The grants are for $1,500 each, and can be used for conference registration, travel, and other conference-related expenses. To learn more, please visit the program website.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – January 10, 2013-PALCI, the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc., has announced the new members and officers of its Board of Directors for 2013. The PALCI membership consists of 70 academic and research libraries, private and public, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and West Virginia. 

A nine-member board guides the work of PALCI. Members are elected for terms of three years. Elected to serve for the 2013 to 2015 term are Jill Ausel, Library Director, Chatham University; BethAnn Zambella, Director of the Library, Elizabethtown College; and Joseph Lucia, Library Director, Villanova University.

The board also elected new officers in early December. The following assumed their new duties in January 2013: 

President: Peggy Seiden, College Librarian, Swarthmore College

Vice President/President Elect: Joseph Lucia, Library Director, Villanova University

Secretary: Barbara Dewey, Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications, The Pennsylvania State University

Treasurer: Donald Dilmore, Associate Vice President for University Libraries, Edinboro University

Annual Meeting Explores Next Gen Library Infrastructure

            The 2012 PALCI Fall Member Meeting was held December 5 on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The theme for the meeting was Next Gen Library Infrastructure.

            During the meeting, the service of outgoing board members was recognized. Retiring from the board are Susan Campbell, Library Director, York College of Pennsylvania; Laverna Saunders, University Librarian, Duquesne University; and Carrie Rampp, Director of Library Services, Bucknell University.

The meeting kicked off with a keynote address by Carl Grant, President at CARE Affiliates consulting group and Executive Advisor to Dean of Libraries at Virginia Tech University. Attendees also heard presentations from staff at Swarthmore College, Bucknell University, and Villanova University on their advances in library technology infrastructures. 

In the afternoon sessions, member representatives met to discuss PALCI’s initiatives on resource sharing, print archiving and joint e-resource acquisition.

            As Peggy Seiden, incoming board president noted after the meeting, “This was our second meeting under the leadership of our new executive director, Cathy Wilt.  In the past year, PALCI has been able to make great strides on the major strategic areas which the Board and members had identified as key priorities as well as strengthening our operational foundations.  The energy in the room was wonderful…there was a real sense that PALCI continues to move forward in its mission to enhance library services and resource sharing within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and neighboring regions and that it is invaluable to our members.”

Did you miss Simon Tanner's thought-provoking lecture on Friday, November 16, 2012? Did you attend, but would like to refresh yourself on the content he discussed? Click through his slides here.

Simon Tanner

The other co-sponsors of this event were LYRASIS, CCAHA (The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts), PACSCL (The Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries), and PACA (The Philadelphia Area Conservation Association).

Registration for PALCI’s Fall Member Meeting is now open.  Our meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from 9:30a – 3:30p at the Holiday Inn Pittsburgh/Oakland on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.

The theme of this meeting is NEXT GEN LIBRARY INFRASTRUCTURE.  Many of us are beginning to make choices about our own Next Gen systems, and the options available to us are increasing.  Come hear about new developments and options, and talk about our preferred futures in library technology infrastructure.

Our agenda includes: Carl Grant

• the keynote presentation by Carl Grant addressing the theme of this meeting.  Currently, Carl is President at CARE Affiliates consulting group and Executive Advisor to Dean of Libraries at Virginia Tech University  He is an authority on library technology, having held executive leadership positions in several organizations like Ex Libris, VTLS, and DRA.  Carl is one of our profession's most active voices on current and future library technologies.  You can follow his blog here:

                http://thoughts.care-affiliates.com/

• 3 presentations from Swarthmore, Bucknell, and Villanova on their advances in library technology infrastructures 

• our business meeting

• working group meeting on shared print collections, EZ Borrow and resource sharing policy, and other topics

• and PLENTY of time for networking with your colleagues!

We have not organized formal activities for Tuesday evening, December 4th, but let us know on the registration form if you're interested in any and we'll set them up.

Location:

Holiday Inn at University Center (Oakland)
100 Lytton Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/pittsburgh/pitsp/hoteldetail

Reservations: 1-888-465-4329
Main number: 412-682-6200

Sleeping rooms are reserved for the night of December 4 at the PALCI group rate of $135.  Please call the hotel directly for reservations at 1-888-465-4329. Be sure to reference the PALCI group ID number: PAL and the date of December 4.  You may cancel your room reservation by 4pm on December 3 to avoid incurring charges.

Meeting Registration Fee: $75 (for breakfast and luncheon, morning/afternoon refreshments, speaker fees, and room/technology rentals)

Prepayment is required so we can avoid collecting money at the meeting. In the registration process, you’ll be able to print out an invoice for processing or submit payment via PAYPAL using a credit card. The registration fee can be refunded for cancellations received by November 21st. 

Registration is a 2-part process.

1.  Click here to register via our online form:  http://tinyurl.com/palcifallmeetingregistration

2.  Return to this page to prepay in 1 of 2 ways:

a) use this button to pay by credit card through PAYPAL, or

b) click on the link below to print an invoice and process it through your college/university's accounts payable office.

Print your invoice: http://tinyurl.com/palcifallmeetinginvoice

Contact Cathy Wilt or Elena Sisti with questions at admin@palci.org or 215-567-1755.

See you in Pittsburgh!

Simon Tanner

The event will be held:

Friday, November 16, 2012, 10 am – 12 noon

at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Rainey Auditorium

3260 South Street in Philadelphia

The other co-sponsors are LYRASIS, CCAHA (The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts), PACSCL (The Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries), and PACA (The Philadelphia Area Conservation Association).

Registration for the event is located at http://digitalcuration.eventbrite.com/.