UK SIS Newsletter Fall 2015

Newsletter of the University of Kentucky School of Information Science Volume 37 Number 2

Fall 2015

Board of Trustees Approves Name Change to School of Information Science Name ‘represents the work the School is engaged in at the undergraduate and graduate level’ On May 8, 2015, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved a name change for the School of Library and Information Science, to the School of Information Science, effective July 1. The minutes of the Board meeting explain the reason for the new name: “Prior to January 2013, the School consisted solely of a master’s degree in library and information science and now houses three different degree granting programs (Library Science, Information Studies, and Information Communication Technology). It also houses a non-degree seeking program primarily responsible for teaching the UK Core ‘Composition and Communication’ sequence.

“Due to the growth beyond library science, the faculty voted to change the School’s name to School of Information Science. The new name is more consistent with similarly structured programs across the country. It represents the work the School is engaged in at the undergraduate and graduate level in support of UK students.

“The proposed change has been approved by the faculty of the School of Library and Information Science; reviewed and recommended by the Senate Academic Organization and Structure Committee and the Senate Council; and endorsed by the University Senate. The Provost of the University supports this recommendation.”

The “growth beyond library science” the minutes refer to began spring semester 2013, when the School launched an undergraduate minor in Information Studies (IS). Growth continued that summer, when the School welcomed the Division of Instructional Communication and Research (ICR). In addition to those steps, the School introduced an undergraduate degree program in Information Communication Technology (ICT) fall semester 2014 and a master’s degree program in ICT this fall.

When the newsletter reported the School would introduce an undergraduate minor in Information Studies, it was noted: It is a significant step in the evolution of the School, a presence in the undergraduate curriculum, which is seen as im-

portant at a time of increased emphasis on undergraduate studies and increased competition for resources.

School Credit Hour Generation Increases A year ago, it was reported that state funding for UK had declined by $50 million in the preceding five years, increasing the importance of tuition and prompting the University to move to “a values-based financial model.” Although the new financial model has not been introduced, it is expected that, in the new model, enrollment in a college will influence the amount of revenue allocated to the college. As a result, a college’s total credit hour generation will be important. Each college will allocate revenue among its units, but it’s reasonable to expect credit hour generation to influence that allocation as well.

Information prepared by Assistant Director for Administration and Enrollment Planning Will Buntin for fall 2014 showed that the School was responsible for approximately 40% of total credit hour generation within the College of Communication and Information. Information prepared by Will for fall 2015 shows that credit hour generation in all units in the School increased from the 2014 levels, with the result the School total this fall, 10,890, is up by 1,560 credit hours, or 16.7%, from the fall 2014 total. The increase in LIS credit hour generation is especially noteworthy, occurring at a time when, nationally, LIS enrollment has been trending downward.

The contribution of ICR to the School’s total credit hour generation, 70%, reflects the presence of certain courses, for which ICR is responsible, in UK Core, the general education curriculum for all undergraduates. In addition, IS/ICT 200 contributes significantly to credit hour generation. The course has been approved for UK Core, and this fall there are 15 sections filled. Will commented that the 375 students enrolled in IS/ICT 200 are “an excellent audience to promote the ICT major.” There are 62 declared ICT majors, and there are two enrolled in the ICT master’s program, which was introduced this fall.

Dr. Brandi Frisby, ICR Faculty Member, Promoted to Associate Professor In the spring, Dr. Brandi Frisby learned she had been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Frisby joined the UK faculty in 2010, as Assistant Professor, Instructional Communication and Research (ICR), Department of Communication, in the College of Communication and Information (CI). In 2013, ICR became a unit within what was then the School of Library and Information Science.

Prof. Frisby earned her BA at Northern Kentucky University in Speech Communication, her MA at Ball State University in Communication Studies, and her PhD at West Virginia University in Communication Studies.

At WVU her primary area was Interpersonal Communication and her secondary area was Instructional Communication. The title of her dissertation is Communicative Facework in Marital Dissolution and Post-dissolution Processes.

Awards and honors she has received include: • Outstanding Advisor Award Nominee, College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky (2015); • Wethington Research Award, Department of Communication, University of Kentucky (2011-2014); • Distinguished Alumni, Department of Communication Studies, Ball State University (2014); • Faculty Research Excellence, College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky (2013); • Faculty Teaching Excellence, College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky (2012).

Prof. Frisby is author or co-author of many articles in refereed journals and two book chapters. In addition, several manuscripts are under review. She has made a substantial number of professional presentations and is the Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on funded grants in total amount exceeding $1 million.

Her professional service leadership positions include: • Vice Chair Elect, National Communication Association, Instructional and Developmental Division (2014-2015); • Conference Planning Chair, Basic Course Directors’ Conference (2014-2015); • Member, Board of Directors, International Communication Association (2012-2014); • Chair and Program Planner, Instructional and Developmental Division, International Communication Association (2012-2014); • Eastern Communication Association, Executive Council (2013); • Eastern Communication Association University Representative to the National Communication Association Legislative Council (2013); • Division Vice Chair and Program Planner, Instructional and Developmental Division, International Communication Association (2011); Fall 2015

• Chair, Nominating Committee, Instructional Division, National Communication Association (2011); • Chair, Nonverbal Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association (2009); • Graduate Student Representative, Ohio Communication Association (2008-2010); • Vice-Chair, Eastern Communication Association, Nonverbal Interest Group (2008).

Dr. Frisby agreed to an interview.

If my math is correct, you were promoted early. Am I right about that, and if so how early?

This is correct. I went under review and was granted tenure one year early.

I don’t know what is the best term to describe your CV – i.e., what you’ve accomplished since joining the UK faculty in 2010 – but words that come to mind are remarkable, enviable, intimidating. What is your secret? How were you able to accomplish so much in such a short period?

There are three big secrets that I think contributed to my success. First, love what you do. I love research, teaching, and service, and I get so excited about new ideas, teaching new classes, helping the College or students, and collaborating that it makes it easy to continuously feel motivated about the work I’m doing. Second, I don’t believe in wasting time. I think being efficient with my time not only makes me productive (or at least feel productive) but also allows me to have personal time and work life balance, too. I set goals and deadlines for myself and then I stick to them. Finally, the third secret is a UK and CI characteristic, not really my secret. I work with people who are great collaborators and who have given me many opportunities to explore new things and to contribute in both small and large ways.

Your MA thesis title refers to “marriage” and your PhD dissertation title to “marital.” One of your papers has the title “Divorce doesn’t mean it’s over….” Other papers refer to interpersonal relationships. How did this interest come about?

I credit my initial love of interpersonal research to my undergraduate course in interpersonal communication at Northern Kentucky University with Russ Proctor. That love was cultivated throughout my MA program and then later in my PhD program where I studied with Melanie Booth Butterfield. Marriage and divorce particularly interest me because marriage is a relationship that affects most people at some point. Unfortunately, divorce also affects a lot of people and can have really traumatic effects. My parents are still married after 35 years, so, without that personal experience or exposure to divorce, it was something that I was grateful for. My goal is to understand some facets of a healthy marriage and how to help couples either avoid divorce or cope with divorce.

How would you describe your current research interest?

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positive relationships with students, engage students, and enhance learning. While this interest started in the traditional face-to-face college classroom, the current landscape of education has prompted me to study these same ideas in mediated learning – through online courses or social media tools. I want to help teachers be the best they can be and to optimize the learning experience for students. I’ve also had the opportunity to expand my study of instructional communication from college classrooms into applied settings where many of the same principles apply.

For example, I’ve contributed to projects on patient education in health contexts and instructing the public during a crisis.

At a research university such as UK, a faculty member’s performance is measured in terms of teaching, research, and service. For this question I’m going to ignore service (although you certainly have not). Have you experienced conflict between teaching and research, in that time devoted to one is time not available for the other?

There are certainly conflicts in time and how to focus your time. There is never enough time! But, I’ve found ways to manage. For example, I try to protect at least one day a week where I only focus on research. I try to use my “breaks” wisely so that I can catch up on research which may have been delayed due to teaching responsibilities during spring break, Christmas break, and summer break. I think this is where collaboration can also be helpful. When collaborating with a colleague or a student, I try to time those weeks when a major teaching responsibility, like grading essays, will be a week when it is my co-author’s turn with a manuscript. So the research still moves forward even if I am unable to devote time to it during that particular week.

If you have a preference between teaching and research, which do you prefer, and why?

This is a tough one. I think I have an equal love for both. It was initially my love of teaching that prompted me to go on to graduate school and to enter academia. But, when I got to graduate school and realized that I could also do research on teaching, my love of research was born. I see the two as being interrelated so it is hard to pick one.

This has been a year of major developments in your life.

You were promoted, you and your husband bought your first house, and in September Rowan, your daughter and first child, was born. What next for you?

I have no idea what is next! I am trying to adjust to all of the recent major developments so I haven’t really thought about “what’s next” just yet. I do know that I want to continue teaching and doing the research that I love. And although I’ve been wanting to lead study abroad programs or apply to be a Fulbright for years now, it was something that I knew would wait until after tenure. Now that I’m tenured, I’d like to start working on those goals.

In July, Dr. Frisby’s work was featured in the following article that appeared in UKNow, the University news service.

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UK Professor Discovers Key to Successful Marriage LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 15, 2015) — Multiple factors and behaviors contribute to a healthy, successful marriage. Some of the most commonly known behaviors are disclosure, trust and relational maintenance. However, beyond these pivotal behaviors, University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information professor, Brandi Frisby, may have found the remedy to maintaining a thriving marriage.

"My interest in this topic started off as a personal interest," Frisby said. "I come from a family that is still intact, and I believe that I've benefited from having parents who are in a strong marriage. Although the divorce rate has plateaued, it is still high in the U.S. and I've often wondered what differentiates long lasting marriages, like my parents, from those that end in divorce. As a result, I decided to study flirting as a positive interaction in marriage as a possible strategy that contributes to a happy union."

Research suggests that health declines have been made due to the negative outcomes of not being in healthy, partnered relationships. Flirting to spark a marital relationship has been proven through extensive experimentation to lead longer, healthier lives of the individuals within the companionship.

During an experiment conducted by Frisby and colleagues, participants were shown a picture, then proceeded to flirt with the person the photo featured, then met the person. Results portrayed that after this process, attraction levels increased.

Different types of flirting, as well as perception of attraction changed during the experiment, increasing physical and social attraction.

Although flirting is thought to be a more light-hearted aspect of a relationship among younger affairs, Frisby believed flirtation also added a certain sense of satisfaction and commitment to a marital relationship.

Frisby found that flirting within a marriage creates a sense of a private world, as though the two are the only ones in the room. Research provided that this leads to a sense of faithfulness between spouses.

"It seems like couples are always looking for ways to strengthen their marriage," Frisby said. "According to the results of our study, flirting with your spouse has the potential to positively influence marital commitment and satisfaction.

Given this positive influence, flirting would be an easy, and free, way to engage in communication for a healthier, happier, stronger marriage."

Frisby joined the College of Communication and Information five years ago. After receiving her undergraduate degree in speech communication at Northern Kentucky University in 2004, she then went on to receive her master’s degree in communication studies at Ball State University in 2007 and her doctoral degree in communication studies at West Virginia University in 2010. She now serves as an associate professor for the School of Information Science and an associate graduate faculty member within the College of Communication and Information.

Reprinted with the permission of Blair Hoover, UKNow.

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Dr. Sarah Kercsmar Is Among 2015 Provost’s Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award Winners

Steve Meadows Receives Teaching Award

Student Affairs Officer Heather Burke wrote the following article and granted permission to reprint it.

