SENYLRC Matters

The 2013-2014 SENYLRC Board of Trustees Stiller, Head of Reference at the

Newburgh Free Library. Re-

elected to the Board are James

Cosgrove of the Marlboro Free

Library and Mary Ellen Leimer

of the Newburgh Enlarged City

School District. The Board also

approved its Executive Commit-

Five people were recently elected

to the 15 member SENYLRC

Board of Trustees. Newly elected

to a 5-year term are: Cathy Carl,

Library Director, Dutchess Com-

munity College; Kathy Ku-

rosman, retired librarian from

Vassar College, and Jeannie

At this year’s ALA in

Chicago, Stuart Moss

accepted the 2013

American Psychologi-

cal Association award

for Excellence in

Librarianship, includ-

ing a $2,500 prize.

The APA award recog-

nized Stuart for his

work at NKI, and his

transformation of “an

outdated and disor-

ganized library into a

modern facility, serving

the needs of both re-

searchers and those

affected by serious

mental illness.”

Stuart was also chosen

because he has played

an important leadership

role in many library

associations, including

SENYLRC, where he

has served on the Board

as treasurer.

We recently met him at

the Nathan S. Kline

Institute Health

Stuart Moss Receives APA Award

July-August 2013

T w o Ev e n t s : D r up a l f o r

H o sp i ta l L i b ra r i e s a n d

S p ec ia l L ib ra ry

Ca ta l og U se r s W o r k s h o p

Date: 8/13/13 9a-12p

Location: SENYLRC Conference Room

Hospital Websites:

Drupal review, tips,

inserting images in sto-

ries, what you can edit

and what SENYLRC

needs to change for you

Questions?

Email Patricia Carrol-Mathes

pcaroll@senylrc.org

Date: 8/13/13 1p-3:30p

Location: SENYLRC Conference Room

SE-SLC Workshop:

All librarians and li-

brary staff using Koha

software in the

SENYLRC Special

Library Catalog are

welcome.

Koha review, refresher,

tips and hands-on prac-

tice. Questions?

Email Judy Fischetti

judyf@senylrc.org

register for either at:

www.senylrc.org/reg/

Sciences Library in

Orangeburg, NY to hear

more about this honor

and to see what he had

going on in the facility.

He told us “I am honored

to have been selected. I

owe thanks to my nomi-

nator and to those who

wrote letters supporting

my nomination. It’s also

worth noting that a lot of

the activities and accom-

plishments on my resume

reflect my involvement

with SENYLRC and oth-

er professional organiza-

tions over the years.

Since I have basically

been a solo librarian all

of my career, connecting

with and learning from

other professionals in this

way has been crucial to

my success.”

A full report on our visit

to NKI is up on our blog

at www.senylrc.org.

Volume 8, Issue 4

Stuart Moss in his office at NKI

tee for 2013-14: President Steph-

an Macaluso, Vice President

Barbara Petruzzelli, Secretary

Danielle Yeomans, Treasurer

Mary Ellen Leimer, Assistant

Secretary-Treasurer James Cos-

grove, and Immediate Past Presi-

dent, Mary Jo Russell.

Connecting to Collections (C2C)

tion with many other relevant ser-

vices. Full program information is at

http://www.c2cnys.org/index.html

SENYLRC will be hosting “group

viewings” for the entire webinar

series. Program details are on the

SENYLRC calendar.

C2C is an initiative of the Institute

of Museum and Library Services to

raise public awareness of the im-

portance of caring for our treasures,

and to underscore the fact that these

collections are essential to the

American story. The Greater Hud-

son Heritage

Network, in

partnership

with several

library and heritage organizations

across New York State, is offering a

four part webinar series in conjunc-

SENYLRC Matters Page 2

the unique

events

which led to

Hyde Park

serving as

the home of

the first

Presidential

Library.

The state-of-

the art

exhibits, archives and museum are

now open every day to the public

and are not to be missed!

For the first time since its founding

in 1941, the FDR Presidential

Library has undergone a complete

renovation. On Sunday, June 30th,

the building was re-dedicated in a

ceremony under a tent on the field

next to the

library.

Among

those who

were pre-

sent to

speak on this

occasion

were Archivist of the United

States, David S. Ferriero, Con-

gressman Chris Gibson, State

Senator Terry Gipson, and Presi-

dent and CEO of Roosevelt Insti-

tute Felicia Wong. FDR Director

Lynn Bassanese and Chair of

Roosevelt Institute Anna Eleanor

Roosevelt, welcomed the guests

and speakers.

The moving keynote address was

given by Roosevelt biographer

Geoffrey C. Ward, who spoke on

FDR Library Re-dedication Ceremony in Hyde Park

Lynne Bassanese

address the guests

Visitors and guests

browse the new exhibits.

On June 7, members of SENYLRC

met for the 46th annual meeting of

the Council at the beautiful Locust

Grove Estate in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Despite the rainy summer day, spir-

its were high. Members were wel-

comed by John Shaloiko and

Stephan Macaluso, who jokingly

2013 Annual Meeting Re-cap

blamed his

improvised

remarks on a

switch-up of

his prepared

notes and his

daughter’s science homework.

