Happy Holidays

What a wonderful holiday lunch we had today including a good contingent of our retirees. Thank you to the Hospitality Committee for making the arrangements and to Ovid’s and UK Catering for a tasty lunch and a lovely setting. We also had a fun time today with the photo on the steps. Thank you, Debbie Sharp, for this good idea. I’m sure we’ll have lots of opportunities to use these photos in our marketing efforts.

Let me also thank each of you for the good work you’ve done this year

• You’ve done more with less
• You’ve been innovative and creative
• You’ve been responsive to the needs of our faculty, staff and community
• You’ve made a difference in the lives of those we serve

I hope you have a relaxing, restful, and joyful holiday.

UK Libraries Wins Three Awards for our Marketing Materials

Earlier this month, UK Libraries took home awards for 3 out of our 4 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, Kentucky chapter (CASE-KY) award submissions and 2 of the awards were first prize Grand Awards. By virtue of winning our state competitions, we’re still in the competition for the CASE Region III Awards in Feb. 2009.

Congratulations to Doug Boyd for the Grand Award in CASE-KY (Audiovisual Communications) Radio Programs and Announcements for their collaboration in the oral history series. Doug collaborated with WUKY for a series about the Nunn Center for Oral History; topics have included the Bill Keightley archive project, dirty tricks in Kentucky political campaigns of yesteryear and the Frontier Nursing Program.

Congratulations to Sharon Ross and Jessica Hughes for the Grand Award for our newsletter, Speaking Volumes in the External Tabloids and Newsletters. Congratulations to Kelley Nalli and Cornett for their help in developing the template three years ago. Jessica has developed desktop publishing and photography skills that help make this an excellent publication.

Our new brochure for the UK Libraries also received a Merit Award in the Direct Mail, Brochure category.

Sharon Ross attended the meeting for the Libraries and was presented with a certificate, at the CASE-KY award program at the Mohammed Ali Center in Louisville. President Todd will receive a letter announcing the awards this week. A press release with more details is available at http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?category=1&artid=4247

My thanks to Sharon and Jessica for preparing our submissions so that they could contend for these awards.

SOLINET/PALINET Merger

Some of you will have seen a recent message from SOLINET relating to the plans to merge the two networks into a new organization. As chair of the Board of SOLINET, I’ve the unique opportunity this year to participate in the complex and at times vexing process of trying to merge two groups together with different policies, cultures, and approaches to their business. What follows is an extract from a recent mailing from the Board of SOLINET to the governing members of the organizations (of which UK is one):

The strategic and operational benefits of this merger remain relevant to our initial vision, and will result in:

· Cost control and savings to members
· Applying operational best practices from both organizations
· Expanding our capacity for innovation
· Rapid implementation of new programs
· Enhanced technology leadership

Your vote as a Governing member is the next and final step in this process. Voting will begin on January 8th and continue through January 28th via a secure online site, followed by a special membership meeting. During the voting period, we will host optional webinars to answer any questions. More information about the voting process and these online sessions will be sent in early January. You can also find information at www.mergerupdate.org, a combined site for PALINET and SOLINET members.

Next Dean's Update

The next Dean’s Update will be January 9, 2009.

Library of Congress Releases Report on its Use of Flickr

The Library of Congress has just released a report on its initial months of experience in making a portfolio of photographs available to the public via the Flickr photo-sharing service. This is a fascinating project that helps to illuminate the ways in which interactions between cultural memory organizations and audiences around collections are changing in the digital environment, and I think that the report will be of interest to many CNI-announce readers. Both a summary and full report, along with other material on the project, are available at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/flickr_pilot.html

Springer to Preserve Content in CLOCKSS

From American Libraries Direct

Publisher Springer Science+Business Media is partnering with the cooperative electronic archive CLOCKSS to preserve the content of its more than 1,700 periodical titles. The archive ensures perpetual access to journal content that has been orphaned, abandoned, or interrupted. Springer, a founding member of CLOCKSS, has also submitted a proposal to the archive’s board outlining a pilot project to test the feasibility and legal issues surrounding the preservation of its eBook content.... http://www.clockss.org/clockss/Springer_helps_launch_CLOCKSS
CLOCKSS, Dec. 3

Google Book Search Puts Magazines Online

From American Libraries Direct

Google Book Search puts magazines online

Google announced an initiative December 9 to enable full-text searches of millions of articles from more than 10 magazines (with hundreds more to come). Eventually, Google will begin blending magazine results into the main search results. For now, you can turn up magazine articles by trying an advanced Google Book Search. Unfortunately, no browsable guide to all the magazines indexed is planned....Search Engine Land, Dec. 9

Deirdre Scaggs Appointed Director of Archives

Deirdre Scaggs, currently University Archivist, has been hired as the new Director of Archives, Special Collections and Digital Programs Division. She will be responsible for the administration of an archival program which includes Manuscripts, University Archives and Records Program, Audio-Visual, Public Policy Archives and the Bert T. Combs Appalachian Collection. Deirdre will begin her new assignment on January 1, 2009. Congratulations, Deirdre!

Jeff (Podge) Rion Apppinted Computer Support Specialist

Jeff (Podge) Rion, formerly a student and then a STEPS employee in the Information Technology Division, will move into a regular position on January 5. As Computer Support Specialist II, he will continue to provide first-level computer hardware and software support to the Libraries. Welcome, Podge!

Coordinator of Metadata and Caraloging Position

The search for a Coordinator of Cataloging and Metadata has not resulted in a hiring. However, the position description has been updated and a new search will be announced soon.

ConsultFour Report on R&E and IT

This report from our consultants, Marilu Goodyear and Beth Warner, will be presented at meetings early next week on Tuesday. The full report will be posted in Office of the Dean SharePoint site under ConsultFour Report after those meetings. A PowerPoint presentation summary will also posted which lays out the key observations and recommendations as well as next steps.

Article in Kentucky Libraries by Kopana Terry

Check out the most recent Kentucky Libraries (vol. 72, no. 4) which includes an article by Kopana Terry entitled “Paging Through the Past: Kentucky’s Newspapers on the National Newsstand.” Congratulations Kopana!

Science experiments: reaching out to users

From American Libraries Direct

Science experiments: Reaching out to users

Convincing faculty and students in the sciences of the value of libraries and librarians can be a particularly hard sell as more and more of their primary journal literature becomes available online everywhere. Six science librarians from the University of Washington experimented with both traditional and unconventional ways to engage their users. They tried meeting in the users’ spaces, luring them into the library’s, and using creative initiatives that included blogs, giveaways, and geocaching....Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, no. 55 (Fall)

Europeana goes online, gets overwhelmed

From American Libraries Direct

Europeana goes online, gets overwhelmed

A new digital library of Europe’s cultural heritage crashed just hours after it went online and will be out of operation for several weeks, the European Commission said, attributing the failure to as many as 10 million hits an hour. Europeana, a website of 3.5 million documents and images, opened November 20 with international publicity. But by the next day, those trying to log on were greeted with a message telling them that the service may not be running again until mid-December, while computer capacity is upgraded. Watch the BBC report (1:55) on the Europeana launch....New York Times, Nov. 21; European Commission, Nov. 21; BBC News, Nov. 21

Social Networks and citation tools for scientists

From American Libraries Direct

Social networks and citation tools for scientists

Lorcan Dempsey writes: “The emergence of social-network services is symptomatic of the move from website to workflow as our unit of attention on the Web. We want to get things done, by tying things together ourselves or by having them tied together in prefabricated services. It is interesting to see how many of them strongly feature literature resources.” Here are a handful of useful tools for science researchers....Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog, Dec. 1

Promote your federal depository collection

From American Libraries Direct

Promote your federal depository collection

Using the theme, “Easy as FDL: Free information, Dedicated service, and Limitless possibilities,” this video (5:10) demonstrates what makes federal depository libraries essential to the American public. Librarians and others knowledgeable about the Federal Depository Library Program were interviewed and asked to explain its benefits. The video is downloadable for use on library websites....FDLP Desktop, Nov. 3

What do stduents want in a library newsletter?

From American Libraries Direct

What do students want in a library newsletter?

Brian Mathews conducted an informal assessment of student reactions to the Georgia Institute of Technology’s library newsletter: “I tested different layout styles to see how much text was too much text, what types of images or themes students liked, and what they remembered based upon a quick glance. The editorial group is working through that data now.” He sums up the things that male and female students liked to see in the publication....The Ubiquitous Librarian, Dec. 2

New Programmer Hired

Edward (Ed) Brown has been offered and has accepted the Server Administrator /Programmer II position in the Information Technology Division. He will bring over 10 years of programming experience to his position and will begin work on January 2, 2009. Ed's work area will be located in the Reference/IT staff area on the second floor of Young Library.