Dr. Sarah Kercsmar, a faculty member in the Instructional Communication and Research program in the School of InSteve Meadows (Adjunct Professor in Instructional Comformation Science, is one of only seven UK faculty to receive munication) has received the Marcella E. Oberle Award for the 2015 Provost’s Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award. She Outstanding Teaching from the National Communication teaches courses in the composition and communication seAssociation. The award recognizes outstanding teaching in quence and was nominated by a colleague for the award, the Communication field in grades K-12. Meadows teaches which “recognizes regular and special title series faculty for English as well as electives in speech and debate at Danville outstanding teaching performance.” The Award was preHigh School in Kentucky. He also coaches high school stusented at a ceremony on April 15. dents in speech and debate, establishing the Danville ForenA West Virginia native, Dr. Kercsmar has MA and BA sics Team which has won five state championships and redegrees in Communicaceived numerous awards tion Studies from Marand recognition from shall University. Her BA national organizations was conferred Magna including the National Cum Laude. She earned Speech and Debate Asher PhD in Commusociation (NSDA). nication at UK in 2007 Meadows has coached and was appointed two individual national Faculty Lecturer in the champions. He Division of Instructional continues his work with Communication and speech/ debate by Research in 2011. She managing the Kentucky currently holds the District Tournaments position of Program for the NSDA and also Coordinator for InPhoto courtesy of UKNow partnered with fellow structional CommuniUK President Eli Capilouto presents the Provost’s Outstanding coaches to create cation. Also in 2011, Teaching Faculty Award to Sarah Kercsmar. Also shown are SPEAK, the Speech Sarah was named CoProvost Tim Tracy (l) and College of Communication and Professional Alliance of Director, Kentucky Information Senior Associate Dean Derek Lane (r).

Kentucky, an annual Center for Smoke-Free conference for speech educators.

Policy, UK College of Nursing, Tobacco Policy Research Meadows is very proud of his students and says in his Program. From 2008 to 2010 she was Manager, Northern nomination essay, “what I like best is not the awards cereKentucky Office of the Clean Indoor Air Partnership, UK monies. It’s the practice sessions. It’s the odd texts and College of Nursing, Tobacco Policy Research Program, in emails I get at all hours from kids I coach today or kids I Covington. Between 2004 and 2008 she held positions as coached ten years ago.” He notes that his speech/debate Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, and Adjunct Instudents have gone onto “become television news producers structor at UK. and reporters, appeared on Good Morning America and the Reflecting on the award, Sarah said: CNN Presidential debates with Anderson Cooper, become I’m honored and humbled to be chosen as one of the Prodoctors and ministers and judges and teachers, but what I vost’s Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients for 2015. I like best is that they are the kids who get out and do.” count myself lucky to be able to do what I do for a living, Meadows is surprised and grateful to receive the honor and to be recognized for my teaching this year is icing on and pointed out the role teaching for the University of Kenthe cake. I’m so lucky to be able to share my passion for tucky’s Instructional Communication and Research division education every day in and day out in my job. has played along the way. “A key point in my development I come from a family of a great educators, and I’m proud as a speech educator has been my work at UK, so I am to be able to share this award with them, as they are my grateful to be part of the college communications commurole models and my mentors. nity as well as K-12,” says Meadows.

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The School congratulates Steve Meadows for his success as a coach and instructor and looks forward to his continued contributions to students across K-12 and at UK. For more information on the NCA and the Marcella E. Oberle Award for Outstanding Teaching, please visit their website at https://www.natcom.org/.

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Library Hi Tech Designates Dr. Namjoo Choi’s Paper ‘Highly Commended’

Dr. Sherali Zeadally Attends Prestigious NASA Faculty Fellowship Program

In May, Prof. Namjoo Choi learned that an article he coauthored with Aaron Palmer (’13), and that appeared in Library Hi Tech in 2014, was chosen as a Highly Commended Paper by the journal's editorial team. According to information sent to Prof. Choi, the journal published 46 articles in 2014 and selected one Outstanding paper and three Highly Commended papers. The email from Jim Bowden, Academic Relations Manager, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, reads:

Dr. Sherali Zeadally, an Associate Professor in the Information Communication Technology program, learned in April he had been selected for the prestigious NASA Glenn Faculty Fellowship Program (NGFFP) and would spend ten weeks at the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland, Ohio, June 1-August 7, 2015.

The program “is open to full-time STEM faculty members who are US citizens teaching at accredited U.S. universities and colleges.” In addition, “Proposed faculty work must be aligned with the needs of GRC, and have a high Congratulations, your paper “The probability to contribute towards Current State of Library Open advancing the NASA mission.”

Source Software Research: A Additional information was provided: Descriptive Literature Review and The NGFFP aims at providing the Classification” published in Library following mutual benefits: Hi Tech has been selected by the (1) Enhance faculty professional journal’s editorial team as a Highly knowledge through their engagement in Commended Paper of 2014. relevant and cutting-edge research at Danny Overstreet (r) presents the Highly The Library Hi Tech Editorial GRC; Commended Paper Award to Namjoo Choi.

Team were asked to nominate an (2) Stimulate exchange of ideas Outstanding Paper and up to three between faculty and GRC researchers and engineers; Highly Commended Papers. “The Current State of Li(3) Enrich and refresh the research and teaching at US acabrary Open Source Software Research: A Descriptive demic institutions by infusing NASA mission-related research Literature Review and Classification” … is one of the and technology content into classroom teaching; and most impressive pieces of work the team has seen (4) Contribute complementarily to in-house research, techthroughout 2014. … nology and engineering work packages and objectives of As a winner you will receive a certificate. Where posGRC, toward advancing the NASA mission. sible, we like to organise for you to be presented with After the successful completion of the NASA Fellowship, your certificate in person.

Prof. Zeadally told the newsletter: “I was honored to have The paper appeared in Library Hi Tech 32(1): 11-27. been selected for the prestigious NASA Faculty Fellowship in Summer 2015. It was a really great learning experience for Dr. Youngseek Kim’s Dissertation Receives me to have worked with world class researchers like Will Ivancic who has been at NASA for over 30 years. I truly enOutstanding Doctoral Research Award joyed my research throughout my stay at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, as a faculty fellow.”

Earlier this year, SIS Director Dr. Jeff Huber received the following email from George Barclay, Account Management Executive, North America, Emerald Group Publishing: Dear Professor Huber, We are proud to announce that Dr. Youngseek Kim is the winner of a Highly Commended Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award for his dissertation “Institutional and Individual Influences on Scientists’ Data Sharing Behaviors” in the category of Information Science. Dr. Kim’s category was sponsored by the Journal of Documentation, an Emerald publication.

Congratulations to Dr. Kim and the University of Kentucky on this great achievement. Emerald looks forward to continuing our support of the innovative research being developed at your institution.

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Dr. Carla Bevins Teaches in China Dr. Carla Bevins, Faculty Lecturer in Instructional Communication and Research, taught in China this summer: “On behalf of the Confucius Institute at UK, I taught about 30 faculty at Qingdao Technological Institute in Qingdao, China (Shandong Province) for three weeks during July and August. Our curriculum included classes on effective classroom teaching methodology (active learning, classroom discussions and activities, multi-modal communication, and effective assessment), and advanced reading and writing (both personal and professional). My husband, Robert Bevins, PhD, accompanied me, and we team taught many of the classes. We also traveled all over the Shandong Province while we were there.”

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Dr. Melissa Adler Presents at Knowledge Organization Conference in Copenhagen In August, Prof. Melissa Adler presented at a conference on Global and Local Knowledge Organization, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prof. Adler titled her presentation “Library of Congress Classification and Cultural Imperialism.” She provided the following abstract: Foucault has suggested that it was the selection, organization, and centralization of knowledges that brought the possibility of the modern State. The disciplines were used to construct a historical discourse that allowed “the State to talk about itself” (Foucault, 2003, p. 224)*. I will argue that the Library of Congress Classification must be read as part of a history of U.S. nation-building and a technology of cultural imperialism. Reading the classification’s iterations from its first inception in the early 1900s to the present reveals how racialized and gendered subjects have been written into and out of history: the organization of the disciplines domesticates, marginalizes, and heightens visibility of certain subjects in a system that assumes heteropatriarchal universality, and colonizes subjects in the interest of U.S. diplomacy and empire. In the 21st century, global efforts led by LC to accumulate, organize, and disseminate cultural knowledge, as well as LC’s operation of overseas offices in developing nations, bring a certain urgency to conceptualizing the Library as a State apparatus. *Foucault, Michel. Society Must Be Defended: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1975-76, trans. David Macey. (New York: Picador 2003), 224.

Prof. Melissa Adler, Colleagues Organize Workshop at ASIS&T Annual Meeting Prof. Melissa Adler and several colleagues have organized the Classification Research workshop at the annual meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology in St. Louis. The workshop, “Conceptual Crowbars and Classification at the Crossroads: The Impact and Future of Classification Research,” is sponsored by the ASIS&T SIG/ Classification Research and will take place November 7.

According to information that Prof. Adler made available: This year’s Classification Research workshop consciously and critically engages the general conference theme, ‘Information Science with Impact,’ in order to frame conversations about the results and significance of classification research. With the increasing emphasis on impact in and around information science, the theme provides us with an opportunity to consider some of the ways in which we define ourselves as a Classification Research group and how we understand our research to affect and influence theory and practice. Classification matters not only in the functioning of information systems and technologies, but also in the lived experiences of individuals, and in society, organizations, and all information contexts.

The spate of violent events in the U.S., together with the resistance and response, quickens a crucial set of questions Fall 2015

about the nature of our work. This workshop aims to cast such violence as a knowledge organization problem. We also aim to consider whether and how classificatory acts and systems can be reparative, or even transformative: What bearing does the structuring of knowledge have upon the seeking, reception, circulation, and use of knowledge and information?

Do classifications tell us something about agendas, political contexts, or authority? What role do our classification systems play in constituting, and challenging categories of difference? In what ways have communities used and/or challenged classifications in civic action and protest?

Dr. Melissa Adler to Present at CIDLIS 2015 Prof. Melissa Adler has learned that her proposal,“Indexing Intersectionality: Diversity and Inclusion as Problems of Classification,” has been accepted for presentation at CIDLIS 2015 (Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library and Information Science), to be held October 15 and 16 at the University of Maryland. In addition, Prof. Adler was invited to submit an article, based on her conference proposal, to a new journal, the International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion, which is to launch next year and whose inaugural issue is to comprise papers from CIDLIS this fall.

Prof. Adler provided information about her presentation: One of the most critical barriers to diversity and inclusion in LIS is systemic and rests in the long tradition of universalisms and positivist approaches to research and practice. The critique and revision of the epistemological assumptions upon which our knowledge organization systems are based are often overlooked in wider conversations about diversity. I take silences and absences across LIS to be problems of classification and categories. I also take them to be a consequence of the disembodiment of information and the dis/entanglement of information technologies with desire and subjectivity. Indeed, much of LIS is concerned with developing and using systems that depend on the truth of the possibility that the world can be neatly divided up into discrete categories. To understand how these categories operate in the field, I have examined the indexing systems in article databases to show how they mirror and reinforce a lack of intersectionality and diversity in LIS research and scholarship.

Dr. Maria Cahill, Dr. Jennifer Richey Present at IASL Conference in Maastricht, Netherlands In June of this year, Dr. Maria Cahill and Dr. Jennifer Richey (Texas Woman’s University) presented a paper, “Audiobooks as a window to the world?” at the International Association of School Librarians Annual Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands. Prof. Cahill provided this abstract: Library, literacy, and children’s literature professionals promote the benefits of transacting with audiobooks, and awards are bestowed upon audiobooks for children. Research spanning decades and conducted worldwide has explored the use of audiobooks for promoting literacy skill Page 6

development. These studies have explored various uses of audiobooks and report mixed results for different types of readers and for readers of varying levels of proficiency. Yet, huge gaps exist in the research with many aspects of audiobook use still uninvestigated. This presentation reports the disconnect between professionals’ claims regarding the benefits of audiobooks for children and those verified by empirical studies. It identifies the gaps in the scholarship surrounding audiobooks and calls attention to those areas in which audiobooks have potential to support children’s interests and needs.

money has been attached. I don't know why I adopted Roman numerals for this. I'm not a football fan.

The process began with a workshop in April. In her invitation to CI faculty to attend the workshop, she wrote: SDR-V is an opportunity for college faculty researchers to get together and take turns talking about their research in 90 seconds or less. The goals are to learn about what everybody’s doing and to generate some great ideas for future collaborative research projects.

It was also explained that the project should result in an application submitted to an extramural funding agency.

