Kimber Fender Named Director/Librarian at Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Miko Pattie Heads Kentucky's Commonwealth Virtual Library
31st McConnell Literature Conference Held
Major Changes Slated for King Library
Lois Chan Article Wins LRTS Award
Jane Salsman New Admissions Assistant
Cummings, Finley Chosen Gates Interns
Sarah Mackey Wins Praise and Awards
Pacific Northwest Subaru Siting Reported
Letter from New Jersey
Alumni Activities
Among Recent Graduates
Contact Information
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Kimber Fender Named Director/Librarian at Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Graduate Is First Woman to Lead One
of Nation's Largest Public Libraries
IT IS THE OLDEST PUBLIC LIBRARY west of the Alleghenies; its circulation in 1997 of 12.5 million was 4th highest in the nation, behind libraries serving much greater populations; and for the first time in its 145-year history, the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio, has a woman in charge. She is KIMBER L FENDER ('83), who became Director/Librarian January 1 of this year.
Like so many of those who apply to our master's program, Kim developed an interest in librarianship as a career while she was an undergraduate, at Northern Kentucky University. In her application to our program, she wrote: "After working at the library at Northern for two years, I learned that the idea of becoming a librarian was very appealing to me. The work, I learned, is challenging and never seems to become boring or repetitive."
Kim graduated from NKU in August 1981 with a major in anthropology and later that month began taking courses at NKU in the School's master's program. She was offered an internship at Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives beginning fall 1982, which she accepted, and which brought her to Lexington to take courses, where she completed the program in May 1983.
Following graduation, Kim accepted a position as reference librarian at Boone County Public Library, in Northern Kentucky. She subsequently was Head of Public Services at Campbell County Public Library, also in Northern Kentucky, and she later was Manager of Information Services at ATE Management and Service Company.
Following graduation, Kim accepted a position as reference librarian at Boone County Public Library, in Northern Kentucky. She subsequently was Head of Public Services at Campbell County Public Library, also in Northern Kentucky, and she later was Manager of Information Services at ATE Management and Service Company.
Kim joined the staff at Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County in 1988 in the Institutions/Books-by-Mail Department. In May 1993 she was appointed to the position Assistant to the Deputy Librarian-Main Library Services. In October 1995 she was promoted to Assistant to the Director of PLCH. In February 1998 she was named Head, Information Systems. Kim was President of the Cincinnati Chapter of SLA during 1989-91. She currently is a member of the Ohio Public Library Information Network Advisory Committee and a board member of the Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium.
"Tell them about the library," she urged during a delightful interview, at the end of which she gave a tour of the PLCH Main Library in downtown Cincinnati. There is much to tell. In addition to the Main Library, PLCH has 41 branches, of which 6 are larger regional branches. In 1997 a substantial addition was completed to the Main Library, which increased the size by 40%. A bridge over Ninth Street links the addition with the older facility, and the bridge itself, with its 2 floors of public space, is a building larger than many public libraries in the US. Following opening of the addition, the older building was renovated, which took nearly a near and was completed in December 1997.
Unlike the libraries in Ohio's other largest cities, Cleveland and Columbus, PLCH is the only library serving its county. As one result, although the Main Library is the heart of PLCH, Kim stressed the importance of the branches and the library's commitment to them. The Long Range Plan for Branch Development is well underway, and as one part of the plan Internet access is now available at all 41 branches.
The real story about any public library is the people who use it and the people who work there. Still, numbers tell a part of that story, and the numbers are revealing. For 1997, the last year for which comparison data are available, PLCH total circulation was 12.5 million, 4th in the nation behind Queens, Los Angeles County, and King County, all of which serve substantially greater populations. In total holdings (8.58 million) it was also 4th, behind Chicago, New York Public, and Queens, once again, libraries that serve vastly more people. Its holdings per capita, 10.0, placed it second only to Boston's 11.7, while its circulation per capita, 14.6, was second only to Denver's 16.9. Its cost per item circulated, $3.31, was third lowest among large city and city/county libraries.
No single figure captures the essence of a library and the relationship it has with those it serves, but circulation per capita says considerable. It says that the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County must be doing something right, and it says that residents use their library. "The people we serve love and support the library," Kim told us.
Walking back to our car following the delightful visit with Kim, we recalled what she had written when she applied to the master's program: "The work, I learned, is challenging and never seems to become boring or repetitive." Although Kim was referring to her work in the NKU library, it occurred to us it had to be the perfect description of her work as head of PLCH: never boring, certainly not repetitive, and very challenging. Was that envy we sensed?
