From: Schumacher, J
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 2:03 PM
To: Murray, Laura
Subject: SUNYConnection #24 (pls.excuse duplicates)

The SUNYConnection         Issue # 24               June 21, 2002
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SUNYCONNECT LMS PROGRESS REPORT
+ Cayuga and Morrisville are live!  Congratulations to Martha
        Lollis and Judy Campanella (and others at Cayuga), Bill Drew
        and Angela Weiler (and other staff members at Morrisville) on
        their "switch to production" using the SUNYConnect LMS (ALEPH500).
+ Cortland's final circulation data extract (from Multilis) has occurred.
+ Cortland and Herkimer's STPs have been delayed.
+ SUNY Oswego has successfully exported their MaRC records out of ALEPH
        for use in a regional union catalog.
+ Group3's SUNYConnect LMS systems (with the exception of Stony Brook
        HSC) will be hosted at ITEC.  The Group3 campuses are Canton,
        Delhi,Jefferson,Oneonta,Orange,Potsdam,Purchase,Rockland,
        Stony Brook HSC, Sullivan and Ulster.

SUNYCONNECT DATABASES / ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
+ SLiCAT's selection criteria for SUNYConnect electronic resources can
        be accessed at http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/sunyla2002.htm

ADDITIONAL SUNYCONNECT NEWS
+ Mr. Carey Hatch, Assistant Provost for Library and Information
        Services, has been appointed as the Co-Chair of the Higher
        Education Initiative Interim Governing Board along with Ms.
        Loretta Ebert (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute).
+ Steve Massey-Crouch and Lucy Yang (Tompkins Cortland) presented
        ALEPH demos at The New York State Library Assistants'
        Association Conference (June 13-14).
+ Thanks to Lisa Murphy (Onondaga) for volunteering some ALEPH
        assistance to other Group2 implementers.

ADDITIONAL READING / RESOURCES
+ Some SUNYLA Conference presentation materials and photos can be
        found at http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/sunyla2002.htm
+ North American ALEPH Users' Group (NAAUG) Annual Meeting web --
        http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/ulib/naaug2002/welcome.html

WORTH REPEATING...
"We are currently doing a survey of several libraries regarding the
following questions.
1.  The Library's Professional Full Time equivalent?
2.  The total Operating budget?
3.  The total Accusations budget?"

        -from an email-based library survey-

CALENDAR
Jun. 24;        Scheduled "STP" (Herkimer)
Jul. 4;         OLIS closed
Jul. 9;         Scheduled "STP" (Upstate Medical)
Jul. 10;        SUNY Library Contracts Advisory Team meeting -- Utica
Jul. 28-30;     NAAUG Annual Meeting -- Boston
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