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Consider: “User Experience Librarian”, “Gaming Librarian” (also seen as

“Immersive Learning Librarian”), “Emerging Technologies Librarian”, and “Nextgen Librarian” (with ranks at I, II, and III levels). These are all academic librarian titles that have surfaced over the last couple of years or so. With titles like these it is easy to conclude that the profession is undergoing a drastic change. It leads old-timers like myself (I’ve been in the profession a whole 6 years now) to wonder what will become of us.

Upon closer look though, the essential functions of an academic library remain the same: We collect, organize, and distribute information in the most efficient means possible; we provide instruction so that students (and faculty) can locate and use information self-sufficiently; and we provide reference and research assistance for those elusive pieces of information. These tasks become more exciting when we examine and implement some of the cutting edge trends that have prompted new librarian titles.

Email reference is so 1990’s and may I add, not very effective. IM reference, using an application like Meebo, is much more efficient for those brief questions from the remote library user. Better yet, virtual reference allows for sophisticated reference questions to be addressed 24/7.

Librarians are being integrated into courseware and are team-teaching with faculty. They are part of organized learning communities. Libraries are now part of larger facilities that incorporate multiple components of student services such as academic advisement, skills centers, and even mental counseling services.

Not all of these ideas are new, but they are being refined with creative use of technology and innovative means of implementation. As a consequence, the role of the librarian in colleges and universities is expanding rapidly into new realms. Our Spring Conference this year “21st Century Libraries: Don’t Get Left Behind” examines how some of our regional librarians are exploring the possibilities available to academic librarians in this age. While I’m confident that we will not be left behind, I’m sure that our colleagues’ presentations will be fascinating and will spark some ideas in each of us. I look forward to seeing you there. Sincerely, Andrew Yeager, Medaille College Library President, Western New York/Ontario Chapter

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TREASURER’S REPORT March 31, 2008 Starting Balance (January 1, 2007) $4,167.64 Revenue Membership/Renewals Dues (US: 3 members) $45.00 Miscellaneous deposit $9.51 Student Fund Contributions 2.00 Conference Registrations 252.00 Revenue 308.51 Expenses Conference reservation (Spring 08) 500.00 Past Conference expenses 148.00 Newsletter printing 281.25 Bank fees 19.57 Total Expenses (948.82) Current Balance $3527.33 Student Fund Balance $749.39

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Ken Fujiuchi, Buffalo State College Kathryn A. Frederick, Elmira College

David Sharron, Brock University Glenn V. Woike, Daemen College

Mark Freeman, Architect, Daemen library project Jennifer Freer and Roman Koshykar, Rochester Institute of Technology

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CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE OOVVEERRVVIIEEWW The Western New York/Ontario chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries (WNY/O ACRL) invites you to a day-long conference designed to address the evolving 21st century library. Not only has the library's daily functions changed, but so has the physical space. Please join us at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Niagara Falls, NY, where we will explore topics such as social networking, copyright, academic integrity, management issues, changing job descriptions, partnering, renovations, and more!

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Crowne Plaza, Niagara Falls This upscale Niagara Falls hotel offers 391 newly renovated guest rooms and suites, as well as over 17,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, located in the heart of the downtown tourist area. It is located just minutes away from Niagara University and less than a 1/2 hour drive from Buffalo, N.Y

Session One, Keynote address The 21st Century Librarian: Identity and Creativity in a Brave New World

Kathryn A. Frederick, Elmira College (kfrederick@elmira.edu) Ken Fujiuchi, Buffalo State College (fujiuck@buffalostate.edu)

The modern librarian practices time-tested methods and embraces professional principles while simultaneously

absorbing new technologies. Yet, the online world is full of overnight booms and busts, bubbles and blips. In this fast-paced environment, we strive to keep our libraries, our patrons, and ourselves in tune with the newest tools and trends while managing day-to-day workload. Ms. Frederick and Mr. Fujiuchi will discuss reconnecting with core professional values while exploring creative solutions to 21st Century challenges. Their presentation will demonstrate that professional identity and creative thinking are the keys to staying current and building a dynamic library presence.

Kathryn A. Frederick is the Access and Electronic Services Librarian at Elmira College (Elmira, NY). Ms. Frederick views libraries as vital social institutions and ponders their changing role in society. She is interested in expanding the scope and quality of library services by, among other things, integrating emerging technologies and open source tools. Ms. Frederick is active in the New York Library Association (NYLA), currently serving as President of the NYLA SMART section. Website: www.kathrynfrederick.org.

