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by Kath
Pennavaria
Brian
Coutts,
Head of the Department of Library Public Services, is the
coauthor of Reference Sources in History 2nd Edition
published by ABC-CLIO Press (Santa Barbara, CA and Oxford),
2004. The first edition of this book became the standard guide
to history reference sources in academic libraries and was
widely adopted as a textbook for history research methods
classes and for library sciences classes on social sciences
resources. The new edition includes more than 900 entries
for reference works on world history with citations for 400
other works. It covers everything from atlases and bibliographies
to dissertations and government documents. This edition also
reflects the dramatic impact of the digital revolution on
historical research by integrating a wide range of internet
resources. An e-book version is available. Brian's co-authors
are his two former LSU roommates.
Check
it out in the Helm Reference Room at: Z6201 F72 2004 or use
the e-book version by http://www.wku.edu/Library/deansoffice/ebook.htm.
Jonathan
Jeffrey,
Special Collections Librarian, has been selected to serve
on the board of the Jesse Stuart Foundation located in Ashland,
Kentucky. Jeffrey also delivered a presentation on Colonel
Harland Sanders for the Hopewell Museum in Paris, Kentucky.
In addition, he gave a talk about Duncan Hines for the Pennyrile
Area Homemakers in Madisonville.
Haiwang
Yuan,
Web Site & Virtual Library Coordinator, has been awarded
the WKU Libraries’ first Summer Faculty Scholarship
in the amount of $3,000 for his book project entitled Tales
of the Han Chinese to be published by Libraries Unlimited
in 2005. He has been invited to give a presentation to the
Chinese American Association Midwest Chapter on “How
to Be an Author: Guide to Landing a Book Contract” at
Indiana University in Bloomington in May 2005.
Jack
Montgomery,
Collection Services Coordinator, would like to announce the
release of his new modern folk music CD entitled Everywhere
I Look. Everywhere I Look is a musical collage of Jack's original
work and adaptations of traditional British and Irish folk
music. Jack recently presented a program entitled "Emotional
Intelligence" with Mary Hudson of Indianapolis University,
School of Law Library to the librarians and staff of the Westfield
Public Library as part of their Staff Development Day, in
Westfield, Indiana on November 18, 2004.
Rosemary
Meszaros,
Government Documents and Law Collection Coordinator, recently
gave a presentation called “Kentucky & Other States'
Statistics” at “Finding Free GOLD: Government
OnLine Documents” Workshop, which was a collaborative
effort of Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL), the Government
Information Access (GIA) Workgroup and government information
librarians from around the state. Nov. 1, 2004, Frankfort,
KY. She was recently elected for a 3-year term as Member at
Large to Reference and User Services Association/Machine Assisted
Reference (RUSA/MARS) of American Library Association.
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| Charles Smith (left) with
Brian Coutts, Head of the Department of Library Public
Services |
Charles
Smith,
Science Librarian, has received a Faculty Scholarship Grant
to organize a new website entitled "Malvina Reynolds:
Song Lyrics & Poetry." He was also invited to give
a keynote banquet speech at the January 2005 biennial meeting
of the International Biogeography Society. Charles has recently
published the following articles.
- "Wallace,
Alfred Russel (1823-1913)" (2004). In: Oxford Dictionary
of
National Biography (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press),
Vol. 56:
920-927.
- "Alfred
Russel Wallace: A Capsule Biography" (30 June 2004).
Southern
Lepidopterists' News 26(2): 46-57.
- Editor,
"Alfred Russel Wallace: Writings on Evolution 1843-1912"
(2004).
3 vols., 1510 pp. Bristol, U.K.: Thoemmes Continuum.
- "Further
Additions to the Bibliography of Alfred Russel Wallace
(1823-1913)" (2004). Archives of Natural History 31(1):
1-5.
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| Paula Owens (right) with her colleagues |
Paula
Owens,
Office Coordinator in the Department of Library Technical
Services, was selected to attend the 2004/2005 Staff Leadership
Institute. Paula was selected along with nineteen other staff
members throughout the University to attend this Institute.
Her classes started in late September and will continue through
May 2005. Congratulations Paula!
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