http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast Podcasts of community outreach activities and programs organized or sponsored by Western Kentucky University Libraries and the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners. Podcasts Western Kentucky University Libraries en-us Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:00:00 CST haiwang.yuan@wku.edu (Haiwang Yuan) Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:10:00 CST haiwang.yuan@wku.edu (Haiwang Yuan) 60 http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ Karren Pell, a modern troubadour, led a session where she encouraged audience to brainstorm on a song about a place. The earthquake that rocked Bowling Green of course became the main theme. A song about the earthquake then was born. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kwc/earthquake.mp3 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:22:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ Dr. Mark F. Sohn, a food historian, and Pikeville College professor, presented Appalachian Home Cooking at Barnes and Noble on Thursday, April 10, 2008. Dr. Sohn showed how food traditions in Appalachia had developed over two centuries from dinner on the grounds, church picnics, school lunches, and family reunions as he celebrated regional signatures such as dumplings, moonshine, and country ham. This program was part of the Kentucky Live series organized by the WKU Libraries. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/cooking.mp3 Fri, 10 Apr 2008 10:59:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ This Thursday, March 20, 2000, Dr. Michael Trapasso, Professor of Department of Geography and Geology, WKU, shared his research experiences on the mysterious Easter Island in our Faraway Places series at Barnes and Noble. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/faraway/easterisland.mp3 Fri, 21 Oct 2008 12:35:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On Thursday March 6, 2008 at Barnes and Noble, the Kentucky Live program, organized by the WKU Libraries, featured Ronnie Dreistadt, Outreach Educator of Kentucky Berby Museum. He covered 134 years of Derby history through stories and legends. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/onebook/08/derby.mp3 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:06:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On February 28, 2008, Man Martin, author of Days of the Endless Corvette, came to Bowling Green to discuss his book, which is the 2008 One Book selection. He spoke and signed his book at the Corvette Museum, WKU Helm Library, and Bowling Green Public Library. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/onebook/08/manmartin.mp3 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:50:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On Thursday February 14, 2008 at 7:00 pm, the Kentucky Live program, organized by the WKU Libraries, featured Nancy Baird, Kentucky History Specialist from the Kentucky Library and Museum, WKU. In support of her recent book Healing Kentucky, she looked at 200 years of progress in medicine and health care in the Commonwealth. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/healingky.mp3 Fri, 16 Feb 2008 10:00:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ Thursday, November 8, 2007, Dr. Chris Groves of the Department of Geography and Geology at WKU talked about the history of the Mammoth Cave. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/faraway/mammothcave.mp3 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:15:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ This Thursday, October 18, 2007, Uma Doraiswamy, Social Science Catalog Librarian and a native of South India, talked about that part of the country in our Faraway Places series at Barnes and Noble. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/faraway/southinda.mp3 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:40:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On Thursday October 11, 2007 at 7:00 pm, the Kentucky Live program, organized by the WKU Libraries, presented Lincoln the Lawyer by Anderson University professor Brian Dirck at Barnes and Noble Booksellers. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/lincoln.mp3 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:56:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On September 28, 2007, internationally known food historian,author and seed saver of heirloom vegetables, William Woys Weaver, gave a presentation titled An American Appetite: The Material Culture of Food at the Kentucky Library and Museum. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylm/williamwoysweaver.mp3 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:40:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ This Thursday, September 20, 2007, David Keeling, Head of Geography and Geology, talked about the Sahara in our Faraway Places series at Barnes and Noble. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/faraway/sahara.mp3 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:10:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On Thursday September 13, 2007, Kentucky Live program, organized by the WKU Libraries, presented WKU horticulture and floral-design instructor Roger Dennis at Barnes and Noble Booksellers. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/rogerdennis.mp3 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:05:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ Award Winning Canadian Author Sandra Birdsell spoke in Room 100 of the Helm Library on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/sandrabirdsell.mp3 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:10:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On Thursday, May 3, Western Kentucky University and the Libraries held a reception in the Kentucky Building in honor of Kentucky History Specialist Nancy Baird, who received the Sara Tyler Merit Award. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/saratyleraward.mp3 Fri, 04 May 2007 14:50:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On April 12, 2007, Prof. Shannon Schaffer talked about Israel at Barnes and Noble. This is part of the international lecture series sponsored by the WKU Libraries. