NYSHEI News

The Business Council of New York State today released a memorandum of support for the Academic Research Information Access (ARIA) act.

In their memo, the Business Council states:

“This legislation serves several purposes vital to ensuring New York’s economy is positioned to stabilize and grow, including supporting increased access and communication among our colleges and universities in support of their programs, and linking the work of our universities to that of the regional economies in which they operate.  Most importantly it provides a missing link between our research universities and the private sector, from mature firms to start-ups, where the importance of innovation is essential to furthering their growth.  This legislation will bridge the academic-industry divide through making available to the private sector, in particular those entrepreneurial and start-up companies, the same science, technical and medical publications needed by faculty-based researchers.  The money spent by public and private college, university and research libraries in New York to license online resources can have much greater impact if it is spent cooperatively through statewide shared licenses rather than individually. Not only can a wider array of online materials be made available to campuses and research libraries throughout the state, but through shared licensing, more affordable options for libraries at small campuses can support coursework for students in workforce development programs that are at the heart of our competitive state economy.”

Read the full memo here.

The Business Council of New York State, Inc., is the leading business organization in New York State, representing the interests of large and small firms throughout the state. Its membership is made up of thousands of member companies, as well as local chambers of commerce and professional and trade associations.

NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer is featured in a new pamphlet from Elsevier: Library Connect.

The pamphlet deals with developing strong library budgets.  Mr. Kramer’s article focuses on the bare essentials of advocacy for academic and research libraries.  The full article and pamphlet are available online.

NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer was recently interviewed by Amber Toland of Elsevier for a “Library Connect” podcast.

Listen here.  Mr. Kramer discusses what NYSHEI is and talks about the main rule of advocacy and lobbying.

Through a cooperative arrangement between Nylink and NYSHEI, Thomson Reuters is offering a trial for NYSHEI members to a suite of resources on the Web of Knowledge platform, including Web of Science, Biosis, Journal Citation Reports, Conference Proceedings and Endnote Web.

Thanks are owed to Donna Dixon of Nylink for making all arrangements.

If you have questions about any of these resources, trial access, and for pricing and further information, please contact Lauren Seltzer at Thomson Reuters.

The Business Incubator Association of New York State has asked its members to stand up for ARIA, and let legislators know what greater availability to high-end information resources would mean to their efforts.

Representing the interests of incubators across New York, BIANYS is committed to fostering the development of the state economy, innovation and entrepreneurial ventures.  The same goals are shared by NYSHEI through the Academic Research Information Access (ARIA) act.

NYSHEI is grateful to David Hochberg, Executive Director of BIANYS, for bring ARIA to the attention of his members and urging them to speak up.  The continued partnering of the higher education and research sectors with industry and entrepreneurs will only benefit all New Yorker’s.