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Officers and Committee Chairs President President-Elect Past-President Secretary Treasurer - Interim Director Director Archivist/Operating Procedures Manual Awards Committee Chair Members: Nancy Fawley Bulletin Editor SLA/KY List Owner Membership Committee Chair Member: Nominating Committee Chair Linda Minch Public Relations/Diversity Leadership Development Committee
Chair Recruitment and Retention Committee Chair Strategic Planning Committee Chair Web Development Chair and Bulletin Co-Editor KY Chapter Student Group Liaison KY Chapter Student Group President |
Table of Contents
President's
Message
--James Manasco
"Beginnings are scary.
Endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most."
--Sandra Bullock
JON: I'm leaving this galaxy
for one less complicated.
VEIDT: But you'd regained interest in human life.
JON: Yes, I have. I think perhaps I'll create some.
VEIDT: I did the right thing, didn't I? It all worked out in the end.
JON: "In the end?" Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.
--From "The Watchmen," no.12, by Alan Moore and Dave
Gibbons.
"The beginnings and endings
of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of
a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage."
-From Over
the River by John Galsworthy, Chapter 1, 1933
I've never really liked the word or concept "endings," too damn depressing
for me. However, endings have been paramount in my mind as of late. I was unfortunately
unable to attend the Joint Spring Conference and annual chapter business meeting
due to an ending-a death of a close family member. One I did not foresee and
which has left me feeling a bit old and…diminished. But even in the midst
of my grieving, I was heartened by the outpouring of affection and support received
by my family and me. And I was impressed that even in this time of trial, I
saw the best in my family come out as we gathered together to share love and
help each other through this time.
Another ending coming up is the end of my time as President of the Chapter. I've greatly enjoyed my time as your President, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you. At the spring meeting, the Chapter elected the next batch of officers to shepherd us along in the new term. I extend to all of our new leaders my utmost thanks and support in the coming year. I especially want to extend my best wishes to Constance Ard who will be serving as your President this coming year. Please give her your support and help her to keep the Chapter moving forward.
While I was thinking about the ending of my term as President, I began to reflect on the past year. The past year has been truly eventful for the Chapter. The major event, coming to my mind, was the development and presentation of our proposal to the Chapter Cabinet at Winter Conference. I feel that our efforts resulted in many positive outcomes. I believe that our efforts on this and other fronts in Membership and Public Relations this past year show that a small Chapter can be a strong and effective advocate for the Special Libraries Association (yeah, I use SLA a lot, but I'm one of those folks who will never abandon the full name to join up with the DBAed acronym-only crowd). I want to extend a big "thank you" to all the advisory board and members who helped to make a difference this past year.
On a personal level, this year has been eventful for me, as well. I changed jobs-moving from my alma mater to the arch-foe of my alma mater. Definitely a culture shock! I moved twice this past year-once from Lexington to a friend's house in Louisville and then again to my present home. I got married to a wonderful woman who, for reasons that escape me, thinks I'm a pretty cool guy. And, bless her heart, she's accepting and mostly non-judgmental about my deviant librarian lifestyle. I've gained a whole new family…and all that that means. I've had to learn to accept the fact that, at least in part, I'm now a Hoosier. That has quite possibly been the toughest change to accept this past year.
To get my driver's license, for example, I had to take a written driver's test, the same one 16-year olds take. I can't believe I suffered test anxiety over that! I also had to learn that even though the driver's manual says that "Yield" signs mean the same thing in Kentucky and Indiana, the Indiana manual is lying! Folks up here blithely merge to their heart's content whenever they see a yield sign. So you best be ready to adjust your course to accommodate these drivers hell-bent on ignoring the law! Another stress to the daily commutes across the Ohio.
With all that has gone on this past
year, both for the Chapter and for me, all the endings and beginnings, all the
highs and lows, with all that, I'm happy to say it has been overall a great
year! I appreciate, again, that the Chapter has allowed me this opportunity.
I also thank you for going on this voyage with me this past year. And though
I will not be your President, I will gladly continue this wonderful journey
with the Kentucky Chapter for the knowable future. So, not really an ending
after all!
