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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan (ARRP), commonly known as the federal stimulus package, is making it’s way to the states. So what? That is the big question. Governor Paterson’s office has put together a useful website illustrating the various parts of New York’s share ($24.6 billion) of the stimulus package. While the web site [...]
The Governing Board of NYSHEI has joined the chorus of opposition to H.R. 801, the “Fair Copyright in Research Works” act introduced in the House of Representatives by John Conyers (D-MI). Joining groups like the Alliance for Taxpayer Access, Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Association of Research Libraries, NYSHEI unequivocally opposes [...]
In a statement jointly released on 12 Februrary 2009, the Association of Research Libraries, the Asscoation of American Universities, the Coalition for Networked Information and the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges state that universities need to do more to disseminate the knowledge generated by campus research. The statement broadly acknowledges the [...]
NYSHEI joins the internation library community in signing a statement drafted by the International Coalition of Library Consortia on the impact of the current economic climate on consortial licenses. The statement (icolc-economic-crisis-statement-final-11908) is an attempt to send a message to publishes and other information vendors about the serious challenges facing our libraries and our ability [...]
Nancy Zimpher will today be named Chancellor of the State University of New York. Get the news here and here. Her official biography is here.
The Roswell Park Cancer Institute is now a member of NYSHEI. “I welcome this national known research institute to NYSHEI. They lend a great reputation to our advocacy,” said NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer. Nancy Cunningham, PhD, Director of the Roswell Park Medical Library sought out NYSHEI after hearing about our work on behalf of [...]
NYSHEI is pleased to welcome Niagara University as a member. The Niagara University Library headed by David Schoen is a rising star in Western New York. In the past year alone the library has expanded electronic collections, increased computer access and improved interlibrary loan efficiencies, among others. Current year plans include further expansion, enhanced academic [...]
Having recently received a report from the American Chemical Society I can now accurately report on the full savings being enjoyed by NYSHEI member libraries as a result of recent negotiations. The NYSHEI-ACS agreement of 2008 will save our libraries $1.825 million in 2009 alone. Those savings will grow to over $5 million by the [...]
Before a budget hearing of the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee, NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer testified to the vital economic role of academic and research libraries. Kramer stated that “success in a 21st century economy relies on “develop[ing] a statewide research and innovation strategy,” that makes wise investments, rather than massive investments, and develops pre-existing [...]
Buffalo News writer Tom Precious has written pieces like this before, and he will need to write more in the future. If nothing else, the latest chronicle of legislative chaos is a testimony to the need for groups to have professional lobbyists who can navigate the process. There are always plenty of articles on the [...]
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