KLA
and SLA Presentations:
The 2012 Joint Spring Conference of the Kentucky Library
Association Academic & Special Sections and the Special Libraries
Association Kentucky Chapter, was held April 11-13 at Lake Cumberland State
Park.
UK librarians and graduate assistants presenting included:
·
“Student
Expectations for Success: Measuring Information Literacy Contributions,”
Debbie Sharp, Sarah Vaughn, & Judy Wiza
·
“Free Apps
You and Your Users Will Love,” Beth Kraemer and Alex Grigg
·
“What’s
Lost in Translation? Developing Information Literacy Workshops for ESL Students,”
Graduate Assistants, Julie Van Hoose and Bridget Farrell
·
“Student
Training for Excellent Customer Service, “ Terri Brown and Stephen Leist
from Transy, “Archival
Literacy: Teaching with Primary Sources,” Graduate Assistant Sheli
Saltsman and Kate Black
·
“Ebookmobile:
Delivering Subject-Specific Ebooks to Your Inbox,” Kathryn
Lybarger.
Personnel:
Taylor Gillespie has been hired as Server Administrator/Programmer
I to assist with the IMLS grant-funded project: "OHMS: Enhancing Access
and Discovery of Oral History Online" by furthering development of the
Oral History Metadata Synchronizer. His
work station will be located in Digital Library Services, King Building. Taylor will begin on May 14.
Janice Coburn has accepted the position of Library Technician for
Young Library Reference Services and the Hub, Academic Affairs and Research
Division, where she will assist with customer service and provide
administrative support for the department.
Jan will join UK Libraries on May 21.
Kate Hesseldenz has resigned her position of Staff Support
Associate II in Special Collections to become Curator at historic Liberty Hall
in Frankfort. Kate joined UK Libraries
in October 2009. Her last day will be
May 25. We thank Kate for her exceptional contributions to UK Libraries including
a key role in the creation of the most recent Speaking Volumes. We wish
her much success in her new position.
Budget
Update:
This past Tuesday the UK Board of Trustees approved a tuition
increase for 2012-13. This now allows for
the university to complete its budget for next year and it will be considered
at the Board’s June meeting. During
discussions on campus this past week faculty have questioned the size of UK
Libraries’ budget reductions for the next two years. President Capilouto has responded by saying
that central administration will review the size and scope of UK Libraries’
cuts. In the meantime, it is essential
that we proceed implementing the reductions that we received.
We will discuss budget issues in more detail at the May 21st
faculty meeting and I intend to call for an all-staff meeting sometime during
the next several weeks.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through
this difficult process. As I mentioned
in my last email regarding the budget, I welcome comments and suggestion from
you about ways to improve allocation of resources.
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