NYSHEI

Callahan Joins NYSHEI Board

Patrick Callahan, Director of the Library at Purchase College, has joined the NYSHEI Governing Board representing the SUNY 4-year colleges.

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NYSHEI Libraries in Valuation Study

Four NYSHEI member libraries have been selected to participate in the Value, Outcomes, and Return on Investment study (“Lib-Value”), conducted under sponsorship of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

• Baruch College (CUNY)
• Brooklyn College (CUNY)
• SUNY University at Buffalo
• SUNY Buffalo State College

Participation in this national study is being coordinated through NYSHEI, in partnership with Nylink, and Bruce Kingma of Syracuse University.

The Lib-Value study is headed by Principal Investigator Carol Tenopir and New York state coordinator Bruce Kingma.
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Economic Benefits of Public Access

Delivering timely, open, online access to the results of federally funded research in the United States will significantly increase the return on the public’s investment in science, according to a new study by John Houghton at the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University.
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