Folsom Library staff got into the spirit of things by wearing red or a piece of clothing with the Institute's logo to celebrate RPI Spirit Day today. |
Back row from left to right: Fran Scott, Manager, Architecture Library/Reference & Instructional Services; Tanis Kreiger, Acquisitions & Electronic Resources Librarian and Manager - Public Services; Jeff Miner, Assistant Vice President for Information Services; Professor David Goldenberg, Lally School of Management and Technology; Connie Fritz, Science Librarian; Ian deJoode, sophomore work/study student.
Middle row: Kathy Stebbins, Business Coordinator, Technical Services; Anna Gardner, Library Associate, Public Services; Colette Holmes, Management Librarian; Adrienne Birchler, Coordinator.
Front row: Two students who wished to remain anonymous and Ellen Dearborn, Library Associate, Public Services.
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Through the support of the Friends of the Folsom Library, the Rensselaer Libraries have renewed a site license to the daily online version of The Chronicle of Higher Education, which allows the campus community access to the newspaper at no cost.
“Given The Chronicle is ‘the’ news service for higher education, I think this is a wonderful service,” said Bob Mayo, director of the Rensselaer Libraries. “Providing a site license saves money to those who were paying for a subscription but, perhaps more importantly, provides access to the many who did not have a subscription.”
This is the second year that the Friends of the Folsom Library has underwritten the cost of an institutional subscription to The Chronicle. The Friends is a service organization comprising Rensselaer faculty, staff, alumni, retirees, and interested community members dedicated to enriching the collections, services, and events provided at the Folsom Library.When I manned the Library's information table this month at Rensselaer's Annual Benefits Fair and Staff Appreciation Day event, several faculty and staff who stopped by said they are so pleased that Friends is providing free online access to this valuable publication. And those who were just learning about it said they were definitley going to enlighten members of their departments since their current paper subscriptions are quite costly and now unnecessary. One person told me this was the biggest and best piece of information he received at the benefits fair. That made my day.
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| Chuck Boylen |
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| Darrin Fresh Water Institute on Lake George |
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| Zebra Mussels Photo courtesty of NYS Department of Environmental Conservation |
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| Aftermath of The Great Fire of Troy (1862) Image courtesy of the Rensselaer County Historical Society |
Tom Whalen has been using
Linkedin since early 2005 after a Silicon Valley alumnus of RPI told him “…this
thing is going to be huge.” Seven years later he is one of the best linked
members of the RPI community, as measured by the number of his 1st,
2nd and 3rd degree RPI Linkedin connections that he keeps
within his network. After seven years with the Office of
Institute Advancement, Tom is now the Director of MBA and MS Career Resources
at the Lally School of Management and Technology, a position that he has held
since November of 2010. 