Dr. Maria Cahill to Make Presentations at AASL National Conference

Two proposals were funded, from Profs. Soohyung Joo, Tae Baek, and Namjoo Choi; and from Profs. Kyra Hunting, Maria Cahill, and Adriane Grumbein. Profs. Joo, Choi, and Cahill are faculty in SIS.

Prof. Maria Cahill and alumna Amanda Hurley (’05) are to present at the American Association of School Librarians national conference, in Columbus, OH, in November. Their presentation title is “Rule the standards: Ideas, tools and assessments too.” Prof. Cahill provided this abstract: As states move toward educator evaluation systems that require teachers and librarians to document student growth, it is more important than ever before for school librarians to gather, analyze, and share evidence of their many contributions. While this may be scary for some, it is also a great opportunity to raise awareness of the AASL standards and the role school librarians play in preparing 21st century learners. This is an opportunity to spotlight the profession, especially when librarians can clearly demonstrate their effect on student learning.

Prof. Cahill also is to present at the AASL national conference with Beth Carrico. The title of their presentation is “Finding the right story (or information text) for beginning readers.” According to Prof. Cahill: Reading ability is just one variable in advancing reading development: children must also have a desire to read. Providing children access to reading materials on topics in which they are interested piques their motivation to read (Swan, Coddington, and Guthrie, 2010), as does allowing them to choose for themselves what they read. School librarians are well positioned to help students select books based on their interests, yet they also need to understand how to help students select books based on their individual reading abilities.

Faculty ‘Speed Dating’ Proposals Funded In June, College of Communication and Information (CI) Associate Dean for Research Dr. Nancy Grant Harrington announced that two proposals in the Speed Dating for Researchers program had received internal funding to support the projects. In announcing the program to CI faculty, Dr. Harrington referred to SDR-V, and she told the newsletter: V=5 in this context. It's the fifth time we've done the speed dating workshop. It's the first time, though, that Fall 2015

Prof. Cahill described the proposal: This multi-disciplinary project brings together the expertise of scholars from Media Arts and Studies, Integrated Strategic Communication, and Library and Information Science to investigate educational messaging in children’s television. The proposed project aims to identify messages regarding school, education, and behavior within educational institutions in children’s television programming. We are interested in the ways narrative television programs produced for school-age children depict the relationship between educational achievement (or lack thereof) and identity/social status, and how programs communicate messages about attitudes towards education. Our project seeks to explore relationships between demographic characteristics like gender, race, and class and a character’s depiction as intelligent/unintelligent, committed/uncommitted to school, and high/low achieving.

We also seek to consider how significant the depictions of educational institutions are to children’s television in general, and to better understand the messages programs convey about these institutions and their representatives (teachers, principals, etc.). Our project plans to consider a wide-variety of televisual outlets and programming in order to examine the breadth of these depictions and whether or not the target demographic or source of the programming significantly affects patterns in educational messaging. We have found a number of calls for proposals (mostly through NSF) that would support this type of research.

Prof. Joo described the proposal: The goal of this project is to investigate how public libraries employ social media for marketing purposes. Social media has emerged as a new communication channel for library marketing, which can be used for a variety of purposes at a low cost. Public librarians have recognized the importance of social media marketing, but there are few practical guidelines available regarding how to effectively utilize social media in the public library context. In an effort to generate social media marketing guidelines tailored to public libraries, it is imperative to understand how social media are currently used for marketing in public library environments. In this study, multiple methodological Page 7

approaches will be employed to examine the current practice of social media use in public libraries, such as social media mining, interviews with librarians, and surveys of library patrons. First, we will collect social media text, including libraries’ postings and associated user feedback, from Tweeter and Facebook accounts of twelve public libraries. Crowdsourcing will be used to analyze the content of the collected social media data. Second, we will perform interviews with librarians and conduct user surveys to examine the current social media use practice in public libraries. We will use the results of this pilot study as preliminary findings to apply for an IMLS National Leadership Grant in 2016.

Dr. David Nemer Joins SIS Information Communication Technology Faculty Dr. David Nemer joined the School’s Information Communication Technology program this fall as Assistant Professor.

Prof. Nemer earned a PhD at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing. His specialization in the doctoral program was social informatics and minor was information science, and his dissertation title is Rethinking Digital Inequalities: the experience of the marginalized in community technology centers.

In addition to the PhD, Prof. Nemer earned an MSc in Computer Science at Saarland University, Germany, where his thesis was on Analyzing the Impact of Source Code Changes on Software Execution Behavior. In 2006, he earned a BSc in Computer Science at FAESA – Faculdades Integradas do Espírito Santo, Brazil. His thesis title is CHARMER – A Tool to Support Software Validation Tests. Also in 2006, he earned a BSc in Business Administration at UFES – Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil, where he wrote a thesis on Hospital Accreditation and The Organizational Changes – A Case Study of Two Hospitals in the State of Espírito Santo.

His honors and awards include: • Associate Instructor of the Year (Informatics), Indiana University, 2015; • Indiana University, full PhD scholarship, 2010-2014, in the approximate amount of $170,000; • Richard Tapia Scholarship, 2014; • Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Fellowship, 2013-2014; • Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Travel Award, 2013; • Humanities, Arts, Science, & Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC) Scholarship, 2012; • Indiana University, CLACS Tinker Field Research Grant, 2012; • DAAD/TU Kaiserslautern: academic excellence, 20082009.

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Prof. Nemer’s research and teaching interests are social informatics; information and communication technology for development; human-computer interaction; science, technology and society studies; community informatics; and development studies. In 2013, he published his first book, Favela Digital – The other side of technology, where he captured the everyday life in the favelas, urban slums in Brazil, and how the residents used digital technology to overcome their socioeconomic limitations.

Prof. Nemer has been invited by the local congress of Vitória, Brazil, where he did fieldwork, to present the policy recommendations that he has suggested in research of the Telecenters and LAN houses in the slums/favelas. He will conduct a workshop with policymakers the following week on the recommendations and write them in legislative bill form. He told the newsletter: “The week of October 30 - November 8, I will be workshopping several local bills from Vitoria, Brazil – where I did my ethnography of technology use in the slums – in order to secure funding to Telecenters and subsidies (tax cut) on computer parts for LAN houses (cybercafés). In other words, I'll be trying to improve digital inclusion policies so they are more effective and can actually make a difference.”

In October, Prof. Nemer will present “Rethinking Selfies: Empowering the Marginalized Through Self-Portraits,” at Internet Research 16.0 (IR16), the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, in Phoenix. He explained: “More than just a self-taken, static photo shared on social networking sites, selfies are considered nonverbal, visual communication that implies one’s thoughts, emotions, and aesthetics captured by facial expressions and body language (Tiidenberg, 2014). It is difficult to understand selfies without taking into account the deeper sociocultural context in which they were created, used, and interpreted (e.g., in a non-Western culture).”

In November, Prof. Nemer will make a presentation on “Resisting the ‘alphabet soup’: how the QWERTY keyboard contributes to the digital divide in the slums of Brazil,” at the meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) in Denver. According to Prof. Nemer: “As information and communication technologies (ICTs) become ever more present and pervasive in daily life, the use or non-use of ICTs can evidence choice as well as obstacles or exclusion. One vein of the digital divide is between those who want more in their lives, and those who don’t. Survey data from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project indicate that resistance to the constancy and ubiquity of ICTs is growing, and there is a growing body of research on the motives and manifestations of such resistance.”

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Dr. Seungahn Nah Joins SIS Faculty with Joint Appointment in ICT Dr. Seungahn Nah began a joint appointment this fall in the School of Information Science, as Associate Professor in the Information Community Technology (ICT) program. In addition to his SIS appointment, Dr. Nah is Associate Professor of Community Communication in the Department of Community and Leadership Development, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. He received tenure in 2012. Prof.

Nah earned his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006, and Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in 1999 and 1997, respectively Dr. Nah founded the UK Community Communication Research Group in 2006 and continues to serve as Founding Director. He also directs the Kentucky Citizen Media Project, which launched its first community-based citizen journalism site, in Lexington. His research centers on the interrelationships between communication, community, and democracy, with special emphasis on the roles of information communication technologies in community and democratic processes and outcomes. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and encyclopedia articles, while presenting approximately 50 peer-reviewed conference papers at national and international conferences.

Prof. Nah has received numerous teaching grants from the Campus Connects Philanthropy Project, Asia Center, and James W. Stuckert Career Center at UK. In addition, he has received research grants. He won a national competition in 2008 from New Voices, which is a project of J-Lab: Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland (now at the American University), funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. With colleagues in the departments of business management, social work, education, and public health at UK, he received a grant from the National Science Foundation for “Cognitive, Strategic, and Relational Drivers of Organizational Effectiveness.” The study took place in the Appalachian area of eastern Kentucky and examined how nonprofit and voluntary organizations, along with economic organizations, developed effective and efficient communication strategies, especially through intra- and inter-organizational networks in both physical and virtual settings through social network analysis.

Dr. Nah received the prestigious Provost’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2010-2011. In addition, he has received Fall 2015

numerous research awards: Top faculty paper award in 2013 and 2010, respectively, from the Civic and Citizen Journalism Interest Group; outstanding poster presentation award in 2009 and top faculty paper award in 2008 from the Community Journalism Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication; and best published article award in 2008 from the American Political Science Association’s Information Technology and Politics Section.

Dr. Nah was a Visiting Professor at the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, in 2013, and he continues to be involved with the Metamorphosis Project, building stronger communities through information communication technologies. In May of this year he was a Visiting Fellow of Media Innovation Lab (MiLab), Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Austria, and he is currently a Research Fellow of the Institute for Communication Research at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Professor Nah served as Head of the Mass Communication and Society Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (2011-2012). Currently, he serves as President of the Korean American Communication Association.

Zac Lewis Is Visiting Lecturer in ICR Zac Lewis is Visiting Lecturer in the School’s Instructional Communication and Research program this school year. Zac completed a BA in English (Creative Writing) in 2012 and an MA in English in 2014, both at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU). Throughout both degree programs, he served as a Writing and Communication Consultant with the acclaimed Noel Studio for Academic Creativity. As a graduate student, he assumed teaching responsibilities in the firstyear writing program and conducted primary and secondary research on the evaluation of communicative projects. Upon graduation, Zac continued teaching courses on Research, Writing, and Rhetoric for EKU, until he accepted the Visiting Lecturer position at UK. Zac has a variety of interests and responsibilities outside of academia. He serves as a copy editor and college ministry coordinator for his church, Ashland in Madison County, a campus of Lexington’s Ashland Avenue Baptist Church. In addition, he and his wife, Stephanie, are expecting their first child, Oliver, toward the end of October. His hobbies include writing, reading, design, and the kind of amateur crafting one does with power tools. However, despite the many commitments that keep him busy, Zac told the newsPage 9

letter he is eager to apply his skills and professional experience in the months to come, to further the goals of the ICR program.

In a conversation with Zac, his love of writing became clear, and when we commented on that, he replied: “The power of words is phenomenal. I may wax poetic, but writing is a destructive and creative force. People are very different, but what is more striking than their differences are their similarities. At our core, we all have a felt sense of meaning. It unites us and makes communication possible. In fact, it's the goal of all communication. The effective communicator is able to simultaneously break down or circumvent barriers to this felt sense while forging a new path. The implications are vast, but even the very notion of sharing and affecting this core sense of meaning with one another is enough to work against the cultural animosity of our time. It's an honor to be able to study and teach the subject – and nothing short of exciting.

“I am fortunate enough to be a writer by trade and by desire. I've been educated in creative writing (holding a bachelor's degree) and in the nuances of the English language (holding a master's degree). I've spent years as a communication consultant, editor, and teacher. Consequently, I have acquired the habit of effectively working alongside others as either a mentor, a sounding board, or in the service of clients and authorities. My work experience translates to an odd paradox; I am a leader and a servant. Ultimately, there is a single driving force which supports both positions – I am always inclined to help others in any way I can and to the best of my ability.”

Recent Articles by School Faculty Following is information about articles by School faculty, that have been published or accepted for publication.

Choi, Namjoo, and Kwan Yi (Eastern Kentucky University), (2015). Raising the General Public’s Awareness and Adoption of Open Source Software through Social Q&A Interactions, Online Information Review 39(1): 119-139.