UK Archives and Collections Highlighted in Wikipedia

In an ongoing agenda to take our resources to where people are, SCDP has added links to our collections to records in Wikipedia. The first institutions to take this approach were the University of Washington and the Library of Congress. It’s very cool to see links to our rich resources in this source. Thanks, SCDP!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Niles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Nursing_Service
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Clements
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Nelson_National_Cemetery

Partnership with UK Athletics Makes Mr. Wildcat Interviews Available Online

In a partnership funded by UK Athletics and in a new interface developed in SCDP, the oral history interviews of Bill Keightley, Mr. Wildcat, at now available online. The first seven Keightley interviews can be found at http://kdl.kyvl.org/

New Faculty Directory and Other Information

Here’s a link from the Provost’s Office to orientation details that they have created for new faculty. You might be interested in seeing the information that’s on this page for the new faculty as well. You’ll find the 2007 and 2008 new faculty directories on this site http://www.uky.edu/Provost/APFA/Recruitment/. If you have ideas about the site, please let Heidi Anderson in the Provost’s Office know.

Save the Date for SLIS Lazerow Lecture

Please mark your calendars for the 2009 Lazerow Lecture sponsored by the School of Library and Information Studies. The Lecture will be held April 22 including a reception from 4:30 pm-5:00 pm and the lecture from 5:00 pm-6:00 pm. Dr. Bill Stead from Vanderbilt will deliver the 2009 Lazerow Lecture. You may find more information about Dr. Stead at: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/infocntr/stead/stead.htm

Open Source Integrated Library Systems

Open Source Integrated Library Systems, A new Library Technology Reports

This new volume by Marshall Breeding (Vanderbilt) “provides extensive information about the emerging open source software movement as it applies to integrated library systems, and details the differences between using an open source approach to that of using conventional proprietary software.” http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/open-source-integrated-library-systems.html

RSS and Scholarly Journal Tables of Contents

From American Libraries Direct

RSS and scholarly journal tables of contents

Lisa Rogers writes: “A growing number of scholarly journal publishers provide RSS feeds for their tables of contents. Subscribing to a feed enables someone to not only read the latest TOC, but also to share and reuse the information by publishing it to their blog or adding it as a widget to their website. In theory, anyone can keep fully up to date with all the scholarly journals they want. However, as I have found from my work on the ticTOCs project, it isn’t always that easy.”...FUMSI, Oct.

ACRL Launches First Interest Group

From American Libraries Direct

ACRL launches first interest group

ACRL has created a Residency Interest Group, the first interest group approved by its board of directors. The RIG supports the creation, implementation, management, and promotion of library residency programs. It accomplishes this by providing a central location for information about program availability; the creation of core competencies, evaluation, and assessment standards; and the overall advancement of the quality of resident education....

ACRL Launches First Interest Group

From American Libraries Direct

ACRL launches first interest group

ACRL has created a Residency Interest Group, the first interest group approved by its board of directors. The RIG supports the creation, implementation, management, and promotion of library residency programs. It accomplishes this by providing a central location for information about program availability; the creation of core competencies, evaluation, and assessment standards; and the overall advancement of the quality of resident education....

Five Ways Social Media will change recorded history

From American Libraries Direct

Five ways social media will change recorded history

Ben Parr writes: “History tends to remember only pivotal moments in time, discarding the day-to-day struggles. Even when the occasional diary survives, it only archives what one person does—it doesn’t track his or her interactions with others. But with social media, that information is readily available and archives how we interact with others over time. For the first time in human history, the day-to-day interactions between people are being permanently recorded and formatted in easily organizable segments of information.”...Mashable, Nov. 18

Emory and George Mason team up on Zotero project

From American Libraries Direct

Emory and George Mason team up on Zotero project

Emory University Libraries and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University have entered a cooperative partnership on Zotero, the free, open-source bibliographic manager. A team of librarians, information technologists, and faculty members led by Connie Moon Sehat, Emory Libraries’ new director of digital scholarship initiatives, will extend the research capabilities of the software in collaboration with Zotero’s main development team....Emory University, Nov. 14

Self-Study and External Review Visit

The self-study and its appendices have been submitted to the University and are posted in SharePoint on the Office of the Dean, Program Review folder. The Program Review Working Group has done outstanding work on compiling, refining, and completely this excellent summary of our accomplishments in the last 5 years as well as areas where we want to advance in the years ahead.

The External Review Team’s visit has now been scheduled for February 24-26, 2009. Once a more definite schedule is established, we will share that with everyone.

Executive Committee Feedback

As the annual evaluation process for faculty members approaches, I have developed the following process with advice from the Faculty Council for you to provide feedback on the performance of members of the Executive Committee taking into consideration the earlier work of the Organizational Procedures Committee. The details on that process have been sent in a email to the all-lib listserv. The forms for the process can be found on the Office of the Dean SharePoint site under Executive Committee Feedback. If you wish to provide feedback on your division’s leader or any of the other members of the Executive Committee, please use either the form for division members (if you work in that leader’s division) or the form for non-division members (if you do not work in that leader’s division). Please submit individual forms for each leader. Those may be sent to me electronically or in print form. They must be signed for consideration but will be held in the strictest confidence. They will not be shared with the members of the Executive Committee. The deadline for submission of the forms is December 15, 2008.

Exhibit on Thomas Merton

Forty years after the death of Thomas Merton, one of the leading intellectuals of the 20th century, SCDP will install a major exhibition of his papers from its extensive holdings. The exhibition will open with a free public lecture on Sunday, Nov. 23, at the Great Hall of the Margaret I. King Building. Read more in the University’s press release at http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?artid=4162

Pictures from the 10th Anniversary Celebration on Flickr

Cheri Daniels has posted her personal photos from the 10thh anniversary celebration of the Young Library in May on Flickr. Click on this link to see them -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/historiana/sets/72157605053314326/ Thanks Cheri!

New Releases from ARL

• Manuscript Collections on the Web, SPEC Kit 307 – surveys ARL libraries' current efforts to provide information about their manuscript collections online. The table of contents and executive summary from this SPEC Kit are available online at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/spec307web.pdf. A print copy is in the collection.
• The Google Library Project Settlement: ARL and ALA Release Guide for Libraries -- The guide is designed to help the library community better understand the terms and conditions of the recent settlement agreement between Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers concerning Google's scanning of copyrighted works. Band notes that the settlement is extremely complex and presents significant challenges and opportunities to libraries. The guide outlines and simplifies the settlement's provisions, with special emphasis on the provisions that apply directly to libraries. http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/google/.
• Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication – final report of an investigation into the range of online resources valued by scholars, paying special attention to those projects that are pushing beyond the boundaries of traditional formats and are considered innovative by the faculty who use them. The report is freely available on the ARL Web site at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/current-models-report.pdf. Search the database at http://www.arl.org/sc/models/model-pubs/search-form.shtml.
• E-News for ARL Directors, November 6, 2008 -- http://www.arl.org/news/enews/enews-nov08.shtml#1
• Reinventing Science Librarianship: Proceedings from the ARL/CNI Forum, Oct. 16-17, 2008 – Presentation audio and slides are now online from the recent forum on "Reinventing Science Librarianship: Models for the Future." Leaders of research libraries and campus IT services gathered in Arlington, Virginia, October 16-17, 2008, to discuss trends in scientific research and the development of new library roles responsive to those trends.

Panel Issues Classroom Fair Use Guide

From The Chronicle of Higher Education

Panel issues classroom fair use guide

When professors want to incorporate clips from television shows or other popular-culture works into their lectures and are unsure about what they can legally use, some are basing their decisions on “urban folklore about copyright,” says Peter A. Jaszi, law professor at American University. A new Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education (PDF file) by the university’s Center for Social Media offers free legal advice to clarify such issues—and its authors say that the fair use provisions of copyright law are more permissive than many professors may think....Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 11

BioMed Central Sold to Springer

From American Libraries Direct

BioMed Central sold to Springer

Open access pioneer BioMed Central has been acquired by German publisher Springer Science+Business Media. Those in the open access movement had watched BioMed Central with keen interest. Founded in 2000, it was the first for-profit open access publisher and advocates feared that when the company was sold, its approach might change. BioMed Central publisher Matthew Cockerill said the open access policy wopuld continue....Scientific American Blog, Oct. 7

American Libraries Lifts Access Restrictions

From American Libraries Direct

American Libraries lifts access restrictions

American Libraries celebrated the first Open Access Day, October 14, by opening up its content on the Web and making its companion weekly e-newsletter, American Libraries Direct, available to anyone for the asking. The current issue of the print magazine is now open to all, as are back issues through 2003; they were all formerly accessible only with a member log-in. Nonmembers may now sign up for AL Direct; ALA members merely need to keep an up-to-date email address in their membership profile....

