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Meeting of the Board of Regents | April 2003

Tuesday, April 1, 2003 - 5:35am

 

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

TO:

The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents

FROM:

Carole F. Huxley

COMMITTEE:

Cultural Education

TITLE OF ITEM:

Report of the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries

DATE OF SUBMISSION:

March 31, 2003

PROPOSED HANDLING:

Discussion

RATIONALE FOR ITEM:

Yearly Report

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goals 2-5

AUTHORIZATION(S):

SUMMARY:

The Regents Advisory Council on Libraries will meet with the Cultural Education Committee to discuss plans for library programs to help achieve the goals and priorities of the Regents.

The Regents Advisory Council on Libraries, the oldest Regents Council, advises the Board regarding Library policy, works with the officers of the State Education Department in developing a comprehensive statewide library and information policy and makes recommendations to the Regents concerning the implementation of the program. Each year, at the April Council meeting, the members report to the Board on its activities.

Attached is a current roster of Council members including their full addresses.

 

Attachment

 

March 2003

MEMBERS OF THE REGENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL ON LIBRARIES

Member (term expires)

Ms. Ladan Alomar (2004)

Executive Director, Central Civico

143-45 East Main Street

Amsterdam, NY 12010

(518) 842-3762 Ext. 220 Fax: (518) 842-9139

E-mail:
CIVICO@telenet.net

Ms. Cerise Oberman (2006)

Library and Information Services

Feinberg 0211

SUNY Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, NY

(518) 564-5180 Fax: (518) 564-5100

E-mail:
obermacg@plattsburgh.edu

Ms. Judith Avner (2004)

Brain Injury Association of NYS

10 Colvin Ave.

Albany, NY 12206

(518) 459-7911 Fax:482-5285

E-mail:
javner@bianys.org

Dr. Karen Patricia Smith (2007)

Queens College

Graduate School of Library and Information Studies

Rosenthal Library � Room 254

65-30 Kissena Blvd.

Flushing, NY 11367

(718) 997-3790 Fax: (914) 997-7197

E-mail:
Alice31smith@cs.com

Dr. Louis A. Ciota** (2005)

Monroe�Woodbury Central School District

Route 32

Central Valley, NY 10917

(845) 928-2321 Ext. 204 Fax: (845) 928-6053

E-mail:
LCiota@MW.K12.ny.us

Mr. Gary Strong (2003)

Queens Borough Public Library

89-11 Merrick Blvd.

Jamaica, NY 11432

(718) 990-0794 Fax: (718) 291-8936

E-mail:
gstrong@queens.lib.ny.us

Mr. Martin L. Edelman (2007)

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, LLP

75 East 55th Street

New York, NY 10022

(212) 318-6500 Fax: (212) 318-6936

E-mail:
Martyedelman@paulhastings.com

Mr. Irving Toliver (2007)

Director. Human Services Department

Town of Huntington

Huntington, NY 11743

(631) 351-3067 Fax: (631) 425-0746

E-mail:
Itoliver@Town.Huntington.ny.us

Ms. Dottie Hiebing (2004)

Director, New York METRO

57 East 11th Street

New York, NY 10003

(212) 228-2320 Ext. 12 Fax: (212) 228-2598

E-mail:
dhiebing@metro.org

Ms. Catherine Way * (2003)

J. Prendergast Library Association

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System

106 West 5th Street

Jamestown, NY 14702

(716) 484-7135 Ext. 223 Fax: (716) 483-6880

E-mail:
cway@cclslib.org

Ms. Lucretia McClure (2006)

Special Assistant to the Director

Countway Library of Medicine -Harvard Medical School

10 Shattuck Street

Boston, MA 02115

(617) 432-2635 Fax: (617) 432-0693

E-mail:
lucretia_mcclure@hms.harvard.edu

 

 

*Chair

** Vice Chair

Staff:

Janet M. Welch State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries (518) 474-5930

Mary Redmond Interim Director, New York State Library (518) 473-1189

Carol Desch Coordinator, Statewide Library Services (518) 486-4862

Pat Webster Associate, School Library Media Services (EMSC) (518) 486-2228