Bulletin, Volume 29, No. 3, November 2004: Kentucky SLA

Professional development and collaboration continue to be the theme of my tenure as President of the Kentucky Chapter of SLA. Accompanying that theme is an exciting program planned for the spring: collaboration between the Kentucky Chapter and the Legal Division with invitations being extended to the Cincinnati, Indiana, and Southern Appalachian Chapters. You will be hearing more about this.

In addition to this initiative, I feel it is important for the Kentucky Chapter to extend and accept hospitality with other Chapters. Therefore, on October 5th, I attended the Cincinnati Chapter SLA meeting. This was their "membership" meeting and the guest speaker was none other than Executive Director, Janice Lachance.

I was a little surprised to find that Ms. Lachance was waiting for me to finish a conversation so that she could meet me. I told her that was a twist because I had come for the express purpose of meeting her. We discussed the membership proposal that James Manasco had introduced and how that work was progressing. She informed me that the finance committee was presenting several iniatives for the board's vote later in October. Ms. Lachance went on to thank me and the Kentucky chapter for our continued work and she seemed quite pleased that we were so engaged in the work of SLA. It was a truly delightful meeting.

During Ms. Lachance's speech she discussed concerns and initiatives that govern SLA 's work. Once of the things that all professional organizations seem to be facing is the continued decline in numbers at national conferences. There was some discussion about the number of retiring members, and reduced travel budgets. A double-edged sword was that some librarians are faced with the reality that they have become such a valuable member of their workplace that the boss doesn't want them out of the office.

The theme of Ms. Lachance's work at SLA is to constantly assess the association's position and the profession so that changes can be anticipated and prepared so that the organization can support its members. In this work SLA is now focused on "learning, networking and advocacy." So initiatives are underway to improve the interactivity of SLA.org. Continued partnerships with Dow Jones, Factiva and Outsell are maintained and developed to benefit the members. The Virtual Learning Series is being expanded to 24 programs in 2005 and the prices are being lowered. Work is also underway to construct a global SLA online campus to be revealed in mid-2005. This effort is a partnership with Learn.com to meet the continued need for professional development and to provide members benefits even when the travel budgets are low and members can't leave the office. Distance education is another part of this partnership.

In terms of advocacy, a global PR campaign is planned to sell the value of SLA members to non-librarians from human resources directors to CEO's. This will, in my opinion, be of great benefit to SLA members. Having SLA sell our value and skills to the people in charge of money is a good initiative that I personally look forward to working on.

A few items of note: Keynote speakers for SLA National Conference in Toronto are Don Tapscott and Bill Buxton. Preparations for the Winter Leadership Summit are underway and Ms. Lachance assured us that the hotel was still standing in Tampa so Florida in January will be a good meeting.

The Keeneland event was wonderful! Thanks to Mary, Cathy and Glenda for planning an informative event at a very enjoyable venue!

Upcoming Programs: News from the President-Elect
- Submitted by Mary Vass, President-Elect

Hello to the KY Chapter! I wanted to let you know what's been going on with program planning and what's in store for the next few months, and to give you some dates to hold open for the future.

I worked with the student group here at the University of Kentucky for the annual Student Pizza Party on September 9, co-sponsored by the Academic Section of Kentucky Library Association. Tammy Kirk, the Student Group President, and Joe Miller, our faculty liaison, did an excellent job of organizing this event - kudos to both. Thanks so much to our President, Constance Ard, who drove over from Louisville and to Jan Carver and Stacey Greenwell for attending to help represent the Chapter. The variety of different types of libraries and librarians represented was especially helpful for students deciding on career paths.

Along with the Legal Division of SLA, the Chapter is jointly hosting a Feb. 18 program meeting which will feature SLA President Ethel Salonen as our morning speaker. We'll be meeting in Louisville: exact location yet to be determined. The afternoon sessions will consist of topics such as "Legal Research for the Non- Law Librarians" and "Science Research for Law Librarians" and similar topics built around the theme of doing research outside one's usual zone of comfort. If you would like to present a session on Feb. 18 or have ideas for speakers: let me know at maryvass@email.uky.edu.