Why e-books will eventually succeed

From American Libraries Direct

Why e-books will eventually succeed

Reading e-books from e-book readers similar to the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader will eventually be the preferred reading method for millions worldwide, predicts Knowledge Center analyst J. Gerry Purdy. He thinks we will see 75% worldwide adoption less than 10 years after e-book readers contain the right set of technologies. Here, Purdy explains what features will someday make these gadgets ubiquitous....eWeek, Oct. 13

Reference Librarians in the Age of Google

From American Libraries Direct

Reference librarians in the age of Google

At a symposium hosted last year by Columbia University’s library system, Steven Bell, a librarian from Temple University, took a controversial stand. Before an audience made up almost entirely of reference librarians, Bell argued for the abolition of the reference desk by the year 2012. The old model of a desk staffed by highly trained reference librarians is well on its way to becoming outdated, perhaps even extinct. In its place, he and others envision a world where librarians are available 24/7 to help patrons search the vast digital stacks of the internet, as well as physical shelves full of old newspapers and incunabula....Duke Magazine 94, no. 5 (Sept./Oct.)

Notable KY African Americans Database Featured on WUKY

Reinette Jones and Rob Aken, creators of the NKAA, were interviewed by President Todd for his regular radio show on WUKY. Check out this wonderful interview online at http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wuky/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1409358&sectionID=986

King Library Press Event This Week

New York calligrapher Paul Shaw, a graphic arts instructor at the Parsons School of Design, will visit the University of Kentucky to present the King Library Press Fall 2008 Seminar in Graphic Design on Nov. 14 and 15. The seminar includes a lecture and workshop with the noted calligrapher who is renowned in the world of commercial lettering arts where he works with clients like Revlon, Avon, Clairol, Lord & Taylor, Rolex, Campbell Soup and Mattel, the toy manufacturer of the Barbie doll.

Shaw's lecture on “The Books of W. A. Dwiggins” is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, in the Great Hall of the Margaret I. King Building. The full press release is available at http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?artid=4124

Dean's Review Committee Appointed

In concert with the Libraries’ Program Review, the University will conduct my 5-year review. This is in keeping with the University’s administrative regulations regarding chief academic officers. The members of the Review Committee have just been appointed:
Amy Osborne, chair
Miranda Hines
Shawn Livingston
Mary Beth Thomson
Steve Wyatt, Dean of the College of Public Health

The memo from the Provost has been posted on the Office of the Dean SharePoint site under Program Review.

Former UK Libraries Archivist Passes Away

Charles Laymon Atcher, retired archivist at the UK Libraries passed away on November 8, 2008. Services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at Milward-Southland. The full obituary can be found at http://www.milwardfuneral.com/index.cfm/funerals_obituaries.html

Kathleen Imhoff Elected to OCLC Board of Trustees

Kathleen Imhoff, Executive Director and CEO, Lexington Public Library, was elected by Members Council to serve on the OCLC Board of Trustees. Kathleen will serve a term of five years.

Quarterly Reports Posted

The division quarterly reports for the First Quarter (July through September 2008) are now available in SharePoint under Office of the Dean, Quarterly Reports. Just to pique your interest, here are few interesting facts from the reports:

• Development – list of new inductees into the UK Fellows Society due to gifts to the Libraries
• MCL – planning underway with AIC for program on animal welfare in medical research
• R&E – use of MEEBO for chat service on all public computers
• R&E – 90 literacy sessions reaching 1,622 students
• R&E – trial of a remote reference desk by Engineering Library in the Anderson Commons
• IT – results of Google analytics about the number of visits and page views to some of our web services

Economic uncertainty spreads to library endowments

From American Libraries Direct

Economic uncertainty spreads to library endowments

The stock market losses that have recently hit global markets might be taking some carefully stewarded library endowments along for the ride. Even as the market began its dramatic mid-September seesaw of alarming drops and partial recoveries, two public library executives lost their jobs at one of the few libraries ever endowed personally by Andrew Carnegie. Panicked stock-market sell-offs have paralyzed credit lines and bond markets at the state and municipal levels and only made a bad situation worse for libraries from Oregon to New Jersey....American Libraries Online, Oct. 14

Bill Marshall Honored by the KY SHRAB

The Kentucky State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) presented four Certificates of Merit to commemorate Kentucky Archives Month. William J. Marshall was honored with a Certificate of Merit for Significant Service as an Archivist, having worked thirty years or more in archival repositories in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Congratulations Bill!

Michel Thompson Hired as Library Tech

Michel (pronounced Michelle) Thompson has been hired as a Library Technician in the Interlibrary Loan Department, Access and Delivery Division. Since 2006, Ms. Thompson has been a librarian assistant at the Beaumont Branch of the Lexington Public Library. She has a BA from Transylvania University and a Masters in Clinical Psychology from EKU. Michel's starting date will be November 10. Welcome Michel!

On the Lighter Side -- Homecoming at the University of Florida

My colleague, Judy Russell, Dean of Libraries at the University of Florida, shared the following link to photos the Libraries’ homecoming float last weekend. That’s Judy stirring the pot which appears to be boiling a UK Wildcat! Certainly not our best showing on the football field that weekend. http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/pio/float2008.pdf

SOLINET Educational Services Video

SOLINET is airing a new four-minute video presentation on You Tube, which encapsulates their expansive offering of live and self-paced classes. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jVBMMljsmo

From the Association for Research Libraries

• E-Science Talking Points for ARL Deans and Directors – ARL and CNI hosted a forum on Re-inventing Science Librarianship which offered a rich exploration of emerging trends in e-science and new paradigms of library support. Rick Brewer, Jan Carver and I were able to attend. As background for the Forum and as a resource for the ARL membership, the ARL E-Science Working Group released this document which offers a mix of definitions, key concepts, exemplary projects, and further reading. http://www.arl.org/rtl/escience/eresource.shtml
• ARL Annual Salary Survey 2007-08 – the survey analyzes salary data for all professional staff working in the 123 ARL member libraries during 2007-08. Data are reported for 9,983 professional staff in the 113 university ARL libraries and for 3,797 professional staff in the 10 non-university ARL libraries. In the Salary Survey, data for university library staff are usually reported in three distinct groups: general library systems, health sciences libraries, and law libraries. http://www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/salary/arl-annual-salary-survey-2007-08.shtml
• Planning a Learning Space in a Research Library: Pre-Programming Tool Kit – This tool kit enables library staff--without reliance on outside experts--to conduct pre-programming assessment and customize their learning spaces to fit their local circumstances. The kit includes an overview of the planning process for building a learning commons as well as easy-to-use, one- to two-page guides to implementing a dozen different pre-programming assessment techniques. The techniques have been tested in several libraries and consistently produce excellent data for developing informed building programs. http://www.arl.org/rtl/space/
• Author Rights under NIH Public Access Policy – Author rights affected by the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy are featured in the latest issue of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Bimonthly Report, no. 259. http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/br/br259.shtml
• Records Management: SPEC Kit 305 – explores the state of records management in ARL member institutions. Records management is the field of management responsible for efficient and systematic control of the creation, receipt, maintenance, use, and disposition of the records of a business or organization. The table of contents and executive summary from this SPEC Kit are available online at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/spec305web.pdf. A print copy is in the collection.

Landmark Decision for Google Book Search

From American Libraries Direct and elsewhere

As many expected, at some point Google would settle the lawsuits brought by the publishers concerning their Book Search scanning process. Much detail remains to be understood about this agreement. The settlement agreement itself is more than 200 pages.

Google settles scanning suit with authors, publishers
After two years of negotiations, a settlement has been reached in lawsuits between Google and author and publisher groups over the search-engine company’s scanning of copyrighted books. Under the settlement, announced October 28 and subject to approval by a New York federal court, Google would pay $125 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit brought in 2005 by book authors and the Authors Guild, as well as a separate suit filed by five publishers. The payment would go toward creation of a Book Rights Registry where authors and publishers can register works and receive compensation....American Libraries Online, Oct. 29

Also in the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/free/2008/10/6010n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Harvard opts out of settlement due to uncertainties about the cost http://chronicle.com/news/article/5417/harvard-says-no-thanks-to-google-deal-for-scanning-in-copyright-works?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Student writing and development award

From American Libraries Direct

Student writing and development award

LLAMA is now accepting entries for the 2009 YBP Student Writing and Development Award. All students enrolled in a library and information studies graduate program are eligible to submit essays on the theme “Take the lead @ your library.” The winning article will be published in a future issue of Library Leadership & Management....