Outgoing message from
the 2003-2004 Student President
--Submitted by Christine Wysocki, KY Chapter Student Group President
Looking back, we've had some good times this past year, Kentucky Chapter. As always, you have reached out and mentored the student group and taught us many valuable things. In particular, our March lecture series on Women's History in Libraries was well received and highly informative. Katherine Black from William T Young Library at UK spoke on "Integrating Interdisciplinary Research into Academic Librarianship." UK International Documents Librarian Reinette Jones delivered the speech, "African American Librarians in Kentucky: Past, Present and Future." Nancy DeMarcus, Acting Manager of the University of Kentucky Archives and Records Program finished the month with "Women's Collections in the University Archives and Records Program."
The goal of our March program was to educate our classmates on the important roles women play in a variety of library settings, but also to share the ways that librarians' personal research interests can inform their life's work. Choosing a career in libraries isn't exclusive of other intellectual pursuits and sharing the results of your studies with students and peers is a valuable and rewarding experience. Thanks again to our wonderful Spring Speakers.
So many of our current student members are graduating, and I hope we all find careers as gratifying as those of our mentors. I'd like to take a moment to say goodbye to some of the student members who have really kept our Chapter on track this past year. Ginny Norris committed herself fully to the successful planning and execution of all SLA student activities. Jennifer Nelson could always be counted on to come up with innovative ideas in our Chapter meetings. Carolyn Haines was ever the source of encouragement. And Richard Leigh was always certain to provide a welcome laugh-oh, and some good ideas too! I'm sorry if I've forgotten anyone who is graduating; you've all been wonderful.
Looking forward, our new leadership has been elected! Hurray for the 2004-2005 crew! We will have co-presidents this year, Tammy Kirk and Liz Smith. Theresa McCarty is serving as secretary-treasurer and one semester on ALA student Chapter governance. And two other new faces, Jacqueline Goins will act as mentoring liaison, and Jules Arnold has volunteered to serve as archives committee-person. I know that with the support of the Kentucky Chapter, the new student group will certainly succeed in their endeavors.
Awards
Dinner at Hall's on the River
-- Submitted by Elizabeth Smigielski, Director-at-large
It's time for the May get-together, which this year doubles as an awards dinner.
This year we'll be at Hall's on the River, so come along for some springtime
relaxation and Chapter fellowship. Already over a dozen people have RSVP'ed,
so it'll be a good turnout. (Unfortunately, the Cincinnati Chapter could not
join us this year.) With a promise of separate checks and a full bar, how can
you refuse?
Where: Hall's on the River, 1225 Athens Boonesboro Rd, Winchester
When: Friday, 7 May, 6:00 pm
Menu: You may order off the regular menu: http://www.hallsontheriver.com/menu.php
Drinks: Hall's has a full bar
RSVP: Please RSVP to Elizabeth Smigielski (emsmig01@louisville.edu) by Monday, 3 May.
Please spread the word among your colleagues or students who are not KY SLA members!
Spring
Conference 2004
--Editor's Note
Once again, we were treated to beautiful weather and a few days of inspiring sessions and valuable networking time at Barren River State Park, April 14-16, 2004. I'd like to thank our three contributors for writing summaries of conference sessions: Glenda Neely, Alice Marksberry, and Jo Staggs-Neel. I hope that you'll appreciate these summaries, particularly those of you who were unable to attend these sessions. While we can't bring you the beautiful weather we enjoyed, we can share with you some of the insights gained from these sessions.
Thanks also to our President-Elect, Constance Ard, for submitting a detailed summary of our annual business meeting. As the official meeting minutes will not be published in the Bulletin until later this year, I especially welcome her report. And she even left in the part about the chocolate. So as we enjoy chocolate, I hope that you, too, will enjoy this summary of our Spring Conference.
Spring Conference Session Review - "Online
Research-the 3 T's: Tools, Techniques & Tips;" "Politics of Web
Accessibility;" and "Building Bridges to Faculty: Partnering Blackboard
and Library Instruction"
--Submitted by Glenda Neely
"Online Research-the 3 T's: Tools, Techniques & Tips",
presented by Rebecca Trammell, Director of the UK Law Library. After defining
the business and politics of information Rebecca launched into reasons for using
search engines vs. topic/subject approach or specific URLs for online research.
She uses Google Unclesam as the top law and government information search engine
(http://www.google.com/unclesam).
Comparing different search engines and their advanced features is simple with
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com
as a chart. Using the topic/subject approach is easier with unique and useful
websites arranged in that manner, like the Central Florida Library Cooperative
at http://www.cflc.net with
its built-in CFLC Reference Desk. A subject guide to government information
is http://www.isu.edu/library/docs/Subjects1.htm,
and for government statistics http://www.fedstats.gov
was recommended. For free to fee website information use these three: http://theendoffree.com,
http://www.contentbiz.com
and http://savethefreeweb.com.
