Co-Editors
Roxanne Myers Spencer
Katherine Pennavaria

Associate Editor
Jonathan Jeffrey

Layout and Design:
Roxanne Myers Spencer

Web Design
Haiwang Yuan

Photography
Earlene Chelf
Sandy Staebell
Connie Mills

Contributors
Nancy Baird
Laura Harper Lee
Sue Lynn Stone
Lynne Ferguson
Connie Mills
Jayne Pelaski
Katherine Pennavaria
Larry Snyder
Sandy Staebell

Dean of Libraries
Michael Binder

Previous Publications

Aviation Heroes Who Dared to Dream

NASA Astronaut Terry Wilcutt (Colonel USMC) headlined the opening of the photographic exhibit “The Wright Approach: Wilbur and Orville and Their Flying Machine,” Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Kentucky Library and Museum.

During his presentation Wilcutt paid tribute to aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright, and others who preceded them, who dreamed that men could fly and had the creative drive and ingenuity to make it happen.

Quilts—Part of the Fabric of the Kentucky Museum

Quilts have long been part of the "fabric" of Kentucky history. Historically, women sewed quilts for practical reasons, but they also sometimes crafted special textiles to commemorate important events in their lives such as childbirth, marriage, and death. Today, numerous Kentucky women—and occasionally men—make quilts.  

Rose Davis: Rose Davis, Coordinator of Bibliographic Access and Training in the Department of Library Technical Services, is a lady on the go and involved in many things.  
Sue Lynn Stone: Outside of work you will find Sue Lynn literally outside in her garden. 
Michael Franklin: Outside of the library, Michael’s world revolves around music.  
New Faces & Changes: Meet the new head of DLTS and its new faculty members Deana and Katy   

Dean Binder in Glasgow, UK

"This past June I had the pleasure of traveling to Glasgow, Scotland to attend and present a paper at eLit2003, an international conference on electronic literacy held at Glasgow Caledonian University. I had first learned about the existence of this conference and its “call” for papers at one of the monthly meetings of SAALCK (the State-Assisted Academic Library Council of Kentucky)...."   

Jack Montgomery at Oxford Fiesole Conference

"As some of you know, last July I received a full sponsorship to attend the fifth annual Fiesole Collection Development Retreat held this year at Somerville College in Oxford, UK.... Limited to only 80 attendees per year, Fiesole is considered the premier conference of its type in the world."   

• Community Outreach Events & Projects
  Western Kentucky University Libraries is pleased and proud to present special events and projects in partnership with many local, regional, and national sponsors. Events and project details, from our Kentucky Live! lecture series at Barnes & Noble Bookstore to exhibits to the Kentucky Writers Conference to the very popular Southern Kentucky BookFest, can be found on the Community Outreach Events & Projects webpage.
  
• WKU Libraries Benefactors Honored
  Throughout Western Kentucky University’s five-year fundraising campaign that ended June 30th, 2003, significant donations have been received from University Libraries benefactors.  
  
• Traverse Award
  The Southern Kentucky Festival of Books (now Southern Kentucky Book Fest) was awarded First Place for the 2003 Kentucky Tourism Industry’s Traverse Awards.
  
• WILLS Virtual Reference to Be Launched
  Western Kentucky University Libraries plans to serve their users with a virtual reference chat service called WILLS.  
  
• Frankenstein Exhibit Is Coming to Campus
  Western Kentucky University Libraries invites you to explore the fascinating story of the ambitious scientist Victor Frankenstein and the monster he creates in his lab at a free exhibition.  
  
• Local Folk Music Collection
  There is, and has been a rich popular musical heritagein Bowling Green that is largely unrecognized....
  
• “Our Lady of the Flowers” cover of May 2003 C&RL News
  The cover illustration is a detail from the oil on canvas painting The Lady of the Lilies (c. 1910) by Patty Prather Thum.  
  
• WKU Libraries' Advisory Councils
  Western Kentucky University Libraries enjoy wonderful support from two citizens' boards: the Libraries Advisory Council and the Kentucky Museum Advisory Council.
  
• Kentucky Library & Museum Online Goes Live
  The beginning of Fall marks the launch of a new and improved virtual library and museum, "Kentucky Library and Museum online."  
  
• Canadian Studies Grant
  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.
  
• Kentucky Library and Museum Fellowship
  The Kentucky Library and Museum has recently awarded a $300 fellowship to Mary Brennan, a graduate student in Anthropology (historical archaeology) at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
  
• Easy Access to Library Databases via EZProxy
  Faculty, staff and students will be able to log-in to library databases using a WKU-issued email account username and password only.
  
• KY Library & Museum Educational Activities
  Education programming for the 2003-2004 academic year will again focus on the highly successful art workshops for students and community groups around the region.  
  
• Recent Acquisitions
  Potter College Annual – University Archives was elated this summer when Mrs. Mary L. Moore of Pensacola, Florida donated a copy of the 1906 yearbook of Potter College for Young Ladies.