Meeting, February 21st

The next NLDG meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Special Collections Reading Room (Room C196.05) of the Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center.

Margaret Bausman, Instructional and Reference Librarian at the Schools of Social Work and Public Health Library at Hunter College, will talk about her experiences as a new academic librarian, and the things that she wished she had known before starting her new career. This is an opportunity to ask questions of a new professional of what it is like, and what can be expected when one is employed in academia.

Ms. Bausman completed her MSLIS degree at Long Island University’s Palmer School in the Rare Books and Special Collections concentration and earned a certificate in Archives and Records Management in 2010. Prior to this, she worked as a clinician and administrator in children’s community mental health services.

Light snacks will be served.

RSVP by February 19th to either Michael Handis (mhandis@gc.cuny.edu) or Linda Miles (lmiles.librarian@gmail.com).

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Speaker: Susanne Markgren

The last meeting of the NLDG was held on Thursday, May 5th. Susanne Markgren, the immediate past president of ACRL/NY and the Digital Services Librarian at Purchase College, SUNY, gave a talk entitled: Create an E-Portfolio: Manage Your Online Identity and Improve Your Skills of Self-Promotion, which was attended by eleven people. Ms. Markgren gave the pros and cons of creating an online presence. She warned that professional and personal can sometimes intermingle and to be careful. She went through the various online sites where she has established a presence. Questions were asked throughout the talk.

Last Meeting of the Academic Year, May 13, 2010

The last meeting for the academic year will be held Thursday, May 13, 2010, 6-8 p.m.

Speakers: Julie Cunningham, Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center and Elisabeth Tapperiner, Hostos Community College

Topic: “The Whys and Hows to Creating a Good Resume”

What makes a good resume? Ms. Cunningham, the Chief Librarian at the Mina Rees Library, comes from a public services background while Ms. Tappeiner, the Interim Chief Librarian at Hostos, comes from technical services. Both have extensive experience serving on library search committees.

This will be a workshop format and will deal with critiquing resumes as well as answering any questions about how library academic search committees operate and what they look for on resumes.

The meeting will be held in

C196.05 (Special Collections Reading Room), Mina Rees Library

CUNY Graduate Center

365 Fifth Ave.

New York, NY 10016-4309

Light snacks will be served.

RSVP by May 12^th to Michael Handis (mhandis@gc.cuny.edu).

You must register to attend and bring a picture ID.

Space is limited and your name must appear on the security list.

Meeting: March 18th, 6-8 pm

The next  meeting of the NLDG will be held  Thursday, March 18, 2010, 6-8 p.m.

Speaker:  W. Gerald Heverly, New York University

Topic:  “How to get Ideas for Professional Publications”

W. Gerald Heverly is the Librarian for Classics, Hellenic Studies, and Philosophy at Bobst Library, New York University.  He is active in a number of professional organizations, including ACRL’s Western European Studies Section and the American Philological Association.  In addition, he serves on the mentoring committee of NYU Librarians and was chair of the committee from 2006 to 2008.  He has published in both library and classics journals.

The meeting will be held in

C196.05 (Special Collections Reading Room), Mina Rees Library

CUNY Graduate Center

365 Fifth Ave.

New York, NY  10016-4309

Light snacks will be served.

RSVP by March 17^th to Michael Handis (mhandis@gc.cuny.edu).

You must register to attend and bring a picture ID.

Space is limited and your name must appear on the security list.

Remember: only members of ACRL/NY can attend.

Looking forward to tomorrow’s meeting at Mercy College

Well, we have a nice group, about 24, signed up to attend our meeting tomorrow morning.  (Mercy College-Manhattan, Room 737, 9-10:45 a.m.)  We will be having a guest speaker, Heather Saunders from Purchase College Library.  She is the art librarian there and has been there for just over a year.  I thought it would be nice to invite her to talk/reflect on her first year as a professional librarian.  She has been musing over sharing a bit of what she knows now and what it would mean if she knew it when she started.  This will definitely get the conversation rolling, and others have already shared their ideas of things to talk about too.   So, there will be plenty of meeting, greeting, conversation, discussion, and of course food, coffee and donuts. See you there!