UNYSLA Spring Meeting

The Upstate New York Chapter of SLA Presents:

A day with Stephen Abram

"Social Libraries: The 2.0 Phenomenon: An Interactive Workshop"

Friday - April 27, 2007
Kate Gleason Auditorium
Bausch & Lomb Public Library Building, Rochester Central Library
Rochester, NY

OK, we’ve adapted to the web as it was – webpages, intranets and e-mail. Phew! Unfortunately we can’t rest on our laurels!

The web as we grew comfortable with it has aged and is revitalizing and reinventing itself quickly. Users too, have changed. Their expectations are different and higher. This is no time to take a breath! What will the impacts be of these emerging ‘new normal’ technologies – RSS, social networks, social tagging, streaming media, virtual reference, podcasts, interactive media, gaming, mobile, VOIP, IM, and more? This workshop will define and explore the current state of this world and then facilitate a brainstorming session of the potential for these tools in your enterprise. Be prepared to listen, learn, work and participate.

There is a global conversation going on right now about the next generation of the web and the next generation of users. Web 2.0 has morphed into the social web. It’s the new hot web where true human interaction takes precedence over merely ‘cool’ information delivery and e-mail. It’s about putting information into the real context of our users’ lives, work and play. What will your library or information service look like in the Web 2.0 ecosystem? The social web is coming fast and it’s BIG! What are the skills and competencies that Library 2.0 will need?

Come and hear what Web 2.0 is and the adaptations we’ll need to make to thrive in the future. Are we focusing on the real end user’s needs? Are we serving our users in the world that will be or the one that was? The new user is different, very different.

Stephen Abram, a library futurist and President-elect of SLA, will run through the changes that are being wrought on today’s roller-coaster! He will then lead our participants through valuable discussions and learning to bring these back and apply the learning in our organization context.

About Stephen Abram
Schedule
Networking Dinner
Registration
Hotel Accommodations
Meeting Directions
Library Tour

About Stephen Abram

Stephen Abram, MLS , is the President-elect of SLA and the past-President of the Canadian Library Association and Vice President, Innovation for SirsiDynix, the world’s largest library systems company. He has been VP of Corporate Development for Micromedia ProQuest and Publisher, Electronic Information for Thomson. Stephen ran libraries for Suncor, Coopers & Lybrand, Smith Lyons Torrance Stevenson and Mayer and Hay Group. Stephen has been listed by Library Journal as one of their first “Mover and Shakers”, the ‘key’ people influencing the future of libraries and librarianship. He has been awarded SLA’s John Cotton Dana Award as well as being a Fellow of the SLA. He was Canadian Special Librarian of the Year and Alumni of the Year for the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies. Stephen gives over 90 international keynote talks annually to library and information industry conferences and writes articles and columns for InformationOutlook, Feliciter, Access, Multimedia & Internet @ Schools, and Library Journal. His blog, Stephen’s Lighthouse, is one of the most popular in the library sector. http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com

You can also view a recent press release about Stephen.

Schedule

Friday, April 27, 2007

8:00 am – 8:30 am Registration/Breakfast/Networking (Sponsored by Swets)
8:30 am – 9:00 am Introductions/Welcome
10:30 am – 10:45 am Break
12 :00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch (Sponsored in-part by Knovel)
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Wrap Up / Library Tour

Networking Dinner

Thursday, April 26, 2007
7:00 PM
Hyatt Rochester
Palladio Restaurant

Dinner Menu
Please Note: Dinner does not include alcoholic beverages

Guests Choice of One Starter
House Salad with Choice of Dressing
Caesar Salad with Caesar Dressing
Chef’s Soup Du Jour

Herb Roasted Half Young Chicken
With a forest mushroom jus & roasted garlic mashed potatoes

Chicken Parmesan
With Linguine and Fresh Tomato Sauce

Chicken Marsala
Sautéed Boneless Chicken Breast with Marsala Mushroom Sauce

Potato Basil Crusted Salmon
With green lentils & Basil Oil

Risotto alla Seafood
Creamy Saffron Risotto accompanied by Sautéed Shrimp and Scallops with Capers, Tomatoes, Scallions and Fresh Herbs

