News & Events
Metadata Standards and Applications
Co-sponsored with ALCTS. Brush up on your metadata standards at the Mid-Manhattan Library February 17th and 18th. Find out more and register here.
From Oral Histories to Podcasts
Join Audio Archivist Dave Nolan at the Nylink offices in Albany on March 27th and learn to how to conserve, digitize and deliver your audio assets. Space is limited, so register early! More information here.
Hidden Savings
By not charging late fees, Nylink saved its members more than a quarter of a million dollars in 07-08. The largest single member savings? $37,000.
Computers in Libraries ’09 Discount
Register through Nylink and attend the 3-day conference in Arlington, VA for $234.
RDA Brown Bag Lunches
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Discuss the new RDA (Resource Description and Access) cataloging standard at lunch.
Register now for the 1/8/09 NYPL, 1/15/09 Syracuse and 1/20 Farmingdale sessions.
About OCLC’s Revised Policy for Use & Transfer of WorldCat® Records
- Read Lauren’s post on OCLC’s revised policy statement regarding the use of bibliographic records from WorldCat, on Nylink's new Status Line blog.
Thriving Through Disruptive Change
Save May 8th for Nylink's Annual Meeting. | Wallace Center, FDR Library, Hyde Park, NY.
Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records: a Moderated Discussion at NYPL on January 16, 2009
On November 4, 2008, OCLC issued its revised policy statement regarding the use of bibliographic records from WorldCat, entitled the Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records. Originally scheduled to go into effect for OCLC users on Sunday, November 2, 2008, the new policy is now scheduled to become effective after a period of review in mid-February 2009. The introduction of the policy has led to vigorous discussions, on blogs and listservs, among librarians and OCLC staffers.
Join Nylink, moderator Robert Wolven, Assistant University Librarian for Bibliographic Services and Collection Development at Columbia University Libraries, and Karen Calhoun, Vice President, OCLC WorldCat and Metadata Services, for a moderated discussion of the Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records on Friday, January 16, at the South Court Auditorium, main branch, New York Public Library. Refreshments will be available.
Get more information and register.- Note: this event was rescheduled from January 8, 2009.
You may also be interested in Lauren Pinsley's latest post on Nylink's Status Line blog, which summarizes some of the issues that have elicited comment.