The Internet Library for Librarians site http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/index.html
includes ShelveIt!, a program for teaching users and employees to shelve books
by Dewey, LC, NLM and GPO. For current Internet updates use http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html
and http://www.hsl.unc.edu/libcal.htm.
She also spoke about her favorite toy - the USB Flash Drive.
"Politics of Web Accessibility"
was presented by Michael Providenti, Web Development Librarian at NKU, who divided
his talk into four sections: constituents (people with disabilities); laws;
web standards; and recommendations. Over 24% of the U.S. population has some
disability, 3.5% have visual disabilities, 3.0% have difficulty with using their
hands (for mouse). The 6.5% visual and hand disabilities represent 18.5 million
people, and 262,000 of those are in Kentucky. The college/university disability
population is just 1.2%. Wireless devices are being used for web pages-PDA and
web-enabled cell phones for example. Michael discussed laws (1973 Rehabilitation
Act), the 1986 updates, the Assistive Technology Act of 1988, and the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Full and equal enjoyment of activities
in places of public accommodation includes Internet resources. He also mentioned
the expense of providing access is NOT generally regarded as an undue burden
under the law. Web standards and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (14, each
having 65 checkpoints) were presented, as were the two themes of accessibility-ensuring
graceful transformation and making content understandable and navigable. There
are manual and online accessibility testers available (i.e. webxact). Michael's
design philosophy is user-centered, not designer-centered. His four recommendations
are 1) Don't wait to implement standards; 2) Be familiar with laws and standards;
3) Be prepared for resistance; and 4) Build a small demo site and show it off.
He advocated better browsers: Mozilla 1.6 (http://www.mozilla.org),
Opera 7.23 (http://www.opera.com),
and Safari (for Mac users). Michael said to consider hand coding and supporting
and encouraging your Web developer to be creative. Recommended reading: Jeffrey
Zeldman's Designing with Web Standards (2003); articles at http://www.alistapart.com;
and Joe Clark's Building Accessible Websites (2002).
"Building Bridges to Faculty: Partnering Blackboard and Library Instruction" was presented by Mary Vass, Team Leader of Reference at Young Library, and Claire Carpenter, Faculty Development/Blackboard Coordinator at the University of Kentucky. Blackboard's main page is used as a starting point for teaching online resources. Their eventual goal is to put the library instruction components into Blackboard classes. They described a 2-hr workshop for faculty, "The Expanding Universe of Online Resources", offered initially in summer 2003. Over 50 signed up for the two sessions in a room holding only 12, so additional sessions were added. Faculty members were from different disciplines and departments, but the objectives were the same for all: helping faculty to familiarize themselves with the flood of electronic information and emphasizing what the library offers. They taught methodology, content, searching techniques, and gave demos of 3 databases: InfoTrac (now using EBSCO) to demo Boolean and general searching techniques, WebSpirs (for database selection and SDI/search alert) and Web of Science for research through citation analysis. Copies of the PowerPoint and many handouts used in the workshops were distributed at the presentation. They included outline/agenda, chart of information flow, database searching tips, a selected glossary, a chart of major aggregators, an evaluation form, and learning outcomes.
Spring Conference Session Review - Achieving
Results through Relationships: The Power of Influence
--Submitted by Jo Staggs-Neel, Recruitment and Retention Committee Chair
Patricia Currie from Dialog presented the first general session on the Relationship Management Segment of Dialog's Quantum2 seminar. The program, usually presented as a workshop for small groups, concentrates on the four steps to achieving influence: evaluating our image, assessing our environment, understanding our stakeholders, and building professional relationships. Each of these four steps involves asking interesting, useful, and sometimes slightly depressing questions of ourselves, such as: "What degree of respect and clout do I believe I have? What forces are affecting our organization and other players in the same place? Am I in the place I want to be?"
The first step, Evaluating Our Image, includes not only our own self image, but also how we feel others see us, and how people see our institution. The second step, Assessing Our Environment, aims at putting these images in context and gaining an understanding of our organization's culture. Step three, Understanding Stakeholders, investigates the politics and various motivations, stresses, and individual goals of the decision-makers in our organization. In case this sounds way too much like office politics, here's a quote Curry used: "Positive politics is the pursuit of enlightened self-interest." Building Relationships, step four, of course focuses on the ongoing energy in developing relationships.