Apply for a travel grant to ALA Annual Conference

From American Libraries Direct

Apply for a travel grant to ALA Annual Conference

ALA Library Director Karen Muller writes: “Other bloggers are discussing the cost of attending an ALA Annual Conference. I’m going to help you do something about it. There is now easy access to the entire list of travel grants offered by ALA and its divisions and round tables on the new website. The time to get your application together is now, because the deadline for most of the awards is the first business day in December.”...ALA Marginalia, Oct. 22

GMU Sued by Reuteres over Zotero

From American Libraries Direct

GMU sued by Reuters over Zotero

Peter Murray writes: “Thomson Reuters is suing George Mason University to stop distribution of the newest version of Zotero, a Firefox browser plug-in for managing citation data. Reuters is claiming (PDF file) that GMU is violating the terms of its license agreement by including a function in Zotero that will convert citation styles from its proprietary EndNote format to a format that can be used by Zotero. Reuters is also asking for $10 million in damages for destroying the EndNote customer base. Since GMU is a state institution, the Commonwealth of Virginia is also named in the suit.”...Disruptive Library Technology Jester, Sept. 27; Courthouse News Service

Google library partners to offer digital backup

From American Libraries Direct

Google library partners to offer digital backup

A group of major universities has been quietly working for the past two years to build one of the largest online collections of books ever assembled, by pooling the millions of volumes that Google has scanned in its partnership with university libraries. One of the most important functions of the project is to create a stable backup of the digital books should Google go bankrupt or lose interest in the book-searching business. The project is called HathiTrust, and so far it consists of the members of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation....Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 13

Lyman T. Johnson Award Winners

In concert with the School of Library and Information Studies, the UK Libraries recognized two outstanding individuals with the Lyman T. Johnson Awards at a dinner held on Friday, October 17th. Information about our two honorees follows:

Donald W. Lyons, Sr. – “Torch of Excellence Award”
Donald W. Lyons, Sr. a Lexington native, received his M.S.L.S. from the University of Kentucky in 1971. He is the third African American to graduate from the UK School of Library and Information Studies. Lyons earned his undergraduate degree in history and political science from Kentucky State University (KSU), and his first library employment was at KSU in 1971 when he became a library assistant in the Blazer Library. In 1976, Lyons was named director of the library and remained in that post until 1989, when he became Athletic Director at KSU. Lyons was also an instructor and he supervised first year teacher interns employed in various public school systems in Kentucky. He advanced to the rank of professor prior to his retirement in 1999, and currently holds the rank of Professor Emeritus. He is a Trustee and Treasurer of the KSU Foundation, overseeing the day-to-day operations, and serving as Executive Secretary. Donald W. Lyons, Sr. is the husband of Myra L. Briggs Lyons. He is the father of Donald, Jr. and Reginald Lyons, and the grandfather of Ahmad and a new grandbaby named Destiny.

Faith Steele – “Torch Bearer Award”
Faith Steele, a Lexington native, is a graduate student in the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Studies. She has elicited favorable feedback from the faculty with positive contributions to courses and helped to make the coursework beneficial and more valuable. She has also shown leadership skills during her time in the program, such as helping to coordinate several fundraisers so that three of her fellow students could attend the 2008 American Library Association Conference. She was recently elected President of the student chapter of the American Library Association, and is the new Chair of the African American Librarians and Library Employees Roundtable, a division of the Kentucky Library Association. She is an avid recruiter and has volunteered her time to attend the library school’s recruitment events. She has also provided suggestions of other recruiting avenues the library school might explore as they look to increase diversity in their student population. Steele, who earned her undergraduate degree from the UK College of Human and Environmental Sciences, is presently a library assistant at the Lexington Public Library and a graduate assistant at the University of Kentucky Medical Center Library.

Congratulations to these award recipients!

Stacey Greenwell Receives Award from KY Chapter of SLA

Stacey Greenwell was the recipient of the 2008 SLA-KY Chapter Outstanding Chapter Member Award. The Outstanding Chapter Member Award is given to a chapter member for a notable or important contribution to the Kentucky Chapter of the Special Libraries Association. Criteria include: chapter member for at least one year, chair or coordinator of a special project, someone who consistently volunteers to do chapter work, someone who enhances the goals of the chapter, or someone who consistently contributes ideas to committees or at board meetings that are incorporated for the enhancement of the chapter.

From the citation:

Ms. Greenwell has been active extensively at the international level in the Special Libraries Association. She has served as Chair of one of the largest divisions in the association, the Information Technology Division. She also served this Division as Program Planner for the 2005 SLA Annual Conference.

Ms. Greenwell established the association’s Facebook page. She also founded a series of programs at SLA Annual Conference to serve those information professionals who work in desktop support for their organizations. She has also initiated the effort to create an Academic Division within SLA to support the continuing education needs of academic librarians. Stacey Greenwell’s service to the association has been recognized and she has been asked to serve on two association level conference planning committees for 2009 and 2010. Her work at the international level has brought recognition to the Kentucky Chapter.

Stacey Greenwell is very active in the Kentucky Chapter of SLA. She has served as Bulletin Editor, Secretary, founder of the Chapter blog and the Virtual Presence Chair when the Chapter hosted the Association’s Leadership Summit in January 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Ms. Greenwell has become known as an expert in a relatively new field of Information Commons, speaking about that topic quite extensively. She has also created the well-regarded blog, The Uncommon Commons, which deals with her experiences at the Information Commons at the University of Kentucky, as well as other events that occur in her life as a librarian.

Also see pictures of Stacey and the award at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bks4jhb/2956183965/in/set-72157608194490685/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bks4jhb/2956181603/in/set-72157608194490685/

Congratulations Stacey!

UK Libraries External Review Committee Appointed

This spring the UK Libraries will be having its periodic review as part of the University’s ongoing assessment process. Theses reviews occur every 5-7 years with the library last being reviewed in 2002-2003. The committee will be chaired by Phyllis Nash (Department of Behavioral Sciences). Other members include:

Larry Alford, Dean of Libraries, Temple University
Terry Birdwhistell, Libraries
Dan Brass, School of Management
Randolph Hollingsworth, Undergraduate Studies
Grant Mills, Student Government
Paula Kaufmann, University Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ana Rueda, Department of Hispanic Studies

I have added the memo from the Provost to SharePoint under the Office of the Dean, Program Review.

Alice Wasielewski Resigns

Alice Wasielewski, Library Technician Senior in The Hub @ WT's and Reference Commons, Research and Education Division, has submitted her resignation. She has accepted a position as Visiting Reference and Instruction Librarian with Eastern Kentucky University Libraries. Alice was employed as a student worker in Special Collections and Digital Programs during 2005 - 2006 and then as a temporary employee with the Hub prior to accepting her current Library Technician Senior position.

We thank her for all of her excellent work with the Libraries and wish her much personal and professional success and happiness.

Linda Niemi Hired at Lexmark

Linda Niemi, former news researcher at the Lexington Herald-Leader, has been hired into the Library Technician position at the Lexmark Information Center. Linda holds a B.S. in Psychology from Oklahoma State and an MLS from Northern Illinois University. Previous to her work at the Herald-Leader, she was Head Physics Librarian at the University of Virginia and Head Reference Librarian at Georgetown College. She will begin her position with the Libraries on October 27.

Next Dean's Update

The next Dean’s Update will be issued on Friday, November 7, 2008.

Why Librarians Should Contribute to Wikipedia

From American Libraries Direct

Why librarians should contribute to Wikipedia

Lauren Pressley and Carolyn J. McCallum write: “The presence of librarians in Wikipedia as content contributors would assist with the creation and maintenance of a more scholarly environment. Their involvement could change academicians’ minds about Wikipedia. What is currently shunned by many in academia as a flawed information resource would become regarded as a good place to begin their research. When following an external link to a library’s website, nonlibrary users may want to explore their local libraries to discover what other valuable information and resources can be found.”...Online, Sept./Oct.

