http://www.sla.org/chapter/cky
Volume 30, Number 1 & 2
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| kysla@lsv.uky.edu http://www.sla.org/chapter/cky |
Spring-Summer 2005 Volume 30, Number 1 & 2 |
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Officers and Committee Chairs President President-Elect Past-President Secretary Treasurer Director-at-Large Director-at-Large Archivist/Operating Procedures Manual Awards Committee Chair Bulletin Editor SLA/KY List Owner Membership Committee Chair Nominating Committee Chair Wenda Webster-Fisher 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 Co-Presidents
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Table of Contents
President's Message
By Constance Ard, Outgoing Chapter President
The Kentucky Chapter turns 30 this year.
We began our 30th year with a bang! Ethel Salonen visited our chapter, we honored Larry Besant a long-time member who has recently retired, and one of own members has been nominated run for a position on the SLA board.
The past few months have been busy for our Chapter. Mary Vass did a phenomenal job working with the planning committee for the 2005 KLA Joint Spring Conference. That conference provided our members with an opportunity to network and learn with our fellow KLA members. It also gave us a chance to personally recruit new members. The conference was also our last opportunity to spend time as a group with our former Awards Committee Chair and Webmaster, Catherine Lavallée-Welch. We already miss her but know she has gone on to better things despite the heat of Florida.
Susan Brown worked hard to solicit nominations for the Kentucky Chapter Diversity Award and we are pleased to present this award to Shawn Livingston, Director of UK Reference Commons.
I know those of us attending Toronto are gearing up for a great conference. The networking and educational opportunities abound. Abby Heath will be our official blogger. Abby is a student in UK's Library Science program. We also welcome our new webmaster Virginia Smith of Sullivan University
I told you it had been busy!
SLA HQ has also been busy gearing up for the business meeting that will be held in Toronto. There are two bylaws changes that will be voted on in June: The first is a bylaws change that will allow electronic voting by proxy. The second is a bylaws change that will change the governance year to coincide with the fiscal year. For more information please visit the SLA Bylaws Information Center at http://www.sla.org/bylaws
I personally feel these are both advantageous changes for our membership. The governance year change will present a challenge to our leaders and will require officers for the 2006-2007 terms to serve 18 months. Electronic voting will be a useful tool during the ongoing Dues Structure Proposals work. Chances are that the final dues structure proposal will be voted on by proxy electronic voting. The work by the Financial Committee on this dues proposal continues to move forward and more information about that will be shared as it becomes available.
James Manasco has been nominated to run for Chapter Cabinet Chair-elect for 2006-2007, and we're excited and anxious to support James in this endeavor. What a great way to turn 30! We kicked off James's campaign during the Hall's on the River social event in May, and he's out stumping in Toronto: watch for the '"Manasco is Fantastico" stickers that will be available at the Annual Conference, and wear one proudly!
Finally, I want to say what a pleasure and an honor it's been to serve this Chapter. I have never enjoyed volunteer work so much. Thank you for allowing me to serve; I look forward to continuing my work with you in other capacities in the future.
Toronto Bound!
- Submitted By Mary Vass, Incoming Chapter President
The final count for the Kentucky chapter is 14 members attending the annual SLA conference -- our group always has an excellent representation! Those heading off for Canada include two of our newest members, Alex Grigg from Lexmark and Shawn Livingston from the University of Kentucky. The KY Chapter conference dinner is Monday night at C'est What? -- a restaurant known for its excellent selection of beer and eclectic and varied menu. See you there! A list of all attendees has been distributed to all KYSLA members registered for the conference. Look for reports of conference news and events -- and maybe even pictures -- in our next issue.
KY Chapter Honors Great Members
- Submitted by Catherine Lavallée-Welch, Awards Committee Chair
Our 2004-2005 Awards winners were announced at the Business Meeting held at the Spring Conference in Lake Barkley. Here's the scoop!
