Mastering the Art of Information Sleuthing - for Business, Science, Legal and Other Hidden Resources - The Kentucky Chapter and the Legal Division of SLA are co-sponsoring a day of workshops focused on doing legal research with a twist, along with a presentation by Ethel Salonen, President of SLA.

The program will take at the University Club at Chancy Center (Belknap Campus, University of Louisville), Friday, February 18, from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Cost is $25. Lunch is provided. A special rate of $79 per night for hotel accommodations at the Inn at Jewish Hospital has been secured. Mention the Kentucky Chapter of Special Libraries Association to receive this rate when making accommodations before February 7, 2005. Send back your registration form before Friday, February 11, 2005. Attendance is limited to 70 participants. Sponsorship for the program has been offered by Thomson West, LexisNexis, and EBSCO.

Contact Constance Ard, Mary Vass or Glenda Neely if you have any questions.

Q&A with the national SLA Board of Directors candidates on our own listserv. All KY-SLA members are invited to exchange with the different candidates that have accepted to discuss their ideas and opinions about SLA as we prepare to vote for the new Board.

If you are not on the listserv yet and wish to be, please see http://www.sla.org/chapter/cky/listserv.htm for instructions.

Spring Joint Conference - The Academic Section of the Kentucky Library Association (KLA); the Special Section of KLA; the Kentucky Chapter of the ACRL and the Kentucky Chapter of SLA are joining forces once again for a Joint Spring Conference at the Lake Barkley State Resort Park in Cadiz, Ky. This year's theme is Visibility for Libraries: Communicating Our Vision. See the program and the registration form. Registration is due April 1st.

The meeting, open to all members, will be at Keeneland Race Course, 4201 Versailles Road, in Lexington. A board meeting and the presentation will take place at 10:00AM in the Keeneland Directors Room. The buffet lunch and the afternoon at the races will take place from 12:00PM to 5:00PM in the Phoenix Dining Room that overlooks the saddling paddock. A dress code will be in effect (suit or sport coat for gentlemen with ties optional. Suits, dresses or dress slacks for ladies. Skirts with proper blouses or sweaters. No denim or athletic wear).

Registration fee is $40.00. Reserve your ticket by September 29 with Cathy Schenck (reservations for a group of 30 have been made so reserve early). Parking is free. Make checks payable to KYSLA and mail to Leoma Dunn, Catalog & Systems Librarian, Technical Services, Thomas More College Library, 333 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview Hills KY 41017 by October 6th.

Program Meeting - Our fall meeting will feature Barbara Burton from Factiva who will speak on creating one's own personal public relations message. Learn the power of using your Elevator Talk, plus nine other practical marketing ideas to help promote you and your information function.

The meeting, open to all members, will be at Keeneland Race Course, 4201 Versailles Road, in Lexington. A board meeting and the presentation will take place at 10:00am in the Keeneland Directors Room. The buffet lunch and the afternoon at the races will take place from 12:00 to 5:00 in the Phoenix Dining Room that overlooks the saddling paddock. A dress code will be in effect (suit or sport coat for gentlemen with ties optional. Suits, dresses or dress slacks for ladies. Skirts with proper blouses or sweaters. No denim or athletic wear).

Registration fee is $35.00. Reserve your ticket by October 1st with Cathy Schenck (reservations for a group of 30 have been made so reserve early). Parking is free. Make checks payable to KYSLA and mail to Leoma Dunn, Catalog & Systems Librarian, Technical Services, Thomas More College Library, 333 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview Hills KY 41017 by October 8th.

Open Board Meeting - This meeting will take place at the offices of Greenebaum Doll and McDonald, 3500 National City Tower, 101 S. Fifth Street in Louisville from 10:00 am to noon. A dutch lunch will follow for those interested. Please RSVP to Cathy Schenck by November 17. Open to all members.

Parking information: you can park at National City Garage (kind of pricey) or you can go for the cheaper parking at the Galt House and walk up Main Street to the National City Tower (roughly a block).

Open Program & Business Meeting - Come hear Jean Kellet, psychologist, speak on Librarian Self-Development at the Eloise B.
Houchens Center in Bowling Green, KY, 1115 Adams St. Lunch will be served before the program. An open business meeting will be held after the program, notably with members of the Southern Appalachian Chapter to talk about supporting their efforts with the '04 Annual Conference in Nashville. All members are invited to join.

Lunch will be hot chicken salad, congealed salad, bread, tea, coffee, chocolate cake and pecan pie. Chapter members: $15.00; student chapter members: $5.00. You may pay on location or in advance by sending checks to Veronica Walker , Electronic Resources Cataloger, William T. Young Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0456. RSVP to Cathy Schenck by Thursday, November 6.