replace our current EBSCO Publishing products A-to-Z [Journal] Listing Service and LinkSource the link resolver – which provides easy access to full text articles online. The cost of the WT Cox Journal Finder Package is over a 60% savings when compared to the costs of EBSCO's A-to-Z List and LinkSource. The complete transfer of services will take place in January 2013.
The Library will be upgrading the ExLibris Voyager system to release 8.2.0 and migrating to a new server the week of December 17, 2012.
- The Library is currently coordinating statistics for the NCES Academic Libraries Survey for FY 2012.
- Special Collections and Archives selected and edited KSU images that will be displayed on the walls at the Council on Postsecondary Education for their renovation project; and is working on digitizing the Paul W. L. Jones collection.
- The Public Services unit co-sponsored “Muffins and Misfits” Study Palooza session with the N.E.R.D. Collegiate Chapter, November 8, 2012.
- The Library hosted a discussion on “Intellectual Property Awareness” with John Schlipp, Intellectual Property Librarian for the Intellectual Property Awareness Center (IPAC) at Northern Kentucky University, December 18, 2012.
- The Library continues to participate in meetings, conferences and webinars and serve in the consortiums and organizations it has membership in: SAALCK – (State Assisted Academic Council of Kentucky), FDLP (Federal Depository Library Program), FoKAL (Federation of Kentucky Academic Libraries) KYVL, Voyager consortium, Kentucky Library Association, GODORT (Government Documents Round Table), HBCU Library Alliance, KSDC – Kentucky State Data Center, OCLC, State Records Advisory Committee, State Archives and Records Commission.
The Library faculty and staff are actively involved in numerous community service and outreach projects in the community.
Office of Global Education and Programs
- Multiple individual and small-group study abroad student info sessions were held throughout the semester.
- The International Student Association met several time during the Fall semester. The club is seeking a student leader who can consistently devote their time. The club lost a lot of active members due to graduation. It is in a rebuilding mode.
- Eight students who participated in the CCSA Winter study abroad programs (5 to London, 3 to Australia). All eight students received Global Thorobred Awards to assist with the costs of the program.
- OGEP subsidized Dr. Cynthia Shelton's class, "Black Britain: Social, Economic & Political Implications of Life in the African Diaspora" on the CCSA London program this winter.
- OGEP subsidized Dr. Tamara Sluss's class, “Ecosystems and Invasive Species of Australia” on the CCSA Australia program this winter.
- Discussions continue primarily spearheaded by Dr. Cynthia Shelton regarding KSU's possible involvement in the HBCU Brazilian Alliance.
- OGEP was represented at the HBCU Showcase recruiting event in Louisville, KY (Oct 26).