Draft Registration Form

Dear Sarah, Brian, and All,

I have created a draft LACUNY Institute 2009 Registration Form using the Google forms function in Google Docs.Please take a look and test it to see if it's OK with you.

Basically, the form can take the registration, and record the responses into a spreadsheet. But we still need to link it into the PayPal page.

I am not sure if you are familiar with the Google forms. Here is the instruction of how to access the "LACUNY Institute 2009 Registration":

1. Login to our "lacunyinst2009@gamil.com" account
2. Open the spreadsheet of "LACUNY Institute 2009 Registration"
3. Click on the "Form" from the toolbar within the spreadsheet, and the form will be displayed
4. Test the form by filling it out
5. Select "spreadsheet" from "See responses" to see the responses

More to do with the form:

1. This form can be embeded into a web site or a blog, but has to link to PayPal on our registration page
2. We need to customize the "Thanks" message after people submitting the form (the default message is not suitable). I am thinking also add the link to PayPal page from here. I found the instructions on how to change the “Thanks” message after submitting the form from the following web site:

http://www.morningcopy.com.au/news/how-to-style-google-forms/

Sarah: I am not sure if this will work with the page you are creating or you have a better way to do registration. Please let me know. If you are going to use it please make any changes you want.

For my address to sending the check to, please use the one from last LACUNY Institute (on the web site).

Thank you.

Songqian

Interesting information on a new METRO page

METRO has a new link, netvibe. Here is a link to a recent discussion in NJ about the future and graying of librarians/librarianship. Perhaps some people we could contact about poster sessions?

http://trevordawes.blogspot.com/2009/06/future-of-librarianship.html


Jane

Vendor letter

Here is an edited version of the letter to vendors. We need to decide if the amount of money we are requesting is enough, too much, not enough. I took out the ranges, because they made no sense. Also, can anyone think of more or better incentives?
Here is the edited document
Jane

Working together to raise the quality of services and information offerings at the libraries of the City University of New York (CUNY), our members appreciate learning about products and services that would benefit academic libraries and the users we serve. What better way to present your offerings at a professional organization conference than at the our annual conference series known as the annual LACUNY Institute held in New York City?
We would like to invite you to be a sponsor for our 2009 annual conference Library Leadership the Next Generation will be held on Friday, October 23, 2009 at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Because of the timeliness of the topic, and the midtown Manhattan location, we expect high interest and attendance. In recent years, the LACUNY Institute has featured topics of interest not only to CUNY librarians and information professionals, but also academic librarians and information professionals from the tri-state area and other northeastern states.
Your sponsorship would be a unique opportunity to develop a relationship with CUNY libraries, as well as appeal to other new clients that would certainly benefit from your products and services.
In order to have the most wide-ranging impact to potential customers, we are seeking sponsorship on the following levels:
Silver Sponsor: $500
• Strategic placement of product information near registration table
• Sponsor recognition at the LACUNY Conference Web page

Gold Sponsor: $1000
• Sponsor recognition at the LACUNY Conference Web page and links to your web site.
• A table at the conference to demonstrate products and services
• Introduction and Attendance at the luncheon

Platinum Sponsor: $1500
• Sponsor recognition at the LACUNY Conference Web page and links to your web site
• A table at the conference to demonstrate products and services
• Introduction and attendance at the luncheon for as many as three representatives
• Conference Mailing List of Attendees
• ???????

•
Since 1956, the LACUNY Institute has a proven track record as a professional development seminar. Drawing librarians from all over the tri-state area and northeast states, it has been praised by participants for covering timely topics in library and information science and affording excellent networking possibilities.
I welcome a chance to speak with you to discuss these sponsorship opportunities. Please feel free to contact me directly at
Thank you,

ALA

If anyone is going to ALA, or knows someone who is, please check out this poster session. May get some participants or ideas.

http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/june2009/elpostersession_hrdr.cfm">http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/june2009/elpostersession_hrdr.cfm

Jane

Upcoming Book on Gen X Librarians

Gen-X Perspectives on Librarianship (working title)
http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=1521

A call for submissions just went out for an upcoming book on Gen-X librarians. The stated objective of the book is: "to view, critique and analyze what makes Gen-X librarians unique among other generations of librarians, what is unique or different about the professional situation of Gen-X librarians, what have Gen-X librarians contributed to the field, and what have they changed about the profession."

