Spring 2000 Conference
ENY/ACRL SPRING CONFERENCE
MAY 19, 2000
Schenectady County Community C ollege
“Academic Libraries Partnering With Our Communities"
8:30 - 9:15 Registration, Refreshments, and Library Tours
9:15 - 9:30 Welcome Remarks
Teresa Ronning, ENY/ACRL President
Thomas Nelson. Dean of Academic Affairs, SCCC
Nancy Heller, Director of Library Services, SCCC
9:30 - 10:00 Key Note Speaker
Jean Sheviak, Executive Director, Capital District Library Council
10:00 - 10:25 Information Literacy Forum- Part 1
Partnerships for the Information Literate Community: A National Effort. Presenter: Cerise Oberman.
Information literacy is a commumity issue, not just an issue for librarians. As such it demands the formation of
new partnerships among librarians and between librarians and community agencies to ensure that the importance
of information literacy is understood within the context of economic viability, workforce preparation, and an
informed citizenry. This talk will focus on a new American Librarian Association initiative that is currently
underway: the Information Literacy Community Partnerships Initiative.
10:25 - 10:45 Morning Break
10:45 - 12:00 Information Literacy Forum- Part 2 (includes 2 presentations)
Promoting Higher Education: Another G oal of Instruction to High School Students by C ollege Librarians.
Presenter: John Cosgrove.
During bibliographic instruction sessions for high school students at Lucy Scribner Library, Skidmore College, it
has become apparent that in addition to information literacy, lifelong leaming, and easing the transition to
college-level research, promoting the value of college education is a viable goal. It is another example of
ongoing and potential partnerships between academic librarians and high school teachers.
An Information Literacy/C ultural Arts Program for Detroit Area High School Teachers and Students:
Meeting the Challenge of the Information Age. Presenters: Lothar Spang and Deborah J. Tucker.
Preparing teachers in financially constrained urban areas to help students meet the leaming requirements of the
Information Age is a foremost challenge in American education today. Unavailable technology and inexperience
with technology applications have left many such educators unable to teach students how to locate, evaluate,
organize, and apply information available through technology. Librarians at the David Adamany Undergraduate
Library, Wayne State University, have formulated a program, in partnership with selected Detroit area schools,
to introduce teachers and, in tum, students to such skills. The program demonstrates that university librarians, in
partnership with public schools, can play an integral role in preparing urban area teachers and students for
Information Age leaming requirements.
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12:00 - 1:30 Lunch, Awards, Business Meeting, and Announcements
1:30 - 2:20 SESSION 1- SELECT ONE
A. Joint-Use Libraries: A New Model. Presenter: Donald E. Riggs.
Nova Southeastem University and Broward County (Florida) Public Library are building a joint- use library,
research, and information technology center. This may be the world’s first private university and public library
joint-use facility. Strong support for engaging in this joint-use endeavor was evident from students, faculty,
general public, and the 2 goveming bodies. Unique synergies, economies of scale, and improved services for all
are to be realized in this 300,000 square feet facility.
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B. Documenting New Paltz History: A Cooperative Effort. Presenters: Eric J. Roth and Christopher M. Raab.
Throughout 1998 and 1999, the Sojoumer Truth Library at SUNY New Paltz and the Department of Library and
Archives at the Huguenot Historical Society of New Paltz collaborated on several important projects. These
projects have allowed both organizations to provide enhanced library services to patrons while simultaneously
stretching limited budgetary resources. Such cooperative efforts have provided beneficial results in four areas of
operations: increased extemal financial support, increased intemal support, improved public and community
relations, and better documentation and management of collections. This presentation will discuss the origins,
processes, and results of the specific cooperative projects undertaken by the two libraries.
2:20 - 2:35 Afternoon Break
2:35 - 3:25 SESSION 2 - SELECT ONE
A. GIS Collaboration and Support at Cornell University's Mann Library. Presenter: Nan Hyland.
The Comell University Geospatial Information Repository (CUGIR) provides a web-based clearinghouse of
spatial data and metadata for New Y ork State and is a node on the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.
Mann Library has forged relationships with New Y ork State agencies, Comell faculty, and other clearinghouses
in order to provide the best access to data files and metadata. These successful partnerships have led to a new
project called AgMaps that was initiated to encourage and enhance the use of numeric and geographic data in
agricultural and life sciences. By using customized data- extraction and basic Geographic Information System.
(GIS) capabilities, the public will be able to manipulate NASS (the National Agricultural Statistical Service) and
other USDA datasets and create maps with the data. AgMaps involves partnerships with the USDA as well as
Comell Cooperative Extension.
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B. V-WAM, A Dynamic Model of Museum and Academic Library Cooperation. Presenters: Karen Reilly
and Jolene deVerges.