Meat Lasagna
Layered Italian Sausage, Mozzarella, Ricotta and Asiago cheese

Penne Pomodoro
Penne Tossed in a Roasted Garlic Fresh Tomato Sauce topped with Asiago

Potato Gnocchi
Tossed with a Tomato cream sauce & Fresh mozzarella

Dessert
Ice Cream, Apple Pie, Chocolate Cake or Cheese Cake

Beverages
Fountain Soda, Ice Tea, Lemonade, Milk, Coffee, Tea, Decaf, or Hot Chocolate

$30 per person, paid with your registration
(Includes all service charges)

Registration

Registration is now closed.

Hotel Accomodations

Attendees needing hotel accommodations can reserve a single or double room for $105. Reservations MUST be made by 12:01 AM on the morning of 4/6/07, to secure this rate. No reservations will be accepted after this date. Please state you are attending the Special Libraries Association or SLA Upstate NY meeting to get the meeting rate.

Hyatt Rochester
125 East Main Street,
Rochester, New York, USA 14604
Tel: +1 585 546 1234
Fax: +1 585 546 6777
Web: http://rochester.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Parking

The Hyatt Regency Rochester is attached to the South Avenue Parking Garage. Overnight guests should proceed directly to the garage.

Prices: Parking for overnight guests is at a discounted rate of $3.00 per day with in and out privileges.

Non –Overnight Guests Parking rates are as follows: $.45 per hour not to exceed $6.35 per day.

$4.00 special evening pricing. Arrival after 5pm.

Map & Directions
http://rochester.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/services/maps/index.jsp?icamp=propMapDirections

Directions to the South Avenue Garage entrance located on Broad Street:

From 490 west Bound
Follow 490 West to Exit #16 (Downtown-Clinton Avenue). Stay to your left on Clinton Avenue. At the third traffic light, turn left onto Broad Street. Follow Broad Street 1 ½ blocks & turn right into the South Avenue Garage.

From 490 East Bound
490 East to Exit #13 (Plymouth Avenue West). Turn right at the traffic light onto Plymouth Avenue. Go to third traffic light and turn left onto Broad Street. At the third traffic light, make a U-turn at Stone Street

South Avenue Garage Entrance will be on the right after U-turn. Hyatt walkway is on the 2nd level of the garage.

NOTE: The Hyatt Hotel and the Bausch & Lomb Public Library are on the same side of the street separated by a parking garage.  They are almost "next" to each other.

Meeting Directions

Kate Gleason Auditorium
Bausch & Lomb Public Library Building, Rochester Central Library
115 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14604
Phone: (585) 428-7300
http://www2.libraryweb.org/index.asp?orgid=275&storyTypeID=&sid=&

Coming from the West :
Take thruway exit 47.
Take 490 Eastbound, exit South Ave, turn left at the second light onto Mt. Hope Ave. and then immediately left again onto Clinton Ave, Northbound. At the second light, turn left onto Court Street. You will pass the Bausch & Lomb World Headquarters. The entrance to the Court St. garage is on the right just after Bausch & Lomb Place.

Coming from the East :
Take thruway exit 45.
Take 490 Westbound, exit Clinton Ave, and merge into the farthest left lane. At the second light, turn left onto Court St. You will pass the Bausch & Lomb World Headquarters. The entrance to the Court St. garage is on the right just after Bausch & Lomb Place.

Parking
Parking for the Bausch & Lomb Public Library Building (BLB) at 115 South Avenue is available in a variety of garages located near the building. The Court Street Parking Garage is connected to the BLB, and is the recommended parking garage…just follow the signs from the garage to the library.
http://www.libraryweb.org/news/parking.html

Court Street Parking Garage
The Court Street Garage is located on the corner of South Avenue [one way going south] and Court Street. The garage’s first level, consisting of 73 spaces, and 27 spaces leading to the second level, are designated for short-term parking only. These spaces are designated by posted signs noting a maximum parking time of 2 hours. The time restriction for these spaces is strictly enforced.

