Patrick Callahan, Director of the Library at Purchase College, has joined the NYSHEI Governing Board representing the SUNY 4-year colleges. Mr. Callahan became Purchase College Library Director in 1999.  Prior to that, he worked for almost twenty years in technical services, including as Assistant Dean for Collections and Technical Services at St. John’s University (Queens, [...]

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NYSHEI founding board member, and former board chair Louise Sherby has been appointed by the New York State Board of Regents to the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries.  The term for Ms.  Sherby will be until 2014. Ms. Sherby served as the Associate Dean and Chief Librarian at Hunter College Libraries, City University of New [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Jeanne Galvin was recently elected by the CUNY Council of Chief Librarians to serve on the NYSHEI Governing Board.  Ms. Galvin joins the Board immediately and joins Louise Sherby of Hunter College as one of the two CUNY representatives on the board of the New York State Higher Education Initiative. Jeanne Galvin has been Chief [...]

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Sidney Eng, Chief Librarian at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, has joined the Governing Board of NYSHEI. Mr. Eng was named to the Board by the CUNY Council of Chief Librarians to fill the vacancy created when Curtis Kendrick, CUNY University Librarian, became an ex officio Board Member pursuant to a bylaws change adopted [...]

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Beverly Marcoline, Assistant Vice President for Library and Information Technology Services at Utica College, has joined the Governing Board of NYSHEI to represent the Small / Medium Category of private institutions and to fill the seat vacated by Gary Thompson. Originally from Whitesboro, NY, Beverly graduated from Utica College in 1970 with a bachelor’s of [...]

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Teresa Ronning, Head Librarian at Adirondack Community College, has joined the Governing Board of NYSHEI. Ms. Ronning was named to the Board by the SUNY Council of Library Directors to fill the position made vacant when NYSHEI Co-Convener Carey Hatch of SUNY Central Administration became an ex officio board member pursuant to a bylaws change [...]

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