The annual spring conference sponsored by the Kentucky Chapter of SLA and the Special and Academic Sections of KLA is starting to shape up. Dates for this conference are April 1 3-15, 2005, at Lake Barkley State Park. The theme will be marketing - with a likely conference title of "Promoting Your Library, Promoting Yourself." Requests for mini-sessions should go out in early December, so keep this in mind if you're interested in presenting.

Corporate sponsorship is needed for both of these events so if you have vendors with whom you deal and would be willing to contact them about sponsoring, let me know.

A Message From the UK SLA Co-Presidents
- Submitted by Elizabeth Smith and Tammy Kirk, Co-presidents UK SLA Student Chapter

Hello KY SLA Chapter!
We'd like to take this time to introduce ourselves, Elizabeth Smith and Tammy Kirk, as the newly elected co-presidents of the UK SLA student chapter for the 2004-2005 fall and spring semesters. We're both very excited to be a part of SLA and are even more excited to be SLA student leaders. Together, we attended the annual SLA conference this past summer and realized the importance of being a part of a this kind of professional organization.

Now that the school year is in full swing, some UK SLA events have already taken place. Tammy and I have continued the traditional Herald-Leader and Keeneland tours, but we also arranged tours of both the Courier-Journal and Cincinnati Enquirer as part of our focus on news libraries in September and October. Arranging tours in cities other than Lexington provided an opportunity for our distance learners to attend and to increase awareness of SLA.

In August the UK SLA student group, along with the student ALA group and LISSO, held a picnic for students, faculty and staff. It was a great way for new and returning students, and faculty, to get to know each other in a comfortable environment. Photos from the event are available at http://sweb.uky.edu/~tlkirk2/2004picnic/2004picnic.htm.

The annual pizza-party, sponsored by the KY SLA chapter, gave our students an opportunity to become familiar with Special Libraries' Association, and several members of KY SLA attended the social event. Students were able to learn more about their chosen profession in general, as well as more about SLA in particular.

Our most important goal for the 2004-2005 school year is to make students aware of the career options available to them in special libraries. Organizing tours in our community provides opportunities for UK students to learn about special libraries outside of the public, academic, and K-12 environment.

Tammy and I both look forward to an exciting year here at UK and anticipate forming great working relations with the state chapter, and we hope to meet many more KY SLA members as the school year progresses.

4th Annual Brick and Click Academic Libraries Symposium
- by Catherine Lavallée-Welch, Web Development Chair and Co-editor; Awards Committee Chair

Unfortunately, I missed the October meeting at Keeneland and the opportunity to wager all my modest earnings on some equine endeavors with my esteemed colleagues. But, I was otherwise busying myself with some equally important professional development activities elsewhere: I attended the 4th Annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium at the Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO.

The symposium is so called because its overall theme is user services, as much for those users that come in the library itself (the bricks) than those who utilize the digital information the library provides (the clicks). The range of presentations was varied, from federated searching, dynamic web page building, assessment activities, high volume instruction, lots and lots of e-resources management issues to library tours and plagiarism. I had the opportunity of presenting a session on my own, entitled "Jumping on the Blogwagon for Libraries", with, I can modestly say, with some success based on comments and questions received (although I did run out of time for some thorough real-time blogging).

Ellen Safley and Carolyn Henebry of the University of Texas at Dallas were surprised to see that e-books usage constitutes 20% of all of their book circulation statistics, even with low enthusiasm from librarians and faculty alike (because of access and management issues). They have titles from NetLibrary, Safari and Ebrary.
(Session title: E-Books… Essential or Widely Ignored )

Mark McCallon and David Bavousett, of respectively, the Abilene Christian University and the Abilene Library Consortium, presented a prototype of a search tool that presents a visual, interactive map of the results of a subject search (resembling a bit the mapping tool that comes with the xrefer database - http://www.xrefer.com/). All built on an open source basis, this one is to be checked out when it's all ready.
(Session title: A Road Map to the OPAC: Visualization Technology for Subject Searching)

Felicity Ann Dykas and Chris Le Beau, of the University of Missouri in Kansas City tried to identify the components that make the most intelligent library websites using examples from ARL libraries. Unfortunately, neither the UK nor the UofL websites were used in the presentation but I don't think we are doing that bad :). The best components for a good website are, among others, a simple clean interface; vocabulary that is the one in the users' head; the use of all three site index, site map and search engine; page construction using dynamic content; e-journal locators and reference linking; as-narrow-as-possible subject guides and federated searching.
(Session title: In Search of the Intelligent Web Site)

