Representatives from UK Libraries recently presented talks
and posters at the Joint Spring Conference of the Kentucky Library Association
(KLA) Academic Library Section, the KLA Special Library Section, and the
Special Libraries Association Kentucky Chapter. The conference was held at
General Butler State Resort Park in Carrollton, Ky., April 9-11.
Brittany Netherton, a graduate assistant in the William T.
Young Library Reference Services Department, presented her talk “Visibility
Abroad!.” Her presentation outlined ways that libraries help respond to the
needs of students in study abroad programs by providing specialized information
literacy training and by bridging the gap between the home and host
institutions.
Stacey Greenwell, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research,
co-presented with Juliane Schneider, Metadata Librarian at Countway Library,
Harvard Medical School. Their presentation, "Keeping the Path vs.
Off-Roading: How to Adjust Your Career to Changing Conditions, " targeted
primarily at students and new professionals, gave attendees the opportunity to
share their own experiences and what new directions they would like their own
careers to take. The presentation
described the paths each followed and how they both made changes in their
careers through finding new opportunities, developing new skills, and creating
new career goals.
Jason Keinsley co-presented a session with Lauren Robinson, graduate
student in the Agriculture Information Center. Also Renae Newhouse,
graduate student at the AIC, presented a poster session.
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