Volume 22, Number 2 -- Fall 2000

University of Kentucky Announces Ambitious Fund-Raising Education Reform and the School Library Media Specialist Miko Pattie Delivers Cobb Lecture at Awards Banquet Changes Continue at UK Libraries Joe Miller Receives Teaching Award Among the School's Students Alumni Activities Recent Graduate Information Passings Contact Information

University of Kentucky Announces Ambitious Fund-Raising 'A Call to Greatness' $600 Million Campaign Is Designed to Help University Reach Goal of Top-20 Public Research University Status by Year 2020    With a series of events spread over several days in mid-September, the University of Kentucky formally announced a campaign to raise $600 million. According to UK President Charles Wethington, the campaign, "A Call to Greatness," is designed to help the university achieve the goal of top-20 public research university status by 2020. More than $300 million has been raised toward the goal, and President Wethington has said he hopes the total will grow to $400 million by the time he leaves office next summer. The campaign continues through June 30, 2003.     The September 15 announcement was the central event in several days of activities that focused on the campaign and the academic programs it will support. On Thursday the 14th students, faculty, and staff were invited to a picnic in support of the campaign. It was held in the botanical gardens near the UK student center. Another part of the kickoff festivities was described as an "Academic Showcase," in which academic units "opened their doors to the public to present academic showcases spotlighting their scholastic expertise." The School participated in the "Academic Showcase" with "Information Literacy": demonstrations and poster sessions on web design, effective web searching, and digital libraries, as well as demonstration of the McConnell Literacy Initiative.     "The Ladies of Note," comprised of jazz singers Lainie Kazan, Melba Moore, and Nnenna Freelon, performed Thursday evening, in what was their first performance together. There was also the annual dinner for UK Fellows, who are persons who have given at least $10,000 to UK. On Sunday the UK Art Museum, in the Singletary Center for the Arts, began a yearlong celebration of its silver anniversary with a "Director's Forum," which was followed by a UK Symphony Orchestra concert. And in what had to be an auspicious event, UK beat Indiana University in the Saturday football game.    The Development Office press release for the campaign kickoff quoted President Wethington to the effect that money raised in the campaign "would permit UK to make a major investment in people - the students, faculty and staff who will take this University to the level of a top 20 public research university by the year 2020." James W Stuckert, national chair of the campaign, emphasized, "This is a Kentucky day. Not just for the University of Kentucky, but for the people of Kentucky. We will reach our goal, and we need everyone to give and give generously."     The Kentucky General Assembly in 1997 enacted legislation that establishes the goal of the University of Kentucky joining the ranks of the nation's top 20 public universities by 2020. Last year, Kentucky's Council on Postsecondary Education approved a new list of benchmark institutions for UK. The institutions that compose the list of benchmarks make it clear that UK will be in excellent company, if it achieves top-20 status. Some of the benchmarks are UCLA, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of Illinois Urbana, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and University of Texas Austin.     Ironically, the General Assembly set the ambitious goal of top-20 status at the very time state funding has been in steady decrease as a percentage of UK's total income. For the 1989-90 fiscal year state money was 38.9 percent of the university's operating budget. Ten years later it had decreased to 26.1 percent.     The challenge to the university by the General Assembly and Governor Patton, that UK become a top-20 public research university, virtually mandated a major fund-raising; and planning for it began several years ago. Initially, the goal was $400 million, but the substantial amount pledged before the public kickoff caused the goal to be increased by 50 percent, to $600 million. [Return to Table of Contents] Education Reform and the School Library Media Specialist by Jackie White Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science    Editor's note: In the spring 2000 issue we introduced what we hope becomes a regular feature, occasional articles by NEWSLETTER readers. Anyone who wishes to submit something should send it to carrigan@pop.uky.edu.     In the following article, School of Library and Information Science Assistant Professor Jackie White discusses how the School Library Media Specialist has fared under education reform in Kentucky. Jackie joined the faculty of the School last fall when she accepted a one-year appointment. The one-year appointment was made necessary when Professor Kay Bishop left to join the faculty at the University of Southern Florida, too late for the School to undertake a search for a permanent appointment. When that search was conducted, during fall and winter 1999, the faculty Search Committee recommended that Jackie be offered the position on a permanent basis. She accepted the offer, effective this fall semester.     