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 Jonathan
Jeffrey, Special
Collections Librarian, visited China this summer to assist
Chinese natives that taught English to junior high students.
He spent ten days in Anshun in the Guizhou Province, where
he gave presentations to teachers on three topics: American
history and government, American music, and American holidays.
He also spent two hours each day with students in the classroom
discussing American culture. In the evenings, Jeffrey had
the opportunity to work in the city's English corners, where
Chinese natives could practice their language skills one-on-one.
In March, Jonathan Jeffrey delivered the
Preston Arts Lecture in Henderson on the topic of Kentucky
sculpture. In April he delivered a similar presentation for
the Muhlenberg Historical Society in Greenville and was the
keynote luncheon speaker for the Kentucky Association for
Gerontology in Owensboro. Jonathan has been appointed by Mayor
Elaine Walker to serve on the Hobson House Commission for
a three year term.
Earlene
Chelf recently
accepted a three-year term on the Board of the Bowling Green-Western
Choral Society; she will be providing expertise in the areas
of marketing and fundraising.
Rosemary Meszaros
hosted
and moderated a panel discussion entitled "E-Reference
Services: What Are Our Users Telling Us?" on June 26,
2005, at ALA in Chicago. Featured speakers were Sara Weissman,
Charles McClure and Sharon Morris. Rosemary chaired the committee
(RUSA-MARS 2005 Chair's Conference Program Committee) that
put the program together.
Roxanne Spencer, assistant
professor and coordinator, WKU Libraries' Educational Resources
Center, and Dr. Cynthia Houston, assistant professor, Library
Media Education program, received travel support grants from
WKU to Barcelona, Spain. They were researching and building
library activities programs and an English language K-12 collection
for SEK Catalunya, a private boarding school.
Carol
Watwood has
been recertified as a member of the Academy of Health Information
Professionals by the Medical Library Association for Oct.
1, 2004 through Sept. 30, 2009. This requires submitting a
portfolio showing that membership standards and continuing
education requirements have been met. 
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| Haiwang
was collecting folktales in China |
Haiwang
Yuan
has become Chair-elect of the KLA Information & Technology
Roundtable and Vice President/President-Elect of Chinese American
Librarian Association (CALA) Midwest Chapter. He presented a
paper titled “Becoming an Author: A Beginner’s Guide
to Landing a Book Contract” at CALAMW annual conference
in Indiana University, Bloomington on May 14 and was on a research
trip to China for his book project about Chinese folklore in
the summer.
Sue
Lynn McDaniel University
Archivist and Records Officer, participated in the Society
of American Archivists' seminar, “Archival Perspectives
in Digital Perspectives.” Drawing on a growing technical
literature defining digital preservation requirements, the
seminar explores how concepts such as integrity, authenticity,
and trust are embedded in specific digital preservation development
programs.”
Jue
Wang has
been awarded a Junior Faculty Scholarship for her research
project in Beijing, China. She spent two weeks in Beijing
this summer working on "Chinese Electronic Information
Resources for Researchers and Scholars." Her proposal
titled "Design and Implementation of a Data Driven Application
Using Cold Fusion—A case study of the Mammoth Cave National
Park and WKU joint project" has been selected as a poster
session at the Library and Information Technology Association
(LITA) National Forum 2005 in San Jose, California this October.
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