Choi, Namjoo, and Soohyung Joo, (2015). Booklovers’ World: An Examination of Factors Affecting Continued Usage of Social Cataloging Sites, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology First published online June 1, 2015.

Choi, Namjoo, Indushobha Chengalur-Smith (SUNY Albany), and Saggi Nevo (SUNY Albany), (2015). Loyalty, Ideology and Identification: An Empirical Study of Passive Users of Open Source Software, Journal of the Association for Information Systems 16(8): 674-706.

Joo, Soohyung, and Margaret Kipp (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee), (In Print). Exploring the Structure of Library and Information Science Web Space based on Multivariate Analysis of Social Tags, Information Research.

Joo, Soohyung, and Namjoo Choi, (2015). Factors Affecting Undergraduates' Selection of Online Library Resources in Academic Tasks: Usefulness, Ease-of-use, and Resource Quality, and Individual Differences, Library Hi Tech 33(2): 272-291.

Joo, Soohyung, and Namjoo Choi, (In Print). Understanding Students’ Continuance Intention to Use Online Resources Based on the Expectation-Confirmation Model, The Electronic Library.

Joo, Soohyung, and Namjoo Choi, (In Print). Understanding Users' Continuance Intention to Use Online Library Resources based on an Extended Expectation-Confirmation Model, The Electronic Library.

Adler, Melissa, (2015). Broker of Information, the ‘Nation’s Most Important Commodity’: The Library of Congress in the Neoliberal Era, Information and Culture: A Journal of History 50(1): 24-50.

Joo, Soohyung, and Yunseon Choi (Southern Connecticut State University), (2015). Content Analysis of Social Tags Generated by Health Information Consumers. In Proceedings of Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), June 21-25, Knoxville, TN.

Cahill, Maria, and Jennifer Richey (Texas Woman’s University), (2015). What sound does an Odyssey make? Content analysis of award-winning audiobooks, Library Quarterly 85(4): 371-385.

Kim, Youngseek, and C. Sean Burns, (2015). Norms of data sharing in biological sciences: The roles of metadata, data repository, and journal and funding requirements, Journal of Information Science First published July 9, 2015.

Choi, Namjoo, and Indushobha Chengalur-Smith (SUNY Albany), (In Print). Characteristics of Open Source Software for the General Population: Reciprocity and Network Effects, Journal of Computer Information Systems.

Kim, Youngseek, and Jeffrey Stanton (Syracuse University), (2015). Institutional and Individual Factors Affecting Scientists’ Data Sharing Behaviors: A Multilevel Analysis, Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology. doi:10.1002/asi.23424

Choi, Namjoo, (2015). Information Systems Satisfaction, Loyalty and Attachment: Conceptual and Empirical Differentiation, Behaviour and Information Technology 34(3), 261-272.

Choi, Namjoo, and Joseph A. Pruett, (2015). The Characteristics and Motivations of Library Open Source Software Developers: An Empirical Study, Library & Information Science Research 37(2): 109-117.

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Kim, Youngseek, and Melissa Adler, (2015). Social scientists’ data sharing behaviors: Investigating the roles of individual motivations, institutional pressures, and data repositories, International Journal of Information Management 35(4): 408-418.

Kim, Youngseek, and Sujin Kim, (2015). Institutional, Motivational, and Resource Factors Influencing Health Scientists’

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Data-Sharing Behaviours, Journal of Scholarly Publishing 46(4): 366-389.

Nemer, David, and Guo Freeman (University of Cincinnati), (2015). Self-Presentation on Facebook and Orkut: A Cross Cultural Study of Brazilians and Indians, Journal of Technologies and Human Usability 10(2): 1-15.

Oh, Kyong (Simmons College), Soohyung Joo, and Eun-Ja Jeong (Eulji University), (2015). Online Consumer Health Information Organization: Users' Perspectives on Faceted Navigation, Knowledge Organization 42(3): 176-186.

Oltmann, Shannon, (Accepted). The paradox of shock: Artists’ experience of censorship. Journal of Information Ethics.

Oltmann, Shannon, et al., (Accepted). Using open records laws to conduct research, Library and Information Science Research.

Xie, Iris (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee), Rakesh Babu (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee), Soohyung Joo, and Paige Fuller (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee), (2015).

Using Digital Libraries Non-visually: Understanding the help-seeking situations of blind users, Information Research 20(2): paper 673.

Yi, Kwan (Eastern Kentucky University), Namjoo Choi, and Yung Soo Kim (UK School of Journalism and Telecommunications), (2015). A Content Analysis of Twitter Hyperlinks and Their Application in Web Resource Indexing, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology First published online June 1, 2015.

CI Alumna Harlie Collins Recruits for ICT Master’s Program As a UK undergraduate, Harlie Collins was enrolled in the College of Communication and Information (CI), and she graduated in August with a BA (Summa Cum Laude) in Integrated Strategic Communication, with an emphasis in public relations. She joined the School of Information Science staff in September and will recruit for the Information Communication Technology master’s program.

While an undergraduate, Harlie participated in Education Abroad programs. Between May and August 2015 she was a Culture and Communications Intern at Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano in Guayaquil, Ecuador, utilizing her Spanish language fluency to improve communication across departments and coordinate monthly events, Fall 2015

tutored 23 ESL Spanish-speaking students, and managed nine credit hours of classes taught and tested in Spanish.

Also while interning in Ecuador, Harlie worked with UK Prof. Dr. Beth Barnes to develop an independent study on global branding.

While enrolled in an elective course, Strategic Communication in South Africa: Promoting to the Rainbow Nation, Harlie spent the month of May 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa. She conducted field research with four agencies to gather information on South Africa’s eight target audiences, led a team of four on a strategic campaign planning project for a local non-profit organization, and examined traditional advertising in Cape Town through a historical, social and economical lens.

Last spring, Harlie was elected to represent UK in the National Student Advertising Competition.

Fall 2015 Library Science Scholarship Recipients The following information, provided by the recipients, was compiled and edited by Heather Burke and Ashley DeWitt.

SLIS Alumni Scholarship – Ashley Householder Ashley Householder is 22 years old and a recent graduate from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor's Degree in English. Literature has always been a huge passion of hers, and she would someday like to share her love of reading with others. Ashley says, “For me, the Library Science career represents my fierce love of both knowledge and literature, and I intend to focus on the Youth Services track so that I can promote and encourage the same love of reading that helped to inspire me as a child.”

Hallie D. Blackburn Scholarship - Aaron Williams Aaron Williams is a library and technology assistant at McCracken County Public Library in western Kentucky. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Louisville. His professional interests include advocating and marketing for public libraries, the digitization of historical documents and artifacts, and working with talented information professionals within public libraries to better the communities they serve. In his free time, Aaron enjoys a good book, a long run, and spending time with his friends and family.

Williena B. Broyles Memorial Fund Scholarship – Rachel Huff Rachel Huff is a 4th Grade ELA teacher in rural Harlan County. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies and Human Development from Lincoln Memorial University where she graduated in the top 1% of her class in 2005. Then in 2007, she earned a Master's Degree as a Reading and Writing Specialist from Union College. Throughout her college career, her long-term goal has been to become a school librarian. She is new to UK and will begin the LIS program in Fall 2015. She is excited and extremely grateful to be a recipient of the Broyles Scholarship.

She views this award as a milestone in achieving her dreams.

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Vivian J. and Melissa MacQuown Forsyth Fellowship Fund – Bailey Schrupp Bailey Schrupp is originally from Radcliff, Kentucky but recently relocated to Lexington. She graduated in May 2015 from the University of Louisville-Brandeis School of Law with her Juris Doctor. Additionally, she has her Bachelors in Political Science, magna cum laude, from Campbellsville University. Her goal is to use her J.D. in combination with a Masters of Library Science to become a Law Librarian, preferably in a law school.

SLIS Endowed Fellowship Fund – Kamryn Wies Kamryn Wies is a self-professed “Navy brat” and says she has “lived a lot of places,” though her family has lived in Virginia since 2000. She received her undergraduate degree in Communication with a minor in Leadership from Christopher Newport University in 2012. Kamryn started at UK in spring of 2015. She works at William T. Young Library at the PNM Desk and is also an intern at Keeneland Library.

Her hope is to work in government or corporate libraries upon graduation. Kamryn is also a huge fan of hockey and loves the Chicago Blackhawks.

Vivian J. and Melissa MacQuown Forsyth Fellowship Fund – Kent Mulcahy Kent Mulcahy was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, and currently lives with his spouse (also a librarian) and two dogs in Fort Wright, Kentucky. Kent began his degree in Fall 2014 and plans to graduate in December 2015, after which he hopes to obtain a position in the area of cataloging.

SLIS Endowed Fellowship Fund - Lucy Whalen Lucy Whalen was born in Nanjing, China and was adopted at 6 months old and then raised a Kentuckian. She went through the Ft. Thomas public school system and graduated from Highlands High School. Lucy ended up following in her father and grandfather’s footsteps and became a legacy student at UK where she pursued an International Studies BA. Now, she has decided to continue to be a “wildcat” and pursue a Masters in Library Science. Lucy says, “I am forever thankful for the opportunity as well as ready for the challenge that graduate school brings.”

Helen E. Fry Scholarship – William Henley William Henley graduated from the University of North Carolina Wilmington with bachelor’s degrees in communication studies and political science. After graduation, he joined Teach For America; he taught 9th grade English in Greenville, Mississippi. Since leaving the Delta, William has taught in a vocational high school on a Fulbright grant in Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia, and in a high performing charter high school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Most recently, he taught 6th and 7th grade English in a multicultural school in Shanghai, China. William plans on using his MSLS to help students fall in love with reading as a school librarian.

SLIS Alumni Scholarship – Lauren Farmer Lauren Farmer attended UK as an undergraduate where she majored in History and Secondary Social Studies Education. She became interested in pursuing a career in librarianship during her internship with the Learning Lab at Fall 2015

the Special Collections Research Center and has gone on to work as a Research Room assistant and accept a GA position in Reference at Young Library. She also enjoys teaching classes at Diana Evans School of Dance, birdwatching, and reading historical fiction, and would like to thank Stacie Williams, Dr. Erik L. Myrup, and Dr. Amy Murrell Taylor for their support and mentorship.

Roda Ferraro Curates Arabian Roots: The Pedigree of Kentucky Thoroughbreds Roda Ferraro, a student in the School’s MSLS program, curated an exhibit, Arabian Roots: The Pedigree of Kentucky Thoroughbreds, that she installed in the William T. Young Library. Roda’s supervisor at Young Library was Toni Greider (’73), Director of International Programs. She also worked closely with Becky Ryder (’92), Director of the Keeneland Library. The exhibit ran April 27-July 31, and the brochure explained: Modern Thoroughbreds trace their lineage to a stock of Arabian horses imported into England between the late 1600s and early 1700s.

The English Thoroughbred was gradually introduced in other countries where it was bred for racing or used to improve local breeding stock.

A son of the Darley Arabian, one of the three dominant foundation sires of modern Thoroughbred bloodstock, was imported to Virginia in 1730.

The Darley Arabian’s son, Bulle Rock, along with roughly 180 Thoroughbreds introduced into the American colonies in the following decades, became the foundation of Thoroughbred breeding in the United States.

In addition to Darley Arabian and such early Thoroughbreds as Eclipse and Lexington, the exhibit featured a number of Kentucky Thoroughbreds: Man o’ War, Nashua, Graustark, Alydar, Storm Cat, and Silver Charm.

Roda told the newsletter: “We collaborated with the Keeneland Library, the Gluck Equine Research Center, the Pyramid Society, and the International Museum of the Horse. It was quite an undertaking.”

Morgan Lockard Curates

Women in the Civil War Last spring, when she was enrolled in the School’s MSLS program, Morgan Lockard curated an exhibit, Women in the Civil War, at UK Special Collections. The exhibit was part of the ongoing observance of the Sesquicentennial of the war. She created the exhibit as part of her Assistantship in Special Collections. It was her first self-curated exhibit there, though she had assisted with exhibit preparations in the past under the direction of Education & Outreach Archivist Jaime Burton. In addition to curating the exhibit, that semester Morgan did independent study in rare books, examples of which she included in the exhibit. Today, Morgan is the Archivist for the Liberty Hall Historic Site, Frankfort, KY. Page 12

Libraries and Archives in Ireland, and the Preservation or Suppression of Information

by Brittany Netherton Summer 2015 Prof. Lisa O’Connor taught a course in Ireland. Brittany Netherton was a student in the course and wrote an account of her experience for the newsletter.

