SLA Kentucky Chapter

Kentucky Chapter 2012 Executive Board Election Results

Dear Kentucky Chapter Members,

It is with great pleasure that I announce the results of the Kentucky Chapter Board of Directors election results.  Please join me in congratulating James Manasco, President-Elect (2012); Angel Clemons, Secretary (2012-2013); and Virginia Mattingly, Director-At-Large (2012-2013).

The 2012 Executive Board for the Kentucky Chapter is:

• Valerie Perry, President (2012)
• James Manasco, President-Elect (2012)
• Abby Thorne, Immediate Past President (2012)
• Angel Clemons, Secretary (2012-2013)
• Alex Grigg, Treasurer (2011-2012)
• Liz Polly, Director-At-Large (2011-2012)
• Virginia Mattingly, Director-At-Large (2012-2013)

I would like to thank the Nominating Committee members for their service:  Terry Buckner & Stacey Greenwell.

A special thanks to Abby Thorne for setting up the SurveyMonkey election form for me!

Happy New Year!

Leoma Dunn

Chair, Kentucky Chapter Nominating Committee

Welcome New Members

Please welcome our newest Kentucky Chapter members! We are very excited to have you.

• Justin Gardner, American Printing House for the Blind
• David Jenkins, Lebanon, KY
• Beth Kraemer, University of Kentucky Libraries
• Sarah  McCubbin-Cain, Assn of State Dam Safety Officials
• Matt Rummele,  American Printing House for the Blind
• Sheli Saltsman, University of Kentucky
• Richard Swain, United States Army Cadet Command

We'd also like to thank the following members for renewing:

• Sara Cavitt
• Angel Clemons
• Christiana French
• Stacey Greenwell
• Alex Grigg
• Melinda Groff
• Virginia Mattingly
• Paula McCoy
• Mimi O’Malley
• Theresa Wiley

~Susan Brown, Membership & Recruitment Committee Chair

Announcement of Board Candidates

The Kentucky Chapter Nominating Committee offers the following slate:

For President-Elect (three year commitment): James Manasco

Biography: James Manasco has been a member of SLA since 1994, where he is a member of the Kentucky Chapter and the Science-Technology, Information Technology and Academic Divisions.  He has served in a variety of leadership roles, including Chair of the Science-Technology and Information Technology Divisions, President of the Kentucky Chapter and Chair of the 2010 Annual Conference Advisory Council, responsible for SLA’s Annual Conference which was held in June 2010 in New Orleans, LA.  James is also the co-presenter of the very popular Sci-Eng 101 series of programs that have been at SLA Annual each year since 2004.  James was awarded the Kentucky Chapter’s Professional Award in 2004 and its’ Outstanding Member Award in 2007.  After serving in a variety of positions at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky since July 2003, James is currently Head of Collection Development.   Prior to arriving at UofL, James was Head of the Robert E. Shaver Library of Engineering of the University of Kentucky (1999-2003) and Natural Sciences Liaison Librarian at Colorado College’s Tutt Library in Colorado Springs, Colorado (1996-1999).  James received his MSLS in 1996 and his BA in 1994, both from the University of Kentucky.  James is the husband of Melanie L. Manasco and is the son of Bobby and Alice Manasco of Beaver Dam, Kentucky.

For Secretary (two-year term): Angel Clemons

Biography: Angel Clemons is the Government Publications Librarian at the University of Louisville's Ekstrom Library.  She is primarily responsible for cataloging new government documents and overseeing the retrospective conversion of documents in all formats.  Ms. Clemons has served as Program Director for the Kentucky Chapter since 2009.  She has also served as Chair of the SLA IT Division's Technical Services Section from 2008-2010 and currently serves as Archivist for the Division.

For Director-at-Large (two-year term): Virginia Mattingly

Biography: Virginia Mattingly has been employed as a Cybrarian at the University of Louisville's Brandeis School of Law since 2006. Her responsibilities include legal research & reference, communications, content management, social networking and tech support. She's been active in the Special Libraries Association since having received her MLIS from the University of Hawaii 10 years ago. She currently serves as the webmaven for the Kentucky Chapter and Legal Division.

Other nominations must be submitted within 30 days of the first email announcement (by 5 p.m. EDT on December 2, 2011) to the Chair of the Nominating Committee. The election will be held 45 days from the announcement of the slate (voting would begin on Saturday, December 17, 2011), by electronic ballot. Details will be announced closer to time.

 

The Nominating Committee would like to thank each candidate for their willingness to serve.  If anyone has any questions, please direct those to the Chair.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Leoma Dunn, Chair, 2011 SLA Kentucky Chapter Nominating Committee

Terry Buckner

Stacey Greenwell

 

November Meeting

Please join your SLA Kentucky Chapter members for an optional dutch treat lunch and business meeting at Portofino (249 E. Main St.) and two speaker presentations at the Lexington Public Library's Central Branch (conference room A) on Friday, November 18.  Our featured speakers will be Stacey Greenwell and Beth Kraemer from the University of Kentucky.

 

Survey registration must be completed by Monday, November 14.  Register here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KYCHapterNov2011Meeting.  Registration will close Monday, November 14 at 5pm.

 

**Metered off-street parking or the LPL's parking garage (located between the police station and the library at 140 E. Main St.) is available.  LPL offers validation of your parking pass for the first two hours. More information on the location and rates of LPL's parking garage can be found here.

