Message from the President – Rosanne Humes
Happy spring to all!
The symposium committee has been working hard to prepare for this year’s event. Symposium Chair/Vice President/President Elect, Susanne Markgren has announced that the title of this year’s symposium is “Emerging Leadership in Academic Libraries.” The Symposium will take place Friday, December 4, 2009, at the William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus Conference Center . Our speakers will include: Brian Mathews, User Experience Librarian, Georgia Tech (soon to be: Assistant University Librarian for Outreach and Academic Services, University of California, Santa Barbara); Amanda Etches-Johnson, User Experience Librarian, McMaster University Library; Mary Chimato, Head of Access and Delivery Services, North Carolina State University; and Damon Jaggars, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Services, Columbia University.
THE ACRL/NY Greater Metropolitan Area Chapter has conducted quite a few excellent programs in the recent past. In the fall, the New York City Section held a program on “Podcasting for Librarians” and the New Librarians Discussion Group held a program titled “Publish or Perish? Librarian Publishing – Past, Present and Future.”
Our discussion groups have also been active! The Special Collections and Archives Discussion Group met on November 17, 2008 at Butler Library, Columbia University and the Education Curriculum Materials Center Librarians Discussion Group met at Hofstra University, in March 2009. If you are interested in joining any of our discussion groups, you can find all of the information on the ACRL/NY Executive Board page.
Coming up on May 14, 2009, the New York City Section will take ACRL members on a tour of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, followed by a tour of the American Numismatic Society. Go to the ACRL/NY Events page for more information.
In keeping with the mission of ACRL/NY, the Greater Metropolitan Chapter is a contributing sponsor to two events this season: the NYSTL New York Technical Services Librarians Annual Reception for Librarians, Information Professionals, and Library School Students, and the program ‘From Transaction to Interaction: Transforming the User Experience,’ presented by the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Library. We hope to help sponsor more events and we plan on collaborating with other local associations to co-sponsor affordable programming in the near future.
I would like to welcome two new members to the Executive Board: Caroline Fuchs, St. Johns University as Legislative Liaison; and Susan Werner, Stony Brook University as Vice Chair/Chair Elect of the Long Island Geographic Section.
If you have any questions or concern, please contact me.
Rosanne