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/faraway/israel.mp3 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:20:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On April 5, 2007 at Barnes and Noble, author Kristin Johannsen talked about Ginseng farming in American and its trade with China historically and currently. podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/ginseng.mp3 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:01:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ This Thusday, March 1, 2007, renowned author Kim Edwards came to Bowling Green, Kentucky to meet and talk to her readers for the One Book Fest sponsored by the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners. This is the forth of such events. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/onebook/kimedwards.mp3 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:30:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ This Thusday, February 15, 2007, Dr. Michael Trapasso, Professor of Geology and Geography at Western Kentucky University, talked about the remote icy continent in our Faraway Places series at Barnes and Noble. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/faraway/antarctica.mp3 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:17:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On February 8, 2007 at Barnes and Noble on Campbell Lane, Photographer James Archambeault gave a presentation at the WKU Libraries-sponsored Kentucky Live program. Archambeault has worked as an independent photographer specializing in nature and landscape. His work has appeared in many national publications. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/archambeault.mp3 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:36:00 -0600 http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On February 1 and 2, Sheila Williams spoke at Western Kentucky University Libraries and Bowling Green Public Library. This is the recording of her speeck in the WKU Helm Library on the morning of February 2, 2007. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/bhm/sheilawilliams07.mp3 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:20:00 -0600 http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On the afternoon of January 25, 2007, the annual One Campus-One Community-One Book Event kicked off in the Leisure Room of Helm Library. Mike Binder, Dean of Libraries, gave the opening remarks and English Professor Marya Waters introduced the author Kim Edwards of the selected book for reading titled The Memory Keepers Daughter. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/onebook/07/onebookkickoff07.mp3 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:44:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ This Thusday, November 16, 2006, Ronald Messier, Professor of Middle East history at Vanderbilt University, talked about Medieval Morocco in our Faraway Places series at Barnes and Noble. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/faraway/medievalmorocco.mp3 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:17:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On the evening of November 9 at Barnes and Noble in Bowling Green, Kentucky, James Klotter, State Historian of Kentucky and author and coauthor of over a dozen books, talked about political scandals in Kentucky as part of the Kentucky Live lecture series organized by Western Kentucky University Libraries. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/scandal.mp3 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:50:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast This leads you into the fourth floor of Cravens to show you around the circulation area, where you check in and out your books and the laptops Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/audiolibtour/01_track1.mp3 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:45:00 CST If you turn back from the Circulation Desk, you'll see a row of computers. TOPCAT, the WKU Libraries' online catalog is available on the computers. http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/audiolibtour/02_track2.mp3 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:40:00 CST This tour shows you the new book display shelf, the audio-visual library further into the fourth floor Cravens and the stacks from the fourth to nineth floor in Cravens. You'll be ready to cross over to the Helm Building via the walkway. http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/audiolibtour/03_track3.mp3 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:35:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ You are now in the Reference Room where the Interlibrary Loan service is provided, the Jump Circle on the first floor of the Helm Building, the Reference Desk, where you can seek help from librarians, staff and student assistants for help. Behind the Reference Desk are the shelves for ready reference materials. So ask us whenever you have a question. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/audiolibtour/04_track4.mp3 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:30:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast Away from the Reference Desk, you will see computers where you can find electronic information resources using subscribed databases and TOPCAT. At the end of the electronic resource computers is the InfoLab where research instruction is conducted. Outside of it is the area where you can find maps and atlas. You are also introduced to our Java City. Come and enjoy it. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/audiolibtour/05_track5.mp3 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:25:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ Walk up the stairs from Java City to enter the second floor of the Helm Library. There you'll find a computer lab, the microfilm readers and printers, the collection of journals, bound and current. Bound periodicals prior to 1980 will be found on the compact shelves ground floor of Helm. You'll be shown how to get there using the elevator. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/audiolibtour/06_track6.mp3 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:20:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On the ground floor of the Helm Library, you'll find the government documents, which include Kentucky resources searchable on the TOPCAT online catalog. Then you'll be introduced to the law collection and the service desk. Podcast http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/audiolibtour/07_track7.mp3 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:15:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ You are here at the compact shelving room where bound journals and indexes prior to 1980. