UNYSLA

UNYSLA Chapter includes all of New York State with the exception of Long Island, the Hudson Valley and NYC areas.

[Elaine @ElaineLibrarian]

This job is open to folks with little or no subject experience, also MSIS students near the end of their program.

[Elaine @ElaineLibrarian]

Come work with me (temporarily)! Temporary, part time subject liaison to Poli Sci, Pub Policy, Pub Admin, Law. Filling a planned vacancy. On site. AWESOME experience. #libraries #academiclibrarians #LISjobs https://t.co/I5VMzeesQA

[Elaine @ElaineLibrarian]

Check out this #bibliometrics #altmetrics #researchimpact Webinar! Hear about 3 specialized use cases! Tell your friends! #SLAers #SLA2020 https://t.co/qnhLGOv4dl

[SLA @SLAhq]

The best part about @SLAhq's upcoming #InfoTrends half-day interactive virtual event? If you're registered for the SLA 2020 Annual Conference, registration for InfoTrends is *complimentary*!
Learn More: https://t.co/Z9QNRROrP2
#SLA #InfoPros #SLA2020 #TechTrends #SLAers

[UNYSLA @UNYSLA]

Unfortunately, the UNYSLA Board has decided to CANCEL the Spring 2020 conference scheduled for May 15, 2020 of this year. The goal is to plan a conference in 2021, on the topic of burnout. Thank you for your understanding during this unprecedented time. Stay safe and be well!

[UNYSLA @UNYSLA]

75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days-1961: "The rights of an individual to the use of a library should not be denied...because of...race, religion, national origins or political views." In 1961, the ALA Library Bill of Rights was amended to advocate for equal library service for all.

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75 Years of Libraries for 75 Days - 1960: Eight brave, African American students walk in and use the Greenville Library in SC in an attempt to desegregate the library. They were arrested but later released, and the Greenville Library officially desegregated two months later.

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75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days-1959: This year, SLA Executive Secretary, Bill M. Woods, visited the UNYSLA chapter. He attended a meeting at the General Electric Silicone Laboratory in Waterford. During his visit, he addressed library school students from Columbia and Drexel.

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75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days - 1958: In April of this year, the first National Library Week was launched! The slogan: "Wake Up and Read!"

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75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days -1957: This year, the Upstate New York Chapter of SLA held their March meeting in Syracuse, NY with a keynote from Dr. Yenawine--Syracuse University's Director of Libraries at that time. His talk was entitled, "Training for Special Librarianship."

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75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days -1956: This year, the Libraries Services Act was passed by Congress. It's goal was to use federal funding to create more public libraries in rural areas of the United States. It ended up adding 288 bookmobiles and 800 new library staff nationwide!

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75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days - 1955: This year, congress passed the Presidential Library Act, which not only helped create a system of private and federally-mandated libraries, but also helped preserve Presidential papers and allow these papers to be accessible to the people.

[UNYSLA @UNYSLA]

75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days - 1954: In this year, the National Library of Medicine published their very first list of subject headings called the "Subject Heading Authority List." This eventually evolved into the MeSH thesaurus we have today. #libraryhistory

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75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days - 1953: In October, UNYSLA members met at the Buffalo Museum of Science. The speaker, Dr. Paul Smay, spoke on the use of motion pictures in higher education--an approach that was considered "unusual" to those in the sci-tech field at the time!

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75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days - 1952: the Upstate New York SLA chapter meets in Cooperstown in May at the invitation of James Dunn, the New York State Historical Association Librarian at Fenimore House, and Elsie Garvin if chosen as the President-elect.

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75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days - 1951: This year, ALA Council approves the Standards of Accreditation, which recommends that professional librarians should engage in graduate study and earn a Master's degree in the field. #libraryhistory

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75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days - 1950: President Truman establishes The Harry S. Truman Library, Inc.--the organization that would ultimately build his presidential library. This tradition first began with FDR and has been carried on all successive presidents to this day.

[UNYSLA @UNYSLA]

75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days -1949: In 1949, it was decided that the original League of Nations library would serve as the foundation for the United Nations Library, now named the Dag Hammarskjold Library in NYC. Hammarskjold served as the second secretary-general for the UN.

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75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days - 1948: In October of this year, the first regional conference was held for Montreal, @slatoronto, and Upstate New York SLA chapters in Toronto. 137 members were in attendance, 40 of which were from Upstate New York! #SLA #SLAtoronto #conference

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75 Years of Libraries in 75 Days - 1947: For the second consecutive year, the Upstate New York SLA Chapter received the Membership Gavel Award for the greatest percentage of increase in paid-up memberships. Membership this year had increased to 122! #SLA #Libraryhistory #UNYSLA