It is hard to imagine anyone better qualified than Jackie to fill the faculty position whose incumbent is responsible for the important school library media program. She is a graduate of UK with a major in English, and in 1977 she completed the School's master's program. Then, still at UK, in 1982 she completed enough additional graduate work to achieve Rank I, Media Specialist. Jackie was Library Media Specialist, Mercer County Junior-Senior High School, 1977-1993. She then became Information Resources Consultant, Office of Education Technology, Kentucky Department of Education and remained in that role until June 1999. As a consultant to KDOE Jackie coordinated the Library Media Specialist Town Council formation and creation of the Library Media Specialist Academic Village. This web site links to a variety of resources for use by library media specialists; the URL is http://www.pld.fayette.k12.ku.u! s/lms/default.htm     Also while she was consultant to KDOE, Jackie chaired the task force that developed the Request for Proposal requirements for the library management software, which may be purchased with matching Kentucky Education Technology System funds, enabling schools with limited budgets to automate their library media centers. And, she coordinated the committee design and worked as the KDOE liaison for the development of the On-Demand Tasks and the Domain of Knowledge for school library media certification. Jackie has been active in the Kentucky School Media Association and was President 1993-1994. She has been active as well in the American Association of School Librarians and currently is Supervisor Section Chair. Perhaps you have heard the phrase, "The more things change the more they stay the same." That quotation certainly does not describe the role and work environment of school library media specialists (LMS) in Kentucky. Education Reform in Kentucky    In 1984, in an effort to address Kentucky's low rankings in measures of education quality and performance, the General Assembly enacted the School Improvement Act. It is often referred to as the "academic bankruptcy law," because it gave the Kentucky Department of Education the authority to take over any school district that failed to meet certain performance standards, having to do with attendance rates, dropout rates, and test scores.    According to the Kentucky Department of Education, "The idea was that good districts have good attendance, low dropout rates and good test scores. Good districts get students to come to school regularly, keep them there until they graduate from high school and teach them enough to advance suc-cessfully into college, military service or a full-time job…. Kentucky had decided that all districts should meet the same performance standards and that the state should hold its schools accountable for results."    However, although the "academic bankruptcy law" was an important step, it did not address a fundamental problem. On average, Kentucky's wealthiest school districts had about twice as much money as its poorest districts to spend on each child. And not surprisingly, the poorest districts generally had the greatest number of students with serious educational difficulties. A number of poorer districts banded together and brought suit over the issue of inequitable funding of public education in the Commonwealth. The Kentucky Supreme Court agreed and ordered that the manner of funding Ken-tucky's public schools be changed. The result was the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA). The Overlooked Media Specialist     Beginning in 1990 with the passage of KERA, LMS have witnessed and participated in many changes within their schools and specifically the library media center. New certification requirements, new resources including the Internet, new automation systems, new teacher and student standards have resulted in major demands on the Library Media Specialist's time and expertise.    In spite of that, KERA did not mention the library/library media center or the librarian/library media specialist. This omission created monumental problems for superintendents, principals and library media specialists. The Kentucky De-partment of Education offered documents and training sessions for guidance. However, there were no mandates for funding or other issues because KERA transferred school control to the schools themselves. A few of the resources developed for the library media specialists and other educators are described briefly below: Library Media Centers Online with KERA, 1992, delineated the mission and goals for Kentucky school library media programs. Online II, Essentials of a Model Library Media Program, 1995, specified library media goals as related to the Academic Expectations, the importance of collaboration and information literacy. It also included evaluation tools for LMS and guidelines for library media staffing, resources, and facilities. The document may