Nylink
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Nylink is a non-profit totally member supported cooperative serving libraries and cultural heritage organizations of all types. Based in Albany
, New York, Nylink members are located in New York state and surrounding areas. Nylink’s 300 plus member institutions include academic libraries, public libraries, library systems, corporate libraries, court and government agency libraries, gardens, museums and other cultural heritage organizations. Additionally, Nylink has more than 2,000 affiliate institutions who participate in or acquire services Nylink offers.
Nylink announced in May, 2010, that the organization will phase out its operations over the next 12 months, with permanent closure planned for May of 2011. Steep declines in Nylink’s revenue as a result of fundamental changes in its business environment have seriously degraded Nylink’s ability to remain fully self-supporting. Nylink staff will continue to serve members through the coming year.
, developed to provide personalized support for a suite of OCLC services . In April 1999, the SUNY/OCLC Network changed its name to Nylink to reflect its more diverse membership and services.
Nylink is governed by the Nylink Advisory Board, made up of representatives from all constituencies of Nylink members, elected by the membership.
Nylink has partnered with the Northeast Document Conservation Center
, ENY/ACRL, the Eastern New York division of the Association of College and Research Libraries , the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCT) , LITA, the Library and Information Technology Association, and many other organization to provide training for librarians and information professionals.
Nylink works with the New York State Library Association
, participating on the conference program committee, NYLA sections and by supporting its annual conference as an exhibitor.
Nylink works with the New York State Higher Education Initiative (NYSHEI), recently negotiating an Elsevier
contract for NYSHEI and Nylink to provide a substantial cost saving for New York libraries.
Nylink works with New York’s 3Rs Councils (NY3R’s) to support NYS libraries, collaborating on training, providing access to databases, cataloging, and resource sharing.
In January 2004, Nylink began working with SUNY Geneseo
to support the Information Delivery Service (IDS) pilot program. The IDS Project is a cooperative resource sharing system designed to implement and evaluate a set of common transaction objectives, policies, and procedures among participating libraries that will help optimize mutual access to the information resources contained within those libraries. The foundation of the project is based upon each participating library meeting the performance standards outlined in the IDS Project contract, using the OCLC ILLiad Resource Sharing Management System and the LAND Delivery System. IDS has gained attention nationwide through the ATLAS ILLiad conferences.
, E-book
and journals, online encyclopedias
, and other electronic resources to libraries at discounted rates for the next year. . Nylink serves as the administrator on behalf of libraries, working with vendors, and providing the libraries with fiscal services and support. Nylink also offers consulting services on a wide range of subject areas.
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
, New York, Nylink members are located in New York state and surrounding areas. Nylink’s 300 plus member institutions include academic libraries, public libraries, library systems, corporate libraries, court and government agency libraries, gardens, museums and other cultural heritage organizations. Additionally, Nylink has more than 2,000 affiliate institutions who participate in or acquire services Nylink offers.
Nylink announced in May, 2010, that the organization will phase out its operations over the next 12 months, with permanent closure planned for May of 2011. Steep declines in Nylink’s revenue as a result of fundamental changes in its business environment have seriously degraded Nylink’s ability to remain fully self-supporting. Nylink staff will continue to serve members through the coming year.
History
Nylink was founded in 1973 as the SUNY/OCLC Network, providing access and support to OCLC’s core services (cataloging and resource sharing) for New York State libraries. Nylink originated as one of fifteen regional service providers (RSPs) for OCLCOCLC
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is "a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing information costs"...
, developed to provide personalized support for a suite of OCLC services . In April 1999, the SUNY/OCLC Network changed its name to Nylink to reflect its more diverse membership and services.
Nylink is governed by the Nylink Advisory Board, made up of representatives from all constituencies of Nylink members, elected by the membership.
Collaboration
Nylink’s mission is "Supporting Libraries through Collaboration and Innovation.” Nylink accomplishes this through working with other NYS library organizations and other regional service providers, as well as working for libraries to provide training, support, and advocacy.- 2000: Nylink secured an IMLS grant to start Nylink's IT Fluency Institute. The Fluency Institute developed into a year-round continuing education program. Nylink’s professional development http://nylink.org/education/ where information technology is only one component, is available to staff as face-to-face classes throughout New York, and anytime and anywhere as online classes.
- 2001: Nylink was a voting member of the NISONisoNiso is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae. -Species:According to the World Register of Marine Species the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Niso * Niso aeglees Bush, 1885* Niso albida...
standard Z39.85-2001, “Dublin Core Metadata Standard”. The Dublin CoreDublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata terms are a set of vocabulary terms which can be used to describe resources for the purposes of discovery. The terms can be used to describe a full range of web resources: video, images, web pages etc and physical resources such as books and objects like artworks...
metadata standard has become a mainstay in the library community to describe digital objects. - 2006: Nylink and eleven other OCLC networks joined together to form the Network Education Exchange (NEE) http://www.amigos.org/?q=nee. Through this agreement, Nylink members can take training classes at any other OCLC network at member rates.
Nylink has partnered with the Northeast Document Conservation Center
Northeast Document Conservation Center
The Northeast Document Conservation Center is a non-profit, regional conservation center in the United States specializing in the preservation of library and archival materials....
, ENY/ACRL, the Eastern New York division of the Association of College and Research Libraries , the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCT) , LITA, the Library and Information Technology Association, and many other organization to provide training for librarians and information professionals.
Nylink works with the New York State Library Association
New York Library Association
The New York Library Association was founded in 1890 to promote New York libraries. NYLA was the first state-wide organization of librarians in the United States. One of its founders was Melvil Dewey, who has had a lasting impact on libraries in the United States...
, participating on the conference program committee, NYLA sections and by supporting its annual conference as an exhibitor.
Nylink works with the New York State Higher Education Initiative (NYSHEI), recently negotiating an Elsevier
Elsevier
Elsevier is a publishing company which publishes medical and scientific literature. It is a part of the Reed Elsevier group. Based in Amsterdam, the company has operations in the United Kingdom, USA and elsewhere....
contract for NYSHEI and Nylink to provide a substantial cost saving for New York libraries.
Nylink works with New York’s 3Rs Councils (NY3R’s) to support NYS libraries, collaborating on training, providing access to databases, cataloging, and resource sharing.
Resource sharing across New York
LAND http://nylink.org/delivery/, a statewide ground delivery service for transporting materials between participating libraries, was created and is administered by Nylink. For a flat annual rate, LAND participants can send and receive an unlimited number of items. LAND will remain available through December of 2010.In January 2004, Nylink began working with SUNY Geneseo
State University of New York at Geneseo
The State University of New York at Geneseo—also known as SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo State, or, colloquially, Geneseo—is located in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York, United States. It is a University College of the State University of New York...
to support the Information Delivery Service (IDS) pilot program. The IDS Project is a cooperative resource sharing system designed to implement and evaluate a set of common transaction objectives, policies, and procedures among participating libraries that will help optimize mutual access to the information resources contained within those libraries. The foundation of the project is based upon each participating library meeting the performance standards outlined in the IDS Project contract, using the OCLC ILLiad Resource Sharing Management System and the LAND Delivery System. IDS has gained attention nationwide through the ATLAS ILLiad conferences.
Additional services
Nylink will continue to offer databasesBibliographic database
A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records, an organized digital collection of references to published literature, including journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, patents, books, etc...
, E-book
E-book
An electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital...
and journals, online encyclopedias
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
, and other electronic resources to libraries at discounted rates for the next year. . Nylink serves as the administrator on behalf of libraries, working with vendors, and providing the libraries with fiscal services and support. Nylink also offers consulting services on a wide range of subject areas.