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Sue
Grafton Is Coming to the 2005 Book Fest
New
York Times best-selling author, Sue Grafton, has confirmed
to appear at the Southern
Kentucky Book Fest April 16, 2005. She is published in
28 countries and 26 languages—including Estonian, Bulgarian,
and Indonesian. 
Big
Red Celebrates a Major Milestone
He's
big, he's red and he's turning 25! Who, you ask? In this case,
the "who" should be a "what," and it's none other than Western
Kentucky University's big, red, fuzzy, hip-shaking, roof-raising,
adorable mascot, known both nationally—and internationally—simply
as Big Red.
Abraham
Lincoln: Pro Equality or Pro Union?
For
freeing enslaved African Americans, Abraham Lincoln has gone
down in history as "the Great Emancipator." Nevetheless, over
time some have questioned the 17th President's
motives, saying he was more interested in preserving the Union
than in racial equality.
On
the Same Page
Following
the success of the One Campus-One Community-One Book project,
the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners will sponsor a children's
version called "On the Same Page." Beginning October
and ending during Children's Book Week in November, children
will be encouraged to read a book and discuss it among their
friends, classmates, and family.
2004
Sara Elizabeth Tyler Merit Award Winners
Sally
Ann Strickler and Peggy Wright, former Western Kentucky University
Libraries faculty members, were presented the Sara Elizabeth
Tyler Merit Award for Distinguished Service in Librarianship
during ceremonies held on Wednesday, May 5, 2004, at the Kentucky
Library & Museum.
Meet
Timothy Mullin, New Head of Library Special Collections
I
grew up in a farming community just outside of Philadelphia,
not far from where my European ancestors made their home in
the 1690s. Those early ancestors moved west, built log houses
on the Pennsylvania frontier, and took refuge from Indian
attacks in Fort Bedford.
It's
Time to Renew or Join for the First Time!
University
Libraries has long been called the "heart" of WKU's campus.
With the beginning of the school year upon us, it's time to
join for the first time or renew your Western Kentucky University
Libraries and Museum Associates membership, helping to keep
the "heart" pumping strong.
William
H. Natcher: The Gentleman from Kentucky
William
Huston Natcher was elected to the United States House of Representatives
in 1953 and served Kentucky's 2nd District until
his death in 1994. He was—and undoubtedly shall remain—unique
among elected politicians.
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| Two
of the Co-Chairs of SOKY Book Fest Elaine Walker (right)
and Jerald Manning at a luncheon |
The
Bibliographic Access Team:
Tucked away on one side of the Department of Library Technical
Services on the third floor of Cravens, you will find the
Bibliographic Access Unit, aka "Catalogers and Cataloging
Assistants."
Co-Chairs
of the Southern Kentucky Book Fest:
We are indebted to the SOKY Book Fest co-chairs who devote
their time and energy to the fest and to our partner events.
The Book Fest partners rely on our co-chairs for guidance
and support.
Nancy
Disher Baird has
had an article entitled "An Opportunity to Meet 'Every
Kind of Person': A Kentuckian Views Army Life During World
War II" published in a recent issue of the Register
of the Kentucky Historical Society.
Jonathan
Jeffrey
was invited by the Kentucky History Center in Frankfort to
give a presentation on Duncan Hines in mid-August as part
of their "Double Feature" series. Jeffrey also spoke
to the Allen County Historical Society on old and new scrapbooks.
Roxanne
Myers Spencer,
Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Educational Resources
Center, has been appointed to the Executive Board of the Kentucky
Reading Association, an affiliate of the International Reading
Association. She serves as the new editor of the KRA Newsletter.
Sandy
Staebell,
Registrar/Collections Curator, Kentucky Museum, recently published
"Fashioning a Career" (Kentucky Humanities
No. 2, 2003), an article about Bowling Green businesswoman
Carrie Taylor.