be accessed at http://www.kde.state.ky.us/oet/customer/online2/online2.asp LMS Academic Village, developed in 1997, is a web-based resource for Kentucky library media specialists. Joe Miller, on staff at the School, played a major role in creating the Village. The Village may be accessed at http://www.pld.fayette.k12.ky.us/lms/default.htm LMS Online Training activities, 1995-1999, provided professional development for LMS at sites within the eight regional service areas throughout the Commonwealth. These PD sessions ranged from information literacy on the Internet to web page design to the Kentucky Virtual Library. The Kentucky LMS (KYLMS) listserv, maintained by Dr. William Stillwell at UK's College of Education, is another excellent support tool for new and experienced library media specialists. LMS can receive answers almost instantaneously to library media program questions, or they can post announcements about professional development opportunities. KERA listservs maintained by UK's College of Education may be found at http://www.uky.edu/Education/kylists.html Technology Transforms the Media Center    Technology has transformed the library media center to a library without walls. All Kentucky public schools have access to the Internet, and 91% of the classrooms are connected to a local area network and the wide area network. The Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS) also provided library media specialists the opportunity to use education technology funds (matching KETS and local district money) to purchase library automation systems. As of August 1999, 881 library media specialists reported an automation system in their library media center.    Education reform has not stopped with the P-12 schools. Colleges of Education at Kentucky universities have changed course requirements to meet new certification standards. Teachers who wish to become library media specialists must also meet new certification requirements for a P-12 school media librarian endorsement to the teaching certificate. The new LMS is expected to know the LMS Domain of Knowledge, which may be found at this website: http://www.pld.fayette.k12.ky.us/lms/domain.htm    School media candidates for certification must complete a minimum of three "On-Demand Tasks" during course work at the School of Library and Information Science. These Tasks state a library media center problem to be resolved by the student using knowledge gained throughout the MSLS program. The school media candidate also creates a professional portfolio with artifacts that demonstrate that the candidate has met either the New Teacher or Experienced Teacher Standards.    During the last ten years many library media specialists have served as their school's technology coordinator. This often meant that the LMS was the network technician/system operator or kept the printers operating. Today LMS provide technology professional development sessions and suggestions for technology integration within their school communities. House Bill 324    March 13, 2000, was a "red-letter day" for Kentucky school library media specialists. The Kentucky State Legislature passed House Bill 324, requiring every school "to establish and maintain a library media center in every elementary and secondary school to promote information literacy and technology in the curriculum, and to facilitate teaching, student achievement, and lifelong learning."    This requirement, along with record numbers of LMS eligible for retirement within the next three years, means that Kentucky schools face current and future shortages of certified library media specialists. Library professionals in all fields are encouraged to promote the field to persons who are invigo-rated by change and the opportunity to affect student learning.    Change is exciting and rampant within P-12 education, including the library media center. Therefore, library media professionals would do well to remember: "Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent." Nolan Ryan [Return to Table of Contents] Miko Pattie Delivers Cobb Lecture at April Spindletop Awards Banquet Captious Critic Complains that Dull Dessert Detracts from Near-Perfect Event Banquet Planning Committee Weighs Declaring NEWSLETTER Editor Persona Non Grata in 2001    The weather was perfect Friday evening April 28, 1999, for the Awards Banquet at Spindletop Hall; and again this year we had the large, beautiful room on the first floor, that opens onto the substantial terrace, that in turn overlooks the back lawn. We had congenial table-mates, and the food was good, as it generally is at Spindletop. However, there was one thing to detract from the evening: what passed for dessert was pecan pie, whereas what succeeds as dessert is something chocolate.     The program for the banquet was the same as for prior years: new members were inducted into Beta Phi Mu. This year, August 1999 graduates invited to membership were Paul Amick, Rosemary Ashton, Christina Board, Matt Morrison, Haruko Nakamura, Matt Peltier. December 1999 graduates tapped for the honorary were Suzie Allard, Charlene Bandurraga, Barbara Carter, Edith Cummings, Emily Finley, C J Houtchens, Mary Ellen Weber, Rob Weber. May 2000 graduates invited to membership were Rich Bernier, Maggie Bollar, Colleen Crowley, Melissa Gardner, Rosemary LaBarge, Julie Lipshutz, Billie Ann Snodgrass, Faye Wagner, Bobby Webb.     