Ken Fujiuchi is the Emerging Technology Librarian in E. H. Butler Library. He comes to Buffalo State from the University at Buffalo, where he worked as a lab and instructional facilities coordinator and adjunct faculty member in the School of Informatics. Fujiuchi holds a B.A. in English, and Masters in Library Science from the University at Buffalo. His research interests include Web 2.0/Library 2.0, information literacy, information storage and retrieval, and human-computer interaction.

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9:00 – 9:30 Registration, Continental Breakfast & an opportunity to view poster sessions

9:30 – 9:35 Opening Remarks

Session One: Kathryn A. Frederick and Ken Fujiuchi 9:35 – 10:45

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break and an opportunity to view poster sessions

Session Two: David Sharron

Lunch and a final opportunity to view poster sessions

11:00 – 12:00

12:00 – 1:00

Session Three: Glenn V. Woike and Mark Freeman 1:00 – 2:00

2:00 – 2:15 Break

2:15 – 3:15

3:15 – 3:30

Session Four: Jennifer Freer and Roman Koshykar

Closing Remarks

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Session Two Working in Archives in the Digital World

David Sharron, Brock University (dsharron@brocku.edu)

The very essence of working with archival collections is much the same as twenty years ago - collections arrive, content is evaluated, records are organized and finding aids are made to improve access. However, with the growth, potential and popularity of digital media, there is much more to consider when administering primary records. This presentation will look at the benefits and challenges associated with managing archival repositories in a digitally oriented world with specific attention given to time management, funding and collaboration. David Sharron is the Head of Special Collections and Archives in the James A. Gibson Library at Brock University. He holds a Masters degree in History with an Archives Specialization and is a certified archivist. David has been working in the archival administration field for over nine years. He has had diverse experiences working with archival records from a federal institution at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to a municipal / community archives at the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre in Southampton, Ontario, and now at a post-secondary institution - Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.

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Session Three The New Library at Daemen College: A 21st Century Space for Learning

Glenn V. Woike, Daemen College (gwoike@daemen.edu)

Mark Freeman, Architect, Daemen library project The new Daemen College "Center for Information, Research, and Community Programs" is scheduled to open in January 2009. This will be a brand new library facility for Daemen College, replacing a building constructed in 1953. This presentation will discuss the vision of academic library service that lies behind the design of Daemen's 21st century library. The following questions will also be addressed: What process did Daemen follow to plan a new library? How will the library interior be laid out, and why will it look the way it does? What future library service principles are reflected in the design of the building? What are some things that we can ALL learn from the process of designing a 21st century library? After receiving degrees from DePauw University, Yale University, and University at Buffalo, Mr. Woike was appointed Head Librarian at Daemen College in 1981. Mr. Woike has been involved in every phase of designing the Center for Information, Research, and Community Programs at Daemen College. He authored the vision statement which launched the beginnings of the new building in 1994. He was a member of the Long Range Planning Committee which recommended building a new library. He was appointed chair of the Library Planning Team, and he subsequently wrote the building program for the new facility. Mr. Woike is currently chair of the Furnishings Committee for the new Center for Information, Research and Community Programs at Daemen College. As a British trained architect Mr. Freeman's twenty-odd years of professional experience have been divided between Great Britain and the United States. In the UK this experience covered a range of building types, including housing and entertainment, but predominately in education, such as the Arts and Technology Building at Uppingham School for Boys and both the Mathematics and Medical Research Buildings at Leicester University. His work in the States has seen a narrowing focus of interest in libraries for higher education institutions and more specifically library buildings planned around a Learning Commons. In the last ten years he has worked on eight Libraries with Learning Commons. These projects have ranged from the extensive, as in the extension and renovation of the National Library of Medicine or the Georgia Institute of Technology Innovative Learning Resource Center to the modest, as in the renovation of Mortola Library at Pace University that reorients an existing building on a new Learning Commons. They have included exclusively renovation projects such as the replanning of three floors of a thirteen story tower at Boston University and newly conceived buildings such as a new library at Daemen College, the Center for Information Research and Community Programs.

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Session Four Partnering for First Year Success

Jennifer Freer (jlfwml@rit.edu)

Roman Koshykar (rgkwml@rit.edu) Wallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y.

