News from our Members

• Gary Roberts, Herrick Memorial Library at Alfred University has been selected as the new Director of Information Technology Services.

• Laurie McFadden, Herrick Memorial Library at Alfred University has had an article published in the July/August 2005 issue of College & Research Libraries News. In her article titled: “With honors: Librarians benefit from teaching in honors programs,” Laurie writes of the many benefits of librarians teaching elective classes in honors programs. She makes a case for librarians to propose classes that revolve around personal research interests or hobbies.

• Steve Bachman is the new library director at Your Home Public Library, Johnson City, NY.

• A new online database offers web users the ability to search for past, present and upcoming temporary glass exhibitions around the world. Compiled and maintained by The Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library of The Corning Museum of Glass, the world’s library of record on glass and glassmaking, the Worldwide Glass Exhibition Database can be found at www.cmog.org/exhibitionsdatabase.

• Please note that Broome Tioga School Library System, Broome Tioga BOCES has new phone numbers. Gail Barraco is 607-766-3730 and Lynn Anstey is 607-766-3731.

• Julia Schult has taken the position of adjunct librarian at SUNY Cortland.

• Cindy Maier, Associate Librarian for Reference and Archives at Corning Community College; Gretchen Douglas, Information and Computer Literacy Coordinator/Instructor at SUNY Cortland, Joyce Sen, Systems, Cataloging, Acquisitions at SUNY Delhi, and Stuart Basefsky, Senior Reference Librarian, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Catherwood Library, Cornell University received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship, May 2005. Congratulations to all four of you.

• Diane Dolbashian has been appointed head librarian of The Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library of The Corning Museum of Glass.

• Finger Lakes Library System is pleased to announce that Linda Beins will join the staff as ILL/Reference/Delivery Department Head.

• Herbert Finch, former Assistant Director of Cornell University Libraries, former President of The History Center in Tompkins County and a long time member of the SCRLC Board of Trustees and a great friend of the Council has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the New York State Board of Regents and the New York State Archives. Finch was also recently recognized by The History Center in Tompkins County with an award bearing his name: The C. Herbert Finch Award for Excellence. Herbert Finch passed away in April, 2005.