NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer was recently interviewed by Amber Toland of Elsevier for a “Library Connect” podcast. Listen here.  Mr. Kramer discusses what NYSHEI is and talks about the main rule of advocacy and lobbying.

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Through a cooperative arrangement between Nylink and NYSHEI, Thomson Reuters is offering a trial for NYSHEI members to a suite of resources on the Web of Knowledge platform, including Web of Science, Biosis, Journal Citation Reports, Conference Proceedings and Endnote Web. Thanks are owed to Donna Dixon of Nylink for making all arrangements. If you [...]

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Assemblyman Robin Schimminger (D-Kenmore) today received testimony on the critical role academic and research libraries will play in the economic resurgence of New York. Mr. Schimminger, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry, and lead Assembly sponsor of ARIA, held two public hearing to determine future directions for economic [...]

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NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer recently testified before Governor Paterson’s Task Force on Diversifying The New York State Economy Through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships.   Meeting at the City College of New York, CUNY, the Task Force heard from twenty experts on the economic advantages of enhanced cooperation between the academic and commercial sectors. During his testimony [...]

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The Business Incubator Association of New York State is throwing its support behind the Academic Research Information Access (ARIA) Act. BIA/NYS Executive Director David Hochman said, ““We urge the Governor to sign the bill, and we will keep working with the New York State Higher Education Initiative to expand access to  all incubator tenants. Our [...]

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