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UNIVERSITY OE KENTUCKY LIBRARIES' NEWSLETTER l
 
1/12/79 N0. 257
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l2 January · Library Faculty Meeting — Gallery, 8:30 AM ‘
Current Exhibits: Gallery, King Library North - Return to Green Valleys,
by Robert and David Lihani (January—February,‘ see note). ·
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Contributors to this issue: Pat Boyle, David Farrell,Faith Harders, Mary
Ireland, Robert and David Lihani, Claire McCann (guest editor), and Paul
' Willis.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT THE MARGARET I. KING LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KY. 40506 .

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  ABOUT THE LIBRARIES I
, A Return to Green Valleys ~ "
n The National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D. C.,
- awarded a youthgrant to Robert and David Lihani, both of Tates
Creek Senior High School in Lexington, Kentucky. The grant aided
in the study of life in five coal mining towns of western
Pennsylvania in the Appalachian region. _
Robert (l7) and David (l6) spent the summer of 1978 carrying out
. their project in Luxor, Crabtree, Forbes Road, Pleasant Unity,
and Hannastown. These towns were founded in the late nineteenth
century as company mining towns by the Jamison Coal and Coke Company
of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. For half a century coal was
mined in these towns to fill the demands of the steel and railroad
· nindustries. The pleasant green hills and valleys were turned into
smokeefilled, soot-darkened, bustling communities and homes for
_thousands of European immigrant workers. Following the second
World War, the coal supply was depleted and the deep mines were shut
down and flooded. Two decades of meek existence followed. Despite
economic hardships, most of the people clung to their life in the
towns. p V
The last vestiges of mining days; the tipples, the coke ovens, the I
railroad cars and tracks, are fast disappearing, and environmentally
clean air is returning to the former "coal patches-" Today, there is
a renewing vigor coming to the country towns as they experience an _
4 influx of young people from the cities. .
As part of the project, Robert and David Lihani gathered a vast
pictorial collection of mine and town buildings, labor, and life in
the five towns of days past and of days present. The exhibit presents
a sampling of the changes that have come through the years to Luxor,
Crabtree, Forbes Road, Pleasant Unity, and Hannastown.
The cycle of life in the towns, from green nature to coal industry
and back to the natural environment, is presented by Robert and David
in this exhibit which is entitled "Return to Green Valleys."
Warm Glow Brightens Frigid Winter
Mary Ireland, Coordinator of Volunteer Services for the University
Hospital, was most appreciative of the staff's donation. According
_ to her January 3 letter, not only were they able to buy individual
i presents for the patients, but our contribution enabled them to
replace an old guitar with a good, reasonably priced one which had
been used as a rental. As Margaret MacKay, a registered nurse,
noted in her thank—you letter: Music offers a much needed outlet
I for our emotions, (her_patients are psychiatric) and this gift in
particular will be put to use every day in the coming year. A 4

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Russian for Librarians
The Staff Development Committee will again be sponsoring Russian for
{ Librarians. The course will_be limited to 25 participants on a first-
I come, first-served basis. Preference will be given to those who
signed up for the first class but were unable to participate. An
organizational meeting to decide the day and time of the classes will
be held February l, l979 at 1:00 pm in AIDS/Media. To sign up, call
Barbara Galik in the Reference Department (7-1631).
Dennis Dickinson is Information Coordinator
Dennis Dickinson in the Director's Office has been designated Informa-
. tion Coordinator for the Library and will coordinate release of
notices, announcements, etc., for dissemination outside the Library
System. The procedure for release of information will be as follows:
I Public Services Departments will submit material directly
I to Dennis. Branch Libraries and Technical Services Departments will
submit copy via the Associate Director (branches) and the Assistant
Director for Technical Services respectively. The Law Library and
Agriculture Library will submit copy via the Library Director.
Purpose is coordination. Special Collections and the Library Associates
do not come under the purview of the Information Coordinator and will
continue to issue their own releases, with copies to the Director's
Office.
If you have any questions regarding these procedures, please let me
know.
Conservation Supplies Missing
A 23-lb. box of conservation supplies has been misrouted and is hiding
in some corner of the Library System. The parcel includes several
bottles of Wei T'o deacidification fluid, vinyl gloves, and several
packets of instructions. Any leads? Please call David Farrell in
Special Collections at 8-2651.
New SPEC Kit: Annual Reports
The Reference Department has received a new SPEC Kit, no. 49, from
the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center of the ARL. It is
entitled "Annual Reports," and will be available at the Reference Desk.
Fire Alarm Check
The fire alarms in King South will be checked on February 2 and March
2. Please mark your calendars. Unless notified otherwise, it is not
necessary to evacuate the building.
PRESIDENT SINOEETARY APPOINTED ADVISOR TO CENTER FOR THE BOOK
UK's President Singletary has been appointed to the National Advisory
Board of the Library of Congress's Center for the Book. The Center
was established by an Act of Congress in 1977 and is a special
priority of Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress. According to
Boorstin, the Center's purpose is "to organize, focus, and dramatize
our nation's interest and attention on the book," as opposed to non-
print and visual media. The Center organized a variety of research,
seminar, publication, exhibit and film programs and an annual Festival
of the Book at the Library of Congress.

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BRITISH LIBRARY CLOSE!) WEEK QHANGEIB I
As a courtesy to American researchers, the British Library is trying
to notify as many scholars as possible that its Reading Room, Great
Russell Street,‘London,·has·moved its Closed Week from May to October
29 — November 3. The Reading Room and other public rooms will be
closed during that week. The Manuscript Students' Reading Room will
be closed October 22-27 and the Oriental Students' Room will be closed
October 15-20 according to their regular schedules.
EROFESSIONAL EIYIRLOYMENT OPPORIIINITIES
Public Services Librarian, University of California, San Diego.
Available: after January 1, 1979. Salary: $22,000—$36,200.
Deadline: February 28, 1979.
Law Librarian, Indiana University, Bloomington. Available: July 1,
1979. Deadline: February 15, 1979.
'Assistant Technical Services Librarian, Princeton University.
Available: July 1, 1979. Deadline: March 1, 1979.