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Reunion Weekend Archives

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Memorial Library Now & Then

Welcome to Reunion Weekend!!!
Q. Do you remember when? Pictured is the exterior of the Memorial Library today, 2024, and the interior of the Memorial Library circa 1975.

A Special Memorial Library Welcome to the …
Milestone and featured groups:
• Half Century Reunion groups:
o Class of 1959 — 65th Reunion
o Class of 1964 — 60th Reunion
o Class of 1969 — 55th Reunion
• Class of 1974 — 50th Reunion (also part of Half Century)
• Class of 1979 — 45th Reunion
• 40th Cluster Reunion — Class of 1983, 1984, 1985
• Class of 1999 — 25th Reunion
• Delta Kappa Beta (1925-1991) fraternity
• Alpha Sigma/Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority
• Latine/Latine based organizations
• Student Activities Board (SAB)/Board of Governors
Please visit the SUNY Cortland’s Memorial Library Archives’ guide and online collections at
https://cortland.libguides.com/archives
https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/archives/

… where you can take a look at photos from the past and reminisce about your time at Cortland State.

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Archivist Brian Jirout Assists with Tubman “History Harvest”

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Dr. Brian JiroutSUNY Cortland Archivist and Instructional Services Librarian Brian Jirout recently assisted Associate History Professor Evan Faulkenbury’s “Introduction to Public History” Students when they co-hosted a “History Harvest” in Auburn, NY.

Their Mission? To collect artifacts for the newly created Harriet Tubman National Historic Park which will open open in Auburn later this year.

Dr. Jirout acquired needed scanning equipment and assisted the student in documenting artifacts for the project.

To read a longer article on this project, please click HERE.

Spring and Summer 2024 Library Hours

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Information on available library services is available via our Library Resources guide, including information on Memorial Library’s Testing Center.

Regular Hours starting January 29
Monday – Thursday – Open 7:45 a.m. to midnight
Friday – Open 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday – Open 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday – Open 11:00 a.m. to midnight

Extended Hours, Monday, April 29 to Friday, May 10
Monday April 29 – Wednesday May 1 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Thursday May 2 7:45 am – 12:00 am
Friday May 3 -Open 7:45 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday May 4 -Open 10 am-10 pm
Sunday May 5 – Open 10 am-2 am
Monday May 6 – Wednesday May 8 Open 7:45 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Thursday May 9th -7:45am – 12:00 AM
Friday May 10 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Pre-Summer (May 11-14 )
Saturday-Sunday CLOSED
Monday – Tuesday Open 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Summer Session 1 (May 15 – June 20)*
Monday – Thursday – Open 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday -Open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – CLOSED
* Monday, May 27(Memorial Day) CLOSED
* Wednesday, June 19 (Juneteenth) CLOSED

Inter-Summer Session (June 21 – June 23)
Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday CLOSED

Summer Session 2 (June 24 – July 29)*
Monday – Thursday – Open 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday -Open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – CLOSED
* Independence Day, July 4-CLOSED
* Friday, July 5- Closed

Post-Summer Session (July 30 – Aug 25)
Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday CLOSED

(Hours are subject to change)

Sandwich Seminar: Research Impact and Metrics

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Sandwich Seminar: “Research Impact and Metrics” Old Main Colloquium Room Wednesday, April 17, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Sandwich Seminar: “Research Impact and Metrics”
Old Main Colloquium Room
Wednesday, April 17, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Speakers:
Lauren deLaubell, Brian Jirout, Jennifer Parker, and Hilary Wong, Memorial Library

Description:
Faculty seeking continuing appointment, promotion, and awards sometimes wish to demonstrate the impact of their research. Although no one measure is complete or perfect, author impact factors are one way of demonstrating this information. Attendees of this session will learn about free tools for gathering this data, including ORCID, Google Scholar, and the Lens. The presenters will walk attendees through the process of signing up for and beginning to curate their ORCID identifier. Laptops are encouraged. For more information about citation impact, please view the Library’s LibGuide, https://cortland.libguides.com/impact.

National Library Week: The State of America’s Libraries 2023 Report

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The State of America’s Libraries 2023 Report

Thank you for joining the SUNY Cortland Memorial Library in celebrating National Library Week!

To finish out the week here is the American Library Association’s “State of America’s Libraries Report 2023”
https://www.ala.org/news/sites/ala.org.news/files/content/state-of-americas-libraries-report-2023-web-version.pdf

In 2022, the global COVID-19 pandemic entered its third year; political, economic and digital divides grew; and book challenges and bans surged across the country. ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked a record 1,269 book challenges, the highest number of demands to ban books reported since they began compiling data about censorship in libraries. But despite all these challenges, libraries thrived, pivoting to offer new and updated services to their communities. Adaptation and innovation shined in 2022, proving that there truly is “more to the story” at libraries.

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National Library Week: Outreach

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National Library Outreach Day April 10, 2024

National Library Outreach Day celebrates library outreach and the dedicated library professionals who are meeting their patrons where they are.

National Library Outreach Day is an opportunity for library advocates to make their support known—through thanking library staff, writing a letter or e-mail to their libraries, or voicing their support to community leaders.

National Library Outreach Day is coordinated by the ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS), the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS), and the Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL).

Find the SUNY Cortland Memorial Library reaching out on social media …
Facebook – https://m.facebook.com/SUNYCortlandMemorialLibrary/
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/sunycortlandmemoriallibrary/
Instagram (Teaching Materials Center) – https://www.instagram.com/memoriallibrarytmc/
Twitter (X) – https://twitter.com/cortlandmemlib/
Library Blog – https://sites.cortland.edu/library/

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