Showing posts with label Update 3-28-08. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Update 3-28-08. Show all posts
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Faculty Positions
Our faculty and staff positions continue to be frozen (except for a few of those which had been posted before the freeze was initiated). However, we have been given permission by the Provost to proceed with some interim and internal options for filling a few of the faculty positions. Stacey Greenwell interviewed earlier this week for the Head of the Information Commons position and we hope to conclude that search process soon. For two other positions – Head, Education Library and Head, Science Library – we are planning to conduct internal searches and make two year interim appointments. A call for interest from current library faculty will be forthcoming.
WUKY Interview with President Todd on 10th Anniversary
As part of his regular series on WUKY, I was interviewed by President Todd about the 10th anniversary of the William T. Young Library. The interview will air on WUKY on Friday, March 28th at 5:45 p.m. but you can check it out online athttp://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wuky/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1249616§ionID=986
Troy Martin Joins the Office of the Dean
Troy Martin has been offered and has accepted the Administrative Support Associate I position in Business Services, Office of the Dean, replacing Melody Brian. His duties will include payroll and personnel assistance and his first day with the Libraries will be March 31. Troy is a Business Administration graduate of UK, and he currently works in UK Temporary Employment.
2008 ISI Lazerow Lecture on April 7, 2008
The 2008 ISI :Lazerow Lecture sponsored by UK’s School of Library and Information Science will occur on Monday, April 7th, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in the Niles Gallery of the Little Library. The lecture will be given by Martin Dillon, former head of OCLC’s Office of Research & Library Resources Management Division. The title of the lecture is The Evolving Web & the Changing Role of Information Providers.
Lecture summary: The Web was created in 1989 and has been rapidly evolving ever since. We are well into Web 2.0 and breaking ground for Web 3.0. The information industries are dominated by the growth of the Web – its technologies, capacities, extent and reach throughout the world. This talk will provide a glimpse of the Web trends that track this growth and are central to information and its dissemination. It will also look closely at Web features, focusing on the social 'activities' of Web 2.0, but also looking ahead to what many are calling the semantic Web of Web 3.0. The purpose throughout will be to suggest ways that information providers and libraries in particular might leverage their intellectual capital and habits of collaboration into a more prominent Web presence.
Refreshments will be served, following the Lecture.
Lecture summary: The Web was created in 1989 and has been rapidly evolving ever since. We are well into Web 2.0 and breaking ground for Web 3.0. The information industries are dominated by the growth of the Web – its technologies, capacities, extent and reach throughout the world. This talk will provide a glimpse of the Web trends that track this growth and are central to information and its dissemination. It will also look closely at Web features, focusing on the social 'activities' of Web 2.0, but also looking ahead to what many are calling the semantic Web of Web 3.0. The purpose throughout will be to suggest ways that information providers and libraries in particular might leverage their intellectual capital and habits of collaboration into a more prominent Web presence.
Refreshments will be served, following the Lecture.
SLIS Names New Director
The University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science has a new director; Jeffrey T. Huber will assume the position Aug. 15 of this year.
College of Communications and Information Studies Dean J. David Johnson commented: “Dr. Huber was the unanimous choice of a blue ribbon selection committee that recognized his roots in the tradition of library and information science and appreciation of the school’s contribution to librarianship in the Commonwealth, as well as his potential contributions to health informatics initiatives critical to University of Kentucky’s Top 20 mandate.” Read the full press release at http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?artid=3246
I served as a member of the search committee and we are delighted with Jeff’s appointment. On a personal note, Jeff’s sister is also a librarian. Sheree Huber Williams is head of the library at Jefferson Community College and represents the KCTCS libraries on the SAALCK Directors’ Council.
College of Communications and Information Studies Dean J. David Johnson commented: “Dr. Huber was the unanimous choice of a blue ribbon selection committee that recognized his roots in the tradition of library and information science and appreciation of the school’s contribution to librarianship in the Commonwealth, as well as his potential contributions to health informatics initiatives critical to University of Kentucky’s Top 20 mandate.” Read the full press release at http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?artid=3246
I served as a member of the search committee and we are delighted with Jeff’s appointment. On a personal note, Jeff’s sister is also a librarian. Sheree Huber Williams is head of the library at Jefferson Community College and represents the KCTCS libraries on the SAALCK Directors’ Council.