ProQuest and Google partner on newspaper archive

From American Libraries Direct

ProQuest and Google partner on newspaper archive

ProQuest has formed a partnership with Google that has the potential to bring millions of pages of newspaper content to the open web. Google launched the initiative September 8 in conjunction with ProQuest and Heritage. ProQuest will also supply from its microfilm vault newspaper content that can be delivered effectively in the less formal framework of the open web. The company currently holds more than 10,000 newspaper titles, most of which are pristine master film copies. Users can explore this historical treasure trove by searching the Google News Archive or by using the timeline feature after searching Google News. Over time, Google will begin blending these archives into its main search results....ProQuest, Sept. 8; Official Google Blog, Sept. 8

Collections Emergency Response Team

From American Libraries Direct

Collections Emergency Response Team (PDF file)

The American Institute for Conservation is offering free emergency response assistance to cultural organizations. Help make sure that staff members of collecting institutions know how to contact the AIC Collections Emergency Response Team when a disaster—hurricane, flooding, earthquake, fire—has damaged collections. Call AIC’s 24-hour assistance number at (202) 661-8068 for advice or to arrange for a team to come to the site to complete damage assessments and help with salvage organization....American Institute for Conservation, Sept. 9

WorldCat for iPhone

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WorldCat for iPhone

Alice Sneary writes: “I don’t have an iPhone yet, but I just found (another) reason to want one: There is now a WorldCat app developed for it, available for download at the Apple apps section (for free). If you have an iPhone, download it and let us know how it performs for you. In fact, we might even send you a free WorldCat t-shirt in exchange.”...WorldCat Blog, Sept. 16

IUPUI Leads the way in digital depostories

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IUPUI leads the way in digital depositories

Libraries are taking a leading role in working to save important online texts, videos, audio, and photos from vanishing as websites change and die. Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis in particular has developed a national reputation for building these online databases. IUPUI has four of them, which is more than most universities. Two that launched recently also store content from outside organizations, a step beyond what most universities do....Indianapolis Star, Sept. 29

New Fellows Society Members

Last weekend has the University’s recognition of its new fellows and those who have reached new levels of giving. The Libraries recognized 11 new or upgraded fellows including Bess and Tyler Abell (and their children and grandchildren); David Rice and Ellen Rice (children of Library Associates board member, Angela Rice); and John and LuAnnette Butler (faculty members at Austin Peay University in Clarksville, TN); and Martha Durham Schweitz (and her husband Eric, the daughter of Henry Durham). I appreciate the confidence that these donors show in the work you are doing and its importance in the lives of our students, faculty and Commonwealth.

2008 Phonathon

The Libraries 2008 phonathon, conducted in conjunction with the Office of Development’s annual giving program, set all time records for both number of donors at 589 and the total dollars raised at $41,564. In addition, a long time Libraries supporter provided a first ever, matching grant of $12,500 that matched the amount that donors increased their giving over last year. Phonathon gifts this year were targeted to add to the Young materials endowment. Jessica Hughes and Sharon Ross plan and manage our phonathon participation with the Office of Development. Thanks for the good work on this important part of our fundraising program

SOLINET and PALINET Board Vote to Merge

From the letter that announced the vote:

We are pleased to announce that the Boards of PALINET and SOLINET have approved a recommendation to merge the two organizations. Both Boards completed due diligence and as a result developed the vision and strategy for the new organization.

The combined strength each network brings to the new organization will significantly enhance the education, leadership development, advocacy, technology, and savings on information products and services that our members want, while still providing the high level of service and local connection you currently value.

The combined resources, shared expertise, and improved operating efficiencies will result in

• Rapid implementation of new programs
• Greater consortial savings opportunities
• Extended networking and collaboration among members
• Innovative technology solutions in areas including open source, digitization, and collection management
• An expanded curriculum covering the latest topics with industry experts from both networks.

Your vote is the most important step in this process. By December 1, you will receive specific information regarding the merger plan and necessary legal documentation to inform your vote. The vote is expected to take place in early 2009.

We know you are also eager to hear about several key areas concerning the new organization including the board and membership structures, governance, new name, and locations. Both Boards are completing work on these specific details and will provide this information as part of your vote information packet.

We look forward to working together to build a stronger library community.

Sincerely,
Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Board Chair, SOLINET
Kate Nevins, Executive Director, SOLINET

Search Committee for the Dean of the College of Communication and Information Studies

I’m pleased to let you know that Donald Case (School of Library and Information Studies) and I will co-chair the search committee for the Dean of the College of Communication and Information Studies. Director of the School of Library and Information Studies, Jeff Huber, will also serve on the committee. The remainder of the committee members will be announced soon. This position is very important to us since the SLIS is part of the College of Communication. I look forward to the process of identifying a new leader for this college.

Library Visibility and Marketing

The last few weeks have seen a flutter of interest and publicity for the work the UK Libraries is doing. Here’s what I know about:

• The Nunn Center for Oral History featured on the upper right corner of the UK web page (http://www.uky.edu/) or the full text at http://www.uky.edu/webuk/spots/spot-155.html
• The excellent blog created by Deirdre Scaggs and the UK archives is now linked on the official UK blog site. Look for Curiosities & Wonders: News and interesting items from the University of Kentucky archives at; http://ukyarchives.blogspot.com/ or http://w2.uky.edu/UKPR/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=173
• Stacey Greenwell was interviewed by Michael Stephens for the ALA Techsource blog. Check it out at http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2008/09/ms-new-post.html
• Rick Brewer presented a poster session at the Association of Research Libraries Fall Forum: Reinventing Science Librarianship: Models for the Future on his work with the College of Public Health (http://www.arl.org/events/fallforum/forum08/index.shtml)

Present Live Shares PowerPoint Presentations

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Present Live shares PowerPoint presentations

Alana Taylor writes: “AuthorStream, the site that allows you to send PowerPoint presentations straight to YouTube , your iPod , and your blog, released Present Live September 2. This allows you to share your presentation with a selected group of friends and contacts on the internet in real time. I can see this working well not only at conferences but also in the classroom where students and teachers can easily interact through the internet.”...Mashable, Sept. 2

Kindle Kudos

From American Libraries Direct

Kindle kudos

Jenny Levine writes: “I’ve had my Kindle ebook reader for just about four months now, and as I suspected, the amount of book reading I’m doing is going up. During the summer, I’ve tended to start multiple books and finish none of them. But the Kindle is changing this, mainly because I’m using my daily commute and other travel times to integrate reading books back into my routine. I’m reading less online and more on the Kindle. I especially like having Newsweek automagically appear on the device at the beginning of each week.”...The Shifted Librarian, Sept. 2

October 14 was Open Access Day

From American Libraries Direct

October 14 was Open Access Day

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, the Public Library of Science, and Students for FreeCulture have jointly announced the first international Open Access Day. The event will offer researchers, educators, librarians, students, and the public the chance to participate in live, worldwide broadcasts of events. In North America, events will be held at 7:00 p.m. (Eastern) and 7:00 p.m. (Pacific) and will feature appearances from English biochemist Sir Richard J. Roberts and pharmacist and PLoS editor Philip E. Bourne....SPARC, Aug. 28

New e-newspaper reader

From American Libraries Direct

New e-newspaper reader

The electronic newspaper, a large portable screen that is constantly updated with the latest news, has been a prop in science fiction for ages. It also figures in the dreams of newspaper publishers struggling with rising production and delivery costs, lower circulation, and decreased ad revenue from their paper product. While the dream device remains on the drawing board, Plastic Logic introduced September 8 its version of an electronic newspaper reader: a lightweight plastic screen that mimics the look—but not the feel—of a printed newspaper. Watch the demo (5:55). Will it be a Kindle killer?...International Herald Tribune, Sept. 8; Engadget, Sept. 11

Next Dean's Update

The next Dean's Update will be October 17.

National Diversity in Libraries Conference

In concert with the Kentucky Library Association, the Southeastern Library Association and the Association of Research Libraries, the National Diversity in Libraries Conference was hosted in Louisville this week. Participants had a spectrum of options of keynote speakers, poster sessions, and more topical sessions. Our library faculty and staff were well represented as usual. Reinette Jones served as UK’s representative on the planning committee and I am very appreciative of the fine work that she did on our behalf.

Recent Consultants Visit

Thank you to the many members of our faculty and staff who met with the R&E/IT consultants earlier this week. For some time Kelly, Toni and I have been talking about various issues about the services we provide, the organizational structure we have, the need to determine what positions to fill, etc. It has also been almost 4 years since we did our large reorganization. Since then we have done some tweaking to the organization e.g. establishing a director of branches in R&E. As we look at where we want to go and how to get there, I felt the need for same outside help in gathering information and providing us with some feedback. At the same time, I discovered that Marilu Goodyear and Beth Warner were doing exactly this sort of consulting work and that they had just the right skills to provide us with good advice.

What happens next? Hopefully by the end of October, the consultants will provide us with their report. That will be shared broadly. Then we’ll decide what comes next.

I appreciate the candor with which all of you interacted with the consultants and I look forward to their report.

