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Register for the June 7th PALCI Member Meeting

PALCI Webmaster — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:37:00 +0000

Registration for the Spring 2012 PALCI Member Meeting is now open. The meeting will be held in State College at the Nittany Lion Inn and at the Penn State Libraries.

The day’s agenda will include:

• our Business Meeting Topics: PALCI Annual Report and discussion of the draft policies/guidelines for PALCI membership and finance, currently under development by the Board

• a keynote presentation by Lizanne Payne, former WRLC Executive Director currently working with CRL and the WEST archive, who will report on cooperative archive initiatives throughout the US and what PALCI’s next steps might be, following the success of our distributed print archive project,

• at least 2 concurrent Working Group meetings – 1 on EZ Borrow and the other on shared archives/collections, and

• tours of the new Knowledge Commons at the Pattee Library.

Location:

Nittany Lion Inn

200 West Park Avenue

State College, PA 16803

http://www.nittanylioninn.psu.edu/

Reservations: 800.233.7505

Main Number: 814.865.8500

Sleeping rooms are reserved for the evening of June 6th at the PALCI group rate of $109. Please call the hotel directly for reservations at 800.233.7505 by MAY 6th, and reference the PALCI group ID number: PLSF12A.

We anticipate sleeping rooms will be difficult to get in State College in early June so please make a reservation even if you’re not sure you will be attending. After May 6th, the PALCI rate will only be honored on an “if available” basis.

Meeting Registration Fee: $75 (for the luncheon, morning/afternoon refreshments, & meeting room/technology rentals)

Prepayment worked well for the last meeting so we’ll continue this process to 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 May 18th.

Registration is a 2-part process.

1. Use our online registration link below to register.

2. Return to this announcement and to prepay in 1 of 2 ways:

a) use this "Buy Now" link to pay by credit card through PAYPAL, or

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

Print your invoice: http://tinyurl.com/invjune7

Contact Cathy Wilt or Elena Sisti with questions at admin@palci.org or 215.567.1755.

See you in beautiful State College this June!

Member Only Content Area on Web Site

PALCI Webmaster — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:17:10 +0000

Please note, some content on the PALCI site has now moved to a members-only area. In the lower left corner of the site you will see a place where you can create/request an account. It is a two-step process. Once you create your account, PALCI's web administrator will grant you permissions to see member-only content, so there may be a slight delay between the time you create your account and your ability to have access to the content.

We're very excited to have this new space for content. You'll find the full contact sheet for member institutions, board minutes, etc. If you have questions about this, please email Cathy Wilt, Executive Director of PALCI at wilt@palci.org.

New Executive Director for PALCI

PALCI Webmaster — Mon, 23 May 2011 12:17:15 +0000

The PALCI Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Catherine Chesser Wilt as Executive Director of PALCI, Inc. Cathy will begin her work in the new PALCI office at 100 N. 20th St., Suite 302, Philadelphia, PA 19103 on July 1, 2011.

As most of you know, Cathy has extensive consortial experience, having served as President of Lyrasis and Executive Director/CEO of PALINET from 2002 through 2010. She also was Director of Member Support and Education Services at Amigos and Executive Coordinator of RONDAC. Cathy has also worked in two PALCI member libraries: Drexel University and Ursinus College.

Cathy's knowledge of the academic library consortium environment, consortium management expertise, and strategic vision for future possibilities will serve PALCI well. The Board found both energy and synergy, as well as pragmatism, in her views of a newly reorganized PALCI.

Cathy will be with us for our June 2 meeting in Harrisburg when we will celebrate PALCI's 15th anniversary. Please join us in welcoming Cathy as PALCI's new Executive Director.