Linda Minch is the recipient of this year's Professional Member Award. A news librarian at the Lexington Herald Leader, she contributed to a major news story in July 2004. This story, "The Struggle For Civil Rights In Lexington", is an editorial apology for the lack of coverage by the Herald-Leader on news related to the Civil Rights Movement in Lexington. This front-page news, back-page coverage story included a dual byline for the reporter and the news researcher, namely Linda. The story led to a series of reports entitled "Untold Stories" to which Linda was a major contributor. Linda Blackford stated, in a recommendation letter used to nominate Minch for a national SLA Professional Award, that "without her work, our story package ... would not have been possible. That is why I took the somewhat unusual step of giving her a double byline."
The Herald-Leader story was picked up by the AP; the New York Times did a major feature of the story for an historic moment in Kentucky journalism. The Awards Committee wishes to recognize Linda Minch for her professionalism and her continued dedication to librarianship in a news environment.
Mary Vass, Interdisciplinary Information Literacy Director at the University of Kentucky, is the recipient of the Outstanding Chapter Member Award. A member of the Kentucky Chapter since 1988, Mary has been very active ever since, demonstrating a great engagement and service toward the Chapter. She wore, in turn, the different hats of Secretary, By-Laws Committee Chair, Professional Development Chair, Listserv Owner and more recently, became President-Elect last June on short notice.
But Mary also did notable work as a co-organizer of the 2005 Spring Joint Conference and of the KY Chapter and the Legal Division collaborative program held with great success on February 18 of the same year. Indeed, Mary's hard work and organizational skills deserve our admiration and recognition.
The Awards Committee is pleased and honored to celebrate Linda and Mary's achievements and leadership. As the new year progresses, please keep an eye out for possible candidates for the spring 2006 awards.
Congratulations to our winners!
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Lake Barkley
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Spring Social at Hall's on the River
We all had such a great time at Hall's on the River last year that we went back on Friday May 6th for a dutch-treat dinner. To make the event even more special, we honored two of our long-time members, Larry Besant and Linda Minch. Larry recently retired as Director of Morehead University Library, and Linda received the chapter Professional Development Award for 2004 (see the previous article by Catherine Lavallée-Welch). Kentucky's special librarians were joined by their significant others of all varieties are warmly invited, and the chapter encouraged guests invite prospective members as well. In fact, our membership drive continues long after the spring festivities have ended, so if you've got a colleague at work who might be interested in our chapter, invite them to join us!
South Atlantic Regional Conference
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| Keynote Speaker David Seaman to Discuss Digital Libraries David Seaman, founding director of the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library, will discuss issues of digitization and their implications for libraries. Since 2002, he has been the director of the Digital Library Federation, a consortium of academic libraries. He has published widely on humanities computing and digital libraries. |
Make plans now to Attend the Third South Atlantic Regional Conference, "Explore A Timeless Information Journey," in Williamsburg, Virginia. Member registration is $215 with Early Registration available through 8/15/05 for $165. Registration includes opening reception, two deluxe continental breakfasts, two lunches, breaks, and a pass to Colonial Williamsburg. The conference hotel, the Woodlands Hotel & Suites at Colonial Williamsburg is offering an SLA rate of $99/night. |
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See the conference website (http://www.sla.org/sarc3) for additional registration discounts, preliminary program, hotel information and registration form.
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Minutes for Kentucky Chapter of Special Libraries Association Open Board Meeting - Friday, February 18, 2005, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
--Submitted by Stacey Greenwell, Secretary
Attending
James Manasco, Linda Minch, Constance Ard, Mary Vass, Leoma Dunn, Laura Whayne, Wenda Webster Fischer, Catherine Lavallée-Welch, Jill Sherman, Mimi O'Malley, Gloria Jean Glasbrenner, Lois Bullock, Jo Staggs-Neel, Glenda Neely, Valerie Perry, Cathy Schenck, Alice Marksberry, Ethel Salonen
Recorder
Stacey Greenwell served as recorder.