For more information on the Quantum program (and believe me, there is much, much more) see their site at http://quantum.dialog.com
Spring
Conference Session Review - "On-Line Research: The 3 T's: Tools, Techniques
& Tips"
--Submitted by Alice Marksberry, Archivist/Operating Procedures Manual
I picked up quite a few tips and tricks from Rebecca S. Trammell's "On-Line Research: The 3 T's: Tools, Techniques & Tips" session at the 2004 SLA/KLA Joint Spring Conference. I really enjoyed the session and really appreciated Rebecca's willingness to share some "gems" with the attendees.
She began by defining the term "Business of Information" by breaking down the definitions of business and then information which included the politics of information. She emphasized that librarians are involved in those politics because they are the individuals who "decide who gets what, when and how".
Tips included the following strategy:
The best part of Rebecca's presentation
was that she shared some of her favorite web sites with the audience. The highlights
included:
Spring
Conference Business Meeting Summary
--Submitted by Constance Ard, President-Elect
In the stead of our esteemed leader I floundered in his foot steps.
I've only just discovered the written reports for committees that were not physically present even though I looked at the materials James sent me three or four times before the meeting. How did I miss this?
So here's a brief summary of our business meeting with the added benefit of official reports.
Constance called the meeting to order on April 15, 2004, and we were diligent in being present in a dark room on a beautiful day. Stacey Greenwell took notes.
No official reading of the minutes from the business meeting on November 14 was done, so that will be done at our next board meeting.
Constance did a brief update on Communities of Practice (COP) and DBA. The COP works like a portal in that you can customize your SLA web experience. Constance reported that she found it a little difficult to customize. Stacey provided some additional information since the IT division was a major participant in its development. According to Stacey, the chat tool was useful. A demo at an upcoming meeting was also requested.
Valerie Perry helped Constance report on the DBA initiative that was passed at Winter Meeting. Constance spoke to the fact that this was a "business" decision, and that it really was used in practice any way. Valerie commented on the heated debate that occurred at Winter Meeting. It was reported that the consensus seemed to be that the members were tired of hearing about the name change debate.
Valerie also stated that she was proud of the Kentucky Chapter. The proposal for the Finance Committee to review the dues structure was presented and passed with much debate and a lot of negative comments from the larger chapters. However, the membership voted, and the finance committee will be reporting at the annual conference on their review of the dues structure. Thanks Valerie for bringing this up.
Constance provided a quick summary of the Spring Conference which had 111 attendees registered. The reminder that there would be live entertainment on Thursday evening by the Rock String Garden Band was also announced.
Constance also thanked the Directors-at-Large for their work on the awards and social meeting that will be held on May 7 at Hall's on the River. Remember to get your registrations in to Elizabeth by May 3.
Treasurer Leoma Dunn provided a detailed year-end report that will be submitted to headquarters. We had, at the time of Leoma's report, a total of $5,543.95. There was a discussion of the expenses, including reimbursement for Constance Ard to provide a speaker gift to our November speaker. A check for $125 from EBSCO was made out incorrectly to the Chapter for a sponsor gift for the spring conference. Leoma has written a check for the same amount to the KLA Academic Library Section. Leoma thanked Jo for her assistance in getting her started as Treasurer. There was also a brief mention of the change from credit union to National City Bank due to the need to have all officers as members of the credit union. So the switch was made.
The Directors-at-Large report by Elizabeth included a reminder of the Hall's meeting. Constance and Elizabeth briefly discussed the work and planning going on for the October meeting at Keeneland with a Factiva program. Elizabeth, Cathy, and Constance will continue the work and keep you informed of this exciting program event.
Elizabeth also discussed the social dinner held in March to network with members and potential members. Mark and Mary from UL attended and were encouraged to sign on.
The Awards Committee provided a report by Catherine Lavallée-Welch stating that excellent nominations had been received, and winners were picked. Come to the awards dinner to see them revealed.
Bulletin Editor Stacey Greenwell reminded us of the 4/23 deadline and asked that we get articles to her. An article on COP would be welcomed.
Discussion List Owner Mary Vass said that since we have gone to a private list we were receiving less spam. She also reminded people with old and new addresses to unsubscribe and re-subscribe. If you are having any problems contact Mary Vass.
