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June 16, 2026 @ SUNY Brockport and Virtual / Treasurer's Report
« Last post by Logan Rath on June 16, 2026, 10:08:13 AM »
The balance sheet is available at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WQQyDyi9f-Qbw7V-0dOB58XRmjZAECBUiHJq9pywtOI/edit?usp=sharing. The conference is using the main SUNYLA account this year, and conference expenses are not in the balance sheet yet.
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June 16, 2026 @ SUNY Brockport and Virtual / UUP Liaison Report
« Last post by Danharms on June 16, 2026, 10:00:51 AM »
UUP Liaison Report
Dan Harms

A new agreement has been agreed upon by UUP and the State of New York. Information sessions are upcoming, and the agreement will be up for ratification in July. More information by signing in at:
https://uupunion.org/myuup/MembersOnly/
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June 16, 2026 @ SUNY Brockport and Virtual / Re: Campus Updates: Upstate
« Last post by Michelle Bowers on June 16, 2026, 09:05:17 AM »
Elise DeAndrea, Head of Archives & Special Collections, received Upstate's Excellence in Library Service Award. Elise was recognized for her many contributions across campus, including organizing the On My Own Time art exhibit, preserving the university's portrait collection, and preserving and sharing the legacy of historic alumni Elizabeth Blackwell and Sarah Loguen Fraser. Congratulations, Elise!

The library is hosting the On My Own Time art exhibit until the end of June. This local program was created in 1974 by CNY Arts and the local Everson Museum to help local businesses identify, celebrate, and promote creativity among their employees. This year, the show features works from 11 Upstate employee artists.

The library is also hosting a series of "Summer Camp Crafts" between June and August. For one week at a time, we'll have crafting stations where students (and faculty/staff) can drop in to make boondoggle keychains, friendship bracelets, and popsicle bookmarks. 
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June 16, 2026 @ SUNY Brockport and Virtual / TDG report
« Last post by Kate Brent on June 16, 2026, 09:04:25 AM »
If people are interested in helping with Midwinter 2027, please let me know - brentke@cobleskill.edu or kebrent@gmail.com.  I'll post again in the early fall semester to the listserv, as well.
Thanks,
Kate
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June 16, 2026 @ SUNY Brockport and Virtual / Re: Campus Updates (DELHI)
« Last post by cfishner on June 16, 2026, 01:10:44 AM »
Delhi had a good end to the semester, with a great turn out for our annual StAR day (which celebrates students' research and projects). The library hosts this the last week of classes every semester, and this spring we had our largest number of student entries ever.

Denise Holcomb and Liz Santobuono attended the NYSLAA conference at the end of May and brought back several great ideas to share.

Carrie Fishner completed her doctoral work, and has earned her EdD in Educational Leadership and Change.

The library is working to partner with the College Foundation to create a new fund for donors that would support the textbook reserve program - we hope to have this up and running by the start of the fall semester.
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June 16, 2026 @ SUNY Brockport and Virtual / Vice President's Report
« Last post by cfishner on June 16, 2026, 01:04:28 AM »
Welcome to SUNYLA 2026!

Congratulations to the Executive Board for next year:
      1st VP/President Elect: Kellie Barbato
      2nd VP/Conference Chair: Amanda Lowe
      Secretary: Ashlie Morrison

New Members/First Time Attendees Meeting - 5pm Tuesday in the McCue Auditorium. Stop in for a quick meeting to hear about how to join in at the conference and within the association, and meet some of our current members and E-Board before heading off to the evening's social event!

Respectfully,
Carrie Fishner
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June 16, 2026 @ SUNY Brockport and Virtual / FACT2
« Last post by Katie (DeRusso) Ghidiu on June 15, 2026, 11:10:24 PM »
SUNY FACT2 Update — June 2026

FACT2 released the Second Edition of Optimizing AI in Higher Education: The SUNY FACT2 Guide in January 2026, with updated guidance reflecting the rapidly changing generative AI landscape and practical suggestions for helping educators and students achieve AI literacy. Purchase College
SUNY also launched the AI Fellows for the Public Good program, aimed at helping campuses meet updated information literacy goals beginning Fall 2026, while advancing a broader public good vision. Campuses are also actively translating SUNY's ethical AI guidelines into practice.

On the Credit for Prior Learning front, a FACT2 Task Group is working with CAEL (Council for Adult and Experiential Learning) through a two-year partnership to explore AI-powered portfolio assessment tools and expand equitable pathways to academic credit.

