NYSHEI News

The Albany Times Union reports on the emerging trend of bringing high-tech instruction to high school students. If nothing else, this draws additional attention to the need to provide wide access to high-end information resources, such as suggested by NYSHEI through the Academic Research Information Access (ARIA) Act.

David Pietrusza, author of the newly released “1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon” is available for appearances. If you are interested in hosting this award winning and best selling author, please contact directly.

It was the election that would ultimately give America “Camelot” and its tragic aftermath, a momentous contest when three giants who each would have a chance to shape the nation battled to win the presidency. Award-winning author David Pietrusza does here for the 1960 presidential
race what he did in his previous book, 1920: the Year of the Six Presidents—which Kirkus Reviews selected as one of their Best Books of 2007.

DAVID PIETRUSZA is the author of 1920:
The Year of the Six Presidents (Carroll & Graf,
2006), Rothstein: The Life, Times and Murder of the
Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series
(Carroll & Graf, 2003), Teddy Ballgame: My Life in
Pictures (with Ted Williams) (Sport Classic Books,
2002), and Judge and Jury: The Life and Times
of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (Diamond
Communications, 1998). His body of historical work
has garnered media attention from such outlets as
The New York Times, Newsweek, US News & World
Reports, the Washington Post, NPR, C-SPAN, The
Fox News Channel, Bloomberg Radio, the New York
Daily News, The New York Post, the Jerusalem Post,
The New York Law Journal, The New York Sun, the
Denver Post, the Weekly Standard, the Washington
Times, The Seattle Times, The Raleigh News &
Observer, and the Tucson Sun.

After a site visit at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer headed to Alfred for the a NYSHEI regional meeting in the Herrick Library of Alfred University.

Hosted by Stephen Crandall, Library Director at Alfred, the meeting was joined by Carla Johnson, Director of the Scholes Library, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and David Haggstrom, Director of the Hinkle Library, State University of New York College of Technology at Alfred.

Following an established pattern, the meeting featured a report on recent NYSHEI advocacy success stories, a detailed discussion of ARIA, preparation for the coming challenges in a difficult fiscal climate, as well as some talk about future NYSHEI plans.