After the business meeting was

concluded, Rebecca Edwards of

Vassar College presented a

keynote speech about the

surprising history and stories of

the Underground Railroad in the

Hudson Valley. Rebecca Edwards delivers the

keynote speech.

SENYLRC also honored outgoing

Board Members Jon Grennan and

Muriel Verdibello with “Read”

posters, which become part on our

hall of fame in the SENYLRC

conference room.

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What’s New On HRVH.org menu collection on HRVH dating

back to the early 1960s. Coming

soon, they plan to digitize historic

menus, including some dating

back to the mid 19th century!

The Ellenville Public Library &

Museum is partnering with other

organizations to share the history

of Yama Farms, once known as

the “crown jewel” of Wawarsing.

HRVH is proud to host the follow-

ing new exhibits and collections:

Storied Objects: A Material History

of New Paltz was developed by

SUNY New Paltz Professor Cyrus

Mulready’s Spring 2013 Honors

Seminar.

The Conrad H. Hilton Library at the

Culinary Institute of America has a

Support Team for Storied Objects: A Materi-

al History of New Paltz (l-r): Cyrus Mulready

(SUNY NP), Susan Stessin (Historic Hugue-

not Street), Jennifer Palmentiero

(SENYLRC), Ashley Hulbert (Historic Hu-

guenot Street), Morgan Gwenwald (SUNY

NP), and Professor Joe Diamond (SUNY NP)

Free Library. Under her

leadership, the library expanded

its services with a Town Branch

in the Newburgh Mall and

created the Newburgh Library

Collaborative which gives public

access to the resources of the

city's major libraries.

Muriel started her library career

as a reference librarian at the

Mid-Hudson Library System in

Poughkeepsie and chaired the

first Regional Interlibrary Loan

Committee. Before joining the

Newburgh Free Library she was the

director at the Millbrook Free

Library.

She will be succeeded by Chuck

Thomas, who previously served in

the library's Outreach Department,

administered the library’s IT

Department and was responsible for

job information services.

Congratulations to you both!

This June, Muriel Verdibello,

whose term as SENYLRC Trustee

just ended, retired from her 13-year

career as Director of the Newburgh

Muriel Verdibello Retires, We Welcome Chuck Thomas

NYLA Legislative Committee as an

at-large member since 2006.

I would be honored to serve on the

NYLA Council to be a voice for all

libraries.”

To read her full statement and cast a

ballot, visit the NYLA Election site

before voting closes on July 15, 2013.

Best of luck to Danielle!

SENYLRC board member Danielle

Yeomans is running for Councilor-

at-Large position of NYLA. Her

candidate statement reads, in part:

“I have nineteen years of experience

in the library field and believe

strongly in the importance of all

libraries. In my current position as

the School Library System Coordi-

nator, I work with Ulster County

school librarians to provide support

and profession-

al development

to meet their

needs. I support

local, state, and

national library

organizations

and currently serve as a trustee and

secretary for my local 3 R’s council,

SENYLRC. I have served on the

Danielle Yeomans Is Running for NYLA Council

Muriel Verdibello, John Shaloiko and

Stephan Macaluso at her retirement party.

New HRHV fees range from

$50 to $450 and are based on the

number of records in hrvh.org

What to you get for these fees?

Your organization’s collections in

HRVH, searchable along dozens

of collections of the community!

Digitization basic training - an

intensive 4 day training session.

On-site training and unlimited

phone and email assistance from

the digital services librarian.

Borrow scanners and laptops.

CONTENTdm, the software plat-

form for HRVH.

Omeka software for building

online exhibits.

Uploading records to WorldCat.

SENYLRC’s Sustainable Pricing Plan for July

New Special Library Catalog fees

range from $275 to $1050 based on

the number of MARC records.

What to you get for these fees?

Catalog hosting on Koha.

Koha training, technical support,

upgrades.

Hospital Libraries fees range from

$150 to $500 for website hosting

and $100 to $1050 for cataloging

services.

What to you get for these fees?

Library websites hosted at

SENYLRC, complete with a

proxy server for off-site access.

A Drupal-template website.

Hospital subscription e-resources

are cataloged for hospital mem-

bers by SENYLRC librarians.

SENYLRC staff serve Hudson Val-

ley libraries and cultural heritage

organizations and offer valuable

resources. We, like the other 3Rs

councils, are here to help special

libraries and other organizations

with the benefit of consortium.

SENYLRC members benefit from

the experienced librarians on staff

who make these services available.

In order to remain sustainable as a

council, ad hoc task groups, which

were formed from our membership,

have advised SENYLRC to begin

charging a reasonable rate for these

services, some of which have had no

charge in the past.

These changes are effective in July.

Share Your Stories This Summer!

Do you have news to share for an upcoming edition of

our newsletter? Maybe news of a new hire, a goodbye to

a retiring colleague, a successful grant, or a great

anecdote? We want to share your stories with your fellow

member libraries in the Southeastern region. Please send

article ideas to Carolyn at carolyn@senylrc.org.

We encourage articles, story ideas and photographs of the

good things that are happening at our member libraries.

There’s Always

more online!

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