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Meeting of the Board of Regents | May 2007

Tuesday, May 1, 2007 - 11:00pm

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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

/ THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234


TO:


FROM:


 

 


SUBJECT:

Recommendations of the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries


DATE:

May 1, 2007

 


STRATEGIC GOAL:

2, 3, 4, and 5


 

 


AUTHORIZATION(S):

 


 

 

 


SUMMARY

 


Issue for Discussion

 

              How can the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries (RAC) and the Regents work together to sustain library funding increases achieved over the last two years?

 


Reason(s) for Consideration

 

Review of policy.

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Proposed Handling

 

              This question will come before the Cultural Education Committee at the May meeting. The Regents Advisory Council chair will present the Council’s recommendations for 2007. After the presentation, the Committee will have the opportunity to question Council members and discuss their recommendations in detail.

 


Procedural History

 

              The Regents Advisory Council on Libraries, the oldest continuing Regents advisory council, advises the Board on issues concerning library policy, works with the officers of the State Education Department in developing a comprehensive statewide library and information policy, and makes recommendations to the Regents for implementing library programs and initiatives.

 


 


 


Background Information

 

Each year, Council members report directly to the Regents on their activities, concerns, and recommendations. Members include community leaders and library leaders who study and review the library services provided in New York State. A list of the Council members is attached.

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Recommendation

 

              Staff recommend that the Regents consider the advice of the Regents Advisory Council and work with its members to address their concerns as circumstances permit.

 


Timetable for Implementation

 

              Implementation should begin immediately as a basis for the 2008–09 budget and legislative priorities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


MEMBERS OF THE REGENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL ON LIBRARIES



Member (term expires


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Ms. Ellen Bach (2009)


Attorney


Whiteman, Osterman, & Hanna, LLP


One Commerce Plaza


Albany
, NY  12260


(518) 487-7736  Fax:  (518) 487-7777


E-mail:  ebach@woh.com



 



Ms. Mary Lou Caskey


(2008)


Director, Mid-York Library System


1600 Lincoln Avenue


Utica
, NY  13502


(315) 735-8328  Fax:  (315) 735-0943


E-mail:  mcaskey@midyork.org


 



 



Mr. David S. Ferriero  (2009)

Andrew W. Mellon Director and Chief Executive of the Research Libraries


The New York Public Library


Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, Room 213


New York
, NY  10018


(212) 930-0674  Fax:  (212) 869-3567


E-mail:  david@nypl.org


 



Ms. Barbara R. Hamlin  (2011)


107 Howell St
.


Canandaigua
, NY  14424


(585) 396-3191


E-mail:  h107@frontiernet.net



 



 



Mr. Norman J. Jacknis (2009)


Chief Information Officer


Department of Information Technology


148 Martine Ave.


White Plains
, NY  10601


(914) 995-2976  Fax:  (914) 995-2999


E-mail:  norm@jacknis.com


 



 




 



Mr. Timothy V. Johnson (2007)


Librarian for Africana Studies, Anthropology & Food Science


New York
University
Libraries


70 Washington Square
Park


New York
, NY  10012-1091


E-mail:  timothy.johnson@nyu.edu



 



Ms. Lucretia McClure* (2011)


Special Assistant to the Director


Countway Library of Medicine -Harvard Medical School


10 Shattuck Street


Boston
, MA  02115


(617) 432-2635  Fax:  (617) 432-0693


E-mail:  lucretia_mcclure@hms.harvard.edu


 



Mr. Samuel L. Simon (2010)


Trustee, Ramapo Catskill Library System


2 Salisbury Point 6C


South Nyack, NY  10960


(845) 358-1825


E-mail:  snesimon@optonline.net


 



Dr. Karen Patricia Smith (2007)


Professor, Queens College


Graduate School of Library and Information Studies


Rosenthal Library – Room 254


65-30 Kissena Blvd.


Flushing
, NY  11367


(718) 997-3790  Fax:  (914) 997-7197


E-mail:  Alice31smith@optonline.net


 



Ms. Carol Tauriello

  (2008)


Director, Erie 1 BOCES School Library System


355 Harlem Road


West Seneca
, NY  14224


(716) 821-7070  Fax:  (716) 821-7292


E-mail:  ctauriello@e1b.org



 



Mr. Irving Toliver** (2007)


Director. Human Services Department


Town of Huntington


Huntington
, NY  11743


(631) 351-3067  Fax: (631) 425-0746


E-mail:  Itoliver@Town.Huntington.ny.us


 


 


 






 



 



*Chair



**Vice Chair



 



Staff:


Janet M. Welch                                             State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries                         (518) 474-5930


Loretta Ebert                                                 Director, New York State Library                                                                  (518) 473-1189


Carol Desch                                                  Coordinator, Statewide Library Services                                                      (518) 486-4862


Fran Roscello                                                Associate, School Library Media Services (EMSC)                
                 
(518) 474-8485