 

Schedule of events:

11:00-12:30: Dutch treat lunch at Portofino

12:30-2:30: Business meeting

2:30-3:00: Break

3:00-5:00: Presentations

 

Program Details:

 

Be all you can be!  Come learn about the strategies and tools that successful professionals use to develop skills and promote themselves online.  We will discuss a number of topics ranging from professional development opportunities to marketing yourself using social media. You’re online anyway - make it work for you!  The session will be conducted in three parts.  First, Stacey will talk about strategies for developing your leadership skills and enhancing your professional image.  Next, Beth will introduce a number of free tools you can use to represent yourself online.  Finally, we put you to work!  Have you seen a librarian blog or profile that is particularly effective?  Show it off!  It can belong to you or some other librarian you admire.

 

COST: Members: $10, Non-Members: $15, Students: FREE (Additional $1 service charge will be added to credit card payments.)

 

Make checks payable to SLA-KY Chapter and mail to:

 

Alex Grigg

Lexmark Library

740 W. New Circle Rd.

Lexington, KY 40550

Pay by credit card here:

Prices

KY SLA Member $11.00 USD Non-Member $16.00 USD Student $0.00 USD

Name of attendee:

Student Chapter Social

The Student Chapter of SLA would like to invite you to our next event. Please join us in Lexington on Friday, October 14, 2011 from 5:30pm-9:30 pm at the Cats Den located in the Student Center on UK's campus. We will be enjoying an evening filled with food, friends and fun. The games in the Cats Den will be turned to "Free Play" and include pool and billiard tables and a variety of video gaming systems.  Feel free to bring your friends and family but please RSVP to sla.uk.slis@gmail.com so we can have an accurate account for food.

Hope to see you all there!

Ashley Izzo
SLA UK Student Chapter President

It Takes a Village: Thanks for My Colleagues

I just wanted to take a moment now that the SLA Election is open and say thank you to my home chapter for your encouragement and support.

And I don't just mean in the candidacy for SLA Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect.  Since I launched Answer Maven in 2008 the support of my friends and collegaues in SLA and especially SLA Kentucky has been a major contributing factor to my continued success.

I know that I can call on you for support, encouragement and inevitably the professional assistance I need. And I always have been. You, the Kentucky Chapter, have become more than professional associates you are family.  Thank you for all that you give me.

Constance Ard September 7, 2011

August 2011 Meeting

Please join the SLA Kentucky Chapter on Monday, August 15 at Equus Run Vineyards, 1280 Moores Mill Rd., Midway, KY for lunch, open business meeting, and wine tasting and tour. Click here to register. Registration and payment must be received no later than noon, Friday August 6.

Schedule of Events

1-2 PM: Lunch at Equus Run Vineyards in Midway, KY (Lunch will include sandwich, side item, and dessert.)

2-4 PM: Business meeting

4-5:30 PM: (Optional) Private tour and wine tasting (Included is a tour of the facilities with an Equus Run Vineyards staff member, 6 sample wine tastings, and 1 free wine glass)

The lunch, tour, and tasting fee will be $30 for members, $35 for non-members, and $25 for students. If you wish to not attend the tour and tasting, the cost will be $25 for members, $30 for non-members,and $20 for students. If paying with credit card, there will be a $1.50 fee for PayPal. Use the button below to pay via Paypal.

If paying by check, make checks payable to SLA – KY Chapter and mail them to:

Alex Grigg
Lexmark Library
740 W. New Circle Rd.
Lexington, KY 40550

Hope to see you all there!

Prices

Lunch & Tasting: Member $31.50 Lunch & Tasting: Non-member $36.50 Lunch & Tasting: Student $26.50 Lunch Only: Member $26.50 Lunch Only: Non-member $31.50 Lunch Only: Student $21.50

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Joint Spring Conference Proceedings

Presentations from the 2011 Joint Spring Conference: "Kickin’ It Up A Notch:Improving Our Professional Image" have been uploaded to the Kentucky SLA Chapter's website. Check back later for new additions!

Join the UK SLIS Alumni Listserv!

Would you like to stay up to date on events going on with the School of Library & Information Science? We are starting a listserv for graduates of our program to stay in touch with what's going on at UK SLIS. With our program recently joining the iSchools consortium, a new website under development, and four new faculty starting with our program in the fall, there will be much going on in the program. To join, simply send an email to:listserv@lsv.uky.edu

Leave the subject line blank. In the body of the email, delete any signature you may have and insert the text below using your name in place of FirstName/LastName.

subscribe SLIS-ALUMS-L FirstName LastName

Be sure to pass this along to any graduates of the program you may know as well. If you have any questions, let me know.

Will Buntin
will.buntin@uky.edu

May Social

Please join your SLA Kentucky Chapter colleagues on Tuesday, May 31 at the Alltech Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company for a free private tour and beer tasting followed by cocktails and dinner. Alltech is located at 401 Cross Street, Lexington, KY 40508. The following is the schedule of events:

1:30-3:00 Private tour and tasting at Alltech Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company
3:30-5:00 Cocktails at Chase Tap Room
5:30-? Dutch treat dinner at deSha's

The private tour and tasting is free to attendees. Parking for the tour is available in the gravel lot on the Cross St. side of the complex (see map).

Click here to register. Registration for the Kentucky Chapter's May 31, 2011 social event ends at 12 noon Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Guests and prospective chapter members are also welcome to attend this event.