SLA Kentucky Chapter

March 11 Meeting and Social Networking Program

Please join the Kentucky Chapter for a meeting on Thursday, March 11 at University of Louisville's Ekstrom Library.  The meeting will feature three guest speakers, Answer Maven's Constance Ard, Lexmark Library Manager, Alex Grigg, and Virginia Smith from the University of Louisville's Law Library.  To register click here.  Registration will close Wednesday, March 10 at 5:00 p.m. 
 
Limited free parking is available at the Third Street lot with the temporary green permit.  Permits can be acquired at the West Information Center.  If free parking is not available, attendees may park in the Speed Museum garage for $6.00.  The Speed Museum Garage is located at 2035 S. Third Street and is attached to the Speed Museum.  Of the two parking choices, the Speed Garage is closer to the meeting location.  Here are links to the campus parking map and the West Information Center. 
 
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Schedule of Events:
 
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Virginia Smith
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Alex Grigg
2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Constance Ard
2:50 p.m. - 3:05 p.m. Q&A
3:05 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Kentucky Chapter business meeting
5:30 p.m. - ??? Dutch-treat dinner at Tumbleweed on the River
 
Program Details:
 
Virginia Smith will share Facebook tips and tricks and provide examples of how libraries and librarians are using it and similar social networking tools. 

Twitter Talk: Alex Grigg is a long time twitter user who will do a quick overview of how to get started with Twitter and then move on to some more sophisticated tips and tricks.  Some of the subjects covered will be conference tweeting, subject searching, useful 3rd party apps, and successful library accounts.
 
Constance Ard, Proprietor of Answer Maven, an Independent Information Consulting Company, will provide an overview of the strategic application of social media for branding and marketing.  Constance will use  The Seed 2020 case study to demonstrate the effectiveness of strategic and practical use for social media tools.
 
COST: Members: $15, Non-Members: $20, Students: $10 (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

Or use the button below to pay by credit card:

Prices

Member $16.00 Non-member $21.00 Student $11.00

Name of attendee:

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

2010 Joint Spring Conference Registration

It is Joint Spring Conference time again! The conference will be held April 28-30, 2010.

This year it will be held at the General Butler State Resort Park in Carrollton, KY.  This is the address and contact information for the park:

1608 Highway 227
Carrollton, KY 41008-0325
Telephone: (502)-732-4384
Toll Free: (866) 462-2253

Mention you are with the Special Libraries Association KY Chapter.

Overflow housing is also available at the Holiday Inn Express.  Their phone number is 502-732-6770.

Online registration is available through SurveyMonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JWMPJ6M, or you can mail in the paper registration form that will be mailed out shortly.

The mailed registration brochure (http://units.sla.org/chapter/cky/files/JSCBrochure2010.pdf) and registration form (http://units.sla.org/chapter/cky/files/JSCRegistrationForm2010.pdf) can also be downloaded directly to your computer.

The registration fees are:

Full Conference, Member – Thursday and Friday, April 29 & 30: $70.00
Full Conference, Non-Member – Thursday and Friday, April 29 & 30: $80.00
Per Day Registration, Member (Thursday or Friday): $45.00
Per Day Registration, Non-Member (Thursday or Friday): $55.00
Student: $25.00
Late Fee (for registrations after March 31): $20.00

You can pay by check or credit card.

Make checks out to: SLA Kentucky Chapter

Mail checks to:

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

Credit card payments will incur a $3.00 service charge and can be made using the PayPal buttons below:

Edit: Late fees are now included in prices

Conference Registration Fees:

Member - Full Conference - April 29 & 30 $93.00 Member - Per Day Registration - Thursday, April 29 $68.00 Member - Per Day Registration - Friday, April 30 $68.00 Non-Member - Full Conference - April 29 & 30 $103.00 Non-Member - Per Day Registration - Thursday, April 29 $78.00 Non-Member - Per Day Registration - Friday, April 30 $78.00 Student $48.00

Attendee Name:

Pre-conference $30, or $50 if not attending on any other days

Pre-conference with other conference days $30.00 Pre-conference only $50.00

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These are the sessions that will be available at the conference:

Edit: The full preliminary conference program is now available at this link: Download 2010 JSC Program-Prelim

Wednesday

Pre-Conference: 1:00 - 4:00 PM

Developing Information Literate Students and Lifelong Learners

FoKAL, The Federation of Kentucky Academic Libraries is a voluntary, self-governing consortium of the libraries of accredited, non-profit Kentucky institutions of higher education dedicated to equitable and cost-effective access to library and information resources and services. The consortium works cooperatively to further teaching, learning and research through the sharing of library collections, programs and expertise.

Early Bird Reception: 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Thursday

Opening Session: 9:00 - 10:15 AM

Does your library's flame need re-"Kindled"? Amazon's wireless e-book reader may be the spark you need

Joyce Neujahr
University of Nebraska - Omaha

Thursday Morning Mini-Sessions: 10:30 - 11:20 AM

Critical Thinking in Information Literacy Instruction

Jo Staggs-Neel
University of Kentucky

Now’s the Time, Online Orientations

Sandy Farrell, Carol Driver, Anita Weathers
West Kentucky Community & Technical College

Working with MBAs

Peter Hesseldenz
University of Kentucky

Thursday Afternoon Mini-Sessions: 1:00 - 3:50 PM

KYVL: Stupid Database Tricks

Betsy Hughes, Enid Wohlstein
Kentucky Virtual Library

EKU Online Reference gets H3lp

Betina Gardner, Julie Silver George, Cindy Judd
Eastern Kentucky University

I Found A Dog In The Mapcase! Practical Solutions in Times of Change

Sue Lynn McDaniel, Nancy Richey, Suellyn Lathrop
Western Kentucky University

Adventures in the stacks: how we learned (not) to weed

Laura Edwards, Cindi Trainor
Eastern Kentucky University

The Secret Life of an IACUC Librarian

Valerie Perry
University of Kentucky

Hard Times and Opportunities: Lessons Learned

Mark Shores
Miami University - Hamilton

Thursday Night Social: 7:30 - 9:30 PM

Party in the Past! An evening of confab, 80's dance music and retro gaming.

Friday

Friday Morning Mini-Sessions: 8:30 - 10:20 AM

Power of Positive Words - NLW bookmark contest in prison

Donna F. Slaton
Green River Correctional Complex Library

The Heat is On: Mobile Initiatives

Lilia Murray
Murray State University

Feeding, Focusing, and Firing Up the Faculty

Karen S. Evans, Jane Hammons
Pikeville College

What the Tweet do we know? Deciphering and Making Use of Twitter

Wendell Barnett
Sullivan University Library

Creating the New “Normal”: The 21st Century Academic Library in Theory and Practice

Arne J. Almquist, Lois Schultz, Threasa Wesley
Northern Kentucky University

Shelf Reading: Every Library Does It… (Can Technology Help?)

Colin Magee
Madisonville Community College

Closing Session: 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Open Access: Libraries as Agents of Change in Scholarly Communication

Kristi L. Palmer,
IUPUI University