you may remember I posted information about looming budget cuts back in
the spring. I am happy to share this good news with you.
Kathie J. Sullivan
Library Director
McNamee, Lochner, Titus and Williams, P.C.
75 State Street P.O. Box 459
Albany, New York 12201-0459
Phone: 518-447-3266
FAX: 518-426-4260
e-mail: mltwkjs@transit.nyser.net
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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 14:52:57 -0900
From: Andrew Mace <amace@UNIX2.NYSED.GOV>
To: Multiple recipients of list NYLINE <NYLINE@VM1.NYSED.GOV>
Subject: NYS Library, Archives increase hours
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 26, 1995
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Mary Redmond (518) 474-3940
mredmond@unix2.nysed.gov
STATE LIBRARY AND STATE ARCHIVES TO INCREASE PUBLIC SERVICE HOURS
New York State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries
Joseph F. Shubert and Thomas Mills, Acting Co-Director of the New York
State Archives and Records Administration, announced today that the State
Library and Archives will reopen to the public from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday afternoons effective October 31, 1995.
"Thanks to the efforts of the Legislature and the Governor, we have
received a partial restoration of funds for staff. We have hired the first
of the staff needed to reopen the Library and will be phasing in full 40
hour public service over the next several weeks," said GladysAnn Wells,
Interim Director of the Research Library. Wells went on to add, "To
celebrate our increase in public service hours, Library staff will provide
Internet demonstrations and basic tutorials to our customers on a walk-in
basis between 1:00-5:00 p.m. on the 31st."
Shubert and Mills noted that the Library and Archives are exploring
flexible or alternative public service hours. "We are surveying our
customers and reaching out to our potential customers to ask whether some
evening or Saturday hours would be the most useful."
The State Library/State Archives have been closed for on-site reference
service two half-days a week since May 2, 1995. This action was
necessitated by April staff reductions, forcing personnel reassignments to
such tasks as shelving, filing, processing, and other behind-the-scenes
work essential to major public research institutions.
The Library and Archives have continued to provide telephone, mail and
e-mail reference, interlibrary loan, known-item retrieval, services to
users of the Talking Book and Braille Library, and access to their online
public catalog during the months of reduced on-site public service.
The New York State Library/State Archives are located in the Cultural
Education Center, Empire State Plaza in Albany. Beginning October 31,
public service hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday. Wednesday hours will be from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Archives/Library EXCELSIOR online information system is available 24
hours a day through telnet <nysl.nysed.gov or unix6.nysed.gov> or direct
dial-in (2400-14,400 baud; 8-1-N; emulate VT100; log in as catalog).
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