Upcoming Events

UNYSLA Spring Conference - Technology Tools for the Savvy Librarian
Workshop and Annual Business Meeting

Friday, April 29, 2005
Broome County Public Library, Binghamton

All the necessary information and registration materials are on this page, but we also have print friendly versions available:



Trying to keep up with the emergence of new technology? Pressed for time? Sit back, relax and let our three guests do the talking. Topics of the day include:

Learn how these tools can assist you in research, cataloging, or web development. Steven M. Cohen leads the morning session as we learn about web logs (blogs) and Real Simple Syndication (RSS). Cohen will discuss how to get started in the world of RSS feeds, including a review of the major players in the fields, resources to help locate feeds, and what the future will hold for RSS, as well as practical advice on how to utilize feeds and blogs.

The afternoon session will cover XML for your library and news sites. Mark Ludwig sees XML as one of the hottest technologies for library systems. Every information system, from small personal bibliographies to large multi-media systems and full-scale integrated library systems can benefit from this technology. Ludwig will demonstrate several applications of the technology already in use and under development at the University of Buffalo. Inexpensive projects feasible for all libraries will be suggested. Additionally, Jill Hurst-Wahl will discuss how to choose and use news sites, e-newsletters and blogs to stay up-to-date on the areas that interest you or that are critical to your professional development.

Schedule:

THURSDAY, APRIL 28th:

FRIDAY, APRIL 29th:

Special Events

Thursday Evening Dutch-treat Dinner

Planning on being in Binghamton the night before our Spring Meeting? If so, please join us at The Little Venice Restaurant, home of Binghamton's oldest Italian eatery, on Thursday, April 28th at 7 pm. Since 1946, Little Venice has been serving authentic Italian dishes to Greater Binghamton. Little Venice prides itself on its original family recipes, specializing in homemade pasta, a variety of Italian and American entrées and most notably their famous homemade tomato sauce. The sauce recipe is a guarded family secret only known to 3 people. Please RSVP on the registration form.

Little Venice Restaurant
111 Chenango St
Binghamton, New York 13901
607.724.2513

Thursday Evening Social/Networking Hour

Following the Dutch-treat dinner at Little Venice, meet back at the lounge of the Binghamton Regency Hotel/Best Western. There will be a cash bar and a chance to mingle with your colleagues from around the state and learn more about UNYSLA.

Student Shadows

Interested in networking with information professionals? Keen to improve your public speaking skills? Want to be published? If you answered "yes!" to any of these questions, consider volunteering as a "student shadow" at the Friday, April 29th UNYSLA Meeting in Binghamton, New York. One library and information studies student will "shadow" each speaker. Shadows will: introduce their speaker, sit with him or her at lunch, and write a short article for the UNYSLA newsletter. See the application in this packet. NOTE: A limited number of shadows are chosen, so apply soon!

Hotel Information

Best Western Binghamton Regency Hotel & Conference Center
225 Water Street
1 Sarbro Square
Binghamton, New York 13901
Phone: 607.722.7575
Fax: 607.724.7263
Toll Free Reservations: 1.800.723.7676
For Online Reservations, visit http://www.bestwestern.com/binghamtonregencyhotelconfctr

Room Rate: $72 Please make reservations no later than April 7, 2005 to secure this rate.

Directions:

From the North. Take Interstate 81 North, Exit 5 (Front Street) and turn left onto Front Street. Follow to East Clinton Street and turn left. Go over bridge and turn right at first light onto Water Street. The Best Western Binghamton Regency Hotel & Conference Center will be on your right.

From the South. Take Interstate 81 South, Exit 5 (Front Street) and turn left at light onto Front Street. Go straight to 5th light and turn left onto East Clinton Street. Go over bridge and turn right onto Water Street. The Best Western Binghamton Regency Hotel & Conference Center will be on your right.

From the East. Take Highway 17 East, Exit 72 (Front Street) and turn right onto Front Street. Go to 3rd light and turn left onto East Clinton Street. Go over bridge and turn right onto Water Street. The Best Western Binghamton Regency Hotel & Conference Center will be on your right.

From the West. From Highway 17 West, Exit 45 (downtown Binghamton) and follow Interstate 81 North. From 88 West go to Interstate 81 South. Follow directions for Interstate 81 South.

Workshop and Meeting Location, April 29th, 2005

Broome County Public Library
185 Court Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
607.778.6400
http://www.bclibrary.info/

Directions:

From Routes 81S, 17W, and 17E, use exit 4S (Route 7-Binghamton). Merge onto NY 7/ NY-363, Take the Brandywine Avenue exit. Make a right turn on Court Street. The library will be a few lights down on the right.

From Route 434 E. (Vestal Parkway), proceed over the bridge just beyond Number 5 restaurant. At the second light, make a right on Court Street. You will go through three lights and the library will be on your left.

Speaker Biographies

Steven M. Cohen is a librarian at PubSub Concepts, Inc in New York City, where he works on various projects within their prospective search software. He is the creator of Library Stuff (published by Information Today), a weblog dedicated to keeping current and professional development for librarians. He has been the contributing editor of the Internet Spotlight column for Public Libraries magazine since 2001 and Resourceshelf.com since June 2004. He has spoken at numerous conferences and workshops in the United States and Canada on such topics as Weblogs, RSS, keeping current, search engines, and social networking. He organized and was the "Blogger in Chief" for the first national library association sponsored blog at ALA Midwinter in 2005, where he ran a team of 13 librarians. Cohen was one of 55 recipients of Library Journal's Movers and Shakers award in 2004. His undergraduate degree is from SUNY-Stony Brook. He has an MA in Mental Health Counseling from Long Island University, and an MLS from Queens College.

Mark Ludwig is Library Systems Manager for the University Libraries, SUNY at Buffalo. He joined UB in 1989 to implement the NOTIS integrated library management system. In 1998 he directed the development of a web interface to the ILS. With his staff, he is responsible for the Libraries website, integrated library system, digital databases and electronic course reserve and authentication system He has an MLS from UB and studied computer science at RIT and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. /p>

Jill Hurst-Wahl, MLS, is president of Hurst Associates, Ltd., a senior instructor in Syracuse University's School of Information Studies, a news-aholic, and a blogger. As information as shifted from being in mainstream media to appearing in blogs, e-newsletters and on web sites, so have her information seeking habits.

This program is sponsored in part by: EBSCO Information Services, Factiva, Hurst Associates, Ltd., and Swets Information Services.

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The Upstate New York Chapter of the Special Libraries Association would like to thank Nancy Darrow and the staff of the Broome County Public Library.

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