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A pair of brightly colored striped stockings are featured in an article in the Fall 2009 issue of Interweave Knits. Written by Joanne Seiff, the author of several books on knitting and fiber production, the article explores the possibility that this footwear was made by Mrs. James M. Jones of Warren County, KY.

WKU Libraries joined the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (ndltd.org) as an additional way to increase access to the University’s research at the graduate level. The NDLTD catalog provides an additional discovery service that supports the international outreach for disseminating scholary research at WKU. Among the member institutions are Yale University, Rice, major state universities (Texas, NC, Tennessee), and institutions in Sweden, Kenya, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, and many more.  The platform that allows our theses to be harvested for additional databases is TopSCHOLAR®.

Through these initiatives, and others, we support a more robust and open scholarly communications system that allows the world to view our intellectual assets.

If you need additional information, contact Connie Foster at 745-6151.

September 16, 2009

Summer is in bloom @ WKU Libraries!

Summer Hours From July 13- August 13 Monday - Thursday 7:45 AM - 10 PM Friday 7:45 AM - 4 PM Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM Sunday 2 PM - 10 PM

Great news! Need a fun place to escape the heat and humidity over the July 4th weekend? Take your out of town guests to the Kentucky Library & Museum. While the building is closed on July 4th, the museum galleries are open on Friday, July 3rd and Sunday, July 5th. Current exhibits include a new exhibit on the career of Dorothy Grider, a nationally recognized illustrator of children’s books who is a Bowling Green native, and ongoing exhibits on the Civil War in Kentucky and food icon Duncan Hines. Gallery hours are 9to 4 on Friday and 1 to 4 on Sunday.

An exhibit celebrating the career of children’s book illustrator Dorothy Grider opened at the Kentucky Library & Museum on July 1, 2009. Driven to become an artist from the age of eight, this Bowling Green native became Rand McNally’s most popular children’s book illustrator in the late 1940s, and her work often stood alone in coloring books, picture books, and activity publications. Illustrating more than 100 books, including six as both author and illustrator, her work is available today in more than 200 libraries around the world.

View work from the the senior theses of Interior Design majors. Using the landmark Honeykrust Bakery as their inspiration, 18 students submitted designs for adaptive use of this historic structure.

The exhibit runs through May 17, 2009.

On April 17, WKU’s graduating art students opened their Senior Show in the Kentucky Library and Museum’s third floor gallery. This exhibition features the work of 30 students presenting a representative body of work in the areas of graphic design, painting, ceramics, sculpture, art education, printmaking and weaving.

Under the direction of faculty member Kristina Arnold, the students arranged and installed the exhibition of their work. The show will run through May 17th.

Photo album

The Kentucky Library & Museum Education Department hosted Historic Kentucky Native American days April 16-17th. Four hands-on stations including storytelling, everyday life, weaponry, and beads/face painting were staffed by experienced Native American re enactors, as well as KYLM staff and volunteers. Four hundred thirty five area school children along with 43 teachers and chaperons attended over the two days. Due to the enthusiastic response by the schools, the KYLM Education Department plans to make this an annual event.

Photos from the event.

Book Fest authors gave attendees the benefit of their wisdom at the Kentucky Writers Conference on Friday, April 17 at the Blowing Green Community College at WKU’s South Campus. Free workshops on dialogue, character development, grants for writing, nonfiction topics and songwriting were some of those that were presented during this day-long event.

Photo Album

Authors and creators want to tell, to see through words, and to be seen and heard. A new exhibit “Pages from the Past to the Present” focuses on the tools used to create those symbols, and offers some rare examples of papyrus and cuneiform, and other very early illustration and printing examples. The exhibit features the work of noted Kentucky authors Robert Penn Warren, Jesse Stuart, and Janice Holt Giles and includes antique typewriters and writing instruments.

More information.