Court Street Garage is connected to the Central Library’s BLB Building by an enclosed hallway. This is added convenience for patrons during times of inclement weather.

Additional short-term and daily parking is available at the South Avenue and Midtown Garages.

South Avenue Garage
The South Avenue Garage is located on the corner of South Avenue [one way going south] and Broad Street. It is connected to the Hyatt Hotel and is located across the street from the Riverside Convention Center, on the corner of Main Street and South Avenue. There is also an inside skywalk connecting the garage to both the Hyatt and the Convention Center.

Entrances from South Avenue and Broad Street
• Short-term parking is $.40 per half hour
• Daily Maximum is $5.70

Midtown Garage
The Midtown Garage is located under Midtown Plaza, between Main Street and Broad Street on the north and south and South Clinton Avenue [one way going north] and Chestnut Street on the east and west.
• Short-term parking is $.40 per half hour
• Daily Maximum is $6.35

All City parking facilities are staffed by uniformed security officers for the safety and well being of garage patrons. These officers are available to escort customers and help locate vehicles, as well as provide regular security patrols.

Handicapped parking
Handicapped parking on the street and in garages is available for disabled motorists or passengers with handicap permits. There are two street parking meters nearest the South Avenue corners of both Broad and Court Street that are designated handicapped spaces. These spaces are well marked. Cars using handicap parking spaces without a permit will be ticketed or towed.

There is no unauthorized parking on either the Broad Street or Court Street terraces adjacent to the Rundel Memorial Building.

NOTE: The Hyatt Hotel and the Bausch & Lomb Public Library are on the same side of the street separated by a parking garage.  They are almost "next" to each other.

Library Tour

Join us for a behind the scenes tour of the Rochester Central Library!

The library tour will begin at 4:00 from the Kate Gleason Auditorium.

The Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building
The Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building, built in 1995-1997 comprises one half of the Rochester Central Public Library, the other half being the Rundel Memorial Library Building. Located at the intersection of South Ave and Broad Street, the Bausch and Lomb building houses the majority of the Central Library collection in its four floors, including:

Rundel Memorial Library Building
Located above the former Johnson and Seymour Millrace and part of the Abandoned Subway, across the street from Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, and across the Genesee River from the Blue Cross Arena, this building sits at a focal point of Rochester. It currently serves as half of the Central Library. Using an underground walkway you can travel to the library's other half, the modern Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building.
The local history section on the second floor of this building is a great resource for anyone wanting to know more about the Rochester area. It is also a nice cozy quiet place to disappear for a few hours, offering a pleasant view of the Genesee River from its rear windows.

The Rundel Memorial Library Building's construction was made possible by money left to the city by art dealer Morton Rundel following his death in 1911. The city failed to begin construction in a timely manner, and the family of Morton Rundel responded in turn by bringing suit against the city. Ironically this further delayed construction through to the 1930s.

The Rundel Building houses the Fiction and DVD/Video collections of the Central Library

About Morton Rudnel
Born in Alexander, NY, Morton Rundel was a Eastman Commercial College graduate and Rochester art dealer who died in 1911. Although he wasn't well known in the community during his life, he became famous for bequeathing the city $400,000 for a new public library building. Rundel was a cousin of George Eastman and made a sizeable fortune investing in Kodak stock. His fortune would be the foundation of the library that bears his name.

Although Rundel died in 1911, the Rundel Memorial Library Building would not be started until 1934 following a lengthy court battle over his estate. Rundel had originally specified the construction of a library and art gallery but during the delay the Memorial Art Gallery was constructed and need for an art gallery greatly reduced. Consequently, the building was built primarily as a library with a single room gallery for art.

(Source: http://rocwiki.org/Bausch_and_Lomb_Public_Library_Building)

Thank you to our sponsors:

Swets Knovel Ebsco

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