Membership Committee chair, Jill
Sherman provided a written report. We currently have 71 members-45 are members,
24 are students. Jill reminds you to be careful not to let your membership lapse.
Our newest member is Mary from U of L. (I guess our encouragement at the dinner
worked.) Jill is also going through the Special Libraries section of the Kentucky
Libraries and Archives directory. She plans to send local brochures and SLA
membership packets to libraries we haven't had contact with before. Jill sends
her thanks to Valerie for pointing out that committee activity information was
dropped from membership directory. This was stated to be due to a desire to
reduce the size of the database. There was also some discussion about this and
change and the effects of this change. It will have the most impact on librarians
seeking tenure.
Note: There was a mention that our newest member before Mary may have been
from Albuquerque. Confirmation would be welcomed. <Editor's
Note: Yes, our previous newest member is in fact from Albuquerque. Welcome to
the KY Chapter, Heather!>
Nominating Committee Chair Linda Minch provided a written report asking that elections be held at the business meeting. The election was held under new business (see below). Your officers for 2004-05 are:
Elizabeth Smigielski - President-Elect
Stacey Greenwell - Secretary
Leoma Dunn - Treasurer
Glenda Neely - Member-at-Large
Public Relations Committee/Diversity Leadership Development Committee Chair Susan Brown asked for members to get their profiles in. Constance asked if the table skirt had been ordered yet. It had not but Susan will get it.
Catherine Lavallée-Welch provided a written report for the Web Development Committee. The report stated that we had received questions from an SLA member from out-of-state who is moving to Kentucky and looking for job information. James and Catherine have provided a Kentucky tourism page for the Southern Appalachian Chapter conference page.
Joe Miller, Student Chapter Liaison, submitted a written report which stated that membership was down from previous years. He encouraged us by stating that we were the most viable and active of the three professional association student groups at UK. ALA and ASSIST groups are both trying to get more active this year. New officers for student Chapter are:
Tammy Kirk, Co-President
Liz Smith, Co-President
Theresa McCarty, Secretary/treasurer
Jacqueline Goins, Mentoring Liaison
Jules Arnold, Archives committee-person.
Graduating student Ginny Norris coordinated a series of programs in March on women in librarianship. No students could attend spring meeting. No student is seeking support for the annual conference.
In New Business, activities for the board meeting we elected officers. The slate of candidates as presented was accepted. There was a motion to support an honorarium of $30 for Bowling Green speaker, and the confirmation of the Executive Board's unofficial e-mail vote. There was motion to support $75 gift for Patricia Currie, our featured speaker at the Spring Conference. Both motions were accepted.
Constance also brought up the need for brochures and other materials for the Nashville hospitality booth and asked for volunteers not only to staff the booth but to help with the Dinner Buddies program. Several people volunteered to staff the booth: Mary Vass, Pat Wilson, Susan Brown, Elizabeth Smigielski, Stacey Greenwell, Leoma Dunn, and Constance Ard. Mary Vass and Constance Ard volunteered to host dinner buddies.
A discussion of getting items for giveaways was undertaken with the thought that this was best finalized outside of the business meeting. Lots of good ideas were put forward including getting some local items from our Albuquerque member. A motion was made and passed to spend up to $250 to provide items for the door prizes in Nashville.
With the fun stuff out of the way, it was time for chocolate and a review of the Governing Documents and Recommended Practices as provided by Alice. Alice did a great job of highlighting the items that really needed to be decided upon by the members, and we breezed through the procedures with "recommended practices" that were appropriate for the Kentucky Chapter's history of practice. A huge thank you goes out to our steadfast archivist for getting this job done.
We then moved on to chocolate throwing to wake up the senses on all counts. Constance tossed chocolate to those who were grumbling to stimulate their senses for a brainstorming session for our Strategic Planning Chair, Valerie Perry.
This discussion went towards getting the thoughts out there for where we wanted to take the Chapter in the next five years and how we might accomplish those goals. Stay tuned, for more of this discussion will follow in meetings to come. Even at social meetings this topic should be discussed so that our membership is well represented in terms of our mission and goals. Valerie will share the thoughts and ideas we contributed and will do wonders with them I'm sure.
Sorry for the length of this but
I thought you might like to know in narrative form some of the things that happened
at our largest business meeting of the year.
