Current Students

• Published
  • Melanie Locay is now a regular contributor to the New York Public Library blog. Here’s her first entry: Plus: A Review.
  • Check out the article by Rachel Harrison in the student column of The Serials Librarian: Unique Benefits of Conference Attendance as a Method of Professional Development for LIS Professionals. Rachel wrote her article while doing an independent study with Rick Block. Congratulations, Rachel, and thanks, Rick!
  • Megan Malta published an article in the Spring 2010 issue of the WESS newsletter. It is titled The New York Antiquarian Book Fair: Impressions of an MLS Student.
  • Jared Camins-Esakov published an article in the Code4Lib Journal in June 2010. It is titled Automatic Generation of Printed Catalogs: An Initial Attempt. “Writing the article was a very rewarding experience. If there are any technically-minded Palmer students thinking about writing articles, encourage them to write for the Code4Lib Journal. The editorial team was very easy to work with.”
• Internships
  • Museum of Sex: cataloging items from a large collection of pornography (the Ralph Whittington Collection) as well as books in their library — Kate Dundon
  • Brooklyn Historical Society — Fred Folmer, Fall 2010
  • Jim Henson Company: digitizing their paper archives, mainly original drawings, sketches, and storyboards from Jim Henson’s early work, as well as original art and sketches of Muppets and other characters — Madlyn Moskowitz, Fall 2010
  • Northport Historical Society — Alexandra Janvey, Fall 2009- Fall 2010
  • Special Collections of the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Long Island University/C.W. Post Campus — Alexandra Janvey, Summer 2010
  • Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — Megan Combs, Summer 2010
  • Rare Books Room in the Strand Bookstore — Megan Malta, Fall 2009
• Full-time Jobs
  • Kate Dundon — NYU Law Library: managing government documents and assisting Jeanne Rehberg, International Law librarian.
  • Melissa Heide — Business Information Specialist at Pall Corporation
  • Alexa Pearce — Librarian for Journalism, Media, Culture and Communication at NYU Bobst Library
• Other
  • “I have been a librarian for 19 years now and am currently attending L.I.U to obtain my NY State school library certification. I received my MLS from Queens College and my B.A. from Adelphi University. I have worked in a number of public libraries over the years and am presently employed by the Half Hollow Hills Community Library in Youth Services.” — Teresa LaMorte
    
  • “Since September 2010 I’ve been a Graduate Assistant in the Digital Initiatives and Art Slide Library at the B. Davis Schwartz Library Memorial Library, Long Island University/C.W. Post Campus.” — Alexandra Janvey
  • London Rare Books School summer program — Rachel Hendrick, Summer 2010
  • Two Palmer students have been awarded the SLA-NY scholarships to attend the annual conference in New Orleans! Congratulations to Shirley Zhao and Crystal Cutler!
  • Caitlin McGurk won a $1,5000 scholarship from the New York Library Club in Fall 2009.
    

Faculty

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Articles of Interest

• From Library Journal… Placements & Salaries Survey 2010
  LIU graduates make top salaries! See Table 4.
• Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries
  Library Systems & Services was hired to run the libraries of Santa Clarita, Calif., setting off an outsourcing debate.
• From Library Journal… Controversy Still Brewing