The LISSO Leadership Award went to DUSTIN LARMORE, and the Melody Trosper Award was presented to MATT PELTIER. This year's Outstanding Alumnus Award went to LING-YUH (MIKO) PATTIE ('68), who in her Karen Cobb Memorial Lecture discussed the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual Library, of which she is Director. [Return to Table of Contents] Changes Continue at UK Libraries     When the William T Young Library opened in the spring of 1998, as UK's main library, although it was the most visible change to University of Kentucky Libraries, it was not the only one. Young Library holds the humanities, life sciences, and social sciences collections; and while most of the materials moved to Young Library came from King Library South, materials also came from the Medical Center Library, the Biological Sciences Library, and the Agricultural Sciences Library. The biological sciences library was closed, while the Agricultural Sciences Library was reduced substantially in size and is now the Agricultural Sciences Information Center.     Prominent Lexingtonian Lucille Little gave money toward creating the Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library and Learning Center, which opened recently. It occupies the first and second floors of what had been King Library North, and it combines the former Art Library and Music Library. (The top floor of what had been King Library North is to become the home of the School of Library and Information Science. However, substantial renovation must be done, and that work has not been scheduled.)     What had been King Library South for a number of years has returned to what it was originally, simply King Library, to which Special Collections and Archives has moved. The bridge that had connected King Library South and North has been removed. King Library -- the former King South -- is itself essentially two, joined buildings, the 1931 original King Library with a very substantial 1963 addition. When the addition was built, the thinking was that there eventually would be a second addition, and the exterior of the south wall (facing the parking area between Chemistry/Physics and Architecture buildings, and with a loading dock) was left with an unfinished look, in anticipation of the second addition.     Rather than a second addition to King South, King North was built in 1974, but for 25 years the exterior of the south wall retained its unfinished look. No longer. Last year work was begun to have the appearance match the red brick and limestone of the rest of the building, and that work has been completed. Gone is the loading dock, and in its place is ann attractive entrance that people use when coming to the School. A plaza separates the entrance from the parking between Chemistry/Physics and Architecture.     In addition to housing the School, Special Collections and Archives, the reprographics unit of the preservation department, and a computer lab used mainly by students, King Library is home to the maps collection, which had been in the basement of King South; to the storage collection, which also had been in King South; and to science/engineering serials processing, which had been in King North. [Return to Table of Contents] Joe Miller Receives Teaching Award at First College Recognition Ceremony Joe Miller, the School's Coordinator of Computer Services, received this year's College of Communications and Information Studies Excellence in Teaching Award. The School's Director, Timothy Sineath, presented the award at the first College Recognition and Awards Ceremony, held in September. In presenting the award, Dr Sineath quoted one of Joe's students, who described him as "being an excellent communicator and one of the best teachers I have ever had. He handles student questions very well; he is always readily available to the students for help both inside and outside the classroom. It is apparent that he loves to teach and that he is genuinely interested in working with learners in their sometimes frustrating journey into the technology world." [Return to Table of Contents] Among the School's Students     Current student KITTY MCCLANAHAN presented a paper at the ALA 2000 Library Research Roundtable Student Research Forum, "New Research by New Researchers," which was a part of the ALA annual convention in June in Chicago. The paper, one of three selected in a juried competition, was "Cataloging the Web: A Survey of Librarians Participating in CORC." Kitty wrote the paper as one of her theory modules for Professor Gerry Benoit's course LIS 637 Information Technology. Kitty told the NEWSLETTER that Professor Lois Chan helped her "in accessing OCLC's CORC site."     EDWARD ELSNER received Graduate School Multi-Year and Quality Achievement Fellowships, and GRETCHEN KELLY received a Graduate School Lyman T Johnson Fellowship. CASSIE BECK won a scholarship to attend the meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association, held in Cincinnati in September.     