I stepped off a ferry in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 8th, completely unaware that my entire scope of professional knowledge and experience was about to be challenged, expanded, and shaped into something much greater than I could have imagined. Over the course of three weeks, we would visit 14 information agencies and participate in countless cultural experiences.

The purpose of LIS 710: The Power of Information – Preservation and Suppression of Irish Culture in Troubled Times was to consider how information is used to preserve or suppress indigenous culture under particular circumstances. Specifically, we studied the way information agencies such as libraries and archives have preserved or suppressed information throughout Ireland’s history. Our first lesson on the political and social climate of Northern Ireland, aside from our pre-course readings, was a Black Taxi Tour around the Peace Walls of Belfast, where three local guides gave us a history lesson on Nationalists (who want Northern Ireland to be independent of the United Kingdom) and Loyalists (who want to remain part of the UK), and the time period known as The Troubles. The history they retold bore a striking resemblance to what we’d seen recently in Ferguson, Missouri – riots, protests, violence. It became clear that this would not be merely a history course, but would instead allow us to draw parallels to our own lives. Many MSLS students find themselves managing libraries early in their careers. We were forced to ask ourselves questions like: “What if I had been a librarian during The Troubles or the Ferguson riots?” and “How does a library promote itself as a neutral entity in the midst of civil strife?”

One of the first libraries we visited was Linen Hall Library in Belfast – Northern Ireland’s oldest library (opened in 1788) and its last remaining subscription library. Linen Hall contains a collection that illustrated the importance of our course topic. The library’s director during The Troubles received a brochure in the mail, just one of many that would begin to pour in representing one side of the rift or another, and he realized that it might benefit the people of Northern Ireland for that material culture to be collected for posterity. Thus began a mass collection effort that had library employees and people around Belfast delivering boxes and bags full of print material to Linen Hall. Some came under cover of night, so as not to be associated with the material they delivered. Others brought the material into the library, placed it on the desk, and left without saying a word.

Linen Hall was the only bombed location to receive an apology from the Irish Republican Army – proof that parties on all sides of the schism saw the value in what the library was collecting. Some of the material, accordFall 2015

ing to our guide, is still so sensitive it has never been seen by anyone except the former director. While libraries and archives in the US tend to make a point of cataloging and promoting materials as soon as possible, the Linen Hall Library propaganda collection is an interesting example of a scenario where selective censorship is employed to keep materials hidden until the social and political differences that birthed the collection can be resolved.

We encountered a similar story at Omagh Public Library. Omagh was the site of a “Real Irish Republican Army” car bombing in 1998 that killed 29 and injured over 200 others. Until that day, most residents of Omagh had been sheltered from The Troubles happening in Belfast. Omagh Library has a small room off the main corridor, temperature controlled and filled from floor to ceiling with signature books, flowers, poetry, children’s drawings, and newspapers all focused on the bombing.

When asked if the collection was popular, the director simply answered that everyone knows the collection exists, but the pain is still too real so they choose not to advertise the material. These librarians walk a line everyday between fostering an environment where information is free to flow and deciding which pieces of information are best left alone.

Librarians at the Falls Road Library recounted keeping their doors open during the conflict. Falls Road is one of the main roads in Belfast, and the Falls Road Library is the only Carnegie Library in Belfast that is still functioning as a library. A peace line separates Falls Road from nearby Shankhill Road Library, which also served its community during The Troubles. Looking out one of the Falls Road Library windows, we could see a street mural of hunger-striker Bobby Sands, one of the most wellknown murals in Belfast. One librarian told us of coming to work to find broken windows from bomb blasts, but continuing to create programming to help the community.

Once again, we found ourselves drawing comparisons to Ferguson Public Library and wondering how we might fare in a similar situation.

Standing as a stark contrast to the public libraries in Northern Ireland, that had to carefully decide whether to stock and promote Irish language materials, were the public libraries in Galway and Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland. Galway City Library had bi-lingual signage and clearly did not have to worry about offending patrons or putting library employees in danger by providing a way for residents to stay in touch with their heritage. This would not have pleased one cab driver we had in Belfast who, upon hearing that we were going to Cultúrlann – an Irish language and culture center – claimed it was all “Nationalist nonsense.”

Outside of studying The Troubles, we visited other libraries simply because they quenched our thirst for library history. Armagh Public Library, an 18th century reference library, is operated by a single librarian with the support of a dean. At Armagh you must wear white cloth gloves to peruse the collection. Row upon row of leather spines are illuminated by natural sunlight; covers Page 13

of some of the older titles cracking and peeling where they perch. The books in this library are organized by size. “But how do you know where a book goes?” we asked. As it turns out, Armagh can’t organize any other way. The building was constructed with the bookshelves built into the walls, and the shelves are built so that large tomes sit on the bottom and small books sit on top. A spiral staircase leads to a second floor where books only five or six inches tall can be found. Each book purchased by or donated to the library is assigned a letter and two numbers. The letter corresponds to which bookcase the book goes on, the first number is a shelf, and the second number is that book’s position on the shelf. The system works surprisingly well, and we left thoroughly impressed with the material, the organization, and the building. It was truly the library of our dreams.

We visited many other public libraries and archives, and were even able to make a stop at Trinity College’s Long Room to see the Book of Kells and satisfy the curiosity of students like myself who wanted a glimpse of academic libraries in the area. The Book of Kells is perhaps the finest example we have of an illuminated manuscript of its time. A thorough exhibit explained the history of Kells, the materials used to create the manuscript, and the process of preserving it. The United States is a relatively young nation, so opportunities to see a document that is thousands of years old are few and far between. It really did bring about a new sense of wonder and respect into the profession, and was validating, if I do say so myself.

Some of the places we visited, like Armagh and Trinity, were like stepping back to a time when our profession relied not on computers and databases, but on sheer

desire to organize and protect. Places like Falls Road and Shankhill Road Public Library gave us a glimpse of true public service: inviting the community into the library while bombs exploded on the street, maintaining a neutral stance, and making everybody feel welcome by truly putting the needs of the community first.

We biked through mist and clouds on the Aran Islands, climbed along the volcanic grounds of Giant’s Causeway, tried not to get too close to the edge on the Cliffs of Moher, listened in wonder to a storyteller’s tale of frozen sheep, and lost ourselves in the action at Belfast’s Opera House. We took a whirl down the Salthill Prom in Galway, attended a summer reading program at Galway City Library, and saw the key to Lexington, Kentucky, in a glass case at Belfast City Hall. All while networking with peers and building an extensive chain of friendships stretching all the way from Belfast, to Galway, and into Dublin.

The Library Science program at the University of Kentucky is, for the most part, an online learning experience.

Without a library job or the completion of a practicum, actual hands-on experience is difficult to come by. This course, taught by the absolutely incomparable Dr. Lisa O’Connor, is unbelievably beneficial. It turned the outside world into our classroom, forced us into a cultural context we couldn’t have understood by simply reading an article, and was a reminder we won’t soon forget of why we chose this profession, and why we are still relevant.

If you are interested in learning more about our trip and seeing photographs and descriptions of the many other places we visited, you can see our course blog at https://ukslisnorthernireland2015.wordpress.com

Prof. Lisa O’Connor (6th from left) and students in Prof. O’Connor’s summer 2015 course in Ireland, The Power of Information – Preservation

and Suppression of Irish Culture in Troubled Times, photographed at the Belfast Peace Wall.

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Carly Budzynski on Creating a Database for Council of State Governments Student Carly Budzynski created a database for the Lexingtonbased Council of State Governments. In what follows, she discusses the project.

For the spring of 2015, I was the Library Science Graduate Fellow at the Council of State Governments (CSG). I was given the project of designing and implementing a database for the suggested state legislation (SSL) that is published every year. These are state laws passed that CSG feels are important for all states to be aware of.

The first phase was to inventory the physical and electronic SSL volumes to see what CSG had, and how they differed from each other. The range of SSL volumes is from 1941-2015.

I discovered that CSG only had 1988-2015 on PDF’s, and the physical copies would have to be scanned in order to put them online. My boss, Jennifer Horne, and I decided that I would be responsible for Phase I of the project, setting up the database and getting the 1988-2015 volumes online.

In order to do my project, I went in planned-out steps. The first step was to design what I wanted the database to look like.

I had a meeting with Ms. Horne, the IT department head, and a co-worker who had previously designed a database for CSG. We designed a layout for how we wanted the database to look, and what metadata I would need to gather for the database.

I came up with a group of taxonomy keywords for the database, and each piece of SSL legislation had to be put into a group. I classified the SSL legislation by whether it was a bill or a statement, then by the volume year, the SSL year, the state it was passed in, the docket number, the bill title, the bill number, the summary, and the policy area. I then gave the IT department all of the bills individually in PDF format. I did this for twenty-seven years of SSL legislation, from 1988-2015.

I worked with one of CSG’s graphic designers in order to make an image for the front page, and with Ms. Horne for the text on the front page. I worked with the IT department throughout the project to determine what was possible for the database, and what could be left out. …

Ms. Horne and I also had to discuss information theory and how members would be searching for bills. I designed a search box with multiple categories for searching, including title, year, volume, keyword, category, and state.

Throughout my project, I was in charge of how thorough the database could be, and getting it started was not an easy task.

However, I completed phase one of my project, and any SSL legislation that was in electronic form is now in the database.

CSG receives numerous phone calls from members asking for pieces of SSL legislation. Being able to have this database means that clients can search on their own without having to wait days for a response. It will be extremely helpful for state governments to have access to the database during session.

My practicum gave me valuable tools to take with me into the professional world. Being able to help with designing a database was a challenge, but my classes from LIS in cataloging and technology courses helped me in my task. I am grateful for the experience, and now have a database for my professional portfolio to show potential employers.

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Tyler Nix, Former National Library of Medicine Intern, Is Associate Fellow ‘The Alternative Spring Break program offered me a chance to intern at the NLM.’ Student Affairs Officer Heather Burke wrote about Tyler Nix (’15) being chosen one of only three National Library of Medicine Associate Fellows, and made what she wrote available to the newsletter. The following has been edited for length.

Nix pursued courses in the [UK] Library and Information Science program’s Health Information track during his graduate student tenure. The … program has been ranked as a top 5 program for health librarianship by U.S. News and World Report.

“Health science librarianship works to connect patients, students, and care providers with the best health and biomedical information available. A person's concern for their health and the health of their loved ones is universal. At some point, each of us will likely be faced with a health challenge. So there is a sense of relevancy there that is very compelling,” he explains.

Nix took advantage of opportunities offered through the LIS graduate program, and he also pursued practical field experience in health sciences librarianship both on and off campus.

“There have been so many opportunities to engage with the field in Lexington,” he says, “I learned about healthcare navigators through a research project with the school and the UK Medical Center Library faculty, and from there took courses in consumer health information, the search and evaluation of health science literature, and evidence-based medicine. I was also fortunate to work with the Frontier Nursing University librarians in expanding their institutional repository, with collections ranging from current nursing and nurse-midwifery instructional materials, to doctorate research capstones, and historical materials from the Frontier Nursing Service.”

The associate fellowship position will not be the first professional experience Nix has had with National Library of Medicine. He was one of a handful of student interns chosen to participate at the National Library of Medicine during the Spring 2014 Alternative Spring Break program….

“The Alternative Spring Break program offered me a chance to intern at the NLM for a week in March 2014. We worked on projects and got to know the current Associate Fellows and meet several NLM staff members. So it was a brief glimpse of the environment at NLM and was very influential in terms of applying for the Associate Fellowship Program. I would recommend applying to Alternative Spring Break to any current library science students who may be considering it,” says Nix who is hopeful that this new experience at NLM as an Associate Fellow will provide meaningful professional development opportunities and help him to plan his career.

“My long term plans are still in the making, so this position offers a chance to continue in-depth learning and participate in health science librarianship initiatives while building on the graduate school experience,” Nix says. “The NLM is producing content and managing projects that are unique in the field, so I expect that the fellowship experience will strongly help to shape what comes next.”