The Wallace Library at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has worked to reach out to first year students in recent years through a number of avenues, including an Open House during orientation week and Fall Quarter library tours for all first year students enrolled in the First Year Enrichment program (FYE). The tours are part of the FYE curriculum and present a general overview of the variety of resources and services the library offers. Introducing first year students to the value of subject resources is sometimes more difficult. One traditional solution is to have library liaisons present instruction sessions based on the syllabus and instructor-designed assignments in FYE classes. This past fall, two liaison librarians representing different RIT colleges forged a partnership with an FYE instructor to collaborate on creating a research assignment for the Winter Quarter. The librarians and the instructor collaborated on the entire process - co-creating the interdisciplinary research topics, posting a web guide with recommended resources, creating and delivering an interactive library instruction presentation, offering students follow-up consultation opportunities, and participating in the students' preliminary project presentations. This partnership provided the library liaisons with both a model of how to work with instructors teaching first and second year students and a model of how to work with each other on interdisciplinary assignments.

Jennifer Freer is the library liaison to the Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Prior to joining RIT, she was a Business Reference Librarian for The Conference Board in New York City from 1995 to 2002. She earned her M.L.S. from Queens College and her current library interests include using Web 2.0 technologies to make information accessible.

Roman Koshykar is currently the Librarian Liaison to the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at the Rochester Insitute of Technology's Wallace Library. Roman's interests include providing innovative and interactive library instruction, instructing patrons in the use of citation management systems, use of social networking technology in libraries, and integrating new technologies into library services. Roman holds an M.S. in library and information sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a B.S. in biological sciences from Cornell University. Prior to his current position, Roman was Librarian for Engineering at Binghamton University.

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Sticker Shock: Publicizing the Rising Cost of Scientific Journals

Rachel Inbar, Reference Assistant Engineering Library , Cornell University

The Engineering Library at Cornell University recently mounted an electronic exhibit called "Sticker Shock 2," updating a similar exhibition from 2002, that highlights the ever-increasing cost of providing access to scientific journals. The exhibition compares the subscription cost of several important journals in the the fields of engineering and computer science to similarly priced goods including a new car, a jet ski, and a vacation abroad. Additional information regarding the percentage increase in subscription cost and each title's cost-per-use figure is included. This exhibit is intended as an eye-catching and entertaining way to inform the community about the expense involved in providing the information resources necessary for research and scholarship. It is also intended to prompt discussion among patrons, library professionals and publishers about some the economic challenges they face in the 21st century. The presentation will include still images from the online exhibit as well as print material developed in conjunction with the exhibit.

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Expanding beyond our library walls: Integrating into a patron’s community through Facebook

Bridget Schumacher, Assistant Librarian

Ligaya Ganster, Information Literacy Librarian State University of New York at Buffalo State University of New York at Buffalo

As society changes with the adaptation of new, emerging technology, so does the library. Reaching beyond the traditional brick and mortar setting, the 21st century library has the opportunity to embrace change and expand library services by new means of communication. Online social networking is emerging as one of many new methods of communication, particularly for young adults in the18-24 age range. Facebook, a social networking tool and popular website for college students, provides libraries with the opportunity to develop an outreach presence within an online community. Libraries can update and inform their online community of new events, workshops, library services and resources. In addition, students, faculty and staff can provide discussion and feedback regarding library services. This poster presentation demonstrates the design of an interactive page on Facebook, including the use of third party applications for a more engaging virtual presence. Custom applications can be developed for searching the holdings within a library catalog. Challenges and ideas for marketing pages on Facebook will also be presented.

What is an Unconference, Anyway? Flexible Forms of Library Continuing Ed

Erin Dorney, May 2008 graduate candidate from Syracuse University (MLIS & CAS-DL) Rochester Institute of Technology

As the 21st century library continues its evolution, continuing education is also evolving. Although traditional library conferences are in no threat of extinction (and with good reason), more flexible, collaborative, and cost-effective methods of continuing education are becoming popular. These methods include “unconferences”, meetings in virtual worlds including Second Life, real-time webinars, podcasts and teleconferences. Many of these events are low cost or free, and if electronically based, accessible nationwide. No longer restrained by cost or location, library staff have more opportunities than ever to participate in a variety of continuing education activities. This poster presentation will discuss past examples of library “unconferences” including the Syracuse Library Camp as well as a variety of virtual learning opportunities. Handouts and links to various resources will be provided for conference attendees.  