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Miko Pattie Heads Kentucky's Commonwealth Virtual Library
Former UK Library Administrator to
Have Major Role in Virtual University
LING-YUH W. (MIKO) PATTIE ('68) has accepted a position with the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education as Director of the Commonwealth Virtual Library (CVL). She began her duties in January of this year, after having served in a temporary capacity as Coordinator for the CVL project since April 1998.
The Commonwealth Virtual Library owes its inception to the Commonwealth Virtual University (CVU), which was created as a part of the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997. According to the policy statement which is to guide development of the CVU, it "will play a critical role in achieving the goals for 2020 outlined in that legislation [Postsecondary Education Improvement Act] -- in particular, the need to create a postsecondary education system that is accessible, efficient, and responsive to the needs of Kentucky's citizens and economic stakeholders."
Initially, the CVL was seen as supporting the CVU. However, according to information available on the CVL Home page [http://www.nku.edu/~kycvu/vlibrary.html], thinking has evolved about the CVL, "there is an increasing recognition that the CVL is broader than the CVU. The resources of the CVL will be valuable to all students and faculty and to all citizens for lifelong learning and for workforce development. The real goal should be to provide these resources to all people of Kentucky."
The mission of the CVL expresses the more expansive view: "To ensure that all Kentuckians will have equitable access to quality library and information resources and qualified, well-trained staff to support the Commonwealth Virtual University as well as meet broader needs for learning, working and living."
To further the mission, several goals have been developed. In particular, the CVL intends to utilize current and emerging technologies to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of resource sharing among Kentucky's libraries; to provide a core collection of digital resources, at lower unit cost than would be the case otherwise, to support teaching, learning, and public services; and to ensure universal access to a robust statewide telecommunications network with adequate bandwidth to support the delivery of multimedia information resources and services.
Dr William Gray Potter, University Librarian at the University of Georgia, was a consultant on the CVL project. In his report, Dr Potter pointed out that many of the most valuable resources on the Internet must be paid for, and he said that the "resources need to be purchased, gathered together and organized into virtual libraries to make them useful." According to Dr Potter, states with virtual libraries have found they are able to "leverage the best price for these products and provide a higher qualify of service."
In an interview with the NEWSLETTER, Miko explained that in 1996 Director of UK Libraries Paul Willis assigned her to work full-time with the State-Assisted Academic Library Council of Kentucky (SAALCK) on the Digital Library Project, which laid the groundwork for the CVL. "More than anyone else, it was Paul Willis who had the vision to see what technology made possible for all Kentuckians, and he was willing to make a staff member available to the SAALCK in order to see that vision become reality."
Although several other states have virtual libraries, Miko emphasized that the Kentucky CVL is unique is important ways. It is an integral part of efforts to create the CVU, and it is comprehensive, concerned not only with electronic databases but also with information literacy, a common library system, a statewide digitization program, document delivery, and government information access.
Miko stressed the education role of the CVL. Its resources and services are to be fully integrated with the development of the CVU. In addition, the CVL will work closely with faculty to develop courses for electronic delivery. "We know that time-bound and distance-bound students need more hand-holding than do students on campuses, and by being involved with course development we hope to make certain the courses reflect the special needs of the distance-learning students."
"The goal is to remove all barriers to higher education," Miko told the NEWSLETTER, "and to accomplish that there is to be one, common gateway to CVU/CVL programs and services. In this way, by taking the programs to the students, there will be a dramatic improvement in educational opportunities for all Kentuckians."
In a significant decision, Kentucky's public libraries are to join academic libraries as delivery points for CVU/CVL programs. "This was Governor Patton's idea," according to Miko. "He wants the CVU/CVL to have a presence in every county, and he sees public library involvement as the way to accomplish that." It is envisioned that public librarians will be trained and thus serve as extensions of the central help desk.
Throughout the interview, Miko's enthusiasm was apparent for her work as Director of the CVL. "I feel as if all my prior work experience has prepared me for this, which I see as the perfect job for me." That work experience consists of 9 years as a cataloger, first at Kentucky State University and then at Eastern Kentucky University, followed by a stint as Head of Cataloging and Automation at EKU. She then came to UK as Head of Cataloging and was subsequently promoted to Assistant Director for Technical Services. Miko was an OCLC Users Council delegate 1990-93 and 1997-98, and she was chosen Kentucky Academic Librarian of the Year for 1994. Her e-mail address is miko@pop.uky.edu
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31st McConnell Literature Conference Held
The 31st annual McConnell Literature Conference was held in Lexington February 19-20. Registration was 210 for the conference, whose theme was "Expanding Worlds, Enriching Perspectives." SANDY IRELAND ('74) again planned, organized, and, undaunted by The Weather Channel's promise of a "wintry mix" for Friday the 19th, pulled-off the conference, ably assisted by TONI MOORE, a student in the School's master's program.
