Milne Library welcomes our new Associate Director!

Cyril Oberlander, former Director of Interlibrary Services at the University of Virginia and Head of Interlibrary Loan at Portland State University, has joined the staff of Milne Library as Associate Library Director. He started his new position on Monday, January 7th.

Cyril's library background is interlibrary loan services at academic institutions and he brings to Milne a wealth of experience and expertise in this area. Cyril has published and presented extensively on library interlibrary loan issues and Milne is excited and privileged to have him join our staff. Next time you are in the library, stop by the Administrative Office and say hello!

The 2007 IDS Conference

Over 80 participants are in Milne Library today for the first day of the annual IDS Conference. The IDS Conference is a gathering of ILL librarians, staff and administrators of over 20 different libraries in New York State, who meet yearly to discuss the IDS Project, an information delivery services project designed to create more effective ways to share library resources. Each of the libraries in the project agrees to a set of performance standards, such as borrowing or loaning journal articles with certain turnaround times, in order work together cooperatively towards a common goal. For more details about the conference or The IDS Project, please contact the Project Director, Ed Rivenburgh, at edr@geneseo.edu.

Milne Library says goodbye to Mary McGrath

Milne Library is saying farewell on Friday, July 6th to one of our outstanding employees - Mary McGrath, IDS Lending Manager. Mary worked in Milne Library for 35 years and was an integral part of the IDS team, helping students and faculty with requests and always ready with a friendly smile for anyone who dropped by the IDS office. Mary also worked in the business library when it was housed in Fraser. She will be missed, but will enjoy her retirement. Everyone at Milne wishes Mary the best!