Rosemary
Meszaros, Coordinator,
Government Documents and Law, recently made a presentation
at the KLA Conference at Barren River Lake Resort (April 15,
2004 ) called "KERA Rides Again!" She published a follow-up
article entitled "WKU Posts KERA Web Site" in
Kentucky Teacher (April/May 2004, p. 18).
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| Haiwang
Yuan at 2004 CALA Midwest Chapter Annual Conference |
Haiwang
Yuan,
Coordinator, Web Site & Virtual Library, has been appointed
Co-chair of the Web Advisory Committee of the Chinese American
Librarian Association, an affiliate of the American Library
Association. He was also appointed Chair of the CALA Midwest
Chapter's Public Relations Committee.
In
May, he made a presentation at CALA Midwest Chapter's annual
conference entitled "Promote Cultural Diversity through
Community Outreach Programs—A Case Study of Western
Kentucky University Libraries and Its Community Partners."
Visual
and Performing Arts Library Being Planned
A
task force chaired by Therese D. Baker, is setting up plans
for the Visual and Performing Arts Library, a new branch of
the University Libraries that will be devoted to the visual
and performing arts.
University
Records Management Training
62
Western employees participated in records management training
in July and August. The training sessions were conducted by
University Records Officer Sue Lynn McDaniel.
Jonathan
Jeffrey Honored with Jefferson Award
Jonathan
Jeffrey, Special Collections Librarian in the Kentucky Library
and Museum, was recently honored with a Jefferson Award.
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| Author
Lynn Hightower (left) interacting with her audience outside
of DUC during a Kentucky Writers Conference session |
Kentucky
Writers Conference 2004
The
first Kentucky Writers Conference held on April 15 to 16,
2004, was a huge success thanks to the hard work of the organizers
Jayne Pelaski, Jack Montgomery, Roxanne Spencer, and Sean
Kinder.
Faculty
Awards Honor Two Librarians
Bryan
Carson, Coordinator of Reference & Instruction in the
Department of Library Public Services, received the 2003 Libraries
College Award for Research/Creativity. Jack Montgomery, Coordinator
of Collection Services in the Department of Library Technical
Services, received the same award for Public Services.
TDNet:
WKU Libraries' New E-Journal Management System
WKU
Libraries is the first library in the state to have TDNet,
a powerful electronic journal management system. Over the
summer it increased its A to Z e-journal list from under 200
titles to over 17,000 titles!
"Cutting
Edge Collecting" Garners National Publicity
The
Kentucky Library & Museum's Manuscripts and Folklife Archives
houses dozens of collections containing correspondence written
during national and international wars. Pat Hodges, coordinator
of Manuscripts and Folklife Archives, was interviewed about
the war letters in the collection on Memorial Day by Neal
Conan of National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" program.
Movie
Madness in the Library
WKU Libraries has inaugurated its popular film collection,
which has been available to the university community since
the spring semester. This collection of films on DVD and VHS
format does not attempt to duplicate the types of films usually
found in a commercial video store or those films that are
shown in local theaters.
WKU
Libraries Subscribes to New Databases
WKU
Libraries is now subscribing to several new databases. They
include
- Time
Digital Archive
-
Historic New York Times
-
Literature Online
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JSTOR Arts and Science II Collection
-
Library of Congress Classification Web
-
PAHO e-Book Collection
- Nancy
Baird has resumed her duties as Kentucky History
Specialist after serving 3 years as interim head of the
Department of Library Special Collections.
- Timothy
Mullin has assumed the headship of the Department
of Library Special Collections.
- Jonathan
Jeffrey and Charles Smith have
been promoted to the rank of professor.
- Jack
Montgomery and Bryan Carson have
been tenured and promoted to the rank of associate professor.
- Carol
Watwood has accepted the faculty position of Health
Sciences Librarian.
- Lynne
Ferguson now serves full-time as the Kentucky Library
and Museum's Artist-in-Residence.
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