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Date: January 15, 2005.
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A
Message from Carrie Barnett, WKU Libraries' Development Officer
With
a new year comes many exciting projects for the University
Libraries, including the Southern Kentucky Book Fest and exhibits
and programs at the Kentucky Library and Museum. 
Southern
Kentucky Book Fest 2005
The
Southern Kentucky Book Fest
is Kentucky’s largest literary event. Held annually
during National Library Week, the festival is a two-day event.
The coming book fest will be held April 15—16, 2005.
Second
Annual USBank Art Show Showcases Area Artists’ Talent
Artistic
and creative talent abounds in South-Central Kentucky and
can be showcased in the second annual USBank Celebration of
the Arts 2005 Open Art Exhibition, scheduled for March 6 –
April 10, 2005 at the Kentucky Library and Museum.
Kentucky
Writers Conference Celebrates Its First Annual Event
Join
us at South Campus on Thursday, April 14, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m., and Friday, April 15, 8:00 to 11:00 a.m., for the second
annual Kentucky Writers Conference!
The
Kentucky Literary Awards
When
the inaugural Kentucky Literary Awards were given in April
2003, Bobbie Ann Mason, who received the non-fiction award
for her biography of Elvis Presley, noted: "It's a great
idea for these awards to bring notice to writers in Kentucky,
and I join in celebrating Kentucky literature." Mason
captured the true intention of the awards...
Black
History Month @ Your Library
The
celebration of Black History Month is attributed to Dr. Carter
Woodson.... Woodson chose the second week of February for
Negro History Week later to become known as Black History
Month because it marks the birthdays of two men who significantly
influenced the black American population, Frederick Douglass
and Abraham Lincoln.
One
Campus-One Community-One Book
What
fun it was to read and discuss the same book with over 3,000
others! With the enormous success of the 2004 One Campus-One
Community-One Book, we are gearing up for the 2005 One Book
project. The Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners hope to
encourage reading by bringing the WKU campus and the Bowling
Green community together to read Coiled in the Heart
by Kentucky native, Scott Elliott.
Google
Scholar
The
search engine giant Google has recently launched a new service
called Google Scholar,
which claims to allow its users to search for “scholarly
literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books,
preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad
areas of research.”
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Summit
Award Winners—Nancy Priest and Mike Harper
Each
year during Homecoming week, the University, and specifically,
Alumni Affairs, host the Summit Awards....
Mrs.
Nancy Priest and Mr. Mike Harper have been selected for the
2004 awards.
Those
Behind the GDRCP Project
The
WKU Libraries are undertaking a Government Documents Retrospective
Conversion Project (GDRCP). Rosemary Meszaros worked closely
with Nelda Sims, Rose Davis, and Connie Foster during the
initial stages of the project.
Doug
Wiles
Doug’s
responsibilities have grown over the years from just providing
security. He also covers safety issues like providing training
for new staff members, staging fire drills, and developing
policies for emergencies.
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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.
Jonathan
Jeffrey,
Special Collections Librarian, has been selected to serve
on the board of the Jesse Stuart Foundation located in Ashland,
Kentucky.
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.
Jack
Montgomery,
Collection Services Coordinator, would like to announce the
release of his new modern folk music CD entitled Everywhere
I Look.
Rosemary
Meszaros,
Government Documents and Law Collection Coordinator, recently
gave a presentation called “Kentucky and Other States'
Statistics” at “Finding Free GOLD: Government
OnLine Documents” Workshop...
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.
Paula
Owens,
Office Coordinator in the Department of Library Technical
Services, was selected to attend the 2004/2005 Staff Leadership
Institute.
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DLPS
Receives Exemplary Achievement Award for Laptop Pilot Project
In
the summer of 2003, Access Services began circulating a collection
of laptop computers to WKU patrons. These five IBM ThinkPad
laptops were equipped with wireless technology which allowed
users access to the Internet across four floors of the Helm-Cravens
Library.
DLTS
Received Exemplary Achievement Award for Authority Control
Project
The
Department of Library Technical Services (DLTS) has been awarded
another Unit Production Award for Exemplary Achievement for
2004/2005. This monetary award was given to DLTS for exceptional
achievement on the Authority Control Project.
Library
Community Outreach Receives Awards and Funding
On the Same Page, One Campus-One Community-One Book, and Black
History Month @ your library projects received Unit Production
Award for Exemplary Achievement for 2004/2005.
The
Southern Kentucky Book Fest Presenting Sponsors for 2004 were
honored
The
Southern Kentucky Book Fest Presenting Sponsors for 2004 were
honored at half time at Books and Baskets on November 6.
On
the Same Page
Over
6,000 area children participated in our On the Same Page project.
DLTS
Underwent a Major Renovation
In
September, 2004, the Department of Library Technical Services
(DLTS) on the third floor underwent a major renovation.
Library
Faculty and Staff Received 2004 Margie Helm Awards
Jack
Montgomery, Collection Services Coordinator from the Department
of Library Technical Services, and Nancy Marshall, Senior
Reference Associate of the Department of Library Public Services,
are the recipients of the 2004 Margie Helm Awards.
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WKU
Libraries Received the
Dictionary of National Biography
In
October, 2004 University Libraries received its largest and
most expensive set of reference works, the Dictionary of National
Biography (DNB).
WKU
Libraries' Subscription to the E-Book (HEB) Project
Western
Kentucky University Libraries is a charter subscriber to the
American Council of Learned Societies' History E-Book (HEB)
Project.
Kentucky
Museum Acquires War Memorabilia
In
October 2004, WKU alumnus Donald Greulich donated several
souvenirs that his father Cyril acquired while serving in
Europe during World War II.
Recent
Acquisitions
- Gift
of Douglas Fugate: Autograph
books compiled through the years by individuals of varying
ages and who were engaged in various endeavors.
- Gift
of Jill Breit: documentation, including many photographs
of James M. Ingram's architectural designs.
- Gift
of Verda and Jerry Blankenship: Jerry Blankenship's letters
to his Bowling Green parents, describing military life statewide
as well as his time in Vietnam during 1967 and 1968.
- Gift
of Sylvia Fishburn: photos of the Iraqi War happenings and
individuals stationed there.
- Gift
of Patty and Sarah Canon: World War II letters that contain
information censored for sensitive data that might assist
the enemy.
- Matthew
Bogard has accepted the position of Library Facilities
Specialist with the Department of Library Public Services;
- Nada
Durham has accepted the position of Documents and
Law Librarian (PT) with the Department of Library Public
Services after her retirement from the Department of Library
Technical Services;
- Isariya
Locke has accepted the position of the Owensboro
Library Assistant III (PT) with the Extended Campus unit
of the Department of Library Public Services;
- Phillip
Edwards is working as weekend
Periodicals/Micro Assistant (PT) with the
Department of Library Public Services;
- Daniel
Pawley is working as the
Library Technology Assistant (PT)
with the
Department of Library Public Services.
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