SUZANNE FISHER STAPLES was the Friday evening banquet speaker; and she illustrated her talk, How Ideas Become Stories, with slides taken during her years of living abroad. Ms Staples worked for 12 years as a UPI reporter, during which time she was assigned to Hong Kong, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India. She later worked on the foreign desk at The Washington Post. Her first book, Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind, which was a 1990 Newbery Honor Book, was inspired by her experiences with the nomads of the Cholistan Desert. She wrote a sequel, Haveli, published in 1993. Her third book, Dangerous Skies, published in 1996, grew out of experiences she had living on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
TED and GLORIA RAND spoke on Saturday. Ted, who taught illustration at the University of Washington for 22 years, illustrated his first children's book in 1985, Ghost-Eye Tree, written by Bill Martin, Jr and John Archambault. Since then Ted has illustrated more than 50 children's books. Gloria also came late to children's literature, about a decade ago, after having been an advertising copywriter. Salty Dog was the Rands' first collaboration. It has been followed by 10 more collaborations, most recently Baby in a Basket and A Home for Spooky.
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Major Changes Slated for King Library
The opening of the William T Young Library in April 1998 was the first in a series of major changes throughout the UK library system. In conjunction with the changes, the location of the School of Library and Information Science is to move from the top floor of King Library South to the top floor of King Library North.
The Department of Special Collections and Archives, now in King Library North, will move permanently to King Library South, after modifications have been made to King South. The Art Library, which occupies a portion of the basement floor of King North, also will move to King South, temporarily. Material that was not moved to Young Library has been housed on the second floor of King North, which is referred to as King storage. That material also is to be moved permanently to King South. Bill Marshall, Director of Special Collections and Archives, told the NEWSLETTER the moves to King South are to be completed by the end of summer 1999.
Once King North has been vacated, extensive renovations are to be made. The first and second floors of the building are to become the Little Fine Arts Library, named for Lexington philanthropist Lucille Little who provided major funding for the project. To form the Fine Arts Library, the art library will return to King North and the music library will be relocated from the Fine Arts Building. In addition to the work on the first and second floors of King North, major renovation will be done to the third floor, which is to become home to the School of Library and Information Science. Director of the School Tim Sineath told the NEWSLETTER that under the current schedule the School would move to its new quarters during the fall of 2000.
In addition to the other work to be done to King North and South, the bridge, which connects the two buildings at the second floor, is to be removed. Also, the aluminum facing on the rear facade of King South is to be replaced with brick, to match the rest of the exterior. Entrance to King South has been moved to that end of the building.
Original plans in the series of changes included creating a Science and Engineering Library, which would occupy the 1963 addition to the original 1931 King Library. The collections now in the Chemistry-Physics, Engineering, and Math libraries would be consolidated in the Science and Engineering Library. However, funding and other factors will determine whether this is implemented.
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Lois Chan Article Wins LRTS Award
The article that Professor LOIS CHAN and Diane Vizine-Goetz wrote, "Toward a Computer-Generated Subject Validation File: Feasibility and Usefulness," which was published in the January 1998 issue of Library Resources & Technical Services, received the Best of LRTS Award for the best article in 1998. The announcement read: "The committee thought that your article treated a significant topic with a well-controlled research design, that the results were presented in a clear and straight-forward style, and that there is potential for substantive benefit from the application of the results." The award is to be presented at the ALA conference this summer. Ms Vizine-Goetz is Consulting Research Scientist, OCLC Office of Research. The project was supported by a research grant from OCLC.
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LIS Students Begin Work on PhDs at UK
This academic year LEONOR LOPEZ finished her MSLS and started on her PhD without leaving UK's College of Communications and Information Studies. Leonor is one of several former MSLS students who are being admitted into the PhD program within the College. Like the others, she can continue to study library- and information-related issues, while learning new theories and methodologies from College faculty.
Rather than starting a PhD program from scratch -- a difficult task with just 10 faculty -- SLIS faculty have instead gradually become participants in the existing PhD program in the College, started by the Communication Department. That program, which this year numbers 50 students at all stages, now enjoys participation from all units in the College, including Journalism and Telecommunications as well as Communication and SLIS.
