of the Governor (Kathy Hochul). The statement is also now posted on the SUNYLA blog. Of those who the document was sent to only one response has been heard so far. Lauren Moore (State Librarian) responded saying it had been received thanking us for our position on the subject.
NOVELNY – NY Alliance of Library Services & Constituents
In mid-August Sheryl Knab, WNYLRC Council Chair, reached out to myself and constituents from around New York State to form a combined alliance in an effort to tackle the issues of the NOVELNY defunding. The first NYALS meeting with constituents was held on August 25th. Representatives from RICS (Regional Information Centers), BOCES, public libraries, and SUNY were present. Synopsis of discussion and next steps to be covered in Old Business.
• Sheryl Knab, Executive Director, Western New York Library Resources Council and Chair - New York Alliance of Library Systems
• Tessa Killian, Executive Director, Southeastern NY Library Resources Council and Chair - Empire State Library Network
• Maureen Clements, Associate Director of SUNY Library Services, SUNY OLIS
• Adam R. Saunders, Online Learning and Instruction Librarian, SUNY Morrisville and President of SUNY Library Association (SUNYLA)
• Kristine Kasbohm, Director - Canisius University and representing Private Academic Libraries
• Tom Lawrence, Director, Poughkeepsie Public Library District (Representing Central Public Libraries group)
• Scott Budelmann, Madison Oneida BOCES
• Michele LaVoie, Olean Public Library (representing Central Public Libraries)
• Esta Tovstiadi, SUNLY OLIS
• Chris Harris, Genesee Valley BOCES
An OLIS Advisory Board Meeting was held on September 11th, some highlights from the meeting included:
• An OLIS Strategic Plan update and roadmap
• OLIS annual report will be coming out this winter
• OLIS website update
• Updates to the ELD courier services and eBook ILL Pilot
• Updates to the Diversity Fellows Program
• NOVELny Updates/ task force creation
• Transition to the OLIS Advisory Board and updating of policies
• Updates to Interest Groups. IEC is now the Systems & Process Interest Group
• Development of a cataloging survey
• Alma/Primo VE five-year look back – Reflection and future plans