Weekly Review

UK Libraries to Host Two Visiting Chinese Librarians:

UK Libraries will have two visiting scholars during the month of April. We will be hosting Dr. Pi Jiezheng, Director of the Information Service Division of the Agricultural Information Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Mr. Kou Yuantao, Librarian, who is responsible for library systems and development. The librarians will be here from April 4 through May 1 and will be visiting various units within UK Libraries as well as touring other nearby libraries. As part of their visit, Dr. Pi will present on information management and library practices in China.

This will be an excellent opportunity to interact and learn from international colleagues. I want to thank Toni Greider for making these arrangements and working our guests during their visit. If you have any questions or suggestions for Toni, please let her know.


Modern Fairy Tales Featured in The Hub:

The Hub at W.T.’s is currently featuring a “digital storybook” of contemporary fairy tales created by nine Honors students over the course of the fall 2010 semester. Led by instructor Cheryl Cardiff, the student-writers in Honors 301 created a collection of stories in an oral, auditory and visual format. The “Modern Fairy Tales” digital exhibit is running in the Hub, Core 4, until the end of January, and may also be viewed on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheModernFairytales.


Keeneland Library Receives National Grant to Preserve Unique Collections:

The Keeneland Library has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions to aid in preserving two involving acclaimed photographer Bert Morgan and renowned caricaturist Pierre ‘Peb’ Bellocq.

Becky Ryder, UK Librarian on leave to serve as Director of the Keeneland Library this year, will direct the grant project. Congratulations Becky! The full press release is available on the Keeneland website: http://www.keeneland.com/Lists/News/dispform.aspx?ID=6647

UK Libraries and Keeneland continue to seek private funds to establish an endowment at UK for the Keeneland Library. If sufficient private funds can be attained, UK Libraries would assume management of the Keeneland Library as part of Special Collections.


ASERL Executive Director Will Visit UK Libraries on February 16:

John Burger, Executive Director of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries will be on campus February 16. For more than 50 years, the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries has brought together leaders from research and state libraries in the region to foster a high standard of library excellence through inter-institutional resource sharing and other collaborative efforts. Today, ASERL is the largest regional research library consortium in the United States.

UK Libraries has several initiatives and projects underway with ASERL and if you would like to schedule a time to meet with John during his visit please let me know.


Thanks to Jen Bartlett and Toni Greider for their contributions to the Weekly Review.


Terry Birdwhistell
Dean of Libraries