Fall Career Fair 2008

The Fall Career Fair is scheduled for next week, is your resume ready?
Listed below are the employers scheduled to attend the Career Fair next week - listed with their current vacancies.


1) Toys R Us – Multiple positions ranging from Department Supervisor, Sales Associate, Off-hours Stock Clerk, and Cashier
2) Insight Communications – Sales Representative, Customer Service Representative, Cable Installer
3) Express Employment Professionals
4) Electronic Data Systems - Help Desk Coordinator
5) Aflac – Executive/Business Sales Representative
6) UPS – Package Handler, Driver Helper
7) Lexington Division of Police – Police Officers
8) Federal Bureau of Prisons – Medical and Secretarial positions
9) H & R Block – Tax Preparer
10) Technology Consulting Group America – Technology Consultant, Desktop Repair Specialist, Contract positions (technical service and sales)
11) Embassy Suites - Bellperson, Banquet Setup, Banquet Server, Line Cook, Restaurant Server, Restaurant Host, Breakfast Buffet Attendant
12) People Plus, Inc. – Administrative Assistants, Billing Clerk
13) PS Furniture/Palmer Snyder – Business Development Representatives, Sale Representatives
14) Fed Ex Ground – Package Handler
15) Center for Family and Community Services – After School Site Coordinator, Director, Team Leader, and Team Assistant
16) Energy Management & Services Company – Engineers
17) WDKY TV 56 – Account Executive
18) Kroger – Chefs
19) Hyatt Regency Lexington
20) U.S. Army Recruiting – Various opportunities
21) YMCA – After School Worker, Front Desk, Lifeguards, and Fitness Instructors
22) Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources – Accountants
23) BeautiControl – Independent Reps offering in-home/office day spas.
24) National Association of State Technology Directors – Technology Analyst
25) Greater Lexington Insurance Agency – Customer Service, Receptionist
26) ACS – Customer Service Reps, Technical Support Specialist
27) KY Department of Corrections – Correctional Officer, Probation & Parole Officer
28) Kentucky State Government
29) Ryder System, Inc. – Customer Logistics Supervisor and Driver Logistics Supervisors

Curl Up with a Good Monster (Book or DVD That Is).

To help you celebrate Halloween, the library staff wants to highlight the following library materials related to monsters, scary stories, and creepy things. If you want to check out any of the titles, or if you are interested in finding more materials, please stop by the library's reference desk where one of the librarians will be happy to help you.

-18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe; 813.3 P743 1965

-Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley; 823 S545 and 823.7 S545fr

-I Am Legend; DVD 791.43 I11

-My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Kay Chorao; JF V

-Readings on Stephen King edited by Karin Coddon; 813.54 R287

-The Masque of the Red Death; The Premature Burial; DVD 791.437 M413

-The Sisters Grimm, Book One: The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley, illustrated by Peter Ferguson; 813.54 B924s

The library staff wishes you a safe and enjoyable Halloween.

New Books, week October 13-17

These are just some of the new books processed this week in the Library. These are just a few items, if you'd like to see more new items OR need a particular title, stop by the Reference Desk and the staff will be happy to help you!

• Art of strategic listening : finding market intelligence through blogs and other social media, by Robert Berkman. 658.83 B513a


• Beef : the story of cattle, culture, and civilization, by Andrew Rimas and Evan D.G. Fraser. 641.36 R575b


• Chef Jeff cooks : in the kitchen with America's inspirational new culinary star, by Jeff Henderson. 641.5973 H496c


• Cooking with Les Dames d'Escoffier : at home with the women who shape the way we eat and drink, edited by Marcella Rosene with Pat Mozersky ; foreword by Alice Waters and Jerry Anne Di Vecchio. 641.5 C773


• Hippocrates' shadow : secrets from the house of medicine : what doctors don't know, don't tell you, and how truth can repair the patient-doctor breach, by David H. Newman. 610.696 N552h


• Martha Inc. : the incredible story of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, by Christopher M. Byron. 640.92 B996m


• Nolo's essential guide to divorce, by Emily Doskow. R 346.7301 D723n


• Project management that works : real-world advice on communicating, problem solving, and everything else you need to know to get the job done, by Rick A. Morris with Brette McWhorter Sember. 658.404 M877p


• Reading people : how to understand people and predict their behavior-- anytime, anyplace, by Jo-Ellan Dimitrius and Wendy Patrick Mazzarella. 650.14 D582r


• State by State : a panoramic portrait of America / edited by Matt Weiland & Sean Wilsey. R 973 S797

More information on each title can be found in the catalog.

Paperback Exchange

Need some light reading between assignments?

The Library is now offering a "Paperback Book Exchange" for the Sullivan Lexington Campus. Swap a book you've read with one from the collection.

Books in the paperback collection were updated last week with new donations, stop by the library and see what's new!

The Cost of Food

If a candy bar is cheaper than an apple, what do you choose to eat?

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, healthy low calorie foods cost more than low nutritional choices. These days, this can be a difficult decision -- save money or eat right - ???

Come check out the new book display in the library featuring books that might help you make this decision. Titles include:

• Bitter Harvest : A Chef's Perspective on the Hidden Dangers in the foods we eat and what You can do about It, by Ann Cooper.


• Fast Food Nation : The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, by Eric Schlosser.


• Omnivore's Dilemma : A Natural history of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan.