UNYSLA Capital Region Bowling Night
Date: Wednesday, 13 February Time: 6:30 pm Location: Playdium Bowling Center in Albany To RSVP please contact David Colp. UNYSLA is making plans for the Capital Region members including students (and...
View ArticleLibrarians Save Ancient Manuscripts from Destruction
“When the moment of danger came, Ali Imam Ben Essayouti knew just what to do. The delicate, unbound parchment manuscripts in the 14th-century mosque he leads had already survived hundreds of years in...
View ArticleInterview with Brenda Myc: Mentoring Committee Chair
Brenda Myc, UNYSLA’s new Mentoring Committee Chair, is revamping and organizing UNYSLA’s mentor program. Brenda has already begun promoting the program and has recently agreed to answer a few...
View ArticleEncourage the researchers you work with to register for an ORCID
Is Dr. John Smith at your institution having a hard time distinguishing his publications from all the other John Smiths out there? Or, conversely, is a student looking for publications by a certain...
View ArticleRegistration is Open – UNYSLA spring meeting Digital (In)security
Please join us for our spring meeting. Digital (In)security: Protecting our Libraries, Networks, and Identities Date: Friday, 26 April Time: 8:30-3:00 Location: Century House, Latham, NY (map) Plan...
View ArticleSLUSH karaoke night – Yes, you read that right
At SLUSH, we know every librarian is a star. And we believe that inside that star, there’s a superstar inside just waiting to get out.* So on March 20, 2013, we’re giving those superstars the...
View ArticleAn Hour a Day
Tasks for the day: 1. Shower 2. Eat breakfast 3. Watch weather report. 4. Drive to work. 5. Punch-in. 6. Set-up computer network. 7. Check e-mails multiple times throughout the day and answer them....
View ArticleNetworking dinner at Carabba’s – 25 April
Attention Albany area information professionals: Please join UNYSLA at Carabba’s on Thursday, 25 April, for our semi-annual networking dinner. All information professionals are welcome to attend this...
View ArticleDigital (In)security – Early Bird Registration Extended
Due to the temporary shut-down of all SLA websites this past week to allow for the launching of the new SLA website, UNYSLA will be extending its early bird registration rate for Digital (In)security:...
View ArticleDigital Security Impacts All Libraries
Does your library or information center… Have email accounts? Provide access to the internet? Store personal information such as addresses, birth dates, and ID numbers? If you said yes to any of the...
View ArticleSpecial Collections Roundtable at U of Rochester
The next Special Collections Roundtable of Upstate New York is being hosted by the University of Rochester on Thursday, May 16. More information about the event, including an agenda, registration...
View ArticleSyracuse area social
Calling all Syracuse area information professionals and students: Please join us for a Celebrate Spring Social Hour! Where: Drumlins Windows on the Green Bistro 800 Nottingham Road, Syracuse...
View ArticleIthaca area social May 21
Join SLUSH for May Happy Hour at Tuesday, May 21 from 5-7pm Voted “Best Downtown Bar” in 2012’s Best of Ithaca, Felicia’s Atomic Lounge has a full menu of cocktails, microbrews, snacks, and cupcakes!...
View ArticleWNY/O ACRL Conference, 10/18/13
Please save the date for WNY/O ACRL’s Fall Conference: Theme: “Publishing and Advancing Research. ” Date: Friday, Oct. 18th, 2013 Time: 8:30am-4:00pm Location: RIT Conference Center in West Henrietta,...
View ArticleData 101 – 14 August webinar
Is “data” a four letter word in your life? Do you have a sense of urgency to do something (anything) with data but don’t know where to start? Stop worrying and sign up for the Data 101 webinar from the...
View ArticleCall for proposals – UNYSLA, 11/8/2013 in Syracuse
The Upstate Chapter of the Special Libraries Association invites you to submit a proposal for our fall conference that will be held in Syracuse on Friday, November 8, 2013. We are reprising one of...
View ArticleGetting Your Bits in a Row: Considerations for Data Curation
Learn about the broad and finer points of Data Management and Curation in the next installation of the Data 101 webinar series: Getting Your Bits in a Row: Considerations for Data Curation, presented...
View ArticleNetworking Dinner: 7 November
Coming early to the conference? Can’t make it to the conference? Join us for a casual, networking dinner at 6pm on Thursday 7 November at Rico’s Ristorante (map http://goo.gl/maps/NEsB5).
View ArticleNetworking event October 16 at Bittesweet in Syracuse
The SLA Upstate Chapter and the SLA Student Chapter are hosting a network event at Bittersweet on Wednesday, October 16 from 5:00-7:00 pm. Stop on by, grab a treat, and get to know other librarians in...
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