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January 30, 2015

NY 3Rs Digital Resources Survey

Please find a link to a survey below. The purpose is to gauge interest in two potential offerings for our member libraries:

 

1) Access to the Loeb Digital Classics Library from Harvard University Press, provided via Lyrisis. They are trying to recruit more consortia to their deal to drive the price down further than they already have. 

 

2) Bloomsbury Academic has offered two months complimentary access to three of their digital platforms to NY3Rs members. If there is interest in a consortial deal from the membership, we will explore possibilities.

 

In both of these scenarios, we anticipate any potential offers being in line with the guidelines of the I2NY E-Resources Licensing Manifesto.

 

As the deadline for the Lyrisis offer is February 6th, the survey will be closing on February 1st.

 

Here is the link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ny3rs_digital-resources_1-15 


This Week in Libraries #112: Makerspaces
Tara Radniecki of DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library at the University of Nevada, Reno and Meg Backus of Chattanooga Public Library discuss makerspaces and how they positively affect student achievement and faculty research, build communities, librarians as coaches, guerilla librarianship and a self-watering Tweeting cactus... http://www.thisweekinlibraries.com/?p=572

Preservation Road Show

Are your library materials at risk? Do you have preservation and conservation concerns? Would you like an online assessment by a preservation expert?  If yes, please contact Mary-Carol Lindbloom at mclindbloom@scrlc.org or 607-273-9106 x203. 

 

SCRLC RBDB 2015 Grants Are Available

Application Deadline:  March 2, 2015

 

SCRLC's Board of Trustees has approved $20,000 to fund information technology projects that benefit the SCRLC region and contribute to resource sharing, under the auspices of the Regional Bibliographic Databases & Interlibrary Resources Sharing (RBDB) Program.

 

Applications are available in Word or PDF format.  

 

Upcoming Events 

Feb 13     SCRLC Board of Trustees Meeting, 9:30 am - 12:00pm EST,  SCRLC Office, Ithaca

Feb 25     Library Advocacy Day, Albany

Mar 20
     It's Not Me, It's You: Customer Service for Front-Line Library Staff, 9:30am - 12:30pm EST, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca.
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Do you have further comments on or suggestions for SCRLC workshops/programs? Please contact Jessica Brooks at jbrooks@scrlc.org or 607/273-9106 x205.

 
Do you have a new colleague working @ your library? Any swap & shop items to advertise? If you have any news or information that you would like us to share with the membership, please send it to Diane Capalongo at dcapalongo@scrlc.org. We will include your news in our next News from SCRLC.

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