ConnectNY, a New York State Library Consortium,
will be coming to the Pace University Library in 2006.á
This consortium of ten other New York State
Academic Libraries has accepted Pace University Library as the eleventh member
and will continue to grow in membership.
What does this mean for Pace University?á The Pace University community will now have access to allá of the library catalog
using one search.á You will also be able to request books from these other
libraries in the same way you can request books from a Pace Library on another
campus.á The books should arrive at your Pace Library within two to three
business days.
The founding members of ConnectNY include the
libraries of Bard College, Canisius College, Colgate University, Renssalear
Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. Lawrence
University, Siena College, Union College, United States Military Academy , and Vassar College.á There are a few other libraries that will be joining ConnectNY in the
upcoming year.á
Watch for further information this winter.
Medaline Philbert
The Frye Leadership Institute is a two-week intensive
residential program held at Emory University; 2005 marked the 6th
year of Frye. FyreÆs purpose is to mold and shape managers (young leaders) from
every department of an institution into the best leaders that they can be.á I
encourage you to submit an application to Frye.á YouÆll discover that we all
share the same issues regardless of institution, and youÆll also discover that
your department as well as your institution is on the right track, addressing
issues that some institutions are still struggling with.á During some of the
discussions I was happy to share Mr. MurdockÆs support for professional
development, his open door policy, and encouragement for his staff to be
innovative and creative in moving the library forward, the open relationship
that the libraryÆs IT personnel has with the institutionÆs IT personnel, and
the transparent approach Pace has taken through chat with the President, open
hours with the President and Provost, and the community forum to share various
issues that affect the community and how they may be addressed.á More
important, you come away from Frye exuberant with hope and strength to affect
change.
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David T.S. Leighton
Associate Librarian [Westchester]
In February 2005 The Senior Library Management Team met with
the President and Provost to present a comprehensive overview of the Pace
LibraryÆs 21st century projects and initiatives as we continue to
build the digital library. The session included a presentation and ensuing
discussion on the Learning Commons, an innovative paradigm for integrative
service delivery which is becoming an increasingly prominent feature of modern
academic libraries. The Commons offers an amalgam of tightly coordinated academic
support services, technology-enhanced teaching and learning spaces, and advanced
multi-media production capabilities to create a compelling one stop destination
and immediate referral for students and faculty.
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In Fall 1999, the library facilitated the
first UNV101 library sessions.á Since then, the UNV101 library session has
evolved and grown, always with the main goal to introduce incoming student to
the University Library and to set the foundation for further work in subsequent
library sessions.
In our evaluations, we received a number of
comments from instructors and students that the UNV101 library activity in Fall
2004 was too similar to what was presented in English classes.á We also
received a number of requests that students be given a tour of the library
building.á
Based on both these recommendations, this
year the UNV101 Library Orientation consists of a tour of the library followed
by a short demonstration of the Library homepage in the electronic classroom.á
UNV 101 Library tours consist of stops at
the Circulation/Access Services desk, the Reference desk and Reference
collection, Periodicals (PNY), the Multimedia Workstations (PLV), the microfilm
reader/printers (found fascinating by many students who have never used
microfilm before!), the circulating collection, the Writing Center, and finally
the electronic classroom where students see a short demonstration of some key
online resources.
We hope that this new approach will help
students to feel comfortable with the facility itself, and will help prepare
them for future visits to the Library with their English and other classes.
by Rey P. Racelis
Associate Univ. Librarian ûSystems Integration
Pace University Libraries
1)
Digital
Repository (aka Digital Commons):
The Library's project on preserving
the scholarly and intellectual output of the University Community is now fully
in place. The repository of digital scholarship is officially referred to as
the Digital Commons. In addition to faculty and staff, doctoral dissertations
of Pace PhD graduates as well as the Honors Theses of the PzorheimerÆs Honors College are also showcased. There are at present about 430 titles showcased in the
Digital Commons. Authors of documents who wish to find how many times their
documents have been accessed (meaning accessed with full text, downloaded or
presumably read) can request such report from the DC administrator . Likewise, the service
also monitors the number of simple visits (plainly viewing the bibliographic
record but no access to full text). Data on the sources of the initiated searches---where
and what parts of the world are the searches coming from-- are also available.
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As Pace University enters its centennial year, the Friends
of the Pace University Library are excited to be planning several upcoming
events to help the university celebrate.
On Tuesday, October 11 at 12PM in the Mortola Library, Dr.
Roy Girasa from the Lubin School of Business will be giving a talk on
cyberlaw. As author of the recent Cyberlaw:
national and international perspectives, Dr. Girasa will be bringing this current topic to
life through this enlightened and interesting discussion. For more
information, please contact Harriet Huang at hhuang@pace.edu.
On Wednesday
October 12 from 11-2 in front of the Mortola Library there will be a “Fall into
Reading” event. Members of the Pace Community are welcome to come and read
(or just listen) from a favorite work of literature as we celebrate the written
word through this read aloud event.For more information of if you would like
an opportunity to read please contact Christina Conte at cconte@pace.edu.
Please also keep an eye out for more information on other
events in the planning stages such as the Excellence in Research Award for
projects demonstrating distinction in research, a celebration of Caribbean music and heritage, and a November talk on “career vacations.”
