On August 25, the faculty from the WKU Libraries’ Department of Library Public Services had their faculty retreat at the Barren River Lake State Resort Park.
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DLPS Faculty Retreat at State Park Resort
WKU Libraries Kicked Off 2010-11 Academic Year
WKU Libraries’ faculty and staff kicked off the new academic year in the Kentucky Room on August 24, 2010. Mike Binder, Dean of WKU Libraries, reviewed the past achievements made by the Libraries’ faculty and staff and looked into the projects and programs that they would embark on in the near future. As part of the kick-off event, Mr. Marshall Weems from the Weems Consulting Group gave an interactive presentation on public services. Luncheon was served at the event.
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WKU Libraries Celebrated Dr. Gay Perkins’ Retirement
After 22 years of dedicated service with the Department of Library Public Services, WKU, Dr. Gay Perkins is beginning a new chapter in her life: retirement. Employees of the WKU Libraries gathered today in Room 100 of Cravens Library to celebrate her achievements. She has really been an achiever. She had already served on 26 Task Forces and Committees by the time she was promoted to Associate Professor in 1994, including two terms on the University Graduate Fellowship Committee and on the Advisory Committee to the Vice-President. By 2002 when she was promoted to Professor she had won the UL Research and Creativity Award in 2001, been published in the profession’s leading research journal, helped found and edit the award winning The Western Scholar, and masterminded the University Libraries first “Client Survey.” Dr. Perkins has been an inspiration for all of us, and her departure will be greatly missