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Western
Kentucky University Libraries' Advisory Councils
by
Earlene Chelf
Western
Kentucky University Libraries enjoy wonderful support from
two citizens' boards: the Libraries Advisory Council and the
Kentucky Museum Advisory Council. Each 24-member board is
made up of dedicated and interested individuals who generously
share their time and talents to help the libraries and museum
achieve their goals and objectives.
In July, President Gary Ransdell appointed four new members
and reappointed five to the Libraries Advisory Council. New
appointees are Matthew Covington, Darlene Johnson and Carol
Wedge, all of Bowling Green; and Jamie Monroe, Glasgow.
Re-appointed for a second three-year term were Barbara English,
Pam Funk, Bob Kirby, Jerald Manning and Nancy Priest, all
Bowling Green residents.
Others serving on this Council are Vince Berta, Mac Jefferson,
Steve Marcum, Rick McCue, Judy Milliken, Brooks Mitchell,
Reuben Netherland, Osi Onyekwuluje, Mike Simpson, Christine
Sowders, Steve Sutton and Barry Williams, from Bowling Green;
Jane Baker and Larry Pike, Glasgow; and Kelli Brown, Russellville.
Manning, Sowders and Milliken, were elected Chair, Vice Chair
and Secretary, respectively, for the coming year.
There were also changes on the Museum Advisory Council. President
Ransdell appointed six Bowling Green residents to the Museum
Advisory Council, namely Felicia Bland, Craig Browning, Mary
Evans, Michael Harper, Ryan Reed and Kelli Stice; and re-appointed
Debi Wade Jordan and Johna Rodgers, of Bowling Green; and
Gary Broady, Franklin.
They join existing MAC members Connie Allen, Barry Bray, Ray
Buckberry, Vickie Cole, Ward Coleman, Bart Darrell, Carl Dobson,
John Grider, Carole Harned, Carroll Hildreth, Theresa Lawrence,
Roiann Ridley and Mary Frances Willock, all from Bowling Green;
Martha Lloyd, Radcliff; and Thomas Moody, Franklin.
Museum Advisory Council officers for 2003/04 are Grider, Chair;
Cole, Vice Chair; and Jordan, Secretary.
The faculty and staff of Western Kentucky University Libraries
wish to extend thanks to those whose terms expired. Rotating
off the LAC were Jean Harris, Brett Reynolds, Ann Rose Richards
and Bruce White; and the MAC, Kevin Kirby, Cheri Natcher,
Whayne Priest, Anna Senter and John Settle.
Kentucky
Library and Museum Online Goes Live!
by
Sandy Staebell
The
beginning of Fall marked the launch of a new and improved
virtual library and museum, "Kentucky Library and Museum
online." The site offers expanded information about exhibits,
collections, educational programs, and special events, making
it easier than ever for Internet users around the world to
learn about the unique resources available online and in-house
at the Kentucky Building on the campus of Western Kentucky
University. View the web site at: www.wku.edu/Library/kylm.
Canadian
Studies Grant
by
Brian Coutts
Western
Kentucky University Libraries administrators just received
notice that they will receive a 2003/04 Canadian Studies Library
Program Support Matching Grant in the amount of $1,500.
These matching funds are “designed to assist university
libraries to strengthen library holdings to support teaching
and research in Canadian Studies.”
Brian Coutts, head, Library Public Services, said this is
the eighth grant he has applied for and received, although
the first one was received in the late 1980s, not long after
the Canadian Studies Program began in 1985.
In 1992, Western launched its Certificate in Canadian Studies
Program. While this certificate program serves only WKU students,
there is also a Web-based certificate program available to
students everywhere. An interdisciplinary committee, now chaired
by Dr. James Baker, professor, WKU History Department, provides
guidance and direction to Western’s certificate program;
a consortium oversees the Web-based program.
Coutts said, “The generous library support grants from
the Government of Canada through its Consulate General’s
Office in Detroit have enabled WKU Libraries to build from
scratch a multidisciplinary collection which supports our
Canadian Studies
certificate program with courses in language, literature,
history, geography, political science, business and agriculture.”
For more information, contact Brian Coutts (270) 745-6121
or brian.coutts@wku.edu.
Kentucky
Library and Museum Fellowship
by
Earlene Chelf
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| Nancy
Baird, left, and Mary Brennan, winner of the fellowship |
The
Kentucky Library and Museum at Western Kentucky University
recently announced that a $300 fellowship has been awarded
to Mary Brennan, a graduate student in Anthropology (historical
archaeology) at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Brennan is the first recipient of the fellowship, which, according
to Interim Department Head Nancy Baird, was established “to
encourage scholars to come to the Kentucky Building to use
its nationally significant collections.”
Brennan plans to use the fellowship to continue her research
of the Tate C. Page Collection, housed in the Kentucky Library’s
Manuscripts Area. Page, who was dean of Western’s College
of Education from 1965 to 1973, spent a major portion of his
life in the Ozark Mountains. He believed it was imperative
that the beliefs, customs, religion and education of the Ozark
people were not lost. Much of the material he gathered is
a part of the Page Collection, which consists of five document
boxes filled with more than 300 audio tapes; correspondence;
published materials, including Page’s column in the
Russellville (Ark.) Courier-Democrat; and ephemera.
Brennan is currently doing research for her Master’s
degree, which focuses on the Moccasin Creek and Indian Creek
areas of Pope County, Ark., described by Page in his
1972 book, The Voices of Moccasin Creek. Brennan
said that many of the places Page talked about are archaeological
sites now located on Forest Service lands and that her thesis
will discuss these sites in the context of Page’s book,
genealogical information and oral histories.
Brennan also said she first came across Page’s book
while in a bookstore at a Dallas field school at the University
of Texas. She said she read Page’s book, and in her
words, “got hooked.” Brennan hopes by using Western’s
collection, she will come to a conclusion about the settlement
patterns in the Ozark Mountain area.
After completing her M.A., Brennan said she plans to go for
her Ph.D., which will focus on European-American settlement
patterns in the Upland South, cultural landscapes, and heritage
tourism, among others.
For more information about the Kentucky Library and Museum
Fellowship, contact Nancy Baird (270) 745-6263 or nancy.baird@wku.edu
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