Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:23:20 -0400

      Author: SCHUMAJE@slscva.sysadm.suny.edu

      Subject: SUNYConnection #39 (pls.excuse duplicates)

      Body: The SUNYConnection Issue # 39 September 12, 2003
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      SUNYCONNECT LMS PROGRESS REPORT 
      + All Group4 campuses have received at least one test (ALEPH)
      database.
      + Group4 "STPs" are scheduled approximately once a week from
      the end of September to mid-December.
      + Ex Libris' Chris Holly has been given responsibilities as
      Genesee's Implementation Librarian.
      + Customized ALEPH reports, developed by OLIS (Natalie Sturr)
      and reviewed by SUNYAUG, are now available.
      + Stony Brook's standalone SUNYConnect LMS has been upgraded
      to ALEPH500 14.2 (patch 7). 

      SUNYCONNECT DATABASES / ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
      + JSTOR collections are now available to those campuses that 
      opted to participate in this program. SUNY System 
      Administration's contribution for the one time JSTOR 
      "Archive Capital Fee" is $650,550.

      ADDITIONAL SUNYCONNECT NEWS 
      + Requests for report writing access and other "server-intensive" 
      activities on the shared SUNYConnect servers need to be 
      sent to olis_service@ls.suny.edu
      + Registrations for the September 19 SUNYAUG meeting have
      reached the maximum.
      + Please send your ALEPH cataloging/authorities software
      enhancements to scard@binghamton.edu (Sandy Card)
      by September 15, 2003.
      + Congratulations to Ex Libris' Naomi Conforti ('nee Leiser)
      on her recent marriage.
      + Congratulations to Ex Libris' Sherri Saltzman on the birth
      of her baby.

      ADDITIONAL READING / RESOURCES 
      + The JSTOR web site -- http://www.jstor.org

      WORTH REPEATING... 
      "The states will then learn that important [public higher 
      education] institutions are easy to destroy and devilishly 
      difficult to rebuild."
      Universities in Decline (editorial)
      New York Times August 26, 2003

      CALENDAR 
      Sep. 19; SUNYAUG meeting -- Syracuse
      Sep. 22-24; ICAU Annual Meeting -- Vienna
      Sep. 24; SUNYConnect Advisory Council meeting -- Albany
      Sep. 25; Alfred State's scheduled "STP"
      Oct. 2; Alfred University's scheduled "STP"
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