SARAH HOWREY was recognized at the September College Recognition Ceremony as the recipient of this year's Hallie Day Blackburn Scholarship. SUE MARSHALL was recognized at the College Recognition Ceremony as the recipient of the Special Libraries Association Scholarship, and also as the recipient of the H W Wilson Foundation Award. Both are to defray expenses incurred while enrolled in the master's-degree program.     BARB MACKE is an Intern this school hear at University of Cincinnati Libraries, in the program the School has operated for a half-dozen years jointly with UC Libraries. Barb has a joint assignment, in the Classics Library and in the Design, Architecture, Art and Planning Library. SARAH HOWREY is the first student to be an Intern at Kenton County Public Library, in a program that the library developed in coordination with the School. Sarah has particular interest in public library services to young people in urban areas. [Return to Table of Contents] Alan Nichter: More than a Librarian    Anne McConnell passed along to us articles from two Florida newspapers. They report the transfer of ALAN NICHTER ('74) from the Lutz Branch to the Seffner-Mango Branch of the Tampa Hillsborough County Public Library System. But the articles do more than that. They remind us of what public librarianship can be and, at its best, is.     Alan went to work at the Lutz Branch of the system in 1977, left in 1983 to be adult materials coordinator for the system, and returned to Lutz in 1988, where he remained until the transfer the end of July. The articles make clear that many of those who use the Lutz Branch were not happy to learn of Alan's transfer, and the following statement explains why. According to the reporter who wrote one of the articles, Alan "is more than a librarian in a building that has become more than a library." More than a library? "[T]he library is the busiest spot in Lutz's quiet, historic downtown. It rivals the Winn Dixie as the community's top meet-and-greet place."     While at the Lutz Branch, Alan gave talks to school groups, began a book-discussion group, and most importantly got to know the community. One library user, 5 1/2 year old Madeleine Varda, placed such significance on Alan's leaving Lutz that she mentioned it in the same conversation she mentioned that her dog had died. A book group member, Janet Stelzmann, said "He has a very, very loyal following, and we will miss him dearly." However, it might have been Janet Kaufmann, commenting on the transfer, who summed it up. "We're just devastated. What would the Lutz Library be without Alan?" [Return to Table of Contents] Alumni Activities HILDA ARNOLD ('59) let us know that after a career in school librarianship, library education, and public library administration, she is enjoying retirement and raising sheep. After retiring, Hilda worked for the Census Bureau for a while, and said she is "finally beginning to understand where all those government statistics come from." BRAD GRISSOM ('76) has retired from UK after 23 years of service to University of Kentucky Libraries. DOTTIE WOLF ('78) has retired after 25 years of service at Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD, and Carroll County Public Library, MD. Dottie held several branch management positions, and in retirement will continue to work as a librarian, part-time. JUDI COPLER ('79) has left Lexis-Nexis to join Digineer, Inc, a Cincinnati-area dot.com. In her role as Director, eBusiness Products, Judi is responsible for developing disease management services for organizations like Mayo Clinic. For more information about the firm, www.digineer.com MARY HAMILTON ('79) sent us the twelfth issue of her newsletter, Telling Stories...Creating Worlds. From it we learned, among other things, that Mary has been selected for the Kentucky Arts Council's Performing Arts on Tour Directory, whose purpose is "to promote and showcase a selection of Kentucky's finest contemporary and traditional performing artists who are available for touring." Mary can be reached at hiddenspring@earthlink.net CAROL BREDEMEYER ('81), who is Assistant Director for Reference & Research Services at Chase College of Law Library, Northern Kentucky University, has been elected President of the NKU Faculty Senate for 2000-2001. She is the first librarian to hold the office. In addition, Carol received the 2000 Youngs Law Library Faculty Service Award, which is given by the College of Law faculty. Since 1993 LISA MCCORMICK ('83) has been Manager of the Health Sciences Library, The Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati. In May of this year she became a Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals. ALAN BARRISH ('85) was selected as the 2000 Dewey Conference Fellow of the Public Library Section of the New York Library Association, which enables him to attend the 2000 NYLA conference "on an honorary basis." In her letter to Alan, Susan Keitel, the executive director of the NYLA, wrote: "It is hoped that the week will provide you with opportunities for rest, relaxation, recreation and education, as Melvil Dewey would have wished." We wonder if, more than that, MD would have wished that Ms Keitel had carried the