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AetherCon VI

November 11, 2017 by Rob McClellan 1 Comment

A neat bit of news: I’m moderating some guest Q&A panels at AetherCon VI, which is in full swing now.

AetherCon is an all-online convention where participants can roll from one panel room to another, visit events, and partake in moderated gaming sessions with game masters from every time zone.

In my case, I’ll be talking to representatives from some really neat game manufacturers. There will be five separate Q&A sessions:

 

Saturday Sessions

1:00 PM 

Guests: Mortis Logan, Paul Reid

Ral Partha Europe

 

2:00 PM

Guests: Chris Garland

Timeline, LTD.

 

Sunday Sessions

12:00 PM

Guests: Josh Harrison, Andrew Ragland, Mary Harrison

FASA Games

 

1:00 PM

Guests: Rodney Sloan, Bob Storrar

Rising Phoenix Games (South Africa)

 

2:00 PM

Guest: Justin Andrew Mason

Paths to Adventure (Big Book of Maps)

 

 

 

I’d love to see you there!

Filed Under: Events, Meetings, My projects, News & Announcements, Sci-Fi Tagged With: AetherCon gaming news panels interviews discussion guests

Registration is Open for NYTSL’s Spring Program

April 23, 2015 by Jon Frater Leave a Comment

And this one is going to be fascinating, so if you’re interested, go to the NYTSL website and register now!

 

Disaster Recovery for the Digital Library

Presented by the New York Technical Services LibrariansOur presenters will present two real-world library disaster recoveries in New York City and how to better prepare for the future.

Date:
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
5:00 – 7:30 PM
Refreshments: 5 – 6 PM
Program 6 – 7:30 PM

Location:
The New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, South Court Auditorium
476 Fifth Avenue (at 42nd Street)
New York, NY 10018$15 for current members
$30 for event + new or renewed membership
$20 for event + new or renewed student membership
$40 for non-members

Register online at http://nytsl.org/nytsl/disaster-recovery-for-the-digital-library-spring-program/

Speakers:

Frank Monaco

Frank J. Monaco and Associates LLC
Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, nearby Pace University faced emergency conditions in implementing a less than perfect IT Disaster Recovery plan.  This presentation will first review, from the point of view of the then current Chief Information Officer, what his organization (and the entire University) faced and how he and his team dealt with the situation.  After this brief review, a discussion of what digital disaster recovery technologies have emerged since that fateful day, and how Universities, to include their libraries, can take better advantage of these DR developments.
Neil H. Rambo
Director, NYU Health Sciences Libraries and Knowledge Informatics
When Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New York City on the evening of October 29, 2012, it produced an unprecedented storm surge along portions of the East River. The facilities and infrastructure of the NYU Langone Medical Center were overwhelmed by the violent flood. The NYU Health Sciences Library facility was destroyed. But library services and support across the Medical Center were only briefly disrupted. This review will focus on the recovery efforts made in the aftermath of the destruction, from immediate-term to the present. The focus of those efforts were and are on strengthening the digital library, increasing the presence of librarians with user groups, and redefining the nature and role of the library across the Medical Center. In parallel with these efforts and informed by them, the library facility has been reconceived and is now under construction, to be opened in late 2015.

Filed Under: Books, Cataloging, Library Resources, Meetings, Nerd Alert Tagged With: cataloging, disaster recovery, NYTSL

NYTSL 2015 Spring Reception and Program

March 10, 2015 by Jon Frater Leave a Comment

Just as a (not so) brief reminder, NYTSL’s programs are running their usual course. Here’s the latest announcement for the spring reception and spring program, which went out the other day:

NYTSL 2015 Spring Reception
Please join us for the Spring 2015 New York Technical Services Librarians Annual Reception for Librarians, Information Professionals and Library School Students.

When:
Friday, April 10, 2015
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Where:
Butler Library
Room 522-523
Columbia University Libraries
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027

FREE

Wine & Cheese will be served.

Why:
This is an opportunity for librarians, archivists, and information professionals from the metropolitan area to meet informally. It is also a chance for library school students to learn about the various professional organizations in the metropolitan area and to meet future colleagues and employers.

Library students who attend will be entered in a raffle to win a myMETRO membership. You are welcome to bring announcements of professional opportunities to the reception.

Reception co-sponsors welcome. If your professional organization would like to co-sponsor the reception, please contact us to make arrangements.

Due to limited space, registration is required and we will not be able to accept walk-in registration for this event. Register online at http://nytsl.org/nytsl/nytsl-2015-spring-reception/

NYTSL 2015 Spring Program – Disaster Recovery for the Digital Library

Our presenters will present two real-world library disaster recoveries in New York City and how to better prepare for the future.
When:
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
5:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Where:
The New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, South Court Auditorium
476 Fifth Avenue (at 42nd Street)
New York, NY 10018

$15 for current members
$30 for event + new or renewed membership
$20 for event + new or renewed student membership
$40 for non-members

Register online at http://nytsl.org/nytsl/disaster-recovery-for-the-digital-library-spring-program/
Speakers:
Frank Monaco, Frank J. Monaco and Associates LLC
Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, nearby Pace University faced emergency conditions in implementing a less than perfect IT Disaster Recovery plan.  This presentation will first review, from the point of view of the then current Chief Information Officer, what his organization (and the entire University) faced and how he and his team dealt with the situation.  After this brief review, a discussion of what digital disaster recovery technologies have emerged since that fateful day, and how Universities, to include their libraries, can take better advantage of these DR developments.

Neil H. Rambo, Director, NYU Health Sciences Libraries and Knowledge Informatics

When Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New York City on the evening of October 29, 2012, it produced an unprecedented storm surge along portions of the East River. The facilities and infrastructure of the NYU Langone Medical Center were overwhelmed by the violent flood. The NYU Health Sciences Library facility was destroyed. But library services and support across the Medical Center were only briefly disrupted. This review will focus on the recovery efforts made in the aftermath of the destruction, from immediate-term to the present. The focus of those efforts were and are on strengthening the digital library, increasing the presence of librarians with user groups, and redefining the nature and role of the library across the Medical Center. In parallel with these efforts and informed by them, the library facility has been reconceived and is now under construction, to be opened in late 2015.

Filed Under: Library Hijinks, Library Resources, Meetings Tagged With: NTYSL, spring program, spring reception

NYAM Co-Sponsoring GL7 Conference

August 31, 2005 by Jon Frater Leave a Comment

The New York Academy of Medicine, former host in the GL Conference Series, has signed on as co-sponsor in the Seventh International  Conference on Grey Literature.

Here is the Text Release from the GL7 Program and Conference Bureau.

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Personal Liberties in the Age of Terrorism

May 9, 2005 by Jon Frater Leave a Comment

Here’s a conference for librarians who find themselves both in the NYC metropolitan area and interested in the state of civil liberties: “Personal Liberties in the Age of Terrorism”, which being hosted by the New York Metropolitan Library Council (METRO to you Visigoths) on May 13 from 9:00am – 2:30pm at the Brooklyn College Library. They’re advertising attendances by civil liberties attorney Norman Siegel, Daniel Lyons from the FBI, and Marcia Hoffman from the Electronic Privacy Information Center, so this is likely to be a lot of fun. I already signed up for it, as this is a field of intense concern for me (if you couldn’t guess by my letter to the NRO last week).

The conference description is here.

The METRO (all right, so I’m a Visigoth) registration link is here.

And I’ll post a bit about what I learn there next week.

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