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SLA Cincinnati/Kentucky Joint Meeting and Copyright Program

Please join the Cincinnati and Kentucky Chapters for a joint meeting on Thursday, November 5 at Thomas More College. The joint meeting will feature two guest speakers, John Savage, Copyright Clearance Center and Kopana Terry, University of Kentucky.

To register click here.  Registration will close Wednesday, October 28 at 5:00 p.m.

For directions to Thomas More College, click here.

Please contact Liz Smith, librarianliz@gmail.com, if you have questions, need more information, or encounter problems with the SurveyMonkey registration or PayPal forms.

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Schedule of Events

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. John Savage
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Kopana Terry
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Cincinnati and Kentucky Chapter Business Meetings
5:45 p.m. - ??? Dutch-treat dinner at Brio (Newport on the Levee (optional)

Program Details

John Savage, Copyright Clearance Center

If you've ever been puzzled by copyright questions, don't miss this opportunity to learn from the copyright experts and to expand your respect for intellectual property. Not only will you get answers to your copyright questions, but you'll also learn how to minimize your company's exposure to illegal content use.

In this workshop you'll learn:

• Copyright law basics as they apply in your company
• How to stay compliant when you use content in your work
• The answers to your own copyright questions

Kopana Terry, University of Kentucky

Analog to Digital: Photography Copyright Then and Now will examine where photo copyright started, how it has evolved, and how today’s Internet access and digital content demand could change it in the future. Using pivotal photographic examples, these aspects as well as Fair Use, Creative Commons, and other applicable avenues will be discussed.

COST:

Members: $15
Non-Members: $20
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

To pay by credit card use the button below:

Prices

Member $16.00 Non-member $21.00

Voting is now concluded-Congratulations to our incoming officers!

It is with great pleasure that I report that our slate of proposed officers was unanimously elected!  All will begin serving their new terms on January 1, 2010.  Congratulations (and perhaps a little sympathy) to:

President-Elect (three year commitment):  Abby Thorne

Secretary (two-year term):  Jacqueline Bartek

Director-at-Large (two-year term):  Angel Clemons

Many thanks to all those Kentucky Chapter members who voted and, especially, to our candidates for being willing to serve!

Joyfully submitted, your friendly, neighborhood, Nominating Committee Chair, James Manasco

Secretary (two-year term):  Jacqueline Bartek

Director-at-Large (two-year term):  Angel Clemons

Many thanks to all those Kentucky Chapter members who voted and, especially, to our candidates for being willing to serve!

Joyfully submitted, your friendly, neighborhood, Nominating Committee Chair, James Manasco

Voting now open!--SLA Kentucky Chapter Election

Apologies for the lateness of this posting, but voting is now open for the SLA Kentucky Chapter Election.  No additional nominations were received by petition, so the previously announced slate of candidates stands.  Voting will end two weeks from today (September 22, 2009) at 5pm.  Each submitted ballot must contain your SLA membership number to verify your being eligible to vote; only members of the Kentucky Chapter may vote in this election.  Each member may only vote one time.  You may cut and paste the following into an e-mail message to james.manasco@louisville.edu in order to cast your votes:

SLA Membership Number:__________________________________

For President-Elect:  Abby Thorne                YES_____    NO_____

For Secretary:  Jacqueline Bartek        YES_____    NO_____

For Director-at-Large:  Angel Clemons        YES_____    NO_____

All candidates will begin serving on January 1, 2010, if elected.  Thanks again to all the candidates for being willing to serve!  Take care, James Manasco, Chair, 2009 SLA Kentucky Chapter Nominating Committee

For Secretary:  Jacqueline Bartek        YES_____    NO_____

For Director-at-Large:  Angel Clemons        YES_____    NO_____

All candidates will begin serving on January 1, 2010, if elected.  Thanks again to all the candidates for being willing to serve!  Take care, James Manasco, Chair, 2009 SLA Kentucky Chapter Nominating Committee

IT Professional Sees Value in Librarians

This post by Stephen Arnold takes a hard look at commercial vendor marketing practices and states clearly the need for librarians and the value of information professionals like ourselves.  The inspiration for the post came from an Ad that West used.

I especially appreciate the post because it comes from a non-library perspective.  Users of information that verbalize the value of librarians and understand the challenges that librarians face in managing and providing information speak louder and have more impact than librarians who defend each other.

I'm not saying we shouldn't defend our positions, I just think we must have strong allies outside of our library world.  While SLA continues to work on the Alignment project, statements like Mr. Arnold's should be gathered, broadcast and used.

The call for higher standards in how commercial vendors operate in the information industry is a must.  We know that bean counters don't always appreciate the way things work in libraries and institutions. Selling directly to the "user" will allow higher usage, unsanctioned use of "out-of-contract" files and provide more beans for the counting. 

Keeping in mind that resources are tight and some things must be selected over others.  Vendors who appreciate those choices and work with the gatekeepers, will find loyal customers who work to keep the valuable information that makes an institutions work easier.  Working around that usually results in a nothing but a bad aftertaste and true distrust of the sneaky movers and a readiness to cancel or decrease usage as fast as possible.

So I propose a call to action for individual institutions and their vendors.

1. Communicate clearly your expectations in marketing and outreach to direct users.
   1. Explain the consequences of failing to meet those expectation.  Note:  This requires a consequence.
2. Be direct with vendors about the choices that you are willing to make.
   1. Let them know which items are of most value to you and which are easily let go if they don't operate within your expectations.
3. If vendors present at your institution to users, have the vendor highlight the importance of the relationship with the library staff.