I thought of Stacey Greenwell when I talked with Robert Hallis of the Central Missouri State University during his poster session on the Tablet PC. Harris is an enthusiastic user of the tablet PC versatility, having seen it improve his productivity and mobility in his administrative, teaching and bibliographic research duties.
(Session title: Tablet PCs in an Academic Environment)

Rebecca Martin of the Northern Illinois University presented a poster session in which she explained how Access Services at her library managed to save $66 000 without hours and service cuts even though they suffered severe budget cuts. They did so by refining workflow on ILLs and self-renewal by patrons, the promotion to students of the underutilized work-study federal program; the cross-training of student workers and the instigation of just-in-time scheduling of student assistants for peak hours.
(Session title: Budget Cuts without Hours and Service Cuts? How Access Services has Coped)

The Diversity Leadership Development Program (DLDP) Committee would like to invite nominations for the Diversity Leadership Development Program Award.

Two of the committee's goals are to help accelerate the advancement and visibility of members who represent a diverse population of the Association by mentoring them for more leadership opportunities within SLA and to ensure that the Association remains vital, relevant, and representative of its diverse membership.

This award provides $1000 to attend the SLA Annual Conference in Toronto, complimentary conference registration, and an assigned SLA mentor to help candidates understand the roles and mechanics of SLA leadership.

Eligibility requirements include:
1. Applicant must have been a member of SLA for at least 2 years.
2. Applicant must be a member of a population group that is under-represented in SLA.
3. Applicant must have between 3 -10 years of professional library information experience.
4. Applicant cannot be a current SLA DLDP Committee member.

If you know of someone who meets these eligibility requirements, please encourage them to apply. Up to 5 winners are chosen each year. This is a wonderful opportunity to network and gain leadership skills!

KY SLA is soliciting feedback on the success of Linda Minch's job postings to our
listserv. If you've found Linda's job postings helpful, or if you've found a job thanks to one of those postings, please contact Constance Ard, KY SLA president.

Sullivan University Library and Learning Resource Center
- Submitted by Mimi O'Malley, Sullivan University- Librarian

This fall marks the largest day-student registration in the history of Louisville's Sullivan University. Approximately 377 new day students are pursuing majors in Sullivan University's National Center for Hospitality Studies (NCHS). NCHS prepares students for careers in the hospitality field by offering five Associate of Science (A.S.) degree majors: Culinary Arts; Baking and Pastry Arts; Professional Catering; Hotel and Restaurant Management; and Travel and Tourism. Sullivan University's Library and Learning Resource Center is more than ready to handle each and every NCHS students' information needs.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports employment for chefs, cooks and food-preparation workers is expected to increase as fast as the average for all occupations between 2002-2012. The food service industry, with about 8.4 million wage and salary jobs in 2002, ranks among the nation's leading employers. Since offering the NCHS program back in 1987, Sullivan University achieved accreditation through the American Culinary Federation Accrediting Commission (ACFAC). NCHS classroom training offers hand-on experience with nutrition, menu planning, portion control, purchasing and inventory methods, sanitation, and public health procedures.

SU's Library and Learning Resource Center provides resources for culinary students to correlate their practical education within applications among business, medicine and international studies. Currently in the process of another ACFAC reaccredidation, the library is continually expanding its collection to include materials exploring hospitality and food service implications within holistic medicine, state public health regulations, human resource management, environmental science, automation and small business entrepreneurship.

In June 2000, the library analyzed its collection of culinary periodicals and realized this collection was underutilized useable mainly for browsing rather than research. Library director, Charlie Brown, teamed with librarian, Belinda Yff, to develop a subject and article description index for fifteen culinary periodicals. The Culinary Periodicals Index (CPI) was uploaded to SU's library home page with password-protected access for Sullivan students, enabling usage both on and off-site. SU's library staff has taken warranted steps to avoid copyright infringement by conducting original abstracting.