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“Participating in the Alternative Spring Break program was the highlight of my time in library school.”

Tracy Legaspi ’14 Law Librarian, US Department of Justice Students who participate in the Alternative Spring Break internship program gain experience that complements their coursework and make contacts that may aid their job search. Through the generosity of alumni we hope to make the opportunity available to more students.

From the inception of the program, the School has assisted participants financially, and through the generosity of alumni we hope to make the opportunity available to more students.

To request more information without obligation, contact Denise Carl, Director of Development, College of Communication and Information, at 859-257-3033 or denise.carl@uky.edu. Or, give to the LIS Fund for Excellence online at www.uky.edu/GiveNow.

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Dan Collins Completes ICT Major In August, Dan Collins became the first UK undergraduate to complete the School’s program in Information Communication Technology (ICT). The ICT major was introduced fall semester 2014 and built on the minor in Information Studies, introduced spring semester 2013. The following article appeared in UKNow.

Information Communication Technology Program Graduates First Student LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 18, 2015) – The first of its kind at the University of Kentucky, the Information Communication Technology (ICT) program is part of the School of Information Science in the College of Communication and Information.

The ICT program encompasses emerging technologies – such as computer systems and network technologies, telecommunications technologies, and information systems technologies – and how these interplay with people, communities and society.

The ICT program made its debut at UK during the 2014 fall semester, graduating its first student, Dan Collins, in the summer of 2015. Collins knew from the beginning it would be a lot to take on as he would have to take 60 hours of coursework in just a few months to graduate within a year of beginning the program.

Collins began his undergraduate ICT classes last fall and completed several summer classes as well as an independent study.

“All of my professors were very knowledgeable in their own field,” Collins said. “There is enough diversity within the program that you feel like you get a good grasp on all aspects, which gives you an idea of what you want to do.”

After several months of coursework, Collins landed an internship at a local information technology professional service company, SDGBlue.

Deloris Foxworth – a lecturer in ICT – was Collins' advisor for his internship with SDGBlue.

“I believe Dan was a very determined student,” said Foxworth. “He worked hard both inside and outside the classroom to graduate in a timely manner despite declaring the ICT major only last fall.”

Collins has some advice for current and future ICT students, “Don't be lazy. Go get an internship. You will learn a lot in the classroom but you will learn even more on the job.”

All of his hard work and eagerness to learn has since paid off. Collins is now a full-time employee at SDGBlue as an associate security consultant. He is part of a team that assesses infrastructure and works to pinpoint security weaknesses and flaws in information systems.

When asked what it means to the program to have Collins as its first graduate, ICT Assistant Professor Michail Tsikerdekis said, “It is exciting. It helps us be determined with our mission to make the best graduates we can to fill a market that is rapidly changing through technology.”

Reprinted with the permission of Blair Hoover, UKNow.

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Lonnie Wright Uncovers History of McGowan Hull Burial Ground Near the end of June, the Lexington Herald-Leader had an article, “A New Life for Cemetery,” that called attention to the work of Lonnie Wright (’99) at what the reporter referred as “the secret garden of Nicholasville Road.” Lonnie is Manager of Library Services at Baptist Health Lexington, the former Central Baptist Hospital, that owns the site, the McGowan Hull Burial Ground.

Lonnie told Herald-Leader reporter Hannah Scheller the Burial Ground was part of property owned by Colonel John Campbell, and “About 10 people are buried there, all of whom were descendants of Colonel John Campbell’s sister.”

Lonnie explained: “Campbell, who helped found Louisville, died in 1799 with no children and passed his Nicholasville Pike land to his sister’s family,” whose name was McGowan.

Lonnie learned that “residents of this farm included the McGowan and Hull families.”

We asked Lonnie how he uncovered the information that is reported in the Herald-Leader article, and he replied: I became involved in this project because I am the manager of the medical library and the history center at Baptist Health Lexington. Our library collects a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical topics and also serves as a repository for historical memorabilia related to our hospital. When the hospital received a request for information about the cemetery, a team was formed to find out more about it.

Librarians have to be part detective to be an effective reference librarian. I started at the source which in this case was the McGowan–Hull Cemetery. Two of the stones are still legible and armed with this information I proceeded to the Internet. I was able to cross reference their names on a site called Find a Grave.com. This site led me to their cemetery page and I was able to see all of the interments there. This information led me on a broader search for the relatives of the McGowan and Hull families and also who purchased the land from their family. By using traditional searching skills I was able to use this information and bring it to the present day.

One find led to another find and before long a mosaic started to form around the site that is now known as 2101 Nicholasville Road. In years past it had many names but perhaps the most interesting was Alleghan Hall. It had at one time been the stately residence of the Pettit family and then later became a school for boys. One of our team members also went to the County Clerk’s office and pulled the deeds to make sure that the cemetery was part of the hospital property.

I took the information that I had gathered and created a brief overview of the property. I made sure to document my sources so that future researchers could benefit from what I learned. Our administration were appreciative and asked that an ornamental fence be placed around the site to safeguard this space for future generations. We have plans to landscape the area in the Spring. We also have asked the community to come forward with any information they might have on the site. We hope to be able to place a monument of some type identifying the early pioneers that are buried there.

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A Pirate Looks at 15: A Former Law Librarian’s Alaskan Adventure

by Robb Farmer (’03) On October 1, 2014, I officially took over as Library Director for Kettleson Memorial Library, the public library serving Sitka, Alaska. You may remember Sitka as a port of call during a third season episode of Love Boat; the setting of the Sandra Bullock romantic comedy, The Proposal; or as America’s last line of defense against giant monsters in the movie, Pacific Rim. However, in case you’re unfamiliar with Sitka, let me provide a brief introduction.

Sitka is a southeastern Alaskan community of just over 9,000 people, situated primarily on two large volcanic islands, but also incorporating close to 4,000 square miles of forest, ocean, and smaller islands.

That makes Sitka the second largest US city by area.

Robb displays the Lawyer Look. The To get or leave water is Sitka Sound, and, according to here, your choices Robb, the locals refer to the mountains, are by air or by in the background, as “The Pyramids.” sea. Once you get here, there isn’t far to drive, as there is only twenty miles or so of road. Breathtaking mountains, glaciers, forests, and beach make up the rest, and there are five harbors worth of boats. Situated in a temperate rainforest, with an average temperature between 40 and 60 degrees year round, flora and fauna abound.

Whales and sea lions play in the bays. Bald eagles and ravens outnumber the pigeons by about 20 to 1. There are at least as many Alaskan coastal brown bears (think grizzly, but bigger) as there are people. Nature provides food, recreation, and all of the city’s electricity. Cruise ships dock here in the summer, but fishing for salmon, halibut, and herring serves as the primary industry. The only chain restaurants are Subway and McDonalds, and the biggest “department” store is the downtown Ben Franklin. Indigenous culture and art, including huge totems, line the streets. When the US took over ownership of Alaska, the transfer took place here, and Sitka celebrates Alaska Day (October 18th) like nowhere else, with pie, pageantry, and a parade. The citizens here are intelligent, hardworking, creative, and socially conscious. They also strongly support their library, with a circulation of almost 12 items per person last year.

Kettleson Memorial Library is a government-funded department of the City & Borough of Sitka, with a budget supplemented by grants and efforts of a non-profit Friends group.

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The Director reports to the City Assembly, City Administrator, and a seven person Board of Library Commissioners that approves library policies. It is open seven days a week, with the 63-hour operating schedule staffed by an amazing group of employees, subs, student pages, and volunteers. While preparing for an early 2016 return to its regular building, which is undergoing a $5 million expansion that will add 60% more space and brand new everything, the library presently resides in the friendly confines of the former Sheldon Jackson College library, a gorgeous building full of light, wood, art, and history. Programs for all ages are frequent, patrons are plentiful, and the whole place bustles with life and activity. This library is a truly magical place (as illustrated when it became Hogwarts for one day last February), and someone once described my current position as the “Best Job Ever.”

That person is why I’m here.

Last summer, I was finishing my 9th year of service as a law librarian and professor at the Faulkner University Law Library, in Montgomery, Alabama. A twoRobb: “The pirate's name is Captain ARR, year contract as the pirate hat is Blacque Jacques Chapeau.

Interim Director When the hat is not dressed as a pirate, his name is Hatfield McCoy.” was coming to an end, and I chose not to pursue the permanent position, due to volatile state of the legal education market. Having been an attorney in a former life, all of my full-time library experience had been in law libraries, and the past ten in academia. However, in my career, I have never limited myself to a particular place, and this time I decided to explore even more new waters in this job search. So, in addition to the legal positions, I started applying for anything that I thought seemed interesting, including such library opportunities as at the Naval Academy (rejection letter), an Arizona copper mine (interview), and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (sadly, no reply). One afternoon, while perusing the ALA JobLIST, I noticed a posting with the following assigned keywords: best, ever, library, director, and job. With indexing like that, I had to take a look, thereby discovering the existence of Sitka (I had seen Pacific Rim, but didn’t take note of where the anti-monster wall was being built). Despite it being a public library position, my education and experience fit the job description. I applied and followed up with the HR department, never really expecting to hear anything further. However, a few weeks later, I was offered a SKYPE interview, conducted while I sat on my bed. A few days after that, they invited me and my wife for an onsite interview. My contract at the law school ended on a Tuesday.

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first time. Thursday was a full day of interviews. Friday, I was offered and accepted the position.

I have worked full-time in a library for 15 years now.

When I was young, I planned to go to law school and eventually be a judge. Never did I think that the best thing about law school would happen the first week I was there, when I took a student position in the law library, working the coveted Saturday night 6–10 shift. The librarians I worked for, and the experience I had there, shaped my short legal career and opened the door for me to work in the law firm library at Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald in 2000. The Greenebaum librarians encouraged and supported me while I got my MLIS at UK. My professors at UK taught me a lot of things about budgeting, management, and reference that I expected to use in my career. However, there were a few things I learned there that I never thought I would get to use. For example, I took every youth services class I could while I was there, and Susan Moore’s (’93) Storytelling class, in 2002, turned out to be a precursor to everything I did later. It helped me teach. It helped me speak publicly. It helped me think on my feet. It helped me learn to relax and have a little fun. Now, instead of researching case law and conducting legal scholarship, I get to dress like a pirate and actually tell stories in a library that has its own T-Rex. How cool is that?

I have been here a year, and, at this very moment, I am listening to our weekly story time. The learning curve was steep, the changes many, and the mistakes hopefully not so many. More challenges (like the next move) await, but there are no regrets. Best library director job ever? I won’t deny it.

If you ever needed an invitation to visit Alaska, you now have one, courtesy of a 2003 alum, and you are welcome to stay with us. I may even ask you to tell a story. robb@cityofsitka.com

Krista King-Oaks, the View from 6 Years

by Krista King-Oaks (’09) Since completing the School’s MSLS program, Krista KingOaks (’09) has held children’s and teen services positions at Kenton County Public Library (twice) and Boone County Public Library, and in May of this year she joined the staff at Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives as Children's and Young Adult Services Consultant. She agreed to reflect on her career to date.

While I think my passion shines more brightly during a spirited, pointed debate, I gave in to Dennis Carrigan’s request for a “6 year reflection” since my time with SLIS. While in many ways it feels like only yesterday since I was roaming the stacks at Young Library or testing the patience of beloved professors with my constant questioning from the front of the class, in many other ways it feels like I am light years from that naive student, especially when looking back at my application letter to the program, in which I wrote: As a place of public service, I believe it is the public library’s responsibility to work with local schools to be a catalyst for social change through education and guidFall 2015

ance to its young adults. Ideally, as a youth librarian, I would like to foster programs where teenagers, through their love of literature and learning, would find the resources which would inspire them to be leaders and even continue their intellectual growth by attending universities or educational outlets beyond high school…. More than just bright lights and pillows, the latest technology, and the newest magazines, these troubled teens just want, desperately, for someone to listen to them and treat them like respectful, growing adults.

Phew...I know! Try not to choke on the saccharine, highfructose sweetness of it all!