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/audiolibtour/08_track8.mp3 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:10:00 CST Back in the Java City cafe, you can enjoy the coffee or go back to the Reference Room. Remember, if you have a question, don't hesitate to ask us! http://www.wku.edu/Library/podcast/ Podcast http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/audiolibtour/09_track9.mp3 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:08:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast On Thusday, September 21 at Barnes and Noble, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Haiwang Yuan, Associate Professor of Western Kentucky University Libraries, gave a lecture on Chinese culture through the stories he retold in his book The Magic Lotus Lantern and Other Tales from the Han Chinese published recently by Libraries Unlimited. Eighty WKU faculty and students as well as Bowling Green residents attended the lecture. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/faraway/chinesethnicity.mp3 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:17:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On the evening of October 12 at Barnes and Noble on Campbell Lane, Larry Kass, Director of Corporate Communications for Heaven Hill Distilleries, gave a talk about the distilleries and Kentucky Bourbon. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/heavenhill.mp3 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:38:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On the evening September 14 at Barnes and Noble on Campbell Lane, Lynn Hightower, famous mystery writer gave a presentation on how she wrote mystery novels. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/lynnhightower.mp3 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:51:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On April 6 at Barnes and Noble on Campbell Lane, Nancy Baird, Kentucky History Specialist for University Libraries, presented this month's Kentucky Live program. Baird, Carol Crowe Carraco, Distinguished University Professor of History and Sue Lynne Stone McDaniel, University Archivist, are co-authors of this beautiful illustrated history. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/western100.mp3 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:45:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast On Thusday, April 13 at Barnes and Noble on Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Dr. Shawn Parkhurst from the Department of Anthropology of the University of Louisville gave a lecture on Portugal. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/faraway/portugal.mp3 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:00:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ On March 9 at Barnes and Noble on Campbell Lane, Paul F. Wells, director of the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University, presented this month's Kentucky Live! program. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/paulwells.mp3 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:30:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ From February 2 to 3, Mr. Walker spoke at Western Kentucky University Libraries and its Glasgow Campus, as well as Bowling Green Public Library. This is the recording of Frank X. Walker's speech in the WKU Libraries. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/bhm/franxwalker.mp3 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:30:33 CST http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/ On the evening of March 7 in Western Kentucky University Libraries' Helm 100, Prof. Carlton Jackson, author of the book Joseph Gavi: Young Hero of the Minsk Ghetto, talked about Gavi and answered questions from attendees, mostly WKU's students and faculty. Presiding over the talk was Bryan Carson, Coordinator of the Libraries' Research Instruction and Reference Services. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/holocaust/jackson.mp3 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 02:35:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/Library/podcast/ On March 2, 2006, Bobbie Ann Mason answered questions and signed her books in WKU's Helm Library. Dr. Michael Binder, Dean of Libraries, convened the session, and English Professor Dale Rigby introduced Bobbie Ann Mason. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/onebook/bobbieannmason.mp3 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:24:58 CST http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/faraway/yucatan.mp3 On Thusday, Feb. 16 from 7:00 - 8:30pm at Barnes and Noble on Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Dr. John Dizgun, a member of Western Kentucky University's History Department, presented this semester's first Faraway Places program on the Yucatan in Mexico, which is rich in Inca cultural relics. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/faraway/yucatan.mp3 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:16:00 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ Charles Booe, President of Rebecca Ruth Candy Factory Inc., Frankfort, Kentucky, talked about the history of the factory and his grandmother Ruth, the founder. The talk was part of the Kentucky Live lecture series organized by the Western Kentucky University Libraries and sponsored by Trace Die Cast. The program takes place in Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Bowling Green, KY. Podcasts http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/kylive/candyfactory1.mp3 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:06:35 CST http://www.wku.edu/Library/podcast/ On January 30, 2006, the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners kicked off its third annual One Campus-One Community-One Book project. Speaking at the event were Dr. Michael Binder, Dean of WKU Libraries, and English Professor Marya Waters. Podcasts http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/1_26_06/onebookkickoff.mp3 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:08:57 CST http://www.wku.edu/library/menu2/tour.htm This is a soundtrack of the video tour of the WKU Libraries available on its web site. Podcasts http://www.wku.edu/library/video/libraryIntro/librarytour.mp3 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:55:42 CST