Culinary training is always adapting to changing food trends and eating habits. For example, chefs must know a wide variety food preparation techniques and cooking styles. Understanding how to prepare foods to accommodate various dietary restrictions to satisfy health-conscious eating styles or meet the needs of a growing international clientele is becoming increasingly important. Creative and inventive recipes inspire other kitchen staff members. This outcome may positively decrease employee turnover particularly problematic within the hospitality industry. For new students unfamiliar with prominent industry acronyms or definitions, CPI was designed to incorporate natural language to offer greater search recall. As of September 2004, CPI featured more than 16,900 entries dating as far back as 1999. CPI remains a strong research tool among culinary students placing the index on the top of the list for database hits per month.

Cost control, revenue management, marketing and risk management prepare food service managers to track industry news, conduct market research, purchase supplies or equipment, recruit employees and train staff. Technology impacts restaurant service by tracking orders, inventory, and patron seating. Point-of-service (POS) systems allow servers to key in a customer's order, connect with credit card authorizers and track sales. Inventory-tracking software compares the record of sales from POS with a record of present inventory to minimize food costs and spoilage.

SU librarians Virginia Smith, Lois Tucker, and Belinda Yff conducted bibliographic instruction last month to acquaint students to access relevant automation, marketing and management reference materials. Instruction focused upon utilization of SU's prominent business research databases: Mergent Online, Moody's, ProQuest and EbscoHost. ProQuest's ABI/Inform, Career Technical Education and its Accounting & Tax databases continue to rank high among students researching relevant business related topics. SU librarians continue to advocate the librarian-designed Business Research Guides for additional resources often overlooked by students preferring only Internet resources. Their efforts are working since the Business Research Guides consistently generates the second largest number of hits within the library's electronic collection.
Completion of postsecondary training is increasingly important for advancement in the hospitality and food service industry. SU's NCHS offers business and computer training to better prepare students to assume leadership roles within the industry as well as manage large, complex food and hospitality service operations. The success of the NCHS is prompting Sullivan University to unveil NCHS at its Lexington campus next fall. As a result, SU's Library and Learning Resource Center will continue to keep pace with the emerging issues impacting this expanding industry.

UofL Libraries partner in Library of Congress Digital Preservation Program
- Submitted by Dianne Nichols, Director, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville

Under the leadership of Emory University, the University of Louisville Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Florida State, Auburn and Georgia Institute of Technology Libraries are participants in a national program to begin building a Network of Partners for Digital Preservation. The Library of Congress awarded more than $14.9 million to eight institutions and their partners to identify, collect and preserve digital materials and to create a nationwide digital preservation infrastructure. The Library of Congress program is officially named the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP).

The project on which UofL is partnering received $690,390 of the award to develop a MetaArchive of Southern Cultural Heritage (http://www.metaarchive.org) by creating a network for critical and at-risk content relative to Southern culture and history. The targeted content included a wide range of subjects complementary to Library of Congress collections such as the civil rights movement, Southern music, handicrafts, the Civil War, slave narratives and church history. Professor Delinda S. Buie, Curator Rare Books and Manuscripts is primary investigator and Professor Weiling Liu, Director, Office of Libraries Technologies is the co-investigator for UofL section. Funds from the UofL portion of the grant will provide a two terabyte server, technology staffing, and travel.

For detailed information on the project, as well as what other lead institutions and their partners are doing, go to http://www.digitalpreservation.gov .

Image from Photographic Archives Graces New U.S. Postage Stamp
- Submitted by Diane Nichols, Director, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville

Ekstrom Library as an official U.S. Post Office

The William F. Ekstrom Library at the University of Louisville was designated an official U.S. Post Office for two hours on Wednesday, May 5, 2004. The temporary designation was in conjunction with the issue of a postage stamp bearing a photo from the Photographic Archives collection. The stamp honors choreographer Agnes de Mille and is part of the U.S. Postal Service "American Choreographers" series. Photographer Ned Scott shot the photo of de Mille featured on the stamp. Ned Scott was an important Hollywood photographer who made exquisite portraits of actors, directors, dancers and others in the performing arts. He was also much sought after as a stills photographer, working for directors such as John Ford, Orson Welles and Paul Strand. First-day issue was May 4, 2005. On May 5, the de Mille stamp and second-day cancellation envelopes were available at Ekstrom Library on Belknap Campus. U.S. Postal Service employees were on hand to give the stamps a special U of L-University Libraries cancellation. Free collector quality commemorative "second day cancellation" envelopes were given to the first 100 customers purchasing the stamps. The event took place on the steps of the Ekstrom Library. Scott's son, Norman donated the Ned Scott Archives, including prints, negatives and correspondence, to UofL Photographic Archives in 2002.