Grammatical redundancies and clichés aside, if there was one thing I could go back and tell my fresh-faced self at the beginning of graduate school, it would be to stay focused on that inner voice that is telling you, “It’s not all about the books”. The big secret: stay focused on service and get outside of the library. Stop being a lazy student, don’t quit your extra-curricular activities, continue questioning everything (which I’ve never really had a problem with), but don’t think library school has all the answers. All of your educational needs are NOT going to be met by the SLIS course catalog.

And a love of reading is not going to be important to libraries in 5 years – but a love of people and community will be.

Now, before I begin getting hate mail from the Alumni Office because you’re returning or burning your degrees, stop and hear me out. I am not bashing the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science. I do not at all regret my decision to attend and in fact, I find myself regularly recalling all of the amazing experiences I was afforded through involvement with LISSO and travel through my assistantship. I am fortunate to have stayed in touch with many classmates, near and far, and hands-down, if it were not for the connections I made during my time in SLIS, I don’t know if I would enjoy the career I have now.

That said, I am impressed and intrigued by the leaps and bounds by which the program, and library education in general, are growing. That is not to say, however, that such dramatic growth leaves us all, newbies and alumni alike, without some growing pains. I find myself, and many others who have long since left the classroom, wondering what it is we have lost out on as we struggle to stay 3 steps or more ahead of trends, not only in libraries, but in technology, marketing, business, and, at times, grassroots community activism.

I was reminded of this professional existential crisis by a recent email from the American Library Association’s District Dispatch, about “The Future of the MLS”. Reporting on an initiative from the i-School at the University of Maryland, the article posits, “... that future professionals in library and library-related fields will likely need fundamentally different educational preparation than what is provided by current curricula…. Fundamentally, the focus of library work is evolving from internal optimization of information resources and systems within a library to collaborative efforts across libraries and with non-library entities.”

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gic plan of many public libraries, one phrase repeatedly appears as part of the library mission statement: Knowing Our Community. This is often followed by an action statement championing the library as an organization which proactively seeks, builds, and grows relationships within an ever expanding business, education, and arts community.

If that is the case, why are so many libraries, in communities big and small, seemingly in the fight for their life? It is very clear that, as a whole, our field is great at persuading new, fresh faces to join our ranks. However, we are not quite as articulate or similarly persuasive when it comes to justifying ourselves, our mission to those outside of our field.

I don’t know what the ultimate solution is, nor am I saying I have any answers. But in all of this, I keep coming back to this line from the report: Neither a love of books or libraries is enough for the next generation of information professionals. Despite the challenges I face in continuing to learn, listen, and expand my professional toolbox, I am proud to say that, somewhere in all of the excitement, confusion, and trepidation upon beginning my MLS, I had some nugget of truth that has sustained my work to this day.

Books matter. People matter more.

Abby Thorne Is Chandler Hospital Health Education Coordinator In October 2014, Abby Thorne (’05) was hired as Health Education Coordinator at the Don and Cathy Jacobs Health Education Center, which is within the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital. In the position, she provides patient education materials and consumer health information to patients, families, nurses, and clinicians at the UK Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Markey Cancer Center. She agreed to answer questions about the Center and her work.

What is the relationship between the Don and Cathy Jacobs Health Education Center and the Medical Center Library?

There is no official relationship between the Health Education Center and the Medical Center Library. In the past, the librarian here (now called Health Education Coordinator—my position) was an employee of UK Libraries, but that situation changed when Jane Bryant retired a number of years ago.

However, I am acquainted with each of the Med Center Library librarians and I do contact them when we receive an information request that is better suited to the services they provide. They also refer patients and families here if they find their way to the Med Center Library looking for patient education and consumer health-level information. So we have a friendly cooperation rather than a formal relationship, since my department is part of the UK HealthCare enterprise rather than the University proper.

In what formats do you make information available?

The Health Education Center provides information in digital and print formats, depending on the need and where the information is going. We often supply digital materials for requests from Good Sam, since there’s a physical separation of the campuses. We do have a collection of around 600 print titles of pamphlets, booklets, etc. that we provide free Fall 2015

of charge. The print copies tend to be much more popular than things only available digitally. We also have a collection of around 300 consumer health books, 150 medical/health & wellness models, and 175 posters that circulate—mainly to nursing students who teach health and wellness lessons at the local schools as part of their required curriculum.

Is there a general term in the health care industry for your Center and the services you provide?

The term that seems to be used most often in the healthcare industry for what we do is “patient education” or “patient and family education.”

Are your Center and the services you provide a relatively new development in the health care industry?

I'm not entirely certain about the history and commonality of patient education centers/libraries in healthcare facilities. At UK, the Don and Cathy Jacobs Health Education Center opened in May 2011 – and the old Health Information Library opened in August 2000, so our department has been in existence for around 15 years.

Does the philosophy – the approach to health care – that finds expression in “patient education” or “patient and family education” seem to be spreading?

I think you tend to see these sorts of patient and family education centers or libraries in larger healthcare facilities (Mayo, Ohio State, Johns Hopkins, Kaiser Permanente, Brigham and Women's in Boston, etc.), but some smaller hospitals do have them, as well. I suspect that this service will become more widespread as hospitals seek more ways to reduce readmission rates and increase the health literacy of their patients, which allows patients to better care for themselves. Patient education is also mandated by the Joint Commission, which handles accreditation for healthcare facilities, so that is a big factor, as well.

Alumnus Dustin Strong Dies at 44 Dustin Strong (’00) died unexpectedly on September 2, the result of injuries he sustained in a fall. Dustin’s obituary, in the Courier-Journal, has the following to say about his career as a librarian: Dustin was an all-star librarian. He fell in love with libraries as a work-study student at Bellarmine [University, in Louisville] where he worked for 10 years, surrounded by revered mentors and friends. An article was written about him there, with the caption, “Dustin Strong, Nicest Man on Earth.”

After earning his Master of Library and Information Science degree at UK, he was able to spend 15 years devoted to his greatest passion: enthusiastically serving the patrons and the staff of the Louisville Free Public Library. He held management positions at Crescent Hill, Western, Portland (where he started a chess club, spelling bee, poetry contest, and was even made the grand marshal of the Portland Parade), Southwest, the Main branch, Iroquois, and he finished off a 25-year fulfilling and award-winning library career at the Westport and St. Matthews branches.

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Alumni Activities Email addresses are included with permission.

Valyrie Mills Walter (’71) let us know she has begun a business, Wheres That File, in Salem, SC. “As a member of the American Association of Daily Money Managers, I not only help those with paper files but work with those who need help keeping track of their finances. I have taught an Osher LifeLong Living Institute class on finding and documenting the locations of the important papers needed during disasters or personal tragedies for 5 years. Retiring from the Las Vegas Clark County Library System and the State of Hawaii Library System, I needed to continue giving back to the community. I have also used my search skills to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.” jvwalter@juno.com Sr. Deborah Harmeling (’74) reported: “I am Director of Development at the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery in Villa Hills, Kentucky. I am the editor of the community’s internal and external newsletters, our Facebook page, our website and our blog. I have oversight of the community’s archives and library. It’s hard to believe that 1974 was 41 years ago. Still I find libraries are continuing to be vibrant centers for information and education. The library I use the most is the Kenton County Public Library Erlanger branch which is outstanding in scope and service.”

Deborah.Harmeling@stwalburg.org The University Press of Kentucky recently published the Kentucky African American Encyclopedia, of which Dr. Karen McDaniel (’75) is an editor.

Alex Pittman (’79) passed along this news: “I retired as Director of the Wright State University Lake Campus library on July 31, 2015, with 36 years of service in Ohio. Within a few years, a building project at our campus will construct a new classroom building with sufficient room for a new library!” alex.pittman@wright.edu In early September, David Aspinall (’83) wrote: “I retired June 12, 2015 at the age of 65 as a School Librarian Media Coordinator from the Cumberland County Schools in Fayetteville, NC after 12 years of teaching, 8 years at the high school level and 4 years at the elementary school level. I am now the head librarian of Grace College of Divinity, a small accredited bible college in Fayetteville, NC. …

I have had working experience as a special librarian (Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper, 1 year), a public librarian (Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center, 19 years), a school librarian (Cumberland County Schools, 12 years), and now as an academic librarian (Grace College of Divinity, 9 years part time, full time since August 17). I have enjoyed each and every job and have seen how the experience I gained from each position prepared me for the next one.

Even though I was a late bloomer and didn't get my degree until I was 34 years old, I believe that I was born to be a librarian, a lover and promoter of books, no matter what format they come in, and no matter who my clientele might be.

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I don't think I will ever actually retire from being a librarian. I'll just keep going until I die and go to heaven.” daspinall@gcd.edu Perry Bratcher (’83) is Library Systems Manager, Steely Library, Northern Kentucky University.

In addition to being on the faculty at Lexington Community and Technical College, Jake Gibbs (’88) is a member of the Urban County Council, the legislative body in Lexington.

We thank Susan Baugh (’89) for passing along the information that she is retired from the Louisville Free Public Library, where she was Branch Manager at the Southwest Regional Library. In addition to “enjoying being able to read books on her Kindle,” she occasionally writes book reviews, and also “is enjoying gardening and being a grandmother.”

Bert Chapman (’89) sent this news: “An article I cowrote with some colleagues at Purdue and other universities, ‘It’s In the Syllabus: Identifying Information Literacy and Data Information Literacy Opportunities Using a Grounded Theory Approach,’ was published in Journal of Academic Librarianship, 41(4) (July 2015): 369-376.

Another article ‘Waste and Duplication in NASA Programs: The Need to Enhance U.S. Space Program Efficiency’ was published in Space Policy, 31 (February 2015): 13-20, and another article ‘China’s Nine-Dashed Map: Continuing Maritime Source of Geopolitical Tension’ will be published in a forthcoming issue of the journal Geopolitics, History, and International Relations. A book project is currently undergoing review by a major university press, and I hope to be able to tell you about that later.”

Bert is Government Information, Political Science, & Economics Librarian, and Professor of Library Science, Purdue University Libraries. chapmanb@purdue.edu Martha Reed Lundgren (’89) let us know she is Assistant Director of Library Services and Reference/Instruction Librarian at Bellarmine University, Louisville. She added: “I’ve been here at BU for 20 years now. How did that happen??!”

Gregg Swem (’89) wrote: “I have been an online, out-of-print book dealer since 1999.

The name of my business is simply Gregg Swem – named after none other but my own self. And my inventory is listed through AbeBooks.com. It has been a rewarding 16 years although book sales have slowed dramatically this calendar year and were down somewhat last year as well. But I keep at it.

As far as subject matter, I sell anything that's marketable from odd little pamphlets to fine press books to first editions to biography to antiquarian books. I live near Union Springs, Alabama, which is near Montgomery.

I have fond memories of some of my academic work at the old UK College of Library and Information Science, especially Professor Cazden's history of the book and history of libraries courses.” gswem@aol.com Dr John Burch (’92) let us know that “My book, Water Rights and the Environment in the United States: A Documentary and Reference Guide, was published by ABC-Clio

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on July 30, 2015.” He is Dean of Library Services, Campbellsville University, KY. jrburch@campbellsville.edu After commenting, “I look back fondly at my time at UKSLIS, over 20 years ago! I can’t imagine a career I could have enjoyed more,” Stephanie Midkiff (’94) reported that she and her husband spent five weeks traveling in Switzerland and Scotland this summer. They hiked hut-to-hut in the Jungfrau Region of Switzerland, and while there went paragliding. Stephanie has been a reference librarian with the University of Oregon Law Library since 1997. She will participate on a panel on The Evolving Face of Reference Services at the annual WestPac (Western Pacific Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries) conference in Honolulu in October. smidkiff@uoregon.edu Dennis Miller (’95) began his email with an incorrect statement: “I’m sure you don’t remember me since it’s been close to 20 years since I graduated (December, 1995).” He continued: “I’ve been with the Abilene (Texas) Public Library since February, 1996 working reference and doing some staff training and supervision. One year from now I hope to be retired at age 66. I also have worked part time in reference at McMurry University here in Abilene. I will be forever grateful for the opportunity to come to UK from out of state, having a graduate assistantship and qualifying for in-state tuition. … [S]omething I’ve enjoyed doing for six years or so has been programming at extended care facilities. I currently go monthly to four facilities where I essentially do a “story time for seniors” but I try to do more than simply read to them. I try to get them involved as much as possible by asking questions or having them share life experiences that may be related to the story or topic at hand. I share stories or topics that may be educational, inspirational, on a seasonal topic or just for fun. The activities directors seem quite pleased to have this type of outreach from the library.”