Library Hours to be Restored

Over the past few weeks, you have, no doubt, read and heard about the students’ concerns about the reduction in hours for the Young Library. I find it heartening that the students have so effectively and reasonably articulated their need for access to the Libraries and been willing to take that case to me, the Provost, and to their student government leaders.

I’m pleased to report that there will be a press release this evening announcing the restoration of 24/5 access effective October 19. Funding to restore the hours is being provided by the Student Government ($10,000) and the Provost ($20,000). This funding will provide the needed funds for this academic year. We will work with the Provost during our usual budget process about the restoration of permanent funding for the years ahead.

Circulation will, of course, be recruiting student employees so please spread the word once the press release is made public.

United Way

You will already have received a message from President Todd about the start of the annual United Way campaign. Janet Stith represents the Libraries on the Campaign Cabinet and others in the Libraries will be visiting to deliver pledge cards. Even very modest contributions add up in big ways to help the agencies which received funding through the United Way. I hope you will consider a donation as your circumstances permit.

The Hub Featured in American Libraries Direct

Featured in American Libraries Direct 9/10/08

The Hub at the University of Kentucky

Stacey Greenwell writes: “At the University of Kentucky, we just launched a video about our information commons, the Hub. As part of a group focused on student and faculty support, the video was a collaboration between the library and the teaching and academic support center. The video takes a humorous look at what the Hub has to offer students. We worked with student actors over the summer (I paid them in vending machine snacks—which also made great props).” They have both a short (0:31) and a long (3:24) version....The Uncommon Commons, Sept. 3; blip.tv

In addition, UK PR created a video on the Young Library which can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MNe7rv7fYQ

Library Instruction Videos

Cornell University has created a series of library instruction videos and posted them on YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/olinlibrary) Our librarians have developed something similar which can be found in our Research Toolbox -- http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/FindIt/ Ours are DEFINITELY more entertaining! Good work!

Network in Young Library to be Upgraded

For some time we have been requesting funding and working with various areas on campus to plan for an upgrade to the network in the Young Library. While the wireless network was addressed last spring, we continued to work toward an upgrade of the wired infrastructure as well. With funding from the Provost, Campus Information Technology, and our own budget, that upgrade to some of the network equipment in the communications closets of the W. T. Young Library will begin this fall. Kelly will be sending out a more detailed message to the allyoung listserv.

Nancy Lewis Selected for Circles of Power Program

This leadership program for women faculty at UK began in fall 1998 and a number of the libraries’ faculty have participated. This program is “designed to enhance the leadership skills of women who have leadership interests and capabilities. Nancy Lewis has been selected for the program in 2008. Congratulations!

Library Diversity

I have posted two documents about the diversity of the Libraries faculty and staff. The first is the 2007 Minority Utilization Report for the Libraries which has just been received. This new report can be found in SharePoint under the Office of the Dean, Diversity. https://libstaffsrv.uky.edu/OD/default.aspx The reports from 2005 and 2006 are also there for comparison. This report is constructed for the entire university and the each college each year to report the current diversity of our staff. You will see for the purposes of this study (and based on national standards), we are now in the category of professional staff rather than faculty. This was not the University’s decision but rather a change in the national standards.

What the report says:

For the number of females on our staff – we have met our goals in all categories except service and maintenance
For all minorities – faculty and professional staff, we are currently at 4.2% and our goal is 9.1%
For all minorities – staff (office and clerical being our largest category of staff), we are currently 6.4% and our goal is 13.3%
For African-Americans – faculty and professional staff – we are currently 2.8% and our goal is 4.4%
For African-Americans – staff – we are currently 6.4% and goal is 11.0%

The second document I have posted is a summary of minority librarian information from the ARL Annual Salary Survey. This document – minority librarian data FY07 – reveals that while the number of African American librarians working in ARL has increased slightly, those working in our region, East South Central Region, (Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt) has remained exactly the same – 22.

We continue to have much work to do to enhance the diversity of our entire staff. We must and will continue to focus on diversity as a key goal in the months and years ahead.

Spot Bonus for Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern (Circulation Department, Access & Delivery) initiated a project involving delinquent overdue fines in 2007. Jennifer coordinated with the Systems Librarian to run a comprehensive report of all patrons who owed fines of $20 or more (the point at which a patron is blocked by the system), then checked the Voyager accounts against University records and found a number of older fines without blocks, totaling over $40,000. Jennifer placed blocks on the eligible accounts and has since collected over $5,400. In conjunction with this project, she updated the status of lost items over five years old to “Lost-Library Applied” and sent lost item bibliographic records to collection managers for replacement consideration. She is continuing to work on contacting patrons to collect fines and set up payment plans.

Jennifer developed this project on her own initiative, and continues to look for ways that the fines and fees process can work more efficiently. Not only has she retrieved several thousand dollars worth of fines owed to the University, she has also made great strides in cleaning up many item and patron records. This effort helps all those looking for library materials, both library visitors and staff. Congratulations, Jennifer!

Fund to Support SLIS Students Who Work at the UK Libraries

The John Thomas Durham Graduate Student Fund was established by Mr. Henry Durham to honor his son, a 1997 graduate of UK’s School of Library and Information Science. Tom’s experience as a student worker in the UK Libraries while a student at the School of Library and Information Science provided a rich learning environment, and the Fund was established to provide enrichment experiences for SLIS students who are also employed at the UK Libraries. The income from the Fund is “used to support and enrich the experiences of School of Library and Information Science graduate student(s) working in the UK Libraries. Graduate student expenses may be partially or totally supported with the income from the Fund.” “Recipients and use of funds will be selected by the Director of the School of Library and Information Science in consultation with the UK Dean of Libraries.” Specifically, the funding is adequate to support some travel and workshop/conference expenses at this time.

The call for applications and the form for that application process have been sent out by the library school. I have posted the PDF ad and application process on our SharePoint site under Grants and Support.

Director, Library Desktop Support Position Posted

The faculty position of Director of Library Desktop Support, Information Technology Division, is scheduled to appear on the University's Online Employment System job list on Monday, September 29. The detailed job announcement will also post to the Libraries' website on Monday; the deadline for applications is October 31.

Search Committee for Director, Archives Formed

The search committee for the Director, Archives in Special Collections and Digital Programs has been formed. Laura Whayne will serve as chair of the committee. Other members of the committee are: Jen Bartlett, Doug Boyd, Reinette Jones, Judy Sackett (ex officio), and Carrie Wallis. I appreciate their willingness to serve.

Summary of Focus Groups Done by Web Advisory Committee

As part of planning for redesigning the Libraries’ website, the Web Advisory Committee conducted focus groups with library users. Their purpose was to learn how library patrons currently use our site, what works well and what needs improvement. The first sessions focused on undergraduate students. While the numbers are not large making it hard to draw any significant conclusions, the information uncovered is worth a look. A summary can be found in the FY08 Annual Report from the WAC which is on their SharePoint site at https://libstaffsrv.uky.edu/Committees/WAC/default.aspx and is titled “WAC report 2008.”

Department Heads Meeting Minutes

The meeting minutes from the September 10th department heads’ meeting are now posted on the Department Heads SharePoint site.

Netflix Model for Magazines

From American Libraries Direct

The Netflix model for magazines

Maghound is Time Inc.’s new service that lets the consumer choose which magazines to receive each month—with no hassles, at three prices (three titles for $5 a month, five for $8, seven for $10). This may not save the magazine industry, but it’s a good product for anyone who likes magazines. Assuming Maghound takes off, it will offer a pure look at what consumers want to read....Gawker, Sept. 16

When Google Isn't Enough

From American Libraries Direct

When Google isn’t enough

When you need to delve deep into a subject, sometimes Google just won’t do. What you really need is a research engine that explores the unindexed reaches of the Deep Web. For that, there’s now Infovell, “the world’s research engine.” This new subscription-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) engine scours through open-access repositories of information like PubMed Central and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Claims, but it also allows access to scholarly journals such as those from Oxford University Press, Sage, Taylor and Francis, Annual Reviews, and Mary Ann Liebert Publications. Infovell is available for a 30-day free trial....ReadWriteWeb, Sept. 18

Hakia Calls for Help

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Hakia calls for help

Semantic search engine hakia announced September 22 an open call to librarians and information professionals to participate in a new program to unlock credible and free resources to web searchers. Currently, hakia is generating credibility-stamped results for health and medical searches to guide users towards credible web content. These results come from websites vetted by the Medical Library Association. Now, hakia is aiming to further its coverage to all topics, with the participation of other librarians and information professionals....Hakia, Sept. 22

Record Breaking Phonathon

Our record-breaking Libraries phonathon has hit $41,029 in dollars pledged. This is a 36.66 percent increase ($11,006) over the previous record set last year. And when compared to three years ago, the dollar amount in the annual Libraries phonathon has more than tripled – $41,029 this year compared to $13,344 three years ago – an increase of 207.47 percent ($27,685). The record number of pledges in this year’s phonathon has now reached 567 – an increase of 6.58 percent (35 donors) over the previous record from last year, and an increase of 180.69 percent (365 donors) from three years ago! To add to that good news, one of our long time library supporters made a challenge grant to match increased gifts of this year’s gift over last year’s gift and we have now maximized all $12,500 of that grant.

