NYSHEI has reached an agreement with Atlas Systems to make the Ares e-reserves management software available to NYSHEI members at an attractive consortial discount. According to Dan Specht, Atlas Systems’ Chief Financial Officer, the agreement with NYSHEI restores to New York institutions a group purchasing program that was lost with the recent shutdown of NYLINK. [...]

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July 4, 2010 Canadian University Hopes to Lead Fight Against High Subscription Prices IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are going to read this article please also read this: http://researchknowledge.ca/en/news/documents/CRKNOpenLettertoChronicleofHigherEducation12Jul10.pdf.  And continue to the comment at the end of the article. ____ Mark Leggott, a librarian at the University of Prince Edward Island, has proposed a “Wikipedia-type [...]

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Considering a renovation of your library? Desire an accurate patron count? Join a free webinar offered by Nylink to all NYSHEI members on April 21 at 11:00 a.m. Find out which areas of your collection and your library space are the most popular.  Explore the brave new world of video analytics with Vitracom USA.  | [...]

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The June 8, 2010 NYSHEI Annual Meeting will enjoy the generous support of Thomson Reuters. Since the formation of NYSHEI, Thomson Reuters has sponsored the NYSHEI annual event at the highest levels.  Continuing in this fashion, Thomson Reuters will again serve as a platinum-level sponsor of the event taking place at Skidmore College in Saratoga [...]

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The upcoming NYSHEI Annual Meeting will enjoy the robust backing of Elsevier.  Continuing their regular support of NYSHEI events, Elsevier is again among the most generous sponsors of the annual gathering of NYSHEI. “I am very pleased that – again – Elsevier has decided to demonstrate its commitment to the NYSHEI mission by generously underwriting [...]

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The Business Council of New York State today released a memorandum of support for the Academic Research Information Access (ARIA) act. In their memo, the Business Council states: “This legislation serves several purposes vital to ensuring New York’s economy is positioned to stabilize and grow, including supporting increased access and communication among our colleges and [...]

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NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer is featured in a new pamphlet from Elsevier: Library Connect. The pamphlet deals with developing strong library budgets.  Mr. Kramer’s article focuses on the bare essentials of advocacy for academic and research libraries.  The full article and pamphlet are available online.

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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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The Business Incubator Association of New York State has asked its members to stand up for ARIA, and let legislators know what greater availability to high-end information resources would mean to their efforts. Representing the interests of incubators across New York, BIANYS is committed to fostering the development of the state economy, innovation and entrepreneurial [...]

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