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Practices/Procedures
Manual and Governing Document
--Submitted by Alice Marksberry, Archivist/Operating Procedures Manual
This past April (2004), SLA's Governance Task Force issued a new Recommended Practices document. It is intended that SLA units take these recommended practices and tailor them to suit the needs of the unit. The result will be a new procedures manual with the goal of being simple, flexible and nimble. The manual will be referred to as the "KY/SLA Practices Manual."
The purpose of this manual is to document the duties and responsibilities of Chapter officers, committee chairs, and appointed positions. A copy of this manual, along with the Chapter's Governing Document, will be made available to each incoming officer, committee chair, and member. These documents will be archived and be made available via the KY/SLA Chapter Web site; in this way, the entire membership may also have access to these documents.
Per a recent review of the KY/SLA Archives, the Kentucky Chapter has not previously employed the use of a procedures manual. Tradition, oral history, officer notes, Chapter by-laws, and the collective past experience of those who have served in the various elected and appointed offices were the main means of transfer of Chapter operating memory from one elected board-year to the next.
The KY/SLA Chapter's first practices manual draft was crafted from traditional practices and procedures (chapter memory); information taken from the Chapter Archives; documents generated by past officers; KY/SLA Chapter Bylaws and Web site; and from the Association's new Recommended Practices document.
This manual will formalize our Chapter's traditions in programming/events, chapter business procedures, and the chapter's responsibilities to the Association such as reports and communications options. Also it will assist in the recruitment process of new officers and committee chairs; she/he will have a document to refer to see what responsibilities are required of that potential office or committee.
The potential KY/SLA Chapter Practices Manual has gone through two drafts thus far; the next step is the review process by the current Executive and Advisory Board members. Once that has taken place, the final revision will be submitted to the new Executive Board during the Summer Board Meeting for final approval and ratification.
Any Chapter member that has any comments or would like to review the current draft, please contact Alice Marksberry. All suggestions are welcomed.
Thanks to committee members
Pat Wilson and Linda Minch for their comments and review of the document.
Governing Document
Per a memorandum sent to all SLA Chapter Presidents from Davenport Robertson, Chair, Chapter Cabinet, dated April 7, 2004:
"As a result of the Association Bylaws revision, units are no longer required to have bylaws, but instead are required to have governing documents. The ultimate goal of the Bylaws revision process is to provide simplification in the administration of SLA units.
The KY/SLA Chapter's new Governing Document was effective as of February 1, 2004. It was approved by the Chapter Cabinet in June 2003, reviewed by the Board-authorized Task Force and the Bylaws Committee, and, ultimately, approved by the SLA Board of Directors in January 2004.
This document provides the minimum essential requirements for the governance of all SLA Chapters. Chapters may further revise and customize this document, if so desired, by following the formal amendment process outlined by the Association Bylaws."
At the April 2004 Board
meeting held at the joint SLA-KLA spring conference, board members agreed that
the model governing document sent to the Chapter was sufficient and that we
should strive not to make changes to it but instead make those procedural changes
to the new Chapter Practices Manual. Any Chapter member that has any comments,
please contact Alice Marksberry. All
suggestions are welcomed.
Read the Governing Document.
Discussion
List Update
--Submitted by Mary Vass, Discussion List Owner
You can subscribe to the Kentucky Chapter listserv by sending a message to listserv@lsv.uky.edu. The text should read:
Subscribe ________ (your name) kysla
It's a great way for Chapter members to keep in touch!
If you're already a subscriber, one of the complications you might encounter involves a change in email address: you may be having email forwarded, and you'll continue to get listserv messages routed from an old address. However, when you try to post a message, you won't be able to do so from the new address. If you are still able to use the old address, you can unsubscribe and then resubscribe, but probably the easiest thing is to send me a message to:
Just let me know the old address under which you think you're subscribed, and the new one under which you would like to be subscribed. I can make the changes quickly, unless I'm on vacation! If you're unsure which address is currently listed, I'll be glad to check that for you.
This list is currently private, meaning nonmembers can't post. That virtually eliminates spam, although we have never restricted who can join. However, if problems develop where a spammer does subscribe, I can always delete that address.
Let me know if you have any questions
or concerns:
Mary Vass, University of Kentucky
Phone 859-257-0500, ext. 2114
maryvass@email.uky.edu
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News
from Kentucky Libraries/Information Centers
--Compiled by Stacey Greenwell, Bulletin Editor
InfoSource, Inc.
has a new phone number. It is now 502-802-3307.