1. Call to Order
President Constance Ard called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.
2. Previous Minutes
Minutes from the November 19, 2004 were read.
One correction, Lake Barkley, was spelled incorrectly underneath the President-Elect's report.
MOTION: James Manasco made a motion to accept the corrected minutes. Linda Minch seconded the motion. All were in favor.
3. Reports
A. President
President Ard presented a written report:
The fun thing that I've done since our last meeting is nominate Linda Minch for the SLA Professional Award. The deadline was January 6, 2005 for submissions and sent our materials and made a great case for Linda in regards to her work on the Front Page News Back Page Coverage series in the Lexington Herald Leader.
The SLA Leadership Summit underwent a significant format change this year. There was included a CLE on Leadership Friday afternoon that provided breakout sessions on topics such as creativity and running and participating in effective meeting. This event was conducted by Leadership Outfiitters Inc. You can find more information about them at www.leadershipoutfitters.com
The Joint Chapter Cabinet meeting was held on Friday morning. The main topic of discussion was the Membership Dues Proposal. There was a lot of discussion about the data used by the finance committee to select their final recommendations. The New York Chapter presented their concerns about the effect of these proposals on chapter allotment. Leoma was back at home running figures for me regarding the proposals effect on our chapter allotments. Math is definitely not my forete however, even with rough estimates our numbers were just as discouraging as New York's. However, the spirit of the Kentucky Chapter's original proposal was to provide a means to recruit and retain members. The next step is to have the finance committee revisit the issue and provide more data to the membership so that Chapters can review the details before voting on a final proposal. I'll keep you posted as I hear of developments.
Other news of note from the Leadership Summit is the change in governance year. There will be a transition phase when this goes into effect in in FY2007. There will be a need to have officers serve 18 months or to hold an election for officers to serve a 6 month term. This will obviously affect the work of the nominating committee for 2006. Mary Vass and I will work with the committee and potential nominees to find the best answer for the chapter over the next year. There are a few other items of note that I will report on in my bulletin column so tune in for that.
While at the Leadership Summit Valerie Perry and Stacey Greenwell suggested that we invite candidates running for the board to participate in our listserv for a short period of time so that Kentucky members can ask questions and make up their mind before voting for the SLA Board. This will begin next week. Agnes Mattis is on vacation during this time period. She will be given an opportunity to answer the questions posed by the listserv the first week of March. Remember to turn in your ballots by March 14, 2005. For information you can go to http://www.sla.org/2005election.
Catherine Lavallée-Welch will be departing in April and will be sorely missed. We are currently seeking candidates to take over her duties as webmaster. If you are willing or know someone who is willing please contact me.
Today's program took a lot of work and I want to thank Mary Vass and Glenda Neely as well as our sponsors for making this happen. The SLA Legal Division thanks you as well.
Into the future: I will continue working with the Finance Committee on the dues proposal. Also I hope to spend the next couple of months working with our Recruitment and Retention Committee on really contacting former members and new librarians throughout Kentucky to get them interested in joining our organization.
If there is something you see that I need to be working on let me know. I'm here to serve the membership and so I want to hear what you think is important.
B. President-Elect
Mary Vass has been working on this program as well as the conference at Lake Barkley, April 13-15, 2005. The theme of this year's conference is marketing. The conference planners received many good mini-session proposals this year but weren't able to accept them all. Reserve a cabin at Lake Barkley early, as the cabins tend to go fast. In addition to the conference, the chapter will have a social meeting in May.
C. Past-President
James Manasco will be working on the procedures manual with Alice Marksberry.
D. Secretary
No report.
E. Treasurer
Leoma Dunn submitted a written report:
The Year End Financial Reports were submitted to the Director of Finance January 23, 2004. Kathleen Richardson, Lexington Community College Library, served as the Auditor. The reports have been accepted and the Kentucky Chapter's dues allotment was mailed February 16, 2005. The allotment should be for the minimum allotment amount, $1,125.00.
