xt7qjq0ss92n https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0ss92n/data/mets.xml Lexington, Kentucky University of Kentucky. Libraries 19800725 The title, The Green Bean, was not used until December 14, 1973. During 1992-1993 some issues were sent via email with the title: Green Screen.
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CALENDAR
July 30 Appalshop Film Festival "John Jacob Niles", noon
Room 245, Student Center.
July 30 Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Sale for University
employees, Student Center Patio, 10:00 AM — 3:00 PM.
July 31 Y W
Aug. 1 & 2 Three one—act comic operas, "A Hand of Bridge", "The
_ Telephone" and "Trial by Jury", Recital Hall, Center
for the Arts, 8:00 PM.
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Contributors: Amelie Charron, Pam Fields, Emily Lihani (stand—in
editor), Janis Pivarnik, Toni Powell.
 
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT THE MARGARET I. KING LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KY. 40506

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‘ ANNUAL REPAIRS TO STEAM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Each year, the Physical Plant Division must schedule repairs to boiler _
valves, steam mains and related equipment. The Physical Plant Division
makes every effort to schedule this work around conferences and class-
room schedules.
The steam shutdown schedule includes among others, the following
buildings: ,
Agriculture
Bowman Hall
Chemistry—Physics
Dickey Hall
Fine Arts
Law
Margaret I. King Library, North and South
Patterson Office Tower
9:00 AM August 8 through 4:00 PM August 21, 1980.
If repairs are finished before the ending dates on the above shutdowns,
the steam will be turned on earlier than scheduled.
EARLY 'CALCULATORS'
A major aspect of early New England almanacs was the subject of a recent
exhibition at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester M&SSaChu—
setts.
Almanacs were considered indispensable reading in early America. They
packed farming advice, medical and domestic recipes, lists of courts and
roads, and literary quotes into slim annual publications.
In 1800 in New England alone 31 publishers issued almanacs, some in runs
of 50,000 or more copies. They had between 24 to 48 pages and sold for
from six to 10 cents depending on size.
The Almanac 'calendar' pages were the work of individuals known as cal-
culators. There were scholarly men, often teachers, who worked out
columnar pages giving the dates and hours of the rising and setting of the
sun, eclipses of the moon, high and low tides, and other essential as-
tronomical information. Each page was calculated for a specific location,
usually the city where the almanac was published.
A.A.S. has the largest collection in existence of American almanacs (and
yearbooks). The collection holds more than 18,000 or 90 percent of all
almanacs published in the U.S. before 1850.
The American Antiquarian Society is the first historical society to be
national in the scope of its collections, and serves a worldwide com- _
munity of scholars and researchers. Its library holds over two-thirds
of all material known to have been printed in this country before the
year 1821, and is preeminent through 1876.

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al Collections has a modest but fairly representative collection of
. ican almanacs focusing mainly on Kentucky but also including some
»•lished abroad.
STATE DATA CENTER PROGRAM (SDC)
In January l98O the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the U.S. Bureau of the
Census entered into an agreement for the cooperative operation of a
State Data Center. Located at the Urban Studies Center of the University
of Louisville, the mission of the State Data Center Program is to make
Census Bureau statistical resources and related products more widely
available to planners in State and local government, the business com-
munity, those doing research in academia, and the general public. The
State Data Center Program began in the fall of 1978 in 4 states. Cur-
rently 25 states have joined. The Census Bureau's commitment is to
provide printed and non—print data files plus personnel to train those
operating the Main Data Center and its Affiliates. Because of the
Urban Studies Center's staff of trained professionals and extensive
computer capabilities, it was chosen to house the main SDC collection.
A state-wide network of agencies and libraries consisting of 25
Affiliate Data Centers (located in public libraries, Area Development
District offices, and chambers of commerce) and l5 Affiliated Depos-
itory Libraries (King Library's Government Publications Department is one)
has been established. In addition to products of the Census Bureau,
publications of the Urban Studies Center's Population Research Unit will
also be provided to Affiliate Data Centers. GPD already has the printed
publications from the Census Bureau by virtue of its depository status,
but will now have access to unpublished data files which were difficult
to locate in the past. When GPD receives a question it cannot answer
with its resources, it can refer the request to the SDC via special tel-
ephone connections. A continuing series of workshops and conferences
will be offered by the State Data Center (one was held in April) to keep
personnel in the Affiliates informed of new products and programs. For
more information about the SDC, contact GPD at 257-2639.
Janis Pivarnik
SUMMARY OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR l979/80
The Planning Committee of the University of Kentucky Library Faculty was
given the charge to plan for automated systems in the University Li-
braries. We first discussed the history of the Libraries' involvement
in the OCLC/SOLINET automated systems. Next, we examined the presently
installed subsystems and their funding, including what we could discover
about developing subsystems. It became apparent that our systems costs
are increasing as our commitment to, and indeed, our dependence on, the
systems is increasing. At present these costs are borne in large measure
by the book budget which, in our view, is neither sufficient nor appropriate
for the purpose. The following are our conclusions and recommendations.
l. Review and evaluate current and upcoming subsystems as they are
offered by OCLC/SOLINET. We must be certain that we need a given sub-
system and that the one we select is most appropriate for our needs
whether network- or vendor-produced. We need to be certain that there
is adequate funding to support the system before we are completely de-
pendent on it. In planning for upcoming systems, we should try to
anticipate staff changes, budgeting and placement of equipment so that
a minimum amount of equipment and book budget money is used.

