SUNYLA Conference 2009: Call for Participation

(pre-conference & conference sessions and poster presentations)

The Program Planning Committee invites applications for participation in the 41st Annual SUNYLA Conference, June 17-19 at Onondaga Community College. Presentations (pre-conference and conference), panels, workshops, roundtables and posters may be on any topic addressing the broad conference theme that encompasses all areas of library expertise. Please plan on submitting a proposal today!

Among the top responses of a recent survey gauging interest in various topics were:

Information Literacy
Reference
Marketing
Instruction
Assessment
Resource Sharing
Doing more with less ($)
Open Source Software
Personnel Management
Electronic Resource Management
Pushing for Better Technologies
Copyright

Following the session format of past years, the 2009 Conference will offer:

Pre-conference workshops that last anywhere from 2-3 hours
Conference sessions for both 45-minute and 90-minute time slots

Please select the length of time that would be most appropriate for your session.

If you are interested in presenting at this year's conference, we look forward to receiving your proposal. While we investigate the creation of an online form, please feel free to express your interest in presenting by e-mailing, snail mailing, or faxing the appropriate address listed below. Please include names and SUNY units for all designated participants per session.Please refer to the "Guidelines for the SUNYLA Annual Conference Expenses" available at http://tiny.cc/7Tczs for information on expense reimbursement.Deadline for proposals is March 9, 2009.

Send proposals or questions to:

Preconference Workshops:

Kate Pitcher
Milne Library
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, NY 14454
(585) 245-5064

Conference Presentations:

April Davies
Van Wagenen Library
SUNY Cobleskill
Cobleskill, NY
Phone: (518) 255-5887, Fax: (518) 255-5843
E-mail: daviesac@cobleskill.edu

Poster Sessions:

Greg Bobish
University Libraries at Albany
Albany, NY 12222
Phone: (518) 442-3591
Fax: (518) 442-3567
E-mail: GBobish@albany.edu

The SUNYLA Conference 2009 Blog

Welcome! This is the official blog for the SUNYLA Conference 2009. And, to begin, it seems only appropriate that we start off with some comments from our Conference Chair, Angela Weiler:

Hi everyone:

Preparations for the 2009 SUNY Librarians Association Conference at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse are now underway! The conference will be held from Wednesday, June 17 to Friday, June 19, 2009, and we hope to have lots of interesting and fun events for you all, in addition to a great lineup of presentations and workshops. Pauline Shostack, Electronic Resources Librarian at OCC, is our Local Arrangments Chair, and we have a great group of people who have volunteered to help.

We decided to choose a theme based on the rich history of the Onondaga tribe (“People of the Hills”). Onondaga lands were originally the regular meeting place for the five tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy (the Haudenasaunee, or “people of the longhouse”). Because of this role, the Onondagas are known as the “Fire Keepers” of the confederacy.
SUNY librarians work hard at “keeping fires”: the fires of inquiry and of research; the desire for exploration and for discovery. SUNY libraries fire the imagination and enlighten the soul. And so it seems entirely appropriate that, as we come together for our annual meeting and conference at Onondaga, our theme will be “SUNY Libraries: Keeping the Fire, Lighting the Way”.

Mark your calendars now; it’s going to be a great conference!

Angela Weiler

2nd. Vice President/Conference Chair

PS: It's never too late to help out with the conference! Just reply and let me know how you'd like to help ...

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Angela M. Weiler

Associate Librarian, Coulter Library

Onondaga Community College

4585 W. Seneca Tnpk., Syracuse, NY 13215

weilera@sunyocc.edu 315-498-2340