Kornhauser Health Sciences Library's Judy Wulff and Neal Nixon were honored when their presentation was named first paper in the Medical Library Association's Independent Reading Program. The program allows MLA members to receive continuing education credit by reading and analyzing selected articles appearing in the Journal of the Medical Library Association. The paper, "Quality Markers and Use of
Electronic Journals in an Academic Health Sciences Library", JMLA 92(3):315-22, is available at
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/picrender.fcgi?action=stream&blobtype=pdf&artid=442173.

Minutes for Kentucky Chapter of Special Libraries Association Open Board Meeting - Friday, August 6, 2004, DeSha's Restaurant, Lexington, KY
--Submitted by Stacey Greenwell, Secretary

Attending
Christie Robinson, Cathy Schenck, Susan Brown, Leoma Dunn, Elizabeth Smigielski, Larry Besant, Tom Byrnes, Jill Sherman, Linda Minch, Constance Ard, Mary Vass, Alice Marksberry, Catherine Lavallée-Welch, Alex Grigg, Jo Staggs-Neel, Stacey Greenwell.

Call to Order
President Constance Ard called the meeting to order at 12:22 p.m.

Previous Minutes
Minutes from the May 7, 2004 Awards Meeting and the June 6, 2004 Emergency Board Meeting were read.
MOTION: Linda Minch made a motion to accept the minutes which was seconded by Jill Sherman. All were in favor with no oppositions or abstentions.

Reports
A. President
Constance Ard discussed her plans for the year by opening with SLA's vision, mission, and core values. The Chapter has been particularly focused on member needs recently, and she plans to continue that focus in the coming year. She encouraged communicating with other chapters more and participating in regional activities, perhaps in partnering with the Southern Appalachian Chapter for some programs. She pointed out the importance in recognizing the talent and expertise within the chapter and utilizing it in our meetings and other activities.

She reviewed the happenings in Chapter Cabinet, including the proposed change in the SLA fiscal year. It will be an important topic of discussion at Winter Meeting in Tampa. She asked for input on this issue. Some thoughts included: consider how it affects conference planning, leadership training, and FY reporting.

She reminded us of the value in using Survey Monkey and the Communities of Practice (COP) for chapter communication.

B. President-Elect
Mary Vass has been working on program planning for the Spring Conference with Rose Davis of KLA. She is also planning a Presidential visit with the current SLA President or President-Elect, perhaps in February or March 2005.
She would like suggestions on where to meet in the coming year and is soliciting input for possible speakers.

Some suggestions were offered in the meeting, including a stress or organizational skills workshop. Another suggestion was to offer "refresher" programs on topics such as the reference interview. "Refresher" topics would draw new librarians/students plus those who have been in the profession much longer.

F. Directors-at-Large
Cathy Schenck reported that our fall program will be October 21, 2004 at Keeneland. A speaker from Factiva will give a presentation on marketing in the morning. Following the presentation, we'll have a buffet lunch in the Phoenix Room. She suggested to plan on a full day program. It will be around $30 per person to attend. She distributed a flyer about Keeneland which included information about the dress code in the Phoenix Room. The first five student members who apply will be subsidized $15 by the Chapter to attend this program. Details will be sent to the listserv shortly about the program and about the student rate.

The first was the Governing Documents Committee report. At the April 2004 Board meeting, 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. The Governing Document was placed on the website and published in the Bulletin. There has been no membership feedback about the document, and there was little discussion about it.

MOTION: Alice Marksberry made a motion that the KY/SLA Chapter formally accept the Governing Document as issued by SLA as of today's date, August 6, 2004. It was seconded by Jo-Staggs Neel. All were in favor with no oppositions or abstentions.

Alice Marksberry then presented the written report on the Practices Manual. The potential KY/SLA Chapter Practices Manual has gone through two drafts as of the April 2004 Board Meeting. During that board meeting, she highlighted items to be discussed and decided upon which were appropriate for the chapter's history of practice. Since April, some feedback has been sent by chapter officers and chairs (during the review process by the current executive and advisory board members). Additionally, an article was published in the April 2004 Bulletin for dissemination to membership.

