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Great Projects From New York Libraries
Librarians from the Sojourner Truth Library at SUNY New Paltz, the New York State Library, and the Mid-York Library System had terrific presentations on some recent projects at the 9th Annual Nylink Showcase. Heartfelt thanks goes out from Nylink to the presenters! If you didn’t have the opportunity to attend, here is some information to help you learn about their activities.
Check Out Lloyd@Your Library
Librarians Stephan J. Macaluso, Megan Coder, and Heather Whalen Smith at SUNY New Paltz’s Sojourner Truth Library presented a poster session at the 9th Annual Nylink Showcase on their terrific project, in which a five-foot tall sock monkey named Lloyd serves as a mascot and an avatar. Besides posing for pictures for the library’s virtual tour, Lloyd maintains a presence at Livejournal, Tumblr, and Flickr. He’s also an experienced poster boy and does booth time representing the library during college orientation fairs. Take a look at the Sojourner Truth Library virtual tour at http://lib.newpaltz.edu/vtour/tourhome.html, and see for yourself!
New York State Library Digital Collections
Browse the New York State Library’s digital collections online at http://tinyurl.com/3bl855. Categories include Education Laws and Policy Documents, New York State Government Publications, and the New York State Library Scanned Documents Collection, which includes broadsides, maps, musical scores, and many other types of media.
Mid York Regional Read Uses Library and Web 2.0 Technologies, Gets Unprecedented Participation
Beverly Choltco-Devlin shared the Mid-York Library System’s wonderfully successful 2007 Regional Read project. Keeping Your Balance in a Flat World, featuring Thomas Friedman’s TheWorld is Flat, was the theme.
This project encouraged everyone in Madison, Oneida and Herkimer counties to read Friedman’s work and others related to globalization, and more importantly, discuss the issues related to keeping our balance in a globalized world. The steering committee, comprised of individuals from libraries, businesses, schools, colleges and universities, and non-profit organizations chose to utilize Library and Web 2.0 technologies to plan and implement the Read. A wiki was used for the collaborative planning process, and topic blogs on the Regional Read web site were set up to discuss the issues raised in the book. Business, school and college and university communities participated until the Regional Read ended in October 2007, and noted author Bill McKibben and former New York Congressman Sherwood Boehlert took part in the discussion. In production: streaming video of the panel session. Read all about it at http://www.midyork.org/regionalread/.
[Ann Gunning, Member Services Librarian, Nylink]