State Library Materials Handling System Design: Part I

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Derby ◽  
Matthew P. Simon ◽  
Raymond H. Puffer ◽  
Mark A. Allen ◽  
Tristan M. Shone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Patent Application ◽  
New York State ◽  
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ◽  
Modular System ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Materials Handling ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Injury ◽  
State Library

Abstract This paper (part one of two) addresses the investigative efforts of the Center for Automation Technologies (CAT), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, into the requirements and processes of the New York State Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL), and the describes the first several module concepts in the automation system designed to assist the TBBL staff in the processing of “talking books” (books on cassette). Part two discusses the remaining modules, system simulations, and conclusions. The primary purposes for this modular system are 1. To assist the TBBL in meeting increased throughput demands and 2. To reduce work-related injury claims. The modules are designed to work individually (as to allow the possibility of similar libraries in other states purchasing modules as desired), and facilitate incremental implementation toward a complete system (for maximized benefit). In this paper, the modules discussed are the BMC unloader (for which a patent application has been filed), the sorting and singulating module, the case orientation and latch opening module, a possible buffer module, and the automation-assisted rewind and inspection module.

State Library Materials Handling System Design: Part II

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Derby ◽  
Matthew P. Simon ◽  
Raymond H. Puffer ◽  
Mark A. Allen ◽  
Tristan M. Shone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Complete System ◽  
New York State ◽  
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ◽  
Modular System ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Materials Handling ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Injury ◽  
State Library

Abstract This paper (part two of two) discusses the concepts generated by the Center for Automation Technologies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, for an automation system for the New York State Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL). It describes the last several module concepts in the system, designed to assist the TBBL staff in the processing of “talking books” (books on cassette), and discusses system simulations, and conclusions from this work. Part one discussed the assessment of needs, requirements, and process flow (all of which are summarized here), as well as the first several modules in the system. The primary purposes for this modular system are 1. To assist the TBBL in meeting increased throughput demands and 2. To reduce work-related injury claims. The modules are designed to work individually (as to allow the possibility of similar libraries in other states to purchase modules as desired), and facilitate incremental implementation toward a complete system (for maximized benefit). In this paper, the modules discussed are the latch closer, label remover, and the virtual turnaround shelves system.

scholarly journals New York State Library School

The Library ◽  
1893 ◽  
Vol s1-V (1) ◽  
pp. 276-a-276
Author(s):  
MARY S. CUTLER
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
York State ◽  
Library School ◽  
State Library

The New York State Library: A Vision for Networked Services

1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 133-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Yavarkovsky
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
York State ◽  
State Library ◽  
Networked Services

Work-Related Back Injuries among Nursing Personnel in New York

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger C. Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
York State ◽  
Licensed Practical Nurses ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Practical Nurses ◽  
Nursing Aides

This paper describes an analysis of workers' compensation data from New York state comparing disabling back injury experiences of: 1) Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, nursing aides, and employees in 21 other occupations selected to provide interesting comparisons, 2) groups defined by the three nursing-related occupational categories within four major health care industries, and 3) men and women in 18 occupational categories.

Characteristics of Patients With Work-Related Asthma Seen in the New York State Occupational Health Clinics

2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 1203-1211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia M. Fletcher ◽  
Matthew A. London ◽  
Kitty H. Gelberg ◽  
Anthony J. Grey
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
New York State ◽  
York State ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Health Clinics

Wage Rates on the Erie Canal, 1828–1881

1963 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter B. Smith
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Wage Determination ◽  
Trade Union Movement ◽  
Wage Rates ◽  
Union Movement ◽  
Erie Canal ◽  
State Library ◽  
Work Done

Wage rate statistics are available for common labor, carpenters, masons, and “teamworkers” for a span of sixty years or more in the nineteenth century in the Erie Canal Papers now on deposit in the New York State Library in Albany. The data are abundant, the documents in which wage reports were made are well preserved, the wage record is for a well defined area and by 1828 the data are un ambiguous.Within three years of the completion of the canal theforeman of repairs had learned to write reports specifying clearly the kind of work each man in his gang performed, to distinguish between wage payments and wage rates, and to record the dates and continuity of employment. Over the fifty-four years covered by our series the operation of the canal did not greatly change, the kinds of work done were not altered from year to year, and this conservatism of the management of the canal had at least one merit from our point of view, it rendered our series homogeneous. Nor did the social environmentin which the wage bargains were determined show much modification; the nascent trade union movement was without perceptible influenceon wages on the canal and, though employment on the canal was a matter of interest to legislators in Albany, public regulation did little to influence the wage determination process.

2004 METRO Digitization Survey: Final Report Prepared by the Metropolitan New York Library Council and Digital Collection Services, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Language Diversity ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Computer Library ◽  
The Rich ◽  
State Library

Given the depth of resources in the member libraries of the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), and because of the rich historical, cultural and language diversity of New York City and Westchester County, METRO supports the value of members' locally digitized information. Actively assisting members with local digitization efforts has been an important goal of METRO's Five Year Plan of Service since 2001. This survey, supported in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, pursues that goal, and moves forward the goal of collaborative digitization projects in the METRO region.

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