Number 570 April 6, 1990 LSO MEMBERSHIP DRIVE t The Library Staff Organization is a social organization open to all library personnel, both professional and classified. Some of the annual social events include: - the Valentine’s Day bake sale — the summer picnic - the Christmas luncheon Other events, like the Pet/Owner Match-Up Contest, are held in response to members' suggestions. LSO also has a booth at the annual Library Book Sale. LSO responds to the needs of the library community by sending cards to staff members when appropriate and memorials when a staff member or someone in a staff member’s immediate family dies. When a li- brary staff member retires, LSO presents the person with a gift. LSO responds to the needs of the Lexington community by organizing collections for a Thanksgiving basket and Christmas gifts for those less fortunate. · For only $5.00 per calendar year, you can help support the Library . Staff Organization. Please send the form and your $5.00 check made payable to LSO to Maggie Johnson today. You will be glad you joined. BEGINNING JAPANESE OFFERED FALL, 1990 There will be two special sections of Beginning Japanese offered in the fall. The instructor is a native of Japan especially trained to teach Americans. The format will be intensive and stresses oral proficiency. Sections will be limited to enrollment of ten each. Students, faculty, and staff with a career interest in Japanese (e.g. business, engineering, agriculture, pharmacy, as well as the social sciences and humanities) are especially encour- aged to apply for enrollment. ` O O 'li.2 Newsletter of the Umversnty O I of Kentucky Lnbrarnes