NIH Policy Documents
On April 7th, the new National Institutes of Health policy requiring the deposit of publications resulting from NIH grants in an open access repository within 12 months of publication will be implemented. On our campus, compliance with grant and federal guidelines is part of the Office of Research. Vice President of Research, Jim Tracy, has provided three documents for researchers who are affected by these new requirements.
As this new law was making its way through the legislative process, the University of Kentucky took an official position of support (see Dean’s Update October 6, 2006), so we are delighted that this policy is now law.
Those of you who work with faculty regularly in the sciences and medicine may encounter questions from researchers. I have posted the documents distributed by Vice President Tracy on SharePoint under Office of the Dean, Scholarly Communication, for your information. The Medical Center Library also has links from their home page. Since this is a critical compliance issue for the University, it’s important that our researchers receive accurate and up to date information. Vice President Tracy’s memo includes the following contacts for questions:
“You should also feel free to refer researchers to the If you have questions about the NIH policy, please contact Deborah Davis in the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (phone: 257-8311; ddavis@email.uky.edu). Katherine Adams in the Office of Legal Counsel (phone: 257-2936; kadams@email.uky.edu) can answer questions about language in publishing/copyright transfer agreements. You may also contact me directly (jtracy@email.uky.edu).”
As this new law was making its way through the legislative process, the University of Kentucky took an official position of support (see Dean’s Update October 6, 2006), so we are delighted that this policy is now law.
Those of you who work with faculty regularly in the sciences and medicine may encounter questions from researchers. I have posted the documents distributed by Vice President Tracy on SharePoint under Office of the Dean, Scholarly Communication, for your information. The Medical Center Library also has links from their home page. Since this is a critical compliance issue for the University, it’s important that our researchers receive accurate and up to date information. Vice President Tracy’s memo includes the following contacts for questions:
“You should also feel free to refer researchers to the If you have questions about the NIH policy, please contact Deborah Davis in the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (phone: 257-8311; ddavis@email.uky.edu). Katherine Adams in the Office of Legal Counsel (phone: 257-2936; kadams@email.uky.edu) can answer questions about language in publishing/copyright transfer agreements. You may also contact me directly (jtracy@email.uky.edu).”
Former Education Librarian Passes Away
Jane White, UK Libraries' Education Librarian from 1966 until her retirement in 1986, died on Saturday, March 15, 2008. She was 89 years old. Jane's obituary appeared in the March 17 Lexington Herald-Leader http://www.legacy.com/kentucky/Obituaries.asp?Page=SEARCHRESULTS and in the Winchester Sun http://www.winchestersun.com/public_html/?module=displaystory&story_id=11776&format=html.
Cornett Wins Award for UK Libraries State of the Libraries Report
Cornett IMS (the advertising and marketing firm that created the State of the Libraries Report for us) has won a 2008 silver Addy Award from the Lexington Advertising Club for that report in the Brochure – four color category.
LibraryThing Local Launches
From American Libraries Direct
LibraryThing Local launches
LibraryThing Local is a gateway to thousands of local bookstores, libraries, and book festivals—and to all the author readings, signings, discussions, and other events they host. It is the site’s attempt to accomplish what hasn’t happened yet—the effective linking of the online and offline book worlds. You can show off your favorite bookstores and libraries, keep track of interesting events, find out who else loves the places you do, and write comments about the places you love....LibraryThing Blog, Mar. 3
LibraryThing Local launches
LibraryThing Local is a gateway to thousands of local bookstores, libraries, and book festivals—and to all the author readings, signings, discussions, and other events they host. It is the site’s attempt to accomplish what hasn’t happened yet—the effective linking of the online and offline book worlds. You can show off your favorite bookstores and libraries, keep track of interesting events, find out who else loves the places you do, and write comments about the places you love....LibraryThing Blog, Mar. 3
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