SLA-NY Announces 2010 Slate of Candidates

Your nominating committee is pleased to present the following slate for the 2010 term.

Members of the New York Chapter of SLA will have the opportunity to vote on this slate of candidates during the Chapter's Annual Business Meeting on Thursday, October 15, 2009.

President-Elect: Pam Rollo
BST America, Managing Director, Business Intelligence



Secretary: Winter Shanck
WNET.ORG, Archivist/Librarian


Treasurer: Nancy Baldwin
Morgan Stanley, Vice President and manager of the Law and Compliance Division's Library


Communications Chair: Lynn Schlesinger
Infotrieve, Vice President, Marketing & Communications


Their bios are offered after the jump...

Global Outreach Seeks Volunteers and Donations

Chapter’s Global Outreach Committee seeks volunteers and donations for raffle prizes

by Rita Ormsby
SLA-NY Global Outreach Committee chair

At the chapter’s upcoming annual meeting, Oct. 15, and holiday party, Dec. 10, the SLA-NY Global Outreach Committee will again hold raffles with the proceeds going to aid the Lubuto Library Project, http://www.blogger.com/www.lubuto.org. This nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, started by SLA-D.C. member Jane Kinney Meyers, builds libraries in Zambia so that street children and children who have lost family members to HIV/AIDS and other diseases have a place to read books and socialize. Through the generosity of SLA-NY members, last year our chapter contributed more than $1,000 to the Lubuto Library Project, which was greatly appreciated and for which many thanks were received.

During the two upcoming chapter meetings, raffle tickets will once again be available for $1 each, or 6 tickets for $5. Prizes that are awarded are frequently donated by members—books, wine, tickets, handmade jewelry, pens and pencils, and food, such as the flatbread made by chef Jim Copening, the husband of SLA member Donna Slawsky.

ChapterNews - Summer 2009

1. SLA-NY Announces 2010 Slate of Candidates
2. Global Outreach Seeks Volunteers and Donations
   Rita Ormsby SLA-NY Global Outreach Committee chair
3. A review of the film Herb & Dorothy
   Rita Ormsby
4. SLA-NY Fall Suit Drive 2009
5. Nominations for Chapter Awards
6. Prague Seminar 2009: Libraries and Librarianship in the Czech Republic
   Leigh Hallingby
7. Lassana Magassa

A review of the film Herb & Dorothy

By Rita Ormsby

I first learned of Herb and Dorothy Vogel’s outstanding collection of minimalist and conceptual art when Mike Wallace interviewed them for “60 Minutes.” How often do a public librarian and postal clerk meet and fall in love in New York, honeymoon in Washington, visit the National Gallery of Art and decide to live on her salary and buy art with his? And manage to live by this decision for more than 30 years before giving their collection to the National Gallery of Art?