While in the program, students with an "Information Studies focus" may continue to work with SLIS faculty and research projects, along with those in other units of the College. Like many doctoral programs, it often takes four or five years to complete the degree and dissertation.
A goal for 1999-2000 is to create Teaching Assistantships for a new SLIS undergraduate course called "Information Literacy," that will emphasize theories and issues of information usage along with library- and internet-related searching skills. Such Assistantships would help support new PhD applicants, some of whom have been successful in getting scholarship funding as well.
The College faculty hope to hear from other alums and current students who are interested in pursuing doctoral studies at UK. For more information contact Dr Roy Moore, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, CCIS, 133 Grehan Building, UK, Lexington KY 40506-0042. Dr Moore's phone number is 859-257-7805 and e-mail address is moore@pop.uky.edu
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Jane Salsman New Admissions Assistant
In November Jane Salsman joined the staff as Admissions Assistant, after Gloria McCowan accepted a position elsewhere on campus. Jane had worked for 10 years at Lexington Community College in several positions which gave her experience that was especially relevant to her work at the School. The Admissions Assistant plays key roles in the application and admission processes, and registration, and maintains student records.
Jane, a native of Lebanon, Kentucky, is the mother of 3 sons, Samuel, Brandon, and Nicholas. She brings to the work of Admissions Assistant two indispensable qualities, a strong customer-service orientation and a great fondness for working with people.
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Cummings, Finley Chosen Gates Interns
Students EDITH CUMMINGS and EMILY FINLEY were selected by Gates Center for Technology Access as Interns to work in the Kentucky Statewide Partnership program, funded by the Gates Library Foundation. Gates Center for Technology Access is a consultant to the Foundation. The Statewide Partnership is a cooperative venture among the Foundation, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, the School of Library and Information Science, and Kentucky's public libraries. According to information made available, "The aim of statewide partnerships is to expand public access to computers and the Internet, and to help build skills of library staff." After training, the Interns are to implement technology and conduct training in selected public libraries. Initial appointment as an Intern is for one semester, which may be extended for a longer period.
The Foundation intends "to bring computers and digital information to communities.... GLF works with under-served public libraries in low-income areas to provide the hardware, software and training required for community access to digital information."
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Sarah Mackey Wins Praise and Awards
Ms Sarah, Jackson, Simon Take to Streets, 'Rous
Them up' for Columbus Metropolitan Library
The Columbus Dispatch, the newspaper in Columbus, OH, in December had a very complimentary feature story about SARAH MACKEY ('95). When she completed the master's program here, Sarah went to Columbus Metropolitan Library as a Children's Librarian. She is Assistant Manager of the Northside Branch and responsible for youth services.
John McNeely, who wrote the Dispatch article, makes it clear that Sarah goes about her work, with children, with missionary zeal. Not content to serve only those who come to the library, Sarah takes her road show to schools, and one of the photos with the story shows her during a program in an elementary school -- dressed as a tomato!
But even going to schools doesn't satisfy her urge to proselytize. When she was assigned to the Northside Branch two years ago, Sarah moved to the Short North/Italian Village neighborhood which her branch serves and developed another means to spread the library word and interest young folks in coming to her programs: She walks her twin West Highland Terriers, Jackson and Simon, in the neighborhood, and when children stop to admire the dogs Sarah asks if the young folks wouldn't like to come to library. And, she is more than willing to point out its location to anyone who seems to need that information.
Sarah explained to reporter McNeely why she moved to the neighborhood which her branch serves; "I wanted to live where my job and my personal life intertwined and see the people I serve. I wanted to give the library a face. I feel I'm enhancing their lives when I'm recruiting customers. Sometimes you have to rouse them up."
Ms Sarah, as she is known to her young clients, does more than "rouse them up," as Jennifer Green knows. Ms Green is a single mother of four who lives in the area served by Sarah's branch and whose oldest daughter, Bridget, was in a special class for children with reading difficulties. Then, Ms Green and Bridget met Sarah, who invited Bridget to become a VolunTeen at the library. The results for Bridget were dramatic. "Spending extra time in the library, my daughter just started reading more and more. Now, Bridget loves books" her mother said. And her daughter reads at class-level.
Ms Green nominated Sarah for a "Spirit of Love" Award sponsored by Good News, Inc, publisher of a bimonthly newsletter about youth issues and sponsor of workshops for disadvantaged youth. At a December luncheon, Sarah and 16 others received their awards. That month Sarah also received the Columbus Public Schools "Golden Ruler Award," which is the highest honor bestowed by the Board of Education for exceptional service to the children of Columbus.