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. 2. Establish a separate accounting for systems by unit. The expe.
of supporting SOLINET subsystems is already a strain on our budgets, a
will have more serious implications as new subsystems and capabilities
are developed. Units should be made responsible for the preparation of
a systems budget which would be channeled to the appropriate division
head. (i.e. Reference would project the cost of their system for the
V fiscal year and submit it to the Assistant Director for Public Services.
The appropriate division head would then prepare the final budget for
that division.) This would be a separate segment of the budgets and
the appropriate existing budgets would be charged. The systems allo-
cation would be prepared in much the same way that the student budgets
and subject allocations of the book budget are prepared. Each unit
would be responsible for monitoring its own expenses and living within
the budget.
3. Maintain a coordinated but decentralized management operation for
network or commercial systems. As new systems develop, areas of ex-
pertise must be developed, and some decision making must be done in the
units with the new systems. Appropriate liasion should be developed
between the unit, e.g. Interlibrary Loans, Reference, Acquisitions,
etc., and the corresponding service from network or vendor office.
Appropriate functions should be coordinated through the appropriate
divisions in King Library i.e. an Interlibrary Loan problem in an
associate library should be discussed with the appropriate person in
King to be sure it is really a problem before contacting the parent
office of the system.
4. Offer periodic basic training sessions for the library staff.
As automation becomes a larger part of our operation it will benefit
us to have as many staff members as possible familiar with the OCLC
System. We recommend a short course in the use of OCLC/SOLINET be
developed and offered on a continuing basis.
The committee concludes that while past processing costs were a
legitmate expenditure of the book budget automated systems have now
moved beyond that realm. A full Copy of the report is available from
Toni Powell, Agriculture Library.
Committee members of the 1979/80 Planning Committee were Toni Powell,chair,
I Ruth Brown, John Bryant, David Farrell, Omer Hamlin Gail Kennedy,
Sandra Muenks, and Janis Pivarnik.
TELEPHONE LOG
This is a reminder to turn in your telephone logs at the end of each
month to Administrative Services. Keeping accurate records of your
calls is essential for verification of the monthly phone bills. Your
cooperation is appreciated. Thank you.
Amelia Charron
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·UNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
-rence librarian, Georgia State University. Salary $12,800 minimum.
plication deadline: September 1, 1980.
Head Librarian and Director of Learning Resources, Elon College- Salary
$18,000 minimum. Application deadline: August 15, 1980.
· Instructor and Serials Cataloger, Iowa State University. Salary $12,700-
$14,500. Application deadline: August 8, 1980.
Associate Director for Administrative Services, University of Tennessee.
Salary $25,000-$30,000. Application deadline: August 31, 1980
Catalog editor, University of Tennessee. Salary $12,000—$l4,000.
Application deadline:· August 31, 1980.
Reference Librarian with specialization in Social sciences and government
documents, University of Tennessee. Salary $12,000-$14,000. Application
deadline: August 31, 1980.
Director of the Library, Mount St. Mary's College. Salary commensurate
with qualifications. Application deadline: September 15, 1980.
Librarian, Engineering Library, Howard University. Starting salary
$23,451.00. Starting as soon as possible.
i Technical Assistant, Engineering Library, Howard University. Salary
$16,512.00. Starting as soon as possible.
Assistant Librarian, Human.& Social Science, Howard University. Salary A
$16,512.00. Starting as soon as possible.
Assistant Director/Founders, General Library, Howard University. Salary
$26,722.00. Starting as soon as possible.
·Associate Librarian, Public Services, Howard University. Salary
$20,709.00. Starting as soon as possible.
Assistant Librarian, Public Services, Howard University. Salary $16,512.00.
Starting as soon as possible.
Technical Assistant, Public Services, Howard University. Salary $16,512.00.
Starting as soon as possible.
Technical Assistant, Systems Analyst, Howard University. Salary $16,512.00.
Starting as soon as possible.
Assistant Director, Technical Services Dept., Howard University. Salary
$26,722.00. Starting as soon as possible.
Associate Librarian, Technical Services, Howard University. Salary
$20,709.00 Starting as soon as possible.
Assistant Librarian, Technical Services, Howard University. Salary
$16,512.00. Starting as soon as possible.

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DOGGEREL FOR THE DOLDRUMS OF THURSDAY LUNCH
or
_ AN ORAL HISTORY AD FOR SUMMER HELP
While listening to a poetaster,
The king received the queen; in haste her
Crown had slipped, which made her waste her
Interview, for in poor taste her
Hubby thought her. The cook below would baste her
Geese too seldom, and the lunch was a disgrace. Her
Sins caused her dismissal, and to face her A
Multiple transgressions and everyone else”s plodding pace, their
King decided to keep track of all the goofs that he could trace. For
He had devised a system to embrace ar-
Chival virtues of all sorts, but when he got them all in place, or
Thought he had, the queen in lace ora
Dered his page to leave off that and promptly race for ·
p Her new fan, and so the king was left with charts, lists and boxes to chase her
Sins down without a system, and he wanted to lambaste her--
"MY KINGDOM FOR A LABEL PASTER!l!I!!"
H ——A Bard Disbarred