Sound familiar?

I know we decided to recruit panelists locally but is there any interest in possibly approaching the editors of this volume to see if they might be interested in some form of participation? It would likely cost us (especially since they're not local) but the similarities between their project and ours just seemed to great to ignore.

~ Joe

List servs for publicity

Please add list servs you'll send publicity to, plus your name:

ACRLNY (Brian)
CULIBS (Joe)
ACRL NJ (Brian)
Simmons (Jane)

........

Here are some other lists that might be useful. Some require membership in order to post, so if anyone is a member ...

SUNYLA-L: sunyla-l@ls.suny.edu (Jane)
METRO-L: subscriber access only (Brian)
NYLINE: listserv@listserv.nysed.gov
Rutgers SCILS: scils_announce@email.rutgers.edu (Joe)
Pratt SILS: sils-announce@list.pratt.edu (Joe)
Queens College GSLIS: glisann@qc.edu (Joe)
Palmer School: cwp-kiosk@lists.liu.edu (Joe)
NexGen Librarians: nexgenlib@googlegroups.com (Joe)

~joe

Assignments list

Thanks all for attending today!

Here's the to do list w/deadlines, etc. Pls. edit this post if additions, corrections need

• List servs for publicizing call for panel, etc. to be added to blog (see above)--add initials to ones you've contacted (ALL)
• Call for panel to be revised--open to all CUNY and non-CUNY, add Marie Radford as moderator (not keynoter) (Joe). Send out call to list servs asap (ALL)
• Questions for panel to be generated from panelist submissions (after July 15). All to view panel submissions via Google document (Joe to send document to All)
  
• Hotel for keynote presenter: Hilton Garden Inn, Hotel 31 (Jane to ck)
• Payment for hotel (Brian to ck on this with LACUNY treasurer)
  
• Post institute get together near GC--invite panelists, speakers, Shanghai librarian(s) (Jane to ask Curtis Kendrick if CUNY Central can pay for this)
• Vendor letter--3-4 levels: $500, 1000, 1500, 2000 (highest one for logo on webcast) (Jane and Sharon to work on this by end of July)
• Equipment for USTREAM, $1400 (Joe has spec list; Jane to ask LACUNY board for funding)
• USTREAM moderator will be Sarah. Need release from Stanley Wilder and other presenters for webcast (Brian to ask Stanley Wilder and Marie Radford; Jane to check with GC on release form)
  
• Registration: Use lacunyinst2009@gmail.com for Paypal contact. Reg. fees: $35 for LACUNY members; $40 for non-LACUNY; $40 for onsite registration. Reg to open on Sept.1 closes Oct.9. Need registration intake info form (surveymonkey link that'll open up after completing Paypal)--need to check with Steve Ovadia about this. Also to include check box for vegetarian lunch preference: "Check here for vegetarian option" (Songqian, deadline end of July)
• Food selection will be done at least 2 days before conference. Choice: $14.50 sandwhich variety option plus Healthy breakfast option with fruit for morning (Jane to contact Food services when finalized)
  
• Room set up: 16 tables (8 people per). Maximum attendance: 128--plan for 100 attendees (Jane to contact GC conf.services)
  
• Keynote, moderator bio (brief, 150 word) and picture needed (Brian to get)
  
• Email final content (Word docs) for website to Danielle by Aug.13 (ALL).
• We'll use the Blog for main communications. (ALL).
• Use email for reminders to ck blog for updates (or set up RSS feeds) (ALL)