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21st Century Library Students

Erin Dorney, May 2008 graduate candidate from Syracuse University (MLIS & CAS-DL) Rochester Institute of Technology

As the 21st century library continues its evolution, library school graduates are also evolving. Much talk occurs today about libraries “remaining relevant”, changing job descriptions and duties, the move to digital and electronic resources, and how we can better serve our users. This poster presentation is a collection of thoughts and ideas from current MLIS students at Syracuse University. With some close to graduation and some just beginning, in distance programs and in campus courses, this poster offers an inside look at how current library students intend to shape and participate in the library of the future. Conference attendees will have the chance to learn about why library students have chosen to enter the profession, where they see libraries going in the future, and what skills they are currently learning. The poster presentation will be presented by Erin Dorney, a May 2008 MLIS & CAS-DL candidate from the Syracuse University Distance Learning program

No Virtual Reference Yet?

Tim Ribaric and Laurie Morrison Brock University  Those co-browsing platforms at bit too pricy for you? Today it’s easy today to start a virtual reference service regardless of budget restraints or size of library. No need for expensive (often unstable) push technologies, proprietary software or, at the other end of the financial spectrum, overly simple chat software (eg. MSN). This poster presentation will outline an easy and fast solution offered by open source software to get your VR started. The James A. Gibson Library, at Brock University, began its virtual reference service in 2006 taking advantage of the expansive body of literature about VR in academic libraries. During this first year, we started a simple pilot project (Microsoft Messenger) with staffing for 3 hours a day. Realizing the potential to extend the service, we sought out a more user friendly and flexible technology. Crafty Syntax, an open source software, offered greater flexibility and robust data collection about users. It allowed for a more comprehensive connection with users; no need for users to create separate user account and load an application (MSN). A "Live Help!" icon was embedded into the Library website making us (JAG) present to our users everywhere on our site without any additional software or plug ins. The increase of user questions is testimony to the success of our service; in one semester we have quadrupled our statistics. This session will outline how to start using Crafty Syntax in under an hour and customize it to your own web environment. We will also explore its use for individual reference librarians and for collecting user statistics

Registration Form WNY/ONTARIO ACRL Chapter Spring Conference 2008

(Please Print Legibly) Name: ________________________________Work Phone: _____________________ Institution:______________________________________________________________ Work Address: __________________________________________________________ City: _____________________ State/Prov.____________ Postal /Zip Code: _________ E-mail Address: _________________________ Chapter Member? _____ Yes _____ No (Email required if you want confirmation.) Fees (includes continental breakfast, breaks and hot buffet lunch) $85 ____ for ACRL WNY/O chapter members or ___ library support staff** $100 ____ for non-members $40 ____ for full-time library school students $50 ____ for attendees presenting a poster session Membership for ACRL Western New York Ontario is $15.00 per year and $10.00 for ACRL National members. There is no price difference between Canadian and American members. **If you are currently not a member, you may become one and take advantage of the member conference rates. Simply add membership dues to your registration check. All memberships expire as of August 31st each year. If you did not pay your membership for this year, please take the time to do so now. Check here ____ if you are paying membership dues now. $10.00 / $15.00 (please circle one) Check here ____ if you wish to donate $1 toward our Library School Student Conference Scholarship. Two scholarships are to be awarded at the conference. Total amount of check: $ __________ Receipts will be available the day of the conference. We do not send confirmations by mail. Registration deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008 Please make checks payable to: Western New York/Ontario ACRL Please mail checks and forms to:

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RIT Inn and Conference Center, Rochester, NY

The fall conference was held October 12, 2007 at the RIT Inn and Conference Center in Rochester, New York. The day-long conference centered on the new models of teaching and learning in the online environment, and how they can be applied to libraries.

Nicki Lerczak displays her poster presentation about distance learning students at Genesee Community College.

Stephanie Rothenberg describes a new course—“Designed Play”—offered in the Department of Visual Studies at SUNY Buffalo.

As keynote speaker, Harry E. Pence of SUNY Oneonta speaks about his personal and educational experiences using Second Life.

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“Online Tutorials: Collaboration and Assessment”, poster presented by Andrew Yeager of Medaille College.

Elin O’Hara of SUNY Plattsburgh presents her poster session, “Information Literacy on the Q.T.”.

A poster session about incorporating online tutorials into the curriculum by Tiffany Walsh and Ligaya Ganster of SUNY Buffalo.

Ken Fujiuchi of Buffalo State College began a panel discussion designed to define virtual worlds and present the issues that arise when implementing them within academic institutions.

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