Little/Gaines Artists' Series

The Lucille C. Little Fine Arts Library and Learning Center and the Gaines Center for the Humanities announce a collaborative artists’ series showcasing the work of Kentucky artists and bringing together artists in the same or different genres or mediums. Little/Gaines Artists will team up with one or two collaborators in visual, literary, musical or dramatic arts to stage unique exhibitions as part of this series presented at the Niles Gallery, located in University of Kentucky's Little Fine Arts Library. The Little/Gaines Artist Series will begin with a program focused around writer and filmmaker Kelli Burton at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22. Read more about it in the press release at http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?artid=5011

Library Associates Annual Dinner

The Library Associates Annual Dinner was held in May as usual this year. In my absence, Terry Birdwhistell presented a State of the Libraries report that I had created focused on items of interest to our donors and friends (that presentation has been loaded to the Office of the Dean SharePoint site under Dean’s Presentations). In addition, Judge Joe Lee was honored with the Medallion for Intellectual Achievement.

Library Associates President Kathy Johnson completed her term as president and welcomed incoming president, Gail Hart. In addition, we welcomed the following new members to the Executive Committee of the Library Associates:

Bess Abell
LuAnnette Butler
Eric Doninger
Billy Lanter
Alan Sullivan
Bill Watts

Summer Celebration for Tenure and Promotion

Our summer celebration to honor our newly tenured and/or promoted colleagues has been scheduled for August 12, at 3:00 p.m. in the Young Library Gallery. Remarks will occur at 3:30 p.m. Please join us in celebrating the promotion and tenure of Jan Carver and Kazuko Hioki!

SLIS Newsletter Highlights Outreach Effort to Pralltown Neighborhood

The spring newsletter of the library school highlights an outreach program involving Gail Kennedy and Susan Daole. A new student group of the library school began the community outreach program in the fall to the Pralltown neighborhood. The effort involves a story time for younger children and a book club for middle schoolers. A little more detail can be found in the newsletter at http://www.uky.edu/CommInfoStudies/SLIS/newsletter/spring09.pdf

Spring Book Arts Event

The King Library Press Spring Book Arts Event will feature a lecture on Elizabeth Yeats and the Cuala Press by scholar Declan Kiely, curator of Literary and Historical Manuscripts at New York's Pierpont Morgan Library. The lecture, "A Family Affair: The Yeatses & the Cuala Press," is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, May 8, in the Great Hall of the Margaret I. King Building. The event is free and open to the public. See the full press release at http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?category=1&artid=4656

"Our Lincoln" Video

My thanks to Bob Crovo for finding this video of the recent Kentucky Humanities Council “Our Lincoln” program that was presented at the Kennedy Center earlier this month. Its three minutes will give you a good overview of what was a 3 hour performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUJhcANXBA8

Save the Date

On April 24th from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00, you’ll have the opportunity to visit the new Science Library as well as meet the new director of the School of Library and Information Studies, Jeff Huber. This reception will be sponsored by SAALCK (State-Assisted Academic Library Council of Kentucky) of which the UK Libraries is a member.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/

Instruction/Information Literacy Symposium

This is just an heads up/FYI for those interested and involved in instruction and information literacy activities. SAALCK (under the leadership of EKU) is planning a day long workshop with outside speaker(s) on this topic for this fall. The event will be held at the Perkins Conference Center on the EKU campus. As soon as we know more details, we ask for an expression of interest in attending.

May 13th Anniversary Celebration

This is a just a reminder that we will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the William T. Young Library on Tuesday, May 13th. Tours will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with a reception starting at 6:00 p.m. Our program will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will feature Gordon Gee, President of The Ohio State University. In addition to celebrating and thanking all those individuals who were responsible for envisioning such a library for the Commonwealth and seeing it through to completion, we will debut our new Libraries brochure that evening. Exhibits have been installed in the Gallery and other areas of the library. Video exhibits will run in the atrium, the Hub, and the Auditorium. The actual program will be held in the atrium. I look forward to seeing you at the event!

Editor of Herald-Sun Speaks about Duke Lacrosse Case

On April 9, Bob Ashley, Editor of the Herald-Sun in Durham, NC, spoke to a packed house in the Young Library Auditorium about the Duke Lacrosse Case. The event was sponsored by the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Center and attracted a strong showing of students, faculty and community members. While the Ford Center does not endorse any position on issues of public policy, one of its roles is to bring interesting and engaging speakers to campus to discuss issues of public policy. Coverage of the event appeared in a number of media outlets following the presentation.