Helane Davis Resignation

I too greet the following message from the Dean of Law with mixed emotions. Helane has been a wonderful leader of our Law Library, a productive member of our Executive Committee and a good colleague in all ways. With her departure occurring in June 2010, we will have opportunity to continue working with her in the months ahead.

Dear Faculty, Administrators and Staff:

It is with mixed emotions that I write to inform you that our Law Library Director, Professor Helane Davis, has submitted her letter of resignation as Law Library Director and Professor of Law effective June 15, 2010. Helane has decided to take on a new challenge as Director of the Law Library at Albany Law School in Upstate New York. As many of you know, Helane joined the law school in 2005 and was named Library Director about 1 and ½ years later in 2006. Helane has been an engaged member of the faculty and has done a superb job managing our Law Library resources. Most recently, Helane served on the Dean Search Committee which resulted in my arriving as Dean less than six months ago. I say this message is sent with mixed emotions because I know that Helane has a grand vision for legal education and I would have loved to have had that vision realized here at UK College of Law. But alas, that is not the case. I wish Helane the best of luck in her new venture. At an appropriate time, I will announce our process for seeking a new Law Library Director.

David A. Brennen
Dean and W.T. Lafferty Professor of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law

New Hire in Medical Center Library

Keith Barbour has been hired to fill the Library Technician/Evening Supervisor position in the Medical Center Library. If his name is familiar to some of you, it is because he was formerly employed at the MCL from 1999 - 2005. His start date is December 21. Welcome back, Keith!

Access Archivist Search Committee Appointed

The search committee for the Access Archivist in SCDP has been appointed. Doug Boyd will serve as chair. Members include: Michelle Cosby, Susan Foster-Harper, Heath Martin, Zach Young and Judy Sackett. My thanks to all who volunteered to serve on this search committee.

Department Heads Minutes

The meeting minutes from the November 12th department heads’ meeting are now posted on the Department Heads SharePoint site. https://libstaffsrv.uky.edu/Admin/Heads/default.aspx

Summon and EBSCOhost are going there too

From American Libraries Direct

Summon and EBSCOhost are going there too

Gary Price writes: “Both EBSCOhost Mobile and Summon Mobile from Serials Solutions have officially been released. We’ve had only a short time to use both and for the most part were very impressed. I am more sure than ever that mobile devices (from an e-book reader to a Palm Pre to a Droid to an iPhone) can be powerful research tools in their own right. Perhaps the most important issue is how much promotion and marketing will EBSCO and the libraries that use EBSCO give to the new mobile interface?”...Resource Shelf, Nov. 10