Assembly Standing Committee on Libraries and Education Technology;
Funding Public Libraries
Purpose: To examine the 2016-2017 State Budget's impact on the mission of New York State libraries in the 21st century.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016, 10:30 a.m., Hamilton Hearing Room B, Albany, New York, NY 12248.
Video with Agenda 
(5h 2m)
Transcripts
- Mike Neppl, Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, New York Library Association [
; 289k] - Michele Bonan, Vice President of Government and Community Relations, Brooklyn Public Library [; 100k]
- Norah Yahya, Associate Director of Government and Community Affairs, The New York Public Library [; 65k]
- Nick Buron, Chief Librarian, and Jonathan Chung, Director of Government Affairs, Queens Library [; 129k]
- Scott Jarzombek, Director, Albany Public Library [; 363k]
- Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Coordinator for Library Sustainability, Mid- Hudson Library System [; 970k]
- Terry Kirchner, Director, and Rob Caluori, Director of IT, Westchester Library System [; 1.44 Meg]
- Robert Hubsher, Executive Director, Ramapo Catskill Library System [; 400k]
- Beth Berlin, Executive Deputy Commissioner, and Bernard Margolis, Assistant Commissioner for
Libraries and State Librarian, State Education Department [; 289k] - Nate Hill, Director, Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), and Kathleen Gundrum, Executive Director, Capital District Library Council, on behalf of the Empire State Library Network [; 315k]
- Dr. Colleen Sadowski, Director of School Library Systems and Media Services, Rochester City School District; representing the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries [; 119k]
- J'aimé Pfeiffer, School Library System Director, Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES; representing the School Library Systems Association, Inc. [; 194k]
- Darby O'Brien, Director, Utica Public Library [; 65k]
- Wanda Bruchis, Director, Mid York Library System [; 123k]
- Brian Hildreth, Executive Director, Southern Tier Library System [; 191k]
- Lauren Moore, Executive Director, Pioneer Library System [; 257k]
- Timothy Burke, Executive Director, Upper Hudson Library System; representing the New York Alliance of Library Systems [; 305k]
Additional Submitted Testimony
- Ronald Kirsop, Assistant Director, Pioneer Library System [; 256k]
- Eli Guinnee, Executive Director, Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System [; 121k]
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August 30, 2018