Most recently, the 2026 Conference on Instruction and Technology (CIT) was held at Stony Brook, where Chancellor King highlighted SUNY's digital learning leadership and FACT2 Excellence Award winners were announced.

New Task Groups are currently being determined and will be announced by fall - watch for opportunities to sign up and get involved at the system level.
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June 16, 2026 @ SUNY Brockport and Virtual / OLIS Update
« Last post by Susan Perry on June 15, 2026, 02:10:44 PM »
Please join us in wishing a very fond farewell to Maureen Clements, SLS Director. Maureen's last day with OLIS is Wednesday, June 17. We value her many contributions over the years and will miss her energy and dedication!

Maureen shared the following message on Basecamp:
"Hi all, I wanted to let everyone know that June 17 will be my last day with SUNY Library Services. Kim Scalzo will continue to serve as OLIS Director and deal with strategy/leadership issues​, Rebecca Pardavila will serve as SLS team lead and be the main contact for extended support, Adam Luaces will be main contact for business-related questions including Alma/Primo and OCLC, and David Breiner will be main contact for collections-related questions, including Third Iron. Please use info@sunyolis.libanswers.com​ for any questions you may have.

It’s been a pleasure working with you all and getting to know everyone across the SUNY system. I’ve learned so much from you. Thank you!  Wishing you the very best. Please stay in touch. You can find me at Linked In (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-clements-2b48713/).  I also want to thank the SLS team. You'll be in great hands :)"

Interest groups will continue meeting over the summer. Please visit our events calendar for details - https://sunyolis.libcal.com/

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Susan Perry 
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June 16, 2026 @ SUNY Brockport and Virtual / PPC update
« Last post by HeatherStalter on June 15, 2026, 12:21:52 PM »
Hi everyone,

Nothing new to report for PPC this time-

Respectfully,
Heather Stalter heather.stalter@oneonta.edu
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June 16, 2026 @ SUNY Brockport and Virtual / SILC report
« Last post by Jocelyn Ireland on June 15, 2026, 10:44:27 AM »
Save the dates for the Fall 2026 SILC Community Conversations:
Thursday, Sept. 24, 3:00 PM - Topic: ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Revision Draft
Thursday, Oct. 22, 3:00 PM
Thursday, Dec. 3, 3:00 PM

Holly Kuhl (Cayuga CC) will be taking over as the SILC Chair effective after the conference.

For the past year, SILC has had three workgroups working on projects. Two of the workgroups will be presenting on their projects during a conference session.
Holly Kuhl and Sarah Petras will be presenting “Still In This Together: Updates from SILC's Gen-Ed MicroCourse Taskforce” on Wednesday during session B at 11:40 AM in room FBW 108.

Lauren deLaubell and Ken Fujiuchi will be presenting “SILC Advancing AI Literacy Working Group Share-Out” on Thursday during session F at 10:10 AM in room FBW 107. You can read about their work in their Pressbook (https://silc.pressbooks.sunycreate.cloud/front-matter/introduction/).

The third group worked on a shared repository hosted through SOAR to house information literacy instructional material. We are calling it the Information Literacy Portal (https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/83605). It is live, and we are accepting submissions. Please submit your accessible, openly licensed instructional material with this submission form https://forms.gle/B89rYtHhtypkAm1x5 . If you have any questions about the Information Literacy Portal, please contact the workgroup chairs Nicole Westerdahl and Jocelyn Ireland.

You can hear all about SILC’s MicroCourses, Information Literacy Portal, and the work done by the Advancing AI Literacy group during our SIG meeting in FBW room 102 at 4:00.

The SILC Board would like to thank everyone who participated in the workgroups.

Advancing AI Literacy Workgroup
Lauren deLaubell (Co-Chair)
Ken Fujiuchi (Co-Chair)
Fred Berowski
Natalia Estrada
Jocelyn Ireland
Richard Kovarovic
Bryan Kvet
Helen Lane
Erin Larucci
Megan Palmer
Logan Rath
Anthony Reda
Adam Saunders

Shared Repository Workgroup
Nicole Westerdahl (Co-Chair)
Jocelyn Ireland (Co-Chair)
Maureen Clements
Nicki Lerczak
Adam Mizelle
Logan Rath

MicroCourse Workgroup
Holly Kuhl (Chair)
Nicole Baker
Bryan Kvet
Sarah Petras
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