Dennis.Miller@abilenetx.com Enid Wohlstein (’95) is Kentucky Virtual Library Director.

Gwendolyn Green Carter (’97) let us know that “I earned an Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership from Nova Southeastern University in May 2015.” She is Librarian at the Jackson County Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. gwendolyn.carter@mgccc.edu Carrie Herrmann (’98) is Director of the Boone County Public Library, in northern Kentucky.

Jim Blanton (’01), who had been Director of the Daviess County Public Library, in Owensboro, KY, is now Director of the Louisville Free Public Library. The appointment was effective August 24.

Debbe Hardymon May (’01) reported: “I graduated in 2001 and went to work before I graduated at Campbell County Public Library [in northern Kentucky].

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the patrons there. They were the best! I had nice coworkers, too. I made some lifelong friends while in library school there and cherish them.

I also got my school media certification, but I didn’t go that route professionally. I found a position in the public library first and I was better suited to that work climate than the public schools.”

John Schlipp (’01) is an Intellectual Property Librarian and Associate Professor of Library Services at W. Frank Steely Library, Northern Kentucky University (NKU). He let us know that, since he last passed along news, he has published on library-related intellectual property, and regional history, in multiple periodicals, as well as in two encyclopedias: Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky (University Press of Kentucky, 2009), and Kentucky African American Encyclopedia (University Press of Kentucky, 2015). In addition, chapters that he wrote appear in Distributed Learning and Virtual Librarianship (Libraries Unlimited, 2011), and Gateway City: Covington, Kentucky, 1815-2015 (Clerisy Press, 2015).

John has conducted many intellectual property awareness programs for multiple library audiences. One such successful program includes the Creative Thinking website at Steely Library, NKU. In addition, he manages the onsite Intellectual Property Awareness Center, which further supports Steely Library’s intellectual property programs, for everyone from inventors to musicians.

John collaborated with Linda Kocis (’07), Intellectual Property Librarian at the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, in presenting at the ALA RUSA BRASS PreConference: Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs, in San Francisco on June 26, 2015. Their article, “Using Superhero Comics to Teach Young Children Intellectual Property Concepts,” appears in Public Libraries, 54(4) (July/August 2015): 28-32. schlippj1@nku.edu In May, Mary Chesnut (’02) sent this information: “My current position at NKU [Northern Kentucky University] is Library Informatics Program Coordinator/ Associate Professor.

I have been in this position since July 2013 and I love it! I work with our online bachelor’s program and I also teach 4 classes for the program (Information Literacy, Advanced Information Literacy, Information in Society, and Senior Capstone). This position is the absolute dream job for me…it is truly fun to come to work every day.” chesnut@nku.edu The end of August, Mike Crumpton (’03) passed along the news that his book, Strategic Human Resource Planning for Academic Libraries: Information, Technology and Organization, had been published by Chandos Publishing. Mike, who is Assistant Dean of University Libraries, University of North Carolina Greensboro, explained his interest in human resources.

“My motivation for writing this book was due to the changing nature of functions currently occurring in our profession and in particular within academic libraries. Because of this evolving change surrounding our core values, planning the human resource component of the organization must be strategic and must utilize tools from the human resources profession in order to properly meet user and stakeholder needs, but Page 21

also develop a healthy and efficient organization. This applies to LIS education, recruitment and hiring and re-purposing existing positions in order to combat economic concerns and increase efficiencies.” macrumpt@uncg.edu Robb Farmer (’03) recently completed his first year as Director of the Kettleson Memorial Library, the public library serving Sitka, Alaska. robb@cityofsitka.com Angie Gabbard (’03) is the Reader Services Librarian at Grant County Public Library in Williamstown, KY. a.gabbard@grantlib.org.

Charlotte McIntosh (’03) has retired from her position at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.

be necessary for providing access to digital materials. Working with the University Libraries Preservation unit, I will aid in the development, documentation, and implementation of a digital preservation plan as it pertains to Cushing Memorial Library and Archives collections. Finally, I will educate and raise awareness of digital archives issues and concerns within the Libraries, as well as contribute to Cushing outreach activities to the campus and community.” jbondurant@library.tamu.edu Amanda Hurley (’05) received the Outstanding School Media Librarian Award for 2015 from the Kentucky Association of School Librarians. Amanda is a media specialist for Henry Clay High School in Lexington. This past summer she taught LIS 647 Current Trends in School Media Centers for the School. Amanda and Prof. Maria Cahill will present “Rule the standards: Ideas, tools & assessments too” at the AASL National Conference in Columbus, OH, in November.

Rob Zai (’03) filed this report: “I have five classes left on a Ph.D. in the Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation program at UK. I am doing surprisingly well in the program, and feel that I am growing inAbby Thorne (’05) is tellectually by leaps and Health Education bounds. The research methStay in touch with UK SIS. Coordinator at the Don and ods courses are immeasuraKeep up with what is going on at the School, Cathy Jacobs Health bly useful, not only as a with former classmates and current students.

Education Center, which is doctoral student, but as an Check our web site for updates. within the University of academic librarian. If I had http://ci.uky.edu/sis/ Kentucky Chandler the School’s ear, I would Follow us on Facebook & Twitter.

Hospital. “I provide patient recommend more research Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UK.SLIS education materials and methods courses for the Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/UK_SLIS consumer health informaacademic librarian track.

Sign up for the SLIS graduate listserv. tion to patients, families, I am still at Steely Listserv: Send email to listserv@lsv.uky.edu nurses, and clinicians at UK [Library Northern Kentucky Leave subject blank; in the body, type Hospital, Good Samaritan University]. I had an article subscribe SLIS-ALUMS-L YourFirstName YourLastName Hospital, and Markey Canthat sought to complement cer Center.”

Dr. O’Connor’s Information Literacy as Professional Legitimation series come out this past Spring. And, I have a The March/April 2015 issue of Horn Book Magazine has forthcoming article in the Journal of General Education comDorie Raybuck’s (’06) article, “‘This Is Too Much!’ Why ing out this Fall/Winter – my first publication outside of the Verse Novels Work for Reluctant Readers.” Dorie is a library library literature. I hope to parlay my eventual dissertation media specialist at East Jessamine Middle School, Nicholasinto a book, and write a few articles in the interim.” ville, KY. Rob is Associate Professor, Coordinator of Information & Research Assistance, Steely Library, and program in Library Linda Kocis (’07) is Intellectual Property Librarian at the Puband Informatics, College of Informatics. zair1@nku.edu lic Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH. “Using Superhero Comics to Teach Young Children Intellectual PropJohn Bondurant (’05) told the newsletter: erty Concepts,” the article she wrote with John Schlipp (’01), “I have recently been appointed Digital Archivist at Texas appears in the July/August 2015 issue of Public Libraries.

A&M University Libraries. This is a new position, and I was chosen after national search.

In early September, Jill Grunenwald ('08) wrote: “I recently As Digital Archivist, I will establish and maintain a digital started working as a Collection Development Analyst for archiving program in collaboration with the University AreBook vendor OverDrive. In July I also published a book chivist, Digital Preservation Librarian, Cushing Memorial called Hudson with Arcadia Publishing that is part of their Library archivists and curators, and other Libraries units. My new Images of Modern America series about my hometown Responsibilities include: processing, describing, and providof Hudson, Ohio.” jillgrunenwald@gmail.com ing access to born-digital and digitized archival and special Ashley Ireland (’08) let us know: “I was named Dean of collections materials; developing and implementing processes Murray State University Libraries [KY], as of July. I've been for archiving current and legacy electronic and digital materiat Murray State since 2008, just a month after I graduated als including document, image, and audio/video files, email, from the program. I started as a reference librarian, liaising web sites, social media; and digital primary materials acwith the sciences and agriculture, and in 2012 I was promoted quired on formats such as tape, floppy disks, hard drives, to Director of User & Instruction Services.”

Compact Discs, and mobile devices. In addition I will be inaireland@murraystate.edu clude and maintaining legacy hardware and software that may Fall 2015

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Julia Turpin (’09) informed us that “After 2 years as the director of the Taylor County Public Library, KY, in 10/2014 I accepted my current position as the County Librarian of the Wilkes County Public Library in North Wilkesboro, NC. We are located in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains in beautiful western North Carolina and serve a population of 68,000. While library law and governance are very different, the foundations of librarianship are the same.” jturpin07@gmail.com Sarah Flood (’10) is Director of the Breckinridge County Public Library, Hardinsburg, KY. She had been Assistant Director for a year and a half, and prior to that was the Children’s Librarian for 8 years.

Lynn Warner (’11) let us know: “I have been at Northern Kentucky University since I was a Graduate Student Assistant while earning my degree at UK. I have worked in various capacities, but I am now a full time faculty member and I work with the Bachelor of Science in Library Informatics degree. I recruit and advise the students, and I teach a 3 credit hour course for the program, LIN 175 Information Literacy. I also teach UNV 101 Orientation to College and Beyond. I head up the Social Media Committee for Steely Library as well. I live in Cincinnati with my husband and two sons, ages 6 and 2.

I’m an avid runner and knitter.” warnerl3@nku.edu The article that Aaron Palmer (’13) co-authored with Prof. Namjoo Choi was chosen by the Library Hi Tech editorial team as a Highly Commended Paper. The article is “The Current State of Library Open Source Software Research: A Descriptive Literature Review and Classification” Library Hi Tech 32(1): 11-27.

Late in September, Christopher Walz (’13) wrote: “I am currently employed by UK's Institutional Research and Advanced Analytics (IRAA) team, a group within the information technology wing of the university.”

Edna Fugate (’14) reported: “I have become a Certified Archivist and I am the University Archivist for the University of Pikeville in Pikeville, KY. Upon accepting this position, I reopened the Special Collections and Archives for the University and created its first digital library. I suppose I have done a few other things, but those would be my proudest professional activities.

I am fine with you including my email. Maybe a potential donor will see it and email me with promises of funding for my small archives. Our archives was shuttered for over a decade, and it is a challenge to raise awareness of its need for our Fall 2015

Appalachian area. The institution’s administration has been amazingly supportive, and I have been successful in gaining new collections, space, and supplies. My goal is to make our Special Collections and Archives a center for preserving Appalachian history and culture. It may be a challenge, but I have no problem with aiming for large goals.” ednafugate@Upike.edu Since the first of May, Dorie Knight (’14) has been Director of the Van Meter Public Library, IA. In October, Tracy Legaspi (’14) reported: “I was recently elected to serve as VP/President Elect of the Federal Law Librarians Section of the Law Librarian's Association of DC.” Tracy is Law Librarian at the US Department of Justice.

Earlier this year, Derrick Meads (’14) was appointed Director of Communication and External Affairs at the UK College of Nursing.

Renae Newhouse (’14) wrote: “I began my role as the Disability and Accessibility Services Associate at Berea College [KY] as of August 2015.” renae.newhouse@uky.edu

Eileen Gilbert (’15) is Director of Belmont Public Library, “part of the lovely town of Belmont, NH, and I've been here since March. Previously I was director at the Boscawen Public Library in Boscawen, NH, for nine and a half years.” egilbert165@gmail.com Darra Hofman (’15) is an example of what an online program makes possible. She completed the MSLS degree while residing in Canada. This fall, she entered the doctoral program in Archival Studies at the University of British Columbia. When she passed along the news, she added: “I haven't been on a campus in ten years, so I'm a bit apprehensive.”

Morgan Lockard (’15) is the archivist for the Liberty Hall Historic Site, Frankfort, KY. Stacy Thurman (’15) wrote: “I graduated from the program this past May 2015. This month I accepted a full-time position as Branch Manager for the Woodford County Public Library's Midway Branch in Midway Kentucky. I am delighted to be working for WCPL and putting everything I learned in Public Library Management to good use!”

Please send information for the newsletter to: carrigan@uky.edu

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