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SLA Kentucky Chapter Treasurer's Report
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$6694.43
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| Operating Budget (Ledger) |
$3714.94
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| Savings Account Balance |
$2979.49
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| Activities since Treasurer's Report December 31, 2004 | . |
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| Operating Budget (Ledger) | . |
| December 31, 2004 Balance | $2639.94 |
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| Deposits: | . |
| National City - LexisNexis sponsorship for February Program & Meeting | $500.00 |
| National City - EBSCO sponsorship for February Program & Meeting | $125.00 |
| National City - Thomson West sponsorship for February Program & Meeting | $950.00 |
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| Expenses: | . |
| University Club - Deposit for February Program & Meeting | ($500.00) |
| Balance | $3714.94 |
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| Savings Account | . |
| December 31, 2004 Balance | $2978.56 |
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| January Interest | $0.98 |
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| Expenses | $0.00 |
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| Balance | $2,979.49 |
MOTION: Leoma Dunn made a motion that we forgive the $35 owed by the member who did not pay for the Keeneland meeting. Linda Minch seconded the motion. All were in favor.
F. Directors-at-Large
Glenda Neely reported that 40 people are registered for today's meeting.
G. Archivist/Governing Documents
Alice Marksberry pointed out that the Practices Manual will need to reflect the new governance year.
H. Awards Committee Chair
Catherine Lavallée-Welch is still seeking nominations for the awards: Professional Award and the Chapter Member Award.
I. Bulletin Editor
Glenda Neely indicated that Mary Barbosa-Jerez was unable to attend today due to meetings, but please submit content for the Bulletin, preferably on Monday.
J. Discussion List Owner
Mary Vass reminded us that if you change your email address you'll need to change your listserv subscription. She can assist you with that.
K. Membership Committee Chair
Jill Sherman reported that we have 72 members.
L. Nominating Committee Chair
Wenda Webster Fischer announced the slate:
President-Elect: Susan Brown
Secretary: Mimi O'Malley
Director-at-Large: Jo Staggs-Neel
The nominating committee includes Wenda Webster Fischer, Jill Sherman, and Christie Robinson. The slate will be published in the next Bulletin.
M. Public Relations Committee/Diversity Leadership Development Committee Chair
No report.
N. Recruitment and Retention Chair
In November, Reinette Jones, Susan Brown, and Jo Staggs-Neel went to Kentucky Black Achievers conference.
O. Web Development Chair
Catherine Lavallée-Welch reported that she has been doing lots of updates and has been experimenting with search engines for the website. She offered to continue with her webmaster duties until the position is filled.
P. Strategic Planning Chair
Valerie Perry reported that she has been waiting on the SLA strategic plan, which is now available.
Q. Student Chapter Liaison
No report.
R. Student Chapter President
No report. Catherine suggests that the student chapter report their events to the webmaster so that they can be included on the website.
4. Old Business
A. Special recognition of Larry Besant.
Alice Marksberry has been working on the recognition of Larry Besant. He has been a member of SLA since 1961. Several possibilities are in the works.
5. New Business
A. Topics/Questions for listserv participation of Board candidates
Some possible questions included:
Why do they want to be in the position?
What is the biggest challenge facing the association today and what do they intend to do about it?
What are their goals?
What is their opinion on the dues proposal?
What is their opinion on the governing model?
What is their opinion on the funding model, particularly for chapters?
Do they know the membership--who they are serving? Are we really meeting the needs of our members—considering what a diverse group we are. Difficult to meet these needs on state level, so we rely on national conferences.
It was suggested that we limit the responses to 100 words or so.
B. Webmaster position
This was discussed in the President's report (above).
6. Announcements
We greatly appreciate Thomson West, LexisNexis, and EBSCO sponsoring today's program.
7. Adjournment
MOTION: Mary Vass made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Leoma Dunn. All were in favor, and the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
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