Meeting of the Board of Regents | May 2007

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

TO:
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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


)

 

 

 

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