alliteration one word further. How about "renewal," or "rededication"? Both? ELLEN SCHELLHAUSE ('88) is Regional Information Officer with Health Visions, a for-profit organization that works with health disparities in the central city in Fort Wayne, Indiana. GREGG SWEM ('89) is an online out-of-print book dealer who told us he especially enjoys meeting and dealing with an international book-buying public. Greg's business, Swembooks, can be found at abebooks.com PENNY BEILE ('91) is coauthor of an article, "Other Duties as Assigned: Emerging Trends in the Academic Library Job Market," published in the July 2000 issue of College & Research Libraries. In her day job Penny is Head, Curriculum Materials Center, in the University of Central Florida Libraries. Penny also admitted she has entered a PhD program in educational technology at UCF. When you pick up a ringing phone, to still the thing, you sometimes discover that a wonderment was causing the ruckus. Such was the case toward the end of July, and the wonderment was none other than DAVID GRAY ('91). If you can believe him, for over a year he has been Collection Development Librarian at Marshall University Libraries. Before that, for two years, David was on the library staff at Blue Ridge Community College, VA, and before that he did his first tour at Marshall University Libraries. Those who know David and whom we've told of his return to Marshall marvel that the folks there took him back. But then, there is quite a shortage of labor. We have learned that after 2 1/2 years as solo Librarian at Fugazzi College in Lexington, TERRY MCGILL ('91) has transferred to another college in the system, National Business College/Louisville. We also have learned that MATTHEW VON HENDY ('91) is a member of the library staff at the US EPA in Washington. ANGELA REYNOLDS ('94) is Youth Services Librarian, Washington County Cooperative Library Services, OR. "It is a new position so I am 'making it up' as I go." Angela served as the chair of the 2000 Summer Reading Committee for the Oregon Library Association and will be chair of the Children's Services Division for 2000-2001. "Oregon is fun, there's plenty to do and see, and the weather is pretty nice (no matter what you've heard)." GWENDOLYN GREEN ('94) filed the following report: "I am the librarian/archivist (solo) for the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library in Biloxi, MS. I have been here since February 1998. I have faced the trials and tribulations of being the first professional librarian to tackle this collection. Prior to me the collection had never been classified or organized in any way. I am preparing an article for an upcoming issue of Mississippi Libraries about the library. I also have an article coming out in January 2001 in Cobblestone (a children's magazine) about Jefferson Davis' childhood. The entire issue is focused on Jefferson Davis and will feature photographs from our archival collection." The URL for Beauvoir, the Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library, is: www.beauvoir.org VERONICA WALKER ('94) is a Reference Librarian at Lexington Public Library's Central Library SUSAN PHILP BAIER ('95) is Assistant Director, Edwardsville Public Library, IL. The NEWSLETTER office received an entirely too-brief electronic note from ROB PASCO ('95), who on October 1 became head of collection development for the Public Library of Nashville-Davidson County, TN. The number of Irish Setters stands at four, and whether a congenitally Old Dominion Irish Setter can be transplanted happily to the Volunteer State remains to be seen. If in the NEWSLETTER offices there were a file labelled "astonishments," among the items in the file would be this: Not only has JC MORGAN ('96) kept his job at Kenton County Public Library, he has been promoted and is now head of the Independence Branch. Kenton County is one of the 3 Kentucky counties that are across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. The largest city in Kenton County is Covington. (And that concludes this issue's geography lesson.) Over the transom came this cryptic message: "ALISON STUTZ ('96) and JC MORGAN ('96) happily announce their marriage on September 16, 2000" We share the fervent hope of many others that any children of the union favor their mother. We also join many others in wishing Alison and JC the happiness that two such nice people deserve. TOM DURHAM ('97) moved to Atlanta and now is at Georgia State University Libraries in Library Instruction/Reference. LINDA CANTARA ('98) has been appointed Program Coordinator of Research in Computing for Humanities, UK's humanities computing research facility, located in Young Library. Linda's position, a full-time staff position in the English Department, went into effect September 1. We learned too late for the spring issue that Linda and several coauthors had an article, "The Digital Atheneum: New Technologies for Restoring and Preserving Old Documents," published in the February 2000 issue of Computers in Libraries. SHERIL KING ('98) let us know she is a Public Services Librarian at Kentucky Christian College, Grayson, KY. MIKE TERBORG ('98) works in the library at US EPA in