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5/2/80   NO. 321
 
CALENDAR —
May 4 American Academy of Arts and Sciences chartered 1780
May 6 Serials management program (see story inside) A
May 7 Blood pressure test (see story inside) l
May 10 Commencement exercises A A
May ll Byzantium (Constantinople) became capital of the Roman ‘
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_ Contributors: Pam Fields, Carolyn Hammer, Barbara Randolph, Lynn Shrewsbury,
Terry Warth (editor), Paul Willis.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT THE MARGARET I. KING LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KY. 40506

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ABOUT THE LIBRARIES
PRINTING PROBLEMS I
The Green Bean is in the process of changing printers, hence the delay in the last
two issues. We wish the two new printers all the very best from the bottom of our
editorial heart!
L. S. O. TASTING PARTY
The L. S. O. is having a tasting party to promote the sale of its cookbook and
supplement, on May 14, from ll:30—l:30 in King North Staff Lounge. If you have
submitted a favorite recipe in the cookbook or the supplement and would like to
prepare it for the tasting party there will be a sign-up sheet circulating in
each department. More detailed information will appear next week.
Barbara Randolph
SERIALS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
University Microfilms will present a serials management program on Tuesday, May 6,
at 9:00 AM in the Gallery, King North. The program will emphasize microforms and
will last about one hour. Interested staff members are invited to attend.
BLOOD PRESSURE TEST OFFERED
The Staff Development Committee is sponsoring a free blood pressure test for all
interested staff. Qualified personnel from the Associated Health Department of
LTI will be in the staff lounge of King North from l:00—3:30 on Wednesday, May 7.
You are invited to drop by and get a free blood pressure test and have your ques-
tions answered.
If the response is good, this service will be offered to the library staff on a
quarterly basis.
· Lynn Shrewsbury
UK EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING SERIES
Recognizing a variety of training needs by individual employees, the Employee De-
velopment Center has arranged the following opportunities to acquire or sharpen
skills and reshape your career. The typical participant may be a university offi-
cial, a secretary, a technician, or any interested employee. You are encouraged to
attend any course you wish. All that is required is a call to enroll after you have
arranged with your department for the time away from your work. There will be a
limited enrollment in these, so call early. All courses will be held in the Employee
Development Center, l5 Memorial Hall. Phone 257-l85l for further information.
TIME MANAGEMENT FOR GETTING WORK DONE `
The benefits of time management will be presented, with guidelines for developing
an effective time management program, a helpful system of organizing a day's work,
as well as techniques for overcoming procrastination, handling interruptions, etc.
June 2, 9:30 a.m. - ll:30 a.m.
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HUMAN RELATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE
Understanding human personalities, why people act the way they do, the games .
people play, negative and positive reinforcement of behavior, how communication
gets confused, negative and positive outlooks on life, as clarified through the
concepts of Transactional Analysis. June l0, 1:30 — 4:00 p.m.
SELF-DEFENSE FOR WOMEN
This course will provide vital information on self-defense for women, instructions
on what to do if assaulted, and information about UK campus. An excellent film:
"How to say NO to a Rape and SurviveQ' will be shown with a discussion period
following. June 18, 10:00 - 12 noon.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
Before you can discuss your skills with someone else, you need to recognize them
yourself. We will discuss the importance of identifying your skills as the way to
sell yourself through a resume and an interview. June 26, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
KURZWEIL READER AT LC
. The Library of Congress has acquired a Kurzweil Reading Machine for the use of
blind persons, opening the Library's English-language collections to researchers
heretofore dependent on material in braille and recorded formats or on the assist-
ance of private readers.
The machine, invented by Raymond Kurzweil and developed by Kurzweil Computer Pro-
ducts, Inc. , of Cambridge, Mass., I`€p1?€S€niZS 3. Significant advance in the develop-
ment of technology for blind and handicapped individuals. .
The Kurzweil Reading Machine electronically scans print material placed face down
on a glass plate and feeds the images into a minicomputer that recognizes each
letter, groups the letters into words, computes pronunciation and stress, and pro-
duces synthetic speech. Controls on the machine enable the trained user to speed
up or slow down the reading rate, have previous lines repeated, spell out obscure
words, or mark certain words or phrases for later reference.
Under a contract with the Library's National Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped, Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc., has developed an adaptation of the
machine that will produce braille. This machine is now being tested by the Library.
Most English—language materials in the Library, with the exception of rare books and
some special collections, will be made available to visually handicapped readers
through the use of the KRM. Materials in columnar format, however, such as news-
papers and some periodicals, are difficult for the machine to read. Persons planning
to use the machine should have as much bibliographic searching done ahead of time as
possible and should plan to arrive before their appointments so that materials can
be retrieved from the stacks and be ready for use at the scheduled time. Reference
librarians in the Thomas Jefferson Reading Room can assist with bibliographic search-
ing and arrange for up to three books to be reserved in advance.

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Assistant University Librarian--Technical Services, University of Arizona.
Salary $24,000—$28,000. Application deadline: July 31, 1980.
Marine Science Librarian, College of Charleston (S.Ca.). Salary $16,000 minimum. I
Application deadline: May 30, 1980. {
Reference Librarian, two positions in Main Library and one in Science Library, {
University of Georgia. Salary $12,000 minimum. Application deadline: June 6, {
1980. {
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Head of Reference Unit, University of Maryland. Salary dependent upon qualifi- [
cations. Application deadline: June l, 1980. {
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Assistant Director, Access Services, State University of New York at Albany. {
Salary from $20,000. Application deadline:Ju1y 5, 1980. {
Librarian, School of Forest Resources Library, North Carolina State University. {
Salary $l3,000—$l4,000. Application deadline: May 15, 1980. '
Head of Biological Sciences Division, Oklahoma State University. Salary $17,400- ·
$20,000. Application deadline: July 15, 1980.
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Head Acquisitions Division, Texas A & M University. Salary $17,000 minimum. {
Serial Record Librarian, Washington State University. Salary dependent on quali— E
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 A Tribute to Elizabeth Bewlay Geddes (1893-1980)
Elizabeth Geddes was my tireless assistant for fifteen
years in the Acquisitions Department of the King Library from
1949 until July, 1964, the year of her retirement. Those of
us who knew her and worked with her had the greatest respect
for her abilities. As a very young woman, she had held a
secretarial position with the Le§ington Leader (1912-1920)
but only after the death of her husband did she return to
office work in 1949. Though without professional training,
she learned the routines of serial work (gifts as well as
purchases) and performed imaginatively and amazingly well.
If one were to check her daily accomplishments during these early
years as serials assistant in the Acquisitions Department they
would, statistically, be quite impressive indeed. I was in-
debted to her then and, in remembrance, my indebtedness remains.
On her retirement in 1964, she gave the same energy and
gability to her work with several social projects which had
always had her interest. I personally give now my highest
tribute to her capabilities and to her loyalty. Elizabeth Geddes
in many helpful ways lived to the fullest her eighty—six years.
—Carolyn R. Hammer
(former head of Acquisitions
and Curator of Rare Books)