I am grateful to those members of the Libraries staff and faculty who have made a contribution to support the Libraries. If you have not been called and would like to make a gift you can contact our development officer Sharon.Ross@uky.edu at 257-0500 ext 2159 or give on line at https://iweb.uky.edu/giveonline/

New University Web Pages

Somewhat unexpectedly to us, the University introduced a new web site this week. The good news is that the Libraries has returned to the portion of the page where there are a series of links – in essence we have a link for the Libraries on the front page. The not quite so good news is that the University has inserted an interim page between the main page and our usual home page. These was done in large part as the University is trying to improve the consistency of style across the web page. Kelly Vickery and Rob Aken are working with the University to determine what our options are for further customizing this page so that it can include links that take the user directly to key areas. They will be working with our Web Advisory Committee as well. More when we know it.

Another piece of good news is that you will find our reference desk in Young Library highlighted on the UK Jobs page. The picture features Debbie Sharp and Peter Hesseldenz. On the main page -- http://www.uky.edu/ -- click on Libraries to go to the interim page or click on UK Jobs to see the photo of Debbie and Peter. My thanks to Sharon Ross for bringing this to our attention.

Former Acquisitions Librarian Passes Away

Dorothy R. Hill passed away on September 4 after a long illness. Noted medical librarian and co-author of the Brandon/Hill Selected Lists of Books and Journals for the Small Medical Library; Nursing; and Allied Health, her work influenced the development of medical library collections worldwide. Daughter of the late Arthur T. and Ruth Hill, Dorothy received numerous awards for her work with medical libraries and had a long career building medical library collections at the University of Kentucky, Johns Hopkins, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine where she spent the last 33 years of her career.

Janet tells me that Ms. Hill was the first Acquisitions Librarian for the UK Medical Center Library and helped our first library director, Al Brandon develop the initial collection of books and journals when the Medical Center opened in 1960

Save the Date! Instruction Symposium

SAALCK will be sponsoring an Instruction Symposium on October 23rd at EKU. This symposium will be similar to others we have held on shared storage, reference redesign etc. An outside speaker has been engaged and we will forward information about the details as soon as they are available.

10 ways to cope with information overload

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10 ways to cope with information overload

Sarah Houghton-Jan writes: “What is information overload? 27 instant messages. 4 text messages. 17 phone calls. 98 work emails. 52 personal emails. 76 email listserv messages. 14 social network messages. 127 social network status updates. 825 RSS feed updates. 30 pages from a book. 5 letters. 11 pieces of junk mail. 1 periodical issue. 3 hours of radio. 1 hour of television. That, my friends, is information overload. Here are 10 techniques for managing it, each in a distinct area of information input.”...Ariadne 56 (July)

Key Stakeholders in the digital transformation of higher education

From American Libraries Direct

Key stakeholders in the digital transformation of higher education

Ithaka’s white paper (PDF file) summarizing its 2006 survey is the first to offer an extensive comparison of attitudes and perspectives of academic faculty with those of academic librarians on the perceived roles of the library and librarian on campus; the effects of transitioning to electronic material on library practice; the place of digital repositories in the campus information-services landscape; and the future plans of academic libraries. Librarians surveyed include both directors and collection development leaders from a wide variety of four-year academic institutions across the United States....Ithaka, Aug. 18

WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry

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WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry

OCLC is piloting a new service for libraries that encourages librarians to discover and share information about the copyright status of books. The WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry is an effort to build a union catalog of copyright evidence based on WorldCat. Its goal is to encourage a cooperative environment to discover, create, and share copyright evidence through a collaboratively created and maintained database, using the WorldCat model to eliminate duplicate efforts....OCLC, Aug. 25

RDA: The Basics

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RDA: The basics

Ann Chapman writes: “Resource Description and Access is the new cataloging code due to be published next year. The development process has generated (sometimes heated) discussion. It’s designed as an online resource. RDA is a content standard—a set of guidelines for describing a resource. It sets out what information needs to be recorded and in what level of detail in order to support the catalog user in finding, identifying, selecting, and obtaining a resource, enabling them to make informed choices.”...Update (CILIP), Aug. 15

Kindle 2.0 in the works

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Kindle 2.0 in the works

Michael Arrington writes: “More rumors about the new Kindle are emerging. The first device will have a similar-sized screen as the existing model but will have a much enhanced form factor. The second will be a large-screen device aimed at students and will come later. Somewhere around a quarter of a million Kindles have been sold to date and Amazon is clearly pushing out the last of the current units via a credit-card promotion on their site that drops $100 off the $359 device.”...TechCrunch, Aug. 26; Business Week, Aug. 25

Global information literacy logo contest winner

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Global information literacy logo contest winner

Artist Edgar Luy Pérez of Havana, Cuba, has won the $3,000 prize for creating a global information literacy logo. The winning design was unveiled at the UNESCO session of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions annual congress in early August. Almost 200 designs were submitted by 139 artists from 36 countries. IFLA’s Information Literacy Section will develop a toolkit to promote the logo’s international use....International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, Aug. 10

Gloria Kennedy Plans to Retire

After 19+ years, Gloria Kennedy (Law Library) has indicated her plan to retire on December 5, 2008. Gloria began work with the Libraries on April 3, 1989. Gloria tells us that she and her husband plan to do some traveling and have their passports ready and waiting! We thank her for all of her good work for the Libraries and wish her and her family much happiness in the coming years.

Judge Denise Clayton to Speak

Judge Denise Clayton, Kentucky Court of Appeals, will speak about the Racial Fairness Commission on Wednesday, September 17, beginning at noon, followed by a reception outside the College of Law Courtroom. Judge Clayton’s presentation is sponsored by the UK Libraries and the College of Law. In October 2007, Judge Clayton became the first African American female Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge, representing the 4th Appellate District, Division 2. She was also the first African American female Circuit Court and Chief Circuit Court Judge in Kentucky. Judge Clayton is the chair of the Commission on Racial Fairness for Jefferson County courts. My thanks to Reinette Jones for working with the College of Law to arrange for Judge Clayton’s visit.

Kate Seago Selected for TRLN Management Academy

I’m pleased to announce that Kate Seago has been selected as one of 36 participants in the 2008 Triangle Research Libraries Network Management Academy. This leadership program will be held in Chapel Hill, NC in November and is designed to prepare current and potential mid-level managers in academic libraries to operate with entrepreneurial and business acumen in the management of financial and human resources. Congratulations, Kate.

Terry L. Rusch to Speak

Director of the Office of Admission, State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Terry L. Rusch will speak on Kosovo, Bhutan, and Iraq on Friday, September 12, at 10:00 a.m. in the Auditorium of the William T. Young Library. Rusch’s talk is titled “The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program: The Humanitarian Track in U.S. Immigration.” This presentation is sponsored by the UK Libraries’ Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center.

ILL Technician Position Posted

As part of our ongoing review of vacant positions, the Executive Committee recently approved proceeding with the filling of the Library Technician position in the Access & Delivery Division.

The Hub Video Highlighted in Stephen Abram's Blog

Stacey Greenwell and the recently released Hub video have been noted and praised in Stephen Abrams’ blog, Stephen’s Lighthouse. The entry is dated September 7th at http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/09/index.html

New ARL Rankings Released

Each year with the publication of the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Almanac issue, ARL’s ranking index is released. Based on data from June 30, 2007, UK’s ranking has risen slightly. We are currently ranked #62 among all 113 ARL libraries; #35 among public university libraries. Last year’s rankings were #63 and #37 respectively. You may recall that ARL began using a new set of criteria (based largely on expenditures) with last year’s index. Frankly, UK does not fare as well in this new index as we did in the previous one. You'll find a chart which provides a summary of our ranking in this new index since 2003 in the version of this Dean's update on our SharePoint site.

Rankings do not, of course, reflect the dedication, commitment, services and successes we have had in providing the needed services and collections for our faculty, staff and students. But, they are one way in which the University measures progress toward its goal to be a Top 20 public university.