At this time, the Practices Manual is still not ready for the final revision to be submitted to the Executive Board for final approval and ratification. Her written report included a list of several items which required clarification or additional information. However, she recommended that we authorize use of a working draft of the Practices Manual so that it can be utilized now, with the understanding that it will be updated and finalized sometime during the coming chapter year. Final approval and ratification could be called for at a later board meeting.

MOTION: Alice Marksberry made a motion that the KY/SLA Chapter formally accept the recommendation regarding the acceptance and use of a WORKING DRAFT of the Chapter Practices Manual, as of today's date, August 6, 2004. The motion was seconded by Leoma Dunn. All were in favor with no opposition or abstentions.

Catherine Lavallée-Welch, Web Development Chair, and Alice Marksberry, Archivist, both presented the idea of posting the archives electronically to the Chapter website. It was agreed that this was a good idea, and we should do it; in fact, it seemed that relatively few chapters or divisions have accomplished this task yet.

H. Awards Committee Chair
Catherine Lavallée-Welch is fleshing out the committee for the coming year. She asked for a student member and someone who has been in the Chapter for a longer time. Larry Besant volunteered to serve.

J. Discussion List Owner
Mary Vass reported that there are about 50 individuals subscribed to the list. We aren't getting much SPAM on the list, but that is largely due to the fact that the listserv only accepts postings from listserv members. If you are having trouble posting (e.g. perhaps you've changed your email address recently), she can change your subscription address for you.

K. Membership Committee Chair
Jill Sherman reported that we currently have 75 members in the Chapter (24 of those members are students). She is in the process of sending mailings to Kentucky special libraries in hope to recruit some new members. She is also planning to look at past members of the Chapter and try to re-recruit them.

Catherine Lavallée-Welch brought up the Word document membership directory on the website and asked if we should continue with it. After much discussion, it was decided that it was simple to go to the main SLA membership directory, choose Kentucky Chapter, and gather a list of current members that way. This report can easily be exported to an Excel spreadsheet for further manipulation. Plus, it is kept up to date by Headquarters' official records. This is not to say that we might not have a printed directory; however, it was felt that the outdated Word file on the website wasn't very useful to anyone.

M. Public Relations Committee/Diversity Leadership Development Committee Chair
Susan Brown has been monitoring statewide activities on recruitment and diversity by participating in a recent diversity meeting in Frankfort and by staying informed of the activities of the KSUG group. She asked if she should update the tri-fold recruiting brochure, and it was agreed that the brochure had been very handy and should continue to be updated.

She is planning to submit an item to Information Outlook about Linda Minch's work and recognition with the Herald-Leader's recent civil rights movement article. She also asked for other items which should be submitted to Information Outlook. As another recruitment tool, she suggested that we feature a member on our website-perhaps quarterly (with Linda Minch being the first featured member, of course).

N. Recruitment and Retention Chair
Jo Staggs-Neel reported that she has not been able to get a list of students from the UK SLIS, but she can post to its listserv. She's interested in reaching out to more students that way. She'd also like to focus on former members and determine why they aren't staying. She and Jill Sherman will work together in trying to re-recruit our past members.

O. Web Development Chair
Catherine Lavallée-Welch announced that the Bulletin was just published.

With the Archives project, Catherine would appreciate any information about national awards won by Kentucky members in the past.

P. Strategic Planning Chair
Valerie Perry, Chair, could not be present. Elizabeth Smigielski, a member of the committee, reported that she, Valerie, and Mary Vass will meet sometime in September to work on our strategic plan. Elizabeth thanked Mary Vass for agreeing to serve in her place as Chair-Elect in the coming year and indicated her interest in becoming very involved with the Chapter again in the future.

Old Business
A. Summary of Report on KY Chapter Proposal at Annual Conference
Since our proposal was not revenue neutral, the finance committee was unable to take any of our recommendations. However, the chapter did get much positive feedback from many SLA leaders as well as other chapters. Several leaders indicated the importance of the suggestions we presented-dues structure, payment plans, first-year member rates, local member rates-particularly as we all struggle to recruit and retain members in tough economic times. President Ard encouraged us to keep this issue on the forefront.

B. Discussion of change from Elected President-elect to current President-Elect
After Elizabeth Smigielski's resignation, the executive board met in Nashville on June 6, 2004 to elect a new President-Elect. Mary Vass graciously agreed to serve and was appointed by the board. President Ard thanked both of them for their continued hard work in serving the chapter.