In May 1997, the Davis Educational Foundation awarded a $300,000 grant to the College of the Holy Cross. The
grant, "A New Vision for Arts and Humanities Teaching, Leaming and Research at the College of the Holy
Cross, the Worcester Art Museum, and the Worcester Public Schools," was to fund the automation of the
Worcester Art Museum's card catalog on the Holy Cross DRA system and the development of a database of
digitized images of the museum's art collection and related curatorial documents. Curatorial documents are not
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nonmally available to the public for security reasons. However, in conjunction with the Curatorial Department,
records that are historical or bibliographical in nature will be selected and scanned, making these previously
“hidden records” available to the public. All images will be cataloged using the MARC format, and all databases
will be available on Holy Cross's DRAWEB2 interface. The success of this project may lead to other productive
partnering relationships between the College and the Museum.
3:25 - 3:45 Closing Remarks
Jean Sheviak, Executive Director, Capital District Library Council
REGISTRATION FORM
ENY/ACRL SPRING CONFERENCE
MAY 19, 2000
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Conference registration fees (includes lunch):
$30.00 ENY/ACRL Member
$20.00 Retiree
$10.00 New! Student Rate!
$45.00 Non-Member (includes a one-year membership)
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Aftemoon session selections:
(Please check 1 presentation for each session)
Session 1:
A. Joint- Use Libraries: A New Model
B. Documenting New Paltz History: A Cooperative Effort
Session 2:
A. GIS Collaboration and Support at Comell University's Mann Library
B. V-WAM, A Dynamic Model of Museum and Academic Library Cooperation
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Copy this section of the page and mail with check, payable to ENY/ACRL, to:
Barbara Walton, Local Arrangements Chair
Begley Library
78 Washington Avenue
Schenectady County Community College
Schenectady, New Y ork 12305
Telephone: (518) 381-1251
Email: waltonbl -
If you have any questions or need information regarding handicapped accessibility, please contact Barbara Walton.
Registration deadline is May 4, 2000
Registration is limited to 200 attendees
There will be no refunds after May 11, 2000.
LODGING INFORMATION
Suggested accommodations are provided below.
Holiday Inn
100 Nott Terrace
, New Y ork 12308-3197
(518) 393-4141
$64.00/night - tax exempt
Rooms must be reserved by April 18, 2000, thirty days before the arrival date. A block of rooms has been set aside.
When reserving your room, tell the receptionist you are in room block SLI, to ensure that you receive the price
negotiated with the Holiday Inn.
CONFERENCE LOCATION AND PARKING
Directions and a map to SCCC are available under “Campus Visit” at http:/Awww.sunysccc.edu/about/index. html
Attendees may park anywhere in the main parking lot, as no classes are scheduled on May 19th. Handicapped parking
is available. ENY/ACRL conference signs will be posted at appropriate places on campus.
Contact Barbara Walton, Local Arrangements Chair, at waltonbl@gw.sunysocc.edu or (518) 381-1251 with any
questions.
PRE-CONFERENCE /JOINT DINNER MEETING
ENY/ACRL and Hudson Mohawk Library Association will be hosting a joint dinner meeting on MAY 18, 2000 at the
Glen Sanders Mansion, in Scotia, NY, at 6:00 pm. Martin Gomez, Director of the Brooklyn Public Library, will be our
guest speaker.
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Fe Hacc C EC: DT RA GE NOT Bebe rekon errr
Reservation information and meal choices are included in the brochure from HMLA that was mailed to you.
Reservations are required and MUST be made with Phyllis Ochs, HMLA Vice- President. Please make your meal
selection and reservation on the form in the HMLA brochure that was mailed to you.
Please direct any questions about the joint dinner meeting to Phyllis at (518) 388-4505.
ENY/ACRL PROGRAM PLANNING COMMITTEE
Barbara Norelli, Chair (Skidmore College), Inga Bamello (LeMoyne College), Steve Black (College of St. Rose),
Jackie Coughlan (SUNY Institute of Technology, Utica Rome), Carol Anne Germain (University at Albany), Eleanor
Gossen (University of Albany), Patricia Markley (Siena College), Lisa Moeckel (Syracuse University), Suzi Szasz
Palmer (Comell University), Ellen Paterson (SUNY College at Cortland), Barbara Petruzzelli (SUNY New Paltz),
Sharon Phillips (Sage Colleges), Teresa Ronning (Adirondack Community College), Colleen Smith (SUNY
Cobleskill), Kristin Strohmeyer (Hamilton College), Barbara Walton (Schenectady County Community College)
If you have suggestions or ideas for future conferences, please contact any of the above members of the Program
Planning Committee.
Annual ENY/ACRL membership expires on August 31.
To inquire about your membership status, contact Jane Subramanian, Membership Chair.
E-mail subramjm@potsdam.edu or telephone (315) 267-3326
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