Now I know that most direct vendor/library relations are good, excellent even, and that's fabulous.  If you explain to your vendors these ground rules, or others that you think are important for your own organization, then they will communicate that up the chain.  If all of us do this, the bean counters will eventually be overcome by the value placed on customer service and relationships and the need to value information professionals and may even get to know his librarians by name.

Constance Ard August 28, 2009

Note:  I work with Mr. Arnold.  I will disclose up-front that my role in this post by Mr. Arnold, consisted merely of mentioning the ad which inspired his essay and forwarding the links to the items he quoted at his request.

Announcement of Candidates-SLA Kentucky Chapter Nominating Committee

The nominating committee offers the following slate:

For President-Elect (three year commitment):  Abby Thorne

Biography:  Abby Thorne received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Education, Communications, and Leadership and a Master of Science degree in Library Science from the University of Kentucky (UK).  She has served as Technology Training Assistant and Agricultural Experiment Station Historical Archives Project Coordinator for the UK College of Agriculture and as Project Coordinator, Special Projects Technician, and Library Intern for UK Libraries.

Abby currently serves the Kentucky Chapter of SLA as a Director-at-Large and Bulletin Co-Editor.  She also serves as Director and Webmaster for the Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Division and Assistant Editor for SciTech News for the Science-Technology Division.

For Secretary (two-year term):  Jacqueline Bartek

Biography:  Jacqueline Bartek is the Library Services and Resource Specialist at the Asphalt Institute in Lexington, Kentucky.  After earning her MLS from the University of Kentucky in 2005, she joined the Asphalt Institute to manage library operations and promote library services and activities of the library to its staff and member companies.  Jacqueline has been a member of SLA since 2003.

For Director-at-Large (two-year term):  Angel Clemons

Biography:  Angel Clemons is Government Publications Cataloger at the University of Louisville's Ekstrom Library, a position she has held since January 2002.  She is responsible for the acquisition and cataloging of government publications in all formats.  She is currently Chair of the Technical Services Section of SLA's IT Division. 

Other nominations must be submitted within 15 days of this notice (by 5pm EDT on August 5, 2009) to the Chair of the Nominating Committee.  Such nominations must be accompanied by the signatures of ten chapter members.  The election will be held 45 days from today (voting would begin on Friday September 4, 2009), 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 (james.manasco@louisville.edu).

Respectfully submmitted,

James Manasco, Chair, 2009 SLA Kentucky Chapter Nominating Committee

Susan Brown

Laura Whayne

Professional Pics from DC

Apparently there was a professional photographer at the Annual SLA conference in DC.  Somehow the aforementioned photographer managed to snap a few unsuspecting, and suspecting, photos of members of the KY Chapter.  I grabbed a few of the best shots and added them to the photo album in the left hand margin.  If you're reading this at a later time when that album is no longer to the left, you can always access the album here: http://sla-divisions.typepad.com/photos/ky_in_dc/.

Edit: Posted by Alex Grigg; the same post by SLA-Divisions is going away now.

August 7 Meeting

The Kentucky Chapter will be having its annual August Business Meeting on Friday, August 7, 2009.
 
Schedule of Events
 
1:00 p.m. - lunch at Elk Creek Vineyards (http://www.elkcreekvineyards.com/) in Owenton, KY
Lunch will include soup, salad, half sandwich, desert, soft drink, and 1 glass of wine.
2:00 p.m. - business meeting
3:00 p.m. - private tour and wine tasting
Included is a tour of the facilities with an Elk Creek Vineyards staff member and 4 sample wine tastings.

Event Details
 
You are welcome to attend the lunch and business meeting or the tasting or both.
 
We ask that you register for the events you wish to attend no later than noon, Friday, July 24, in order for us to have an accurate headcount.  Please register here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=JNT4hLNa_2bOQGM7Ga6xT_2fwQ_3d_3d

Meeting Fees

Cost per person (members):
Lunch and business meeting - $23 cash/check, $25 credit card
Lunch, business meeting, and tasting  - $30 cash/check, $32 credit card
Cost per student:
Lunch and business meeting - $18 cash/check, $20 credit card
Lunch, business meeting, and tasting  - $25 cash/check, $27 credit card
Non-member pricing:
Lunch and business meeting - $33 cash/check, $35 credit card
Lunch, business meeting, and tasting  - $40 cash/check, $42 credit card

Please make checks payable to: SLA - KY Chapter
 
Mail checks to:

Alex Grigg
Lexmark Library
740 W. New Circle Rd.
Lexington, KY 40550
 
To pay by credit card please use the PayPal button below:

Prices

Member - Lunch, Business Meeting, & Tasting $32.00 Member - Lunch & Business Meeting Only $25.00 Student - Lunch, Business Meeting, & Tasting $27.00 Student - Lunch & Business Meeting Only $20.00 Non-member - Lunch, Business Meeting, & Tasting $42.00 Non-member - Lunch & Business Meeting Only $35.00

More SLA Conference Coverage

I couldn't agree with Stacy more that this was indeed "another great conference". Among the highlights were the Opening Session & Awards Ceremony where two of our colleagues were honored, and the Kentucky Chapter dinner at Bobby Van's Grill. In case you haven't already heard, Stacey Greenwell is a 2009 Fellow and Abby Heath-Thorne was recognized as a Rising Star within the organization. You can read more about my conference experience on my faculty blog. I've also posted a few pictures on my Flickr account.

Another Great Conference!

IT does B&F
Originally uploaded by Jill_Ann

The title of this image is "IT does B&F" (the Business and Finance Division Open House) but I think it could also be "Kentucky does B&F." I truly enjoyed seeing everyone at conference and wish I could have spent more time networking (and on the dance floor!) this year. Thank you all for your help and support--this was another great conference!

Over 800 photos have been tagged on flickr, so check out some of the excitement from SLA 2009.