--Submitted by Wenda Webster-Fischer
On April 12, 2004 more than 100 people from around the state and nation gathered in a tent behind the Ekstrom Library at the University of Louisville to participate in the ceremonial groundbreaking launching the $14.2 million expansion to the William F. Ekstrom Library. Senator Mitch McConnell, R-KY., joined Board of Trustees Chair, Ulysses L. Bridgeman, Jr., UofL President James Ramsey and University Libraries Dean Hannelore Rader in turning over the first shovels full of dirt on the project.
Funded through federal earmarks
secured by Senator Mitch McConnell, the 42,5000 s.f. addition will feature technologically
advanced instructional laboratories, conferencing space, offices, a new entrance,
a handicapped accessible auditorium featuring modern instructional technology,
a 24 hour study facility and a European style café. Approximately 8000
sf of the expansion will house an automated storage and retrieval system to
provide highly efficient, secure and environmentally controlled storage for
an additional to 1.2 million volumes. Access to the volumes will be through
a rapid robotic delivery system which can retrieve and deliver items to the
user in less than 4 minutes from time of request. The expansion should be complete
by Fall 2005. To view an artist's rendition of the library go to http://library.louisville.edu/ekstrom/building/.
--Submitted by Diane Nichols
Membership
Committee News
--Submitted by Jill Sherman, Membership Committee Chair
Here are our latest membership statistics.
Currently, we have 73 members. 24 of these are student members.
In an attempt to boost membership, we are beginning a project of going through the Special Libraries section of the Kentucky Libraries and Archives directory. We plan to send local brochures and SLA membership packets to librarians we haven't had contact with before. We want to get the word around that our chapter is a great place for professional development and networking. Not to mention that we are a great bunch of folks to spend time with.
The Membership Committee will keep
you posted as to whether we get new memberships this way.
About the Bulletin
Special Libraries Association assumes no responsibility for the statements and opinions advanced by contributors to the Association's publications. Editorial views do not necessarily represent the official position of SLA. Acceptance of an advertisement does not imply endorsement of any product by Special Libraries Association. (M094(e)-1/76; Agen-Doc B76-01). The chapter bulletin is published four times a year.Publication Deadlines
Deadline for submitting articles is one month prior to publication of the issue. Electronic format is preferred.Send e-mail to Stacey Greenwell at staceyg@email.uky.edu, or mail your diskette to:
Stacey Greenwell
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University of Kentucky Libraries
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Lexington, KY 40506Newsletters are posted one month after article submission date.
Editors
Stacey Greenwell
University of Kentucky Libraries
Lexington, KY
859-257-0500 x2002
staceyg@email.uky.eduCatherine Lavallée-Welch
Kersey Library of Engineering, Physical Science and Technology
University of Louisville
502-852-1632
clw@louisville.edu
| GRAND TOTAL (Available for Expenditures) |
$5,543.95
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| Operating Budget (Ledger) |
$2,572.73
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| (Includes Student sub-account of $232.00) |
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| . |
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| Savings Account Balance |
$2,971.22
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| . | . |
| Activities since Treasurer's End of the Year Report, 2003 | . |
| . | . |
| Operating Budget (Ledger) | . |
| End of the Year Balance (2003) | $1,777.93 |
| . | . |
| Deposits: | . |
| Special Libraries Association - Dues Allotment (2003) | $1,125.00 |
| EBSCO check incorrectly made out to us/Joint Conf. Spring 2004 | $125.00 |
| . | . |
| Expenses: | . |
| James
Manasco - Stipend for President to attend SLA Annual Conference 2004 TN |
($275.00) |
| KLA
Academic Library Section - EBSCO incorrectly made check out to us/Joint Conf. Spring 2004 |
($125.00) |
| Constance Ard - Reimbursement for Nov Speaker gift | ($33.45) |
| Bank Charge - Checks for Account | ($21.75) |
| . | . |
| Balance | $2,572.73 |
| . | . |
| . | . |
| . | . |
| Savings Account | . |
| End of the Year Balance (2003) | $2,966.80 |
| . | . |
| Deposits | . |
| Interest Income - Closing Account | $2.65 |
| Jan Interest Income | $0.08 |
| Feb Interest Income | $0.79 |
| Mar Interest Income | $0.90 |
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| Expenses | . |
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| Balance | $2,971.22 |
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