Day before Thanksgiving updates
Plans for the conference are definitely moving ahead . . .
1) Dawn Eckenrode and Lisa Forrest have been in contact with library school students at the U of Buffalo and will be hosting a dessert and tea reception for the students on Dec. 8. At this meeting, Lisa and Dawn will encourage students to join SUNYLA, as well as attend/participate in the 2006 conference. They are also thinking about planning a similar event at Syracuse University's library school. Lisa and Dawn have been very creative in developing promotional posters and informational packets for UB's students. We have also set forth a motion through SUNYLA's Executive Council to get minimal funding for the necessary refreshments.
2) The conference website address has changed slightly. It can now be found at http://library.geneseo.edu/sunyla2006/index.htm. The website is a work in progress as we wait for an official logo to complete the look of our site. The Local Arrangements Committee is working diligently on securing a local artist to create an oak tree logo, specifically designed for the 2006 conference. The submission forms for presentation proposals are now in working order and potential presenters are free to submit their ideas via the conference website.
3) Sue Ann Brainard and I recently met with SUNY Geneseo's Special Events Coordinator to move forward with our plans for campus housing, room arrangements and technical needs, parking permits, campus signage issues, and other logistical details. The next day, Sue Ann, Sonja Landes, and Nancy Greco met with Campus Auxiliary Services to discuss food details - breakfasts, snacks, lunches, etc. Contrary to our original plan, the Thursday lunch will now be held in our Union Ballroom, to allow for more space, efficiency, and accommodations for the annual luncheon business meeting. We hope to serve breakfasts and snacks in Milne Library's group study area (main floor), where vendors will be located and ready to answer conference attendees' questions and concerns. In the same area, we have two glassed-in study rooms, where we plan to house the poster sessions. With the combination of vendors, posters, and food, we hope that this will be a busy and exciting place to visit before, in-between, and after conference sessions.
4) Details for the Wednesday night welcoming event are still in the planning stages, led by Nancy Greco's Membership Development Committee. We do know, however, that the event will take place in Milne Library, within our 3rd floor comfortable study area. From this side of the building, there is a gorgeous view of the Genesee Valley, and we hope to highlight one of our usual stunning sunsets at the time of the membership welcome. Hosting the event inside will prevent us from making last minute changes if the weather does not turn out as beautiful as we hope it will be. We will also be able to enjoy the A/C of Milne Library, if June turns out to be a hot, hot month.
More details to come . . .
1) Dawn Eckenrode and Lisa Forrest have been in contact with library school students at the U of Buffalo and will be hosting a dessert and tea reception for the students on Dec. 8. At this meeting, Lisa and Dawn will encourage students to join SUNYLA, as well as attend/participate in the 2006 conference. They are also thinking about planning a similar event at Syracuse University's library school. Lisa and Dawn have been very creative in developing promotional posters and informational packets for UB's students. We have also set forth a motion through SUNYLA's Executive Council to get minimal funding for the necessary refreshments.
2) The conference website address has changed slightly. It can now be found at http://library.geneseo.edu/sunyla2006/index.htm. The website is a work in progress as we wait for an official logo to complete the look of our site. The Local Arrangements Committee is working diligently on securing a local artist to create an oak tree logo, specifically designed for the 2006 conference. The submission forms for presentation proposals are now in working order and potential presenters are free to submit their ideas via the conference website.
3) Sue Ann Brainard and I recently met with SUNY Geneseo's Special Events Coordinator to move forward with our plans for campus housing, room arrangements and technical needs, parking permits, campus signage issues, and other logistical details. The next day, Sue Ann, Sonja Landes, and Nancy Greco met with Campus Auxiliary Services to discuss food details - breakfasts, snacks, lunches, etc. Contrary to our original plan, the Thursday lunch will now be held in our Union Ballroom, to allow for more space, efficiency, and accommodations for the annual luncheon business meeting. We hope to serve breakfasts and snacks in Milne Library's group study area (main floor), where vendors will be located and ready to answer conference attendees' questions and concerns. In the same area, we have two glassed-in study rooms, where we plan to house the poster sessions. With the combination of vendors, posters, and food, we hope that this will be a busy and exciting place to visit before, in-between, and after conference sessions.
4) Details for the Wednesday night welcoming event are still in the planning stages, led by Nancy Greco's Membership Development Committee. We do know, however, that the event will take place in Milne Library, within our 3rd floor comfortable study area. From this side of the building, there is a gorgeous view of the Genesee Valley, and we hope to highlight one of our usual stunning sunsets at the time of the membership welcome. Hosting the event inside will prevent us from making last minute changes if the weather does not turn out as beautiful as we hope it will be. We will also be able to enjoy the A/C of Milne Library, if June turns out to be a hot, hot month.
More details to come . . .
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