Winter 2021 Newsletter

Welcome to the Winter 2021 Library Update! In this issue you will read about how the Libraries delivered our services to the campus community in spite of the constraints posed by the pandemic. We were happy to offer most of our services online, including reference and research consultations, teaching our signature iLearn workshops, and Campus Conversations, which highlight important faculty research. 

After a Spring 2020 shutdown, and a summer of curbside pickup, the University Libraries reopened to the UAlbany community on Monday, August 24. The semester looked different than previous autumns on campus, but the Libraries adapted and successfully served our students, faculty, and staff.

What’s behind Lindsay's success? A tireless drive for high-quality work, a positive attitude, and a healthy, competitive spirit. 

Keep up if you can. 

The coronavirus pandemic sidelined in-person events, but the Libraries found a way to continue the Campus Conversations in Standish series. We followed up with three previous, popular speakers, as well as a new participant in the program, for video conversations shared on YouTube. 

Under the best of circumstances, running a faculty meeting presents a test of organization and patience. In the age of social distancing, however, when meetings take place remotely over Zoom, these qualities become that much more important. That’s why, on November 6, the University Libraries’ Professional Activities Committee sponsored a workshop titled, No Pets on Zoom: A Parliamentary Procedure Program.

The University Libraries are pleased to recognize two members of the faculty who received the 2019-2020 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence: Peter Recore-Migirditch (Professional Service) and Sue Kaczor (Librarianship). 

We all deal with conflict in our lives, and we know people who deal with it well, and people who deal with it poorly. There have been times when I have dealt with conflict well, and then there were those times when I felt I could have done a better job. When I saw the email from Christine Priest that the NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education and Training had announced a new online learning certificate program for CSEA-represented New York State employees titled Building Conflict Resolution Skills Certificate Program, I was intrigued.  

Jillian Palmer and Amanda Greenwood joined the Libraries in the Fall semester, offering assistance in marketing and web archiving. 

See what our faculty published and presented in the Fall semester. 

The Libraries had two promotions in the Fall 2020 semester.