On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer testifies before the Joint Legislature Budget Committee on Higher Education.  The committee is seeking input on the Executive Budget Proposal of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Kramer used the opportunity to state NYSHEI’s support of the procurement reforms included in the budget proposal.  Additionally Kramer asked the [...]

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Registration is open for the NELLCO Symposium 2012: Content, Collaboration, Curation, Innovation. Please join us March 12-13 at Albany Law School. This event is open to all interested librarians and will provide a forum for robust exchange and skill-building. This two-day program includes: • Keynote Speaker David Weinberger, senior researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Center for [...]

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The incomparable State Senator Hugh Farley (R-Schenectady) today returned to his role as Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Libraries. The Senate Committee on Libraries was re-established on January 10, 2012 after a three year hiatus.   Senator Farley, Library Chair from 1978 to 2008, was immediately named Chair to the revived committee. “When the [...]

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New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan) recently introduced the “Research Works Act.”  This federal legislation (H.R. 3699) would undo much of the open access progress made in recent years. In direct opposition to the open access policies of the administrations of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Ms. Maloney, seeks to prohibit federal agencies [...]

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