"I'm lucky because I have a job that I would do for free," Sarah has said. "I am committed 150 percent to this community and to my job at the library." We're certain Jennifer Green would agree that Sarah isn't the only one who is lucky that she has the job and the commitment.
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Pacific Northwest Subaru Siting Reported
Cullen's Efforts to Blend Fail; Urging Editor to
'Steer a Straight Course' Goes Unheeded
"I'm not sure you remember me," began the e-mail message from KEVIN CULLEN, "but I'm a UK SLIS graduate from Summer '95. Every so often, people ask me whether I've received the latest SLIS alumni newsletter, but I always tell them 'No'. That's because I've never received one. Understandably, you guys probably figured that while I was off in Botswana slaving away as a Peace Corps volunteer, I wouldn't want to read about my former classmates. Well, I'm back in the 'States now and hoping I can be added to the SLIS alumni mailing list.
I went to Botswana in November '95, a few months after leaving the SLIS. Peace Corps didn't tell me what I'd be doing until after I arrived, and even then, nothing was clear. I ended up doing computer training, PC support, desktop publishing, and a lot of paper pushing.
I came back to the States in January '98, and worked briefly as a computer technician until starting in July at the University of Washington. More specifically in the UW's undergraduate library, where I am 'Reference Librarian and Co-ordinator for Systems and Media'. The title is far too long, but the work is interesting and my colleagues are great. In short, everything in Seattle is indeed well, though not as beautiful and laid back as Lexington.
I realize this may be too much to put in the newsletter. If so, please summarize and put in bullet form so as not to bore my former classmates. Or you could just tell them that I've been sited in the Pacific Northwest driving a Subaru and trying to blend into the crowd as best as possible. Take care and steer a straight course."
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Letter from New Jersey
We look forward each year to receiving the "Seasons Greetings" letter from MYRON ESTELLE ('92), and again in December he came through. Myron wrote:
"Virtually my entire year has been filled with working at my job at the Cumberland County Library [NJ]. With a new hire this year, I have been able to concentrate mostly on purely computer technical, policy and training issues. I do the vast majority of the technology grant writing (including our required three-year technology plan). In the span of about 4-5 weeks this year I wrote or assisted in grants that eventually resulted in at least $55,000 additional dollars for, among other things, construction of a new (and rather modest 10 workstation) computer training center and the mounting of our library catalog on the Internet. I've been administering another $45,000 in state money.
I'll soon be responsible in some shape or form for Local Area Networks and/or Internet connections in about 9 branches in Cumberland and Salem counties. With all the new hardware I have or have ordered, I'll soon have 4 Windows NT Servers, 30+ workstations, 2-3 CD-ROM server towers and too many printers to mention at my library alone -- not bad for a relatively poor library. I manage two mailing lists for our regional library cooperative and I'm also ultimately responsible for two web sites -- the CLUES Library System and Cumberland County Government. If you've got Internet access, be sure to take a look at http://www.cumberland.county.lib.nj.us and http://www.cumberland.county.nj.us"
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Alumni Activities
MARION HANSON HARGROVE ('68) last fall retired from the Prince George's County Memorial Library, MD, after 30 years.
MIKO PATTIE ('68) has accepted a position with the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education as Director of the Commonwealth Virtual Library.
The latest travels of the peripatetic ANNE BUCK ('77) took her throughout Vietnam and Laos.
JEFF DOUGLAS ('77) trekked through Nepal to the foot of Mt Everest. Seems to us like an excellent place to stop.
MARIAN WINNER ('77), who is Director of Steely Library at Northern Kentucky University, will retire June 30, 1999. Marian, a valuable member of our School's adjunct faculty, is serving as Chair of the State Assisted Academic Library Council of Kentucky. She also is Chair of SAALCK's Planning and Policy Subcommittee, as well as Chair of the Collections Committee for the Commonwealth Virtual University.
DOTTIE WOLF ('78) is a member of the Professional Development Panel, Maryland Library Association.
KIMBER FENDER ('83) was appointed Director/Librarian of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, effective January 1.
DEBBIE HATFIELD SHARP ('83) manages the Lexmark Information Center here in Lexington, which is operated for Lexmark by the University of Kentucky.
GREG DENBY ('86) is Manager of the Northside Branch, Columbus Metropolitan Library, OH.
