Number 523 L March 18, 1988 FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK I with this issue of the gg, the format will change. The calendar, rather than taking up the entire front page, will be assimilated into the news items and will consist only of library and University related events. Please let me know of your response to this tentative change. KLA ACADEMIC SECTION/KENTUCKY ACRL SPRING MEETING The joint spring meeting of the KLA Academic Section/Kentucky Chapter of ACRL will be held April 7-8 at the Seelbach Hotel in _ Louisville. The conference theme is "Academic Libraries in the Search for Excellence." The keynote speaker for the conference, Malcolm Getz, Director of Vanderbilt University Libraries, will speak on the topic "Excellence in Libraries: Volumes, Bytes, and Efficiency" at 10:30 a.m. on April 7. Other featured speakers include Lester Pourciau, Director of Libraries, Memphis State University, and David Farrell, Associate Dean for Collection Development, Indiana University Libraries. _ VAN QQ KLA The library van will be going to KLA on April 7 and 8 if there are enough interested people. The van will go and return each day. If you are interested in taking the van to KLA, please let Carol Ranta in the Director's Office (7-3801) know by March 31. KENTUCKY SLA/KLA SPECIAL LIBRARIES SECTION JOINT MEETING "Marketing Your Library and Yourself" will be the theme of the spring joint meeting of the Kentucky Chapter of Special Libraries Association and the Special Libraries Section of KLA April 28-29 at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville. Kaycee Hale, founder and executive director of the Fashion Research Centers at the Fashion Institute of Design and Management in Los Angeles, will present workshops on the conference theme on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. 1* N 1 · · he cwsletter of the Umversnty O I of Kentucky Lnbrarnes