Students at the Palmer School of Library and Information Science on Long Island are part of a multi-year project to make historical artifacts accessible online for free.
Long Island University Unveils Groundbreaking Project Offering Public Access To Digital Historic Documents
Students Conduct Research & Archiving Funded by $1.5 million Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant
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BROOKVILLE, N.Y., June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Long Island University s Palmer School of Library and Information Science announced today the opening of Digitizing Local History Sources, a groundbreaking five-year project and website offering the public access to over 51,000 images from 40 participating historical societies across Long Island. The endeavor was funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.
An early 1900s automobile from the photo albums of William K. Vanderbilt II kept at the Vanderbilt Museum, included in the Digitizing Local History Sources project.
Healthcare Insurance Enrollment/Policy Expert Promoted to COO at Regional Hospital Associations
Stacy Villagran, a resident of West Babylon, NY, was promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer for the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State and its regional hospital associations the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council (NSHC) and the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association (NorMet). NSHC represents hospitals on Long Island and NorMet represents hospitals in the Hudson Valley.
Villagran most recently served as the Senior Director of Health Insurance Programs for the agency. Since 2000, Villagran has greatly expanded the organization’s health insurance enrollment assistance programs that now include a New York State Department of Health-sponsored grant program that provides enrollment assistance in Medicaid programs for the aged, blind, and disabled populations, a Medicare Telephone Assistors Program, and a Community Health Advocates program that assists individuals in