New Business
A. Review of Annual Report as provided by HQ
There was little discussion of this topic.

B. Recognition of Linda Minch
The Chapter recognized Linda Minch's work on the front-page Herald-Leader article about the paper's coverage of the civil rights movement in Lexington. It was printed on July 4, 2004, a holiday weekend which also marked the anniversary of the civil rights movement. Linda served as a news researcher for the article, and she was listed on the by-line along with the writer. The article has received national attention, notably in the New York Times. Many in attendance congratulated Linda on her work and in bringing national attention to a news researcher-a special librarian.

C. Officer Travel Support
Catherine Lavallée-Welch, on behalf of James Manasco, brought forward this new business. He proposed that we revise officer travel support to the following:

For Annual Conference:
Support equal to the amount of Early Bird Registration for the President
Support equal to half the amount of the Early Bird Registration for the President-Elect

Upon request of the officer, the amounts may be dispersed in advance of the trip.
However, proper receipts must always be retained and presented to the Treasurer upon return.

MOTION: Catherine Lavallée-Welch made a motion to revise officer travel support to the following as was recommended: for winter meeting, $250 each for the President and the President-Elect; for annual conference: support equal to the amount of Early Bird Registration for the President and support equal to half the amount of the Early Bird Registration for the President-Elect. The motion was seconded by Jo Staggs-Neel. All were in favor, with no oppositions or abstentions.

Adjournment
MOTION: Larry Besant made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Alice Marksberry seconded the motion. All were in favor, and the meeting adjourned at 1:50 p.m.

SLA Kentucky Chapter Treasurer's Report (October 18, 2004)
--Submitted by Leoma Dunn, Treasurer

SLA Kentucky Chapter Treasurer's Report (August 6, 2004) Submitted by Leoma Dunn, Treasurer
GRAND TOTAL (Available for Expenditures)	$4,755.67
Operating Budget (Ledger)	$1,782.09
(Includes Student sub-account of $232.00)	.
.	.
Savings Account Balance	$2,973.58
.	.
Activities since Treasurer's Report April 15, 2004	.
.	.
Operating Budget (Ledger)	.
April 15, 2004 Balance	$2,572.73
.	.
Deposits:	.
.	.
Expenses:	.
Constance Ard - Reimbursement for Apr Speaker gift	($79.50)
Kentucky State Treasurer - Sale/Use Tax Late Penalty	($10.00)
Kentucky State Treasurer - Sale/Use Tax Late Penalty for 2001	($10.00)
Catherine Lavallée-Welch - Reimbursement for 2004 Chapter Awards	($59.90)
Susan Brown - Reimb. prizes for 2004 Annual Conf. Hospitality Booth	($181.24)
Keeneland Association - Deposit for meeting room for Oct Meeting	($450.00)

Balance	$1,782.09
.	.
.	.
Savings Account	.
April 15, 2004 Balance	$2,971.22
.	.
Deposits	.
April Interest	$0.78
May Interest	$0.73
June Interest	$0.85
.	.
Expenses	$0.00
.	.
Balance	$2,972.58

GRAND TOTAL (Available for Expenditures)	$5,165.91
Operating Budget (Ledger)	$2,189.94
(Includes Student sub-account of $232.00)	.
.	.
Savings Account Balance	$2,975.97
.	.
Activities since Treasurer's Report August 6, 2004	.
.	.
Operating Budget (Ledger)	.
August 6, 2004 Balance	$1,782.09
.	.
Deposits:	.
National City - August Board Meeting - Members' payments for lunch	$198.50
National City - Proceeds - KLA/SLA Joint Spring Conference	$917.92
.	.
Expenses:	.
Keeneland Association - Final deposit for meeting room for Oct Meeting	($450.00)
DeSha's - August Board Meeting Resturant Bill	($200.19)
Mary Vass - Reimbursement for SLA Student Pizza Party	($58.38)

Balance	$2,189.94
.	.
.	.
Savings Account	.
August 6, 2004 Balance	$2,973.58
.	.
Deposits	.
July Interest	$0.78
August Interest	$0.83
September Interest	$0.78
.	.
Expenses	$0.00
.	.
Balance	$2,975.97



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