Washington, where he performs document delivery and reference for the Office of Water Resources Center. Although her day job at Lexington Public Library is as a Reference Librarian, HEATHER WINGFIELD ('98) also has major involvement in the LPL web site. The UK Graduate School awarded SUZIE ALLARD ('99) a Presidential Fellowship for the 2000-2001 academic year. Suzie is one of only 12 recipients of Presidential Fellowships for this year. Competition for the prestigious award comes from Lexington and the UK Medical campuses. EMILY FINLEY ('99) is Reference/ILL Librarian at the New Albany regional office of INCOLSA, the Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority. In her e-mail message translating INCOLSA for readers, Emily added: "I'd like to suggest an optional course to be taught: library cart steering and maneuvering. I have found those suckers to be quite tricky and feel the SLIS shouldn't send unsuspecting students out into the profession unawares." MATT MORRISON ('99) returned to Lexington and the University of Kentucky. He is Reference/Electronic Information Services Librarian in the College of Law Library. After a stint at Book Wholesalers Inc here in Lexington, STEPHANIE POOLE ('99) has joined the staff at the Nashville-Davidson County Public Library, TN. Steph told the NEWSLETTER she fulfills a dream of long standing, to be a cataloger. BETH ROBERTS ('99) is now a Reference Librarian at the US Environmental Protection Agency OPPTS Chemical Library in Washington, DC. The library is staffed by GCI, Inc. [Return to Table of Contents] Among recent graduates: ROB AMEND is on the staff at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. RICH BERNIER is Electronic Resources and Reference Librarian, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN. JIM BLANTON is on the staff at Lexington Public Library. MAGGIE BOLLAR is Youth Services Librarian, New Carlisle Public Library, OH. RICHARD COOK is Information Services Librarian, Lane Public Library, Hamilton, OH. COLLEEN CROWLEY joined the staff at Northern Area Health Education Center as Outreach Librarian in St Croix Falls, WI. EMILY DAWSON is Library Media Specialist at Breckinridge Elementary School, Lexington. It is possible to go home again, at least for WRENN DIAZ, who is School Media Specialist at Gloucester High School, Gloucester, VA, from which she graduated. KRISTA DUGAS is Circulation Librarian, Lane Public Library, Oxford, OH. SANDY DOUGLAS is Librarian Media Specialist, Boyd County High School, Ashland, KY. CHANDRA FULTON is Library Media Specialist, Eastern Brown Jr/Sr High School, Sardinia, OH. MELISSA GARDNER is Library Media Specialist, Woodland Middle School, Taylor Mill, KY. MARY GUNN is Librarian, St Leonard School, Louisville. CARRIE HUGHES is on the staff at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. RETTA KELLEY is a teacher at Trinity Christian Academy, here in Lexington. AMY KETZER is Reference Librarian, Deer Park Branch, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. TAMAR KREKE is Youth Services Librarian at Clermont County Public Library, OH. DUSTIN LARMORE is on the staff at Book Wholesalers Inc, Lexington. SHARON MEDLOCK is Media Specialist at Independence Elementary School, Liberty Township, OH. MICHELLE NEWBY is School Media Specialist, Winburn Middle School, Lexington. MICHAEL O'HARA continues to be gainfully unemployed and determined to remain so. He's a natural for the non-work the calling demands. Envious? Of course. MARY PATTENGILL is a Cataloger at Book Wholesalers Inc, here in Lexington. ROSS ROUSE is Acting Head of Circulation, Langsam Library, University of Cincinnati. BILLIE ANN SNODGRASS is Law Librarian at the firm Greenebaum, Doll, & McDonald, Covington, KY, office. REBECCA SPEAR is Librarian, Campbell County High School, in Northern Kentucky. TRACIE TIEGS is Law Librarian at the firm of Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati. FAYE WAGNER is Library Media Specialist, Ebon Hill Middle School, Bethel, OH. JOEL WALTERS is Adult Services Librarian, Clermont County Public Library, OH. HILARY WRITT is Collection Development Specialist, Book Wholesalers Inc, Lexington. [Return to Table of Contents] Passings We are sorry to report that GENEVIEVE PARKER ('67) died in May of this year in Virginia Beach, VA. EDITH HERNANDEZ BOOHER ('70) died in June in South Carolina at age 87. She was retired from the Franklin, OH, Public Library. It saddens us to inform readers that a graduate whom we remember very well, LYNDRA GIVENS ('95), died suddenly in June while at work. Lyndra was a librarian at Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX. [Return to Table of Contents] The NEWSLETTER is published twice-yearly. When submitting material, bear in mind these deadlines: for publication in the fall issue, September 1 and for publication in the spring issue, February 1. Material should be sent to: NEWSLETTER Editor School of Library and Information Science University of Kentucky 502 King Library South Lexington KY 40506-0039 Contributions may be sent by electronic mail to: carrigan@pop.uky.edu and by FAX to: NEWSLETTER Editor (859) 257-4205         © 1998 School of Library and Information Science