Meeting Logistics

Venue

The meeting will be held in the Albert R. Mann Library in Room 160. A registration desk will be open in the foyer from 8:30 on Monday morning.

Schedule

Forum schedule, 2016 October 24-25

Hotel

A hotel block has been reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn (130 E. Seneca Street, Ithaca, New York, 14850). 

Directions from Hilton Garden Inn to Mann Library: Turn left when you exit the hotel's front door. Across the road is a bus shelter. Board the number 10 bus from the rear (east) end of this bus shelter. It runs between downtown and campus every 5-10 minutes during weekdays. You will need $1.50 in exact change for the bus fare. Get off the bus at Lincoln Hall. Continue south (i.e. the direction of the bus) along East Avenue, then turn left at Tower Road. Proceed along Tower Road, passing Bus Stop Bagels and the Trillium dining hall on your left. Make a left as soon as you pass Trillium and walk up until you reach the Ag quad. At the far right of the quad is the Mann Library. Please be warned that there is heavy construction work going on in the Ag Quad and the walk across the Quad to Mann may not be quite as direct a route as you see on the map.

This map shows you the route from the Lincoln Hall bus stop to the Mann Library. Allow ten minutes for the bus ride and fifteen minutes for the walk.

Alternatively, Jason Kovari will meet attendees at the Hilton Garden Inn lobby at 8 a.m. on Monday and escort you to the Mann Library. You will be taking the number 10 bus. Please have $1.50 in exact change for the bus fare.

If rain is forecast, it is strongly recommended that you bring an umbrella.

Transportation to Ithaca

By Air: Ithaca is serviced by the Ithaca-Tompkins Regional Airport (10 minutes from downtown Ithaca and Cornell's campus); we are also within 1 hour of Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Elmira Corning Regional Airport and Greater Binghamton Airport. 

By Bus: There are a number of direct buses from NYC to Ithaca, including the Campus2Campus and Big Red Bullet; both are clean and reliable.

Transportation Around Ithaca

Shuttle: The Hilton offers a shuttle, which can provide transportation to-and-from Ithaca-Tompkins Regional Airport as well as Cornell University's campus; to schedule the shuttle, call the Hilton at 607.277.8900. 

Bus: TCAT, Ithaca's bus system, is convenient and reliable; the TCAT site offers an interactive map and trip planner. Route 10 provides a loop between downtown and campus, a stop for which is located one block from the Hilton (turn left as you exit the hotel on Seneca Street and you will see it). The bus costs $1.50 per ride. 

Taxi: Call Ithaca Dispatch (607) 277-7777 or Collegetown Cabs (607) 588-8888. Allow at least 15-20 minutes for the taxi to arrive.

Walking: If the weather is nice, one can walk between downtown and Cornell's campus. The route includes either a steep hill (streets) or many stairs (gorge trail); however, Jason will be happy to walk anyone back downtown thru Cascadilla Gorge following meetings both days but he strongly recommends wearing good walking shoes as the route includes many uneven stairs.

Maps

 Wifi

 Here are instructions on how to connect to the Cornell Public/Visitor wifi: http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/wifi/visitor/. Cornell-Visitor wifi is quite restricted (ports 80 & 443 only, i.e. web only - no email clients or ssh).

 Eduroam is also available on the Cornell campus.

Restaurants

Breakfast: While you can find breakfast in many places around town, the two most convenient options will be Collegetown Bagels (one block from the Hotel, at the corner of Seneca and Aurora Streets) and Manndible (in Mann Library).

The Hilton is located across the street from the Commons and a block from a number of restaurants on the Aurora Street between Seneca and State Streets. Other dining options:

Downtown Restaurants (Select options within three blocks of the Hilton)

Collegetown Restaurants (Select options just off campus)

Campus Restaurants (Select)

 

Much of the information on this page is gratefully adapted from Christina Harlow's logistics page for Code4Lib NYS 2016.  


For notes from the meeting, see Summary of IMLS Shareable Local Authorities Forum, Cornell University, October 24-25, 2016

 

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