New Century Libraries Meeting

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New Century Libraries is a proposal from the Board of Regents that would provide $107 million in new state aid to New York’s libraries. If passed by the Legislature and Governor, it will mean substantial service improvements for users of all types of libraries across the state.

The meeting will be held in Barben A & B at the Cheel Center on Clarkson’s campus.

Program
9:00 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
9:30 a.m. Welcome: Ruth Garner, Mayor of Potsdam
      Comments:
       James Dawson, Regent, New York State Board of Regents
       Janet Welch, State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries
       Linda Gush, Superintendent, St. Lawrence Lewis BOCES
       Sara Kelly Johns, Councilor at Large, New York Library Association
10:30 a.m. Richard Mills, President of the University of the State New York and Commissioner of Education
11:45 a.m. Wrap up

The event is sponsored by: The Advocacy Committee of the Northern New York Library Network, The Library Systems in Northern New York, The New York State Library, The New York State Association of Library Boards, The New York Library Association, and Clarkson University. Sign up on-line at mail.nnyln.org/leadership.html.

People In The News

John Thomas joined Jefferson Community College’s Melvil Dewey Library as Assistant Librarian/Information Literacy Coordinator, on Aug 9, 2004. Mr. Thomas comes from SUNY Oswego, where he served as Senior Assistant Librarian/Webmaster.

Is there a new employee on your staff? Is someone leaving or retiring? Members are encouraged to send staff news to be printed in Points North to pouimet@nnyln.org.