ANN DAVIDSON WOOSLEY ('89) is Reference Librarian at Lexmark Information Center.
LINDA ESSER ('90) has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, beginning fall 1999.
KELLY OTTERBEIN ('93) is Children's Librarian at the Pleasant Ridge Branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
ROGER ADAMS ('94) in September joined the faculty of Kansas State University as Assistant Professor/Rare Books Librarian for the Richard L D & Marjorie J Morse Department of Special Collections at Hale Library. Prior to the move to Kansas Roger had been Curator (Acting) of Special Collections and Archives at Northern Kentucky University.
Anxiety ridden residents of the Pacific Northwest report that KEVIN CULLEN ('95) has been seen flogging a Subaru in that region. Kevin has returned from Botswana, where he was dispatched by the Peace Corps, and is Reference Librarian and Coordinator for Systems and Media in the University of Washington's undergraduate library, in Seattle.
SARAH MACKEY ('95) is Assistant Manager, Northside Branch, Columbus Metropolitan Library, OH, and is responsible for Youth Services at the branch.
ROB PASCO ('95) last June left the Richmond Public Library, VA, and moved to Martinsville, VA, to become Head of Reference for the Blue Ridge Regional Library System. In November Rob left public service and became the Regional System Services Librarian "responsible for Acquisitions, Automation and Cataloging, etc."
JAMES LUTZ ('96) has left his position as Texas Christian University's Computer Services Librarian and has been promoted to TCU's Assistant University Librarian for Administrative Services there. "I will be moving away from systems and into administration," James noted. Others join us in sending condolences.
ALISON STUTZ ('96) in November moved to northern Kentucky and accepted the position Branch Manager of the Felicity Branch of Clermont County Public Library, OH. Alison, who lives in Covington, KY, wrote: "I am enjoying the responsibilities and challenges of my new position and adjusting to a 40-minute commute along the Ohio River each day. It's nice to be back in Kentucky!"
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Among recent graduates:
LEEAN LOUELLA ALLEN is Director of Libraries, Pike County Public Library District, KY.
CHRIS BISCHOFF is Librarian at St Patrick School, Louisville.
PATRICIA BURNSIDE is Educational Services Librarian, Scott County Public Library, Georgetown, KY.
MALINDA BURTON is School Library Media Specialist, Nicholasville Elementary School, KY.
ANNE DAVIES has accepted a temporary position as Reference Librarian at Xavier University's McDonald Library, Cincinnati.
SUNNY DENNIS is a Youth Services Librarian at the Clermont County Public Library, Goshen, OH, near Cincinnati.
RICK GOHEEN is Information Access and Instruction Librarian, Marx Law Library, University of Cincinnati.
MARY HACKWORTH is Assistant Librarian in the Lexington office of the law firm Greenebaum, Doll, and McDonald.
TONY HOPKINS is Librarian, Saint Joseph Hospital, here in Lexington.
LISA JONES is Director, Washington County Public Library, Springfield, KY.
NANCY KEYSER is on the staff of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, assigned to the Mt Washington Branch.
SHERIL KING is School Media Specialist, Reiley Elementary School, Alexandria, KY.
TARA KRESSLER is on the staff of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, assigned to the Corryville Branch.
LESLIE LEHMAN is Library Assistant in the Cincinnati (home) office of the law firm Dinsmore & Shohl.
JAMES MAINGER is on the staff of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, assigned to the Main Library.
BECKY MATHEY is Children's Librarian, Norwood Branch, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
JUDITH MITCHELL is Regional Campus Librarian at Miami University's Hamilton Campus. Judith would want it made clear it is Miami of Ohio rather than of Florida.
HOLLY NICKLE is an Assistant Reference Librarian at Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA. Holly is liaison to the School of Counseling.
TINA RIEHLE is on the staff of the Harrison Branch Library, Harrison, OH.
APRIL RITCHIE accepted a position with the Fayetteville Public Library, Fayetteville, AR.
DENISE SHANKS is on the staff of Lexington Public Library.
MICHAEL STEINMACHER is Reference/Adult Services Librarian at the Okolona Branch, Louisville Free Public Library. His duties include instruction in the use of online databases and Internet searching.
DEBORAH STURGILL is School Media Specialist, Letcher Elementary School, Letcher, KY.
Ooops! In the fall issue of the NEWSLETTER, we reported that PATTY SZUSZKIEWICZ is Youth Services Librarian at the Bethel Branch, the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Correct is the Bethel Branch of the Clermont County Public Library.
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