Annual Activities

Thank You for joining us to celebrate our
50th Annual Meeting and Initiation of New Members
May 9, 2009
12:00 - 2:30
Syracuse University
Goldstein Student Center
Skytop Road, South Campus

[photos of the Event]

Our Featured Speaker was R. David Lankes, Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University.

R. David Lankes is director of the Information Institute of Syracuse, and an associate professor in Syracuse University's School of Information Studies. Lankes has always been interested in combining theory and practice to create active research projects that make a difference. Past projects include the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, the Gateway to Education Materials, AskERIC and the Virtual Reference Desk. Lankes' more recent work involves how participatory concepts can reshape libraries and credibility. This work expands his ongoing work to understand the integration of human expertise in information systems. Lankes is a passionate advocate for libraries and their essential role in today's society. He also seeks to understand how information approaches and technologies can be used to transform industries. In this capacity he has served on advisory boards and study teams in the fields of libraries, telecommunications, education, and transportation including at the National Academies. He has been appointed as a visiting fellow at the National library of Canada, the Harvard School of Education and the first fellow of ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy.

Our 49th Annual Meeting and Initiation of New Members was held on May 9, 2008 at The Limestone Grill at the Craftsman Inn, Fayetteville, NY.

Our featured speaker was Mary Ochs, Head of Information Services and Collections at A.R. Mann Library, Cornell University Libraries. Her talk was entitled, Librarians and Access to Scientific Information in the Developing World.

Mary Ochs coordinates Mann Library’s international programs for delivering agricultural literature to the developing world, including TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library) and Mann’s partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN on AGORA (Access to Global Online Literature in Agriculture). Mary has worked in the Cornell University library system for over 20 years. She has an M.L.S. from Syracuse University and a B.S. from Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life.

In response to attendee requests during the Q&A period, Mary has given us the following URLs to share:

• HINARI (Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative) www.who.int/hinari
  
  
• OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment) www.oaresciences.org
  
  
• AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) www.aginternetwork.org
  
  
• TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library) www.teeal.org

Our 48th Annual Meeting and Initiation of New Members was held on May 12, 2007 at the Syracuse University Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center, 401 University Place. Tours of the iSchool (formerly known as IST) at Hinds Hall were given following the program.

Our Featured Speaker was Scott Nicholson, Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University

Dr. Scott Nicholson is the new program director for the MSLIS program at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies and is a research scientist for the Information Institute of Syracuse. His current research areas include the intersection of gaming and libraries, participatory librarianship, and the evidencebased measurement and evaluation of library services. He will speak about involving users in the conversation through participatory librarianship [PPT].