Welcome to Anissa Ali and Bethany McGowan

Anissa Ali and Bethany McGowan, our second and third IMLS fellows, have arrived. Both began their fellowships on June 15th and will be with us for the next 8 weeks (ending August 7). Bethany’s home base is in the Medical Center Library and Anissa is based in Information Services in the Young Library. Welcome to Kentucky!

Head of Collection Management Hired

Heath Martin has accepted the position of Head of Collection Management, Collections and Technical Services Division, with a starting date of August 1. He holds masters degrees in both Library Science and English. In his current position as Assistant Head of Collection Development and Resources Management at Western Carolina University, he leads collection development, management, and assessment activities; supervises the acquisitions unit; coordinates a network of 16 library liaisons; manages and allocates the materials budget; oversees gifts; selects, orders and licenses library materials in all formats; selects and manages government documents; supervises collection development and acquisition staff; and serves as liaison to history and other academic units.

Reporting to Associate Dean for Collections and Technical Services Mary Beth Thomson, Heath will provide leadership for the UK Libraries' collection management activities and supervise staff in CTS Financial Services, Gifts-in Kind, and Federal Depository Units. We are looking forward to his arrival in August.

UK Libraries Wins Four ALA Awards for our Marketing Materials

We have just been notified that four of our submissions to the LLAMA Best of Show Marketing and PR Awards were winners. We don’t have much detail yet but what we know follows:

• Best of Show – Fundraising Materials – Equine Oral History Video
• Best of Show – Videos 30 seconds and under – The Hub @ WT’s Video
• Best of Show – Services Available/Orientation Materials/Policy Materials – UK Libraries Brochure (the one we did for the 10th anniversary)
• Honorable Mention – Web Pages/Home Pages – Archives Blog Curiosities and Wonders

For those of you attending the ALA Conference in Chicago, these awards will be presented at 12:30 on Sunday, July 12th at McCormick Place West, Special Events Area in the Exhibit Hall. The ceremonies take place during the LLAMA Public Relations Swap and Shop event, to run from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the same location.

Volunteer for a Committee

It is that time of year when we review our committee structure and needs for the year ahead as well as form new working groups. I have posted two documents in SharePoint: one is a summary of the analysis of committees provided by each committee chair; the second is our committee structure for FY10. These two documents can be found at the Office of the Dean site (https://libstaffsrv.uky.edu/OD/default.aspx) under Committee Information, FY10 Committee Information.

I sent a message to the all-lib listserv on June 16th which included a list of available committee positions as well as a deadline of July 3 for expressions of interest. Please send a message with your interest to Sherree Osborne indicating your preferences no later than Friday, July 3rd