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"Everything Shaking" on a Saturday Morning 
Karren Pell led a session at the KY Writers Conference and created a song about the earthquake that rocked the Midwest on the morning of April 17, 2008.
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Kentucky Live! Southern Culture at Its Best
 
Kentucky Live! is a
WKU Libraries' lecture series where speakers talk about
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Appalachian Home Cooking
Dr. Mark F. Sohn, a food historian, and Pikeville College professor, presented “Appalachian Home Cooking” at Barnes & Noble on Thursday, April 10, 2008.
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Derby Legends and Other "Truths"
Ronnie Dreistadt, Outreach Educator at the Kentucky Derby Museum, covered 134 years of Derby history through stories and legends.
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Healing Kentucky
In support of her recent book Healing Kentucky, she looked at 200 years of progress in medicine and health care in the Commonwealth.
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The Longest Cave in the World: Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave Systems
WKU Libraries' Kentucky Live! program featured Dr. Chris Groves of the Department of Geography & Geology at WKU on the evening of November 8 at Barnes & Noble.
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Lincoln the Lawyer
WKU's Kentucky Live! program presented “Lincoln as Lawyer” by Anderson University professor Brian Dirck at Barnes & Noble Booksellers.
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Floral Design in Kentucky & Abroad
WKU Libraries' Kentucky Live! program presented WKU horticulture and floral-design instructor Roger Dennis at Barnes & Noble Booksellers.
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Ginseng Dreams: The Secret World of America's Most Valuable Plant
Author Kristin Johannsen talked about Ginseng farming in America and its trade with China.
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Historic Kentucky
Independent photographer James Archambeault presented Historic Kentucky through his photographing career.
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Political Scandals in Kentucky
James Klotter, State Historian of Kentucky and author and coauthor of over a dozen books, talked about political scandals in Kentucky.
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Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
Larry Kass, Director of Corporate Communications for the family-run Heaven Hill Distilleries, talks about its production and products, the Kentucky bourbon in particular.
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Center for Popular Music at MTSU
Paul F. Wells, director of the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University, talked about the center and its collections.
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Rebecca Ruth Candy Factory
Charles Booe, President of Rebecca Ruth Candy Factory Inc., Frankfort, Kentucky, talked about the history of the factory and its founder.
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Faraway Places...with Strange
Sounding Names
Faraway
Places is WKU Libraries' lecture series featuring
scholars doing research in foreign countries. |
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Easter Island
Dr. Michael Trapasso , Professor of Department of Geology and Geography, talked about Easter Island at Barnes and Noble.
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South India
Uma Doraiswamy, Social Science Catalog Librarian, talked about South India at Barnes and Noble.
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The Sahara
David Keeling , Head of Department of Geography and Geology, WKU, who had done his research in the Sahara, talked about place at Barnes and Noble.
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Israel
Shannon Schaffer, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, talked about her research trip to Israel.
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Antarctica
Dr. Michael Trapasso, Professor of Geography & Geography at Western Kentucky University, talked about his research trip to Antarctica.
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Medieval Morocco
Ronald Messier, Professor of Middle East history at Vanderbilt University, talked about Medieval Morocco.
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One Campus-One Community-One Book
The Southern Kentucky
Book Fest partners organize an annual One Campus-One Community-One
Book (One Book) project to cultivate reading in the Commonwealth. The event involves discussing a selected book about Kentucky or by a Kentuckian author. |
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Man Martin Discusses His Book
Man Martin discussed his book Days of the Endless Corvette , selected for the 2008 One Book event.
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Kim Edwards Reads Her Book and Answers Questions
Kim Edwards discussed her book The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, selected for the 2007 One Book event.
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2007 One Book Project Kick-off Event
One Book project was kicked off in the WKU Library Helm Library.
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Bobbie Ann Mason Answers Questions in
Helm Library
Bobbie Ann Mason discussed her book In Country, selected for the 2006 One Book event.
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2006 One Book Project Kick-off Event
One Book project was kicked off in the WKU Libraries' Jave City.
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Kentucky Library & Museum Lecture Series
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An American Appetite: The Material Culture of Food
Weaver is an internationally known food historian, author and "seed saver" of heirloom vegetables.
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An American Appetite: The Material Culture of Food
Weaver is an internationally known food historian, author and "seed saver" of heirloom vegetables.
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Nancy Baird Receives Sara Tyler Merit Award (2007)
Kentucky History Specialist Nancy Baird receives Sara Tyler Merit Award.
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Helm Library Lecture Series
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Sandra Birdsell Speaks at WKU Libraries
Award Winning Canadian Author Sandra Birdsell spoke in Helm Library on Tuesday, June 5, 2007.
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Carlton Jackson Talked about Joseph Gavi
Carlton Jackson, author of Joseph Gavi: Young Hero of the Minsk Ghetto, talked about Joseph Gavi, who, as a teenager, led the Jewish ghetto resistance in Minsk.
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Black History Month
Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners sponsor annual celebration of Black History Month. |
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Frank X. Walker's Speech
Author Sheila J. Williams discussed her latest novel Girls Most Likely on February 2, 2007 at WKU’s Helm Library.
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Frank X. Walker's Speech
The celebration of Black History Month in 2006 featured Frank X. Walker, who spoke in WKU's Helm Library.
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Library Tour
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Audio Tour of the Helm-Cravens Library
Follow this 9-episode audio tour of the Main Library and learn more about it.
Episode 1- 4th Floor of Cravens: circulation area
Episode 2- 4th Floor of Cravens: computers and TOPCAT
Episode 3- 4th Floor of Cravens: new book display, Audio-visual Library and walkway
Episode 4- 1st Floor of Helm: Reference Desk, Jump Circle, and Interlibrary Loan
Episode 5- 1st Floor of Helm: Electronic resource computers and InfoLab
Episode 6- 2nd Floor of Helm: Computer Lab, current and bound journals, and microfilm
Episode 7- Ground Floor of Helm: Federal and Kentucky government documents and law collections
Episode 8- Ground Floor of Helm: Compact shelving of materials prior to 1980
Episode 9- 1st Floor of Helm: Java City
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Sound Track of Library Video Tour
View the video by following this link: http://www.wku.edu/Library/libtour/.
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