University Press of Kentucky Signs with ebrary

The University Press of Kentucky has signed a deal with ebrary to distribute its electronic books. ebrary, a “provider of e-content services and technology, today announced that it is greatly enhancing its growing selection of more than 170,000 titles with e-books and other authoritative materials from more than 14 new publishing partners. ebrary has now secured partnerships with more than 300 of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly, STM, trade, and reference content.” See the press release at http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080825005388&newsLang=en

12 Tools that will soon go the way of fax and CDs

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12 Tools that will soon go the way of fax and CDs

Dave Pollard writes: “How does the information behavior of Millennials differ from those of previous generations, and what will that mean for the tools they will and won’t be using in the future? I’ve come up with a list of 12 tools, technologies, and other artifacts that will probably disappear within the next generation, just as fax essentially disappeared less than 20 years after it first became popular, and just as CDs—which my generation thought were the last word in music storage—are disappearing even faster.”...How to Save the World, Aug. 5
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2008/08/05.html#a2212

Director, Archives, Special Collections and Digital Programs

As part of its ongoing review of vacant position, the Executive Committee has approved proceeding with the filling of the Director, Archives position. The position will be posted this week on the University’s online position recruitment website.

Call for Volunteers for Search Committee

Call for Volunteers for Search Committee for the Director, Archives Position

Of course, with recruitment beginning for this position, we need to form a search committee! If you are interested in serving on this committee, please send me a message no later than Monday, September 8.

Poet Natasha Trethewey to Read

As part of the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, noted poet, Natasha Trethewey, will read her poetry in the Young Library Auditorium on Friday, September 12, from 4:30 to 5:30. The event is free and open to the public. The UK Libraries is co-sponsoring this reading with the Conference and I hope some of you will plan to attend. You can read more about the conference and Trethewey at http://www.uky.edu/WWK/

Career Enhancement Program - IMLS Grant

Planning continues for our participation in the ARL/IMLS grant for a minority fellowship program. The call for applications is now online at http://www.arl.org/news/pr/career-enhancement-18aug08.shtml. Please encourage any eligible library school students to consider this opportunity. Our Working Group began meeting this week to prepare to host our first fellows in 2009. More information will be forthcoming.

Young Library Information Services Changes

As we continue to look for the best ways to serve our students and faculty, Information Services in the Young Library has implemented the following changes for the fall semester. The service desk for the 2nd floor is now located in the Atrium just outside the Rotunda. This desk will provide reference assistance and is the service desk for PNM. The desk will be staffed from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. They have also expanded their Chat Reference Service. The Chat icon is now on the desktop of every machine in Young Library. This allows users to get assistance without leaving their machine. Chat will be available all hours the 2nd floor desk is open. Plans are to expand this service to all hours Young is open later in the semester. The Chat service will be shared by staff in Research and Education and Circulation. Another change is in the handling of the phone reference. Telephone reference will now be handled in the office area, allowing the staff at the Atrium desk to concentrate on walk in clientele.

Opt Out of Printed Pay Stub

Now that direct deposit of your paycheck is mandatory and now that the University has provided a way for you to check that paystub online (see 8-13-08 email instructions from Judy Sackett and http://www.uky.edu/HR/ESSOverview.html), I’d encourage you to “opt out” of receiving a printed pay stub. Not only will it save the printing costs, it will save much time for the Business Services staff who organize and distribute the printed pay stubs. It will also save time in your unit for the person who must retrieve those pay stubs from the Office of the Dean every pay day. Please let your student workers know about this option as well.

Publisher-Author Agreements and the NIH Public Access Policy

“ARL has released ‘PubMed Central Deposit and Author Rights: Agreements between 12 Publishers and the Authors Subject to the NIH Public Access Policy,’ by Ben Grillot ….
To help authors make informed choices about their rights, Grillot compares how the agreements of 12 publishers permit authors to meet the requirements of the recently revised National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy and share their works while they are under embargo. The NIH Public Access Policy requires authors of NIH-funded research to deposit their works in PubMed Central and make them publicly available within 12 months of publication.

Grillot focuses his analysis on how the agreements differ in: the terms and procedures of deposit of the work, the length of any embargo period, and the rights of the author to use and share the work during the embargo period. Grillot presents summary tables that .. show the similarities and differences across agreements. He also analyzes the implications of these agreements.”

The pdf is available from the ARL Web site at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/grillot-pubmed.pdf.”

SOLINET Training Calendar for fall available online

The printable Fall 2008 Quarterly Class Schedule is now available on the SOLINET website. They have introduced 2 new Training Tracks and 14 new classes this fall.

New Training Tracks
Open Source: Evergreen Software Track
Disaster Prevention and Response Track

New Classes (Live Online)
Evergreen Guided Tour and DemoEvergreen Circulation and OPAC Module
Evergreen Cataloging Module
Evergreen Administration and Statistics Module
Managing Student Assistants in Academic Libraries
20 Questions: Music Resources
20 Questions: Art Resources
Establishing Emergency Response Networks for Cultural Collections
Archives Preservation
Using WorldCat on the Web: WorldCat.org

New Classes (Self-Paced)
Dreamweaver
General Cataloging Principles and Practices
Designing with Style!
Interpreting the MARC Record

Weekly Schedule Resumes Sept. 12

The next Dean’s Update will appear on September 12. At that time I’ll resume a weekly schedule.

Beloit College Mindset List

Every fall the folks at Beloit College release their “mindset” list about this year’s incoming freshman class (Class of 2012). You’ll find the details at http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/

Star in your own READ mini poster

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Star in your own READ mini poster

Jenny Levine writes: “One of the fun projects I’ve gotten to shepherd at work is now available for you to play with—the READ Mini Poster Generator. Useful for web badges, profile pictures, and especially graphics for events such as Banned Books Week (which is coming up in September). It’s just like the generators on fd’s Flickr Toys because it was created by John Watson, Mr. fd himself. If you post yours to Flickr, be sure to add it to the READ posters pool.”...The Shifted Librarian, Aug. 7

ACRL on the Desk and Beyond

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ACRL on The Desk and Beyond

ACRL has released a new publication, The Desk and Beyond: Next Generation Reference Services, edited by Sarah Steiner and M. Leslie Madden of Georgia State University. The book provides a thorough exploration of the present and possible future applications of 11 of the most promising new reference delivery methods. This forward-looking collection is intended to provide inspiration for potential new digital and physical reference services at academic libraries....

Spot Bonus for Marie Dale

Marie Dale’s primary assignment in SCDP as a Library Tech Sr. is to serve as an office manager for Preservation and Digital Programs.. Marie manages both the very beginning and the very end of the microfilming process by managing relations with customers, orders, receipts, claims, invoicing, and shipping. Her responsibilities also include payroll responsibilities for the large number of staff and students in Preservation and Digital Programs. During the transition following Adrienne Steven’s retirement, Marie played a crucial role in making it possible for SCDP to retool the procedures for payroll in SCDP. Each pay period she reviewed the SCDP paperwork and provided individual instruction to supervisors regarding the payroll process. Congratulations, Marie!

Spot Bonus for Theresa Yocum

Theresa's regular assignments are related to accounting support, but with the resignation of Payroll & HR Assistant Melody Brian last November, Theresa's primary responsibility became processing the payroll for the student workers and staff employees. This included time entry, adding and deleting people from payroll, managing payroll paperwork and absence reports, and maintaining the monthly absence reports. Theresa accepted this assignment willingly and, due to her conscientiousness and exact attention to detail, became very skilled very quickly. She solved a number of complicated payroll issues, improved procedures, and was very responsive and unfailingly pleasant and thorough in handling employee and student payroll questions and resolving problems. Theresa also played an instrumental role in training the new Payroll Assistant, Troy Martin. Her patience, thoroughness, and ongoing support have helped assure a smooth and mostly seamless transition as the majority of the payroll duties have shifted over to Troy. Congratulations, Theresa!

Poem by Jane Vance Posted

For those of you who were able to attend the 10th anniversary celebration in May, we were delighted when Kentucky’s poet laureate, Jane Gentry Vance, honors the Library with the presentation of an original poem about the library. Her poem is now posted on our web site at http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/libpage.php?lweb_id=723&llib_id=14

The Map of Early Modern London

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The Map of Early Modern London

This site maps the streets, sites, and significant boundaries of late 16th-century and early 17th-century London. You can find many of the theatres and landmarks of Shakespeare’s time, and learn about the history and culture of the city in which he lived and worked. Navigation is by index or by tagged map section; an experimental map adds Google-style layers to the map platform. Janelle Jenstad, assistant professor of English at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, is editor and coordinator of the project....Map of Early Modern London