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Austin Booth joins the NYSHEI Governing Board. Elected by the SUNY Council of Library Directors to represent SUNY doctoral degree granting institutions on the NYSHEI Board, Ms. Booth succeeds Chris Filstrup of Stony Brook University. Ms. Booth is Director of Collections, University Libraries for the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She holds [...]
Chandra McKenzie, Assistant Provost and Director of Libraries at the Rochester Institute of Technology, joins the NYSHEI Governing Board. Ms. McKenzie was elected to represent large, private colleges and universities. Chandra McKenzie is a SUNY Buffalo and Rochester Institute of Technology alumna with dual Master’s Degrees in Instructional Technology and Library Science. During her long [...]
Ruth Copans, College Librarian at Skidmore College, has joined the NYSHEI Governing Board representing small & medium sized private institutions. Ms. Copans started out as an English teacher, went to France and studied bookbinding and book conservation, and eventually got an MLS from University at Albany. She has done research and published in a variety [...]
On June 15, 2009, the Academic Research Information Access (ARIA) act was passed by the New York State Assembly. With no votes in opposition, the Assembly voted to enact ARIA, and thereby passed the most significant piece of legislation for academic and research libraries in a generation. The vote by the full Assembly capped a [...]
Stephanie Walker, incoming Chief Librarian at Brooklyn College, joins the NYSHEI Governing Board. Ms. Walker was elected by the CUNY Council of Chief Librarians to fill one of the two CUNY slots on the NYSHEI Board. Ms.Walker is a Professor, Chair of the Library, and Acting (until July 1) Chief Librarian & Executive Director of [...]
Bill Hammond of the New York Daily News has a stunning article on Albany’s political crime wave, and has evidence that much of it has been “imported” from downstate. “Of the 18 elected officials in state government charged with crimes since 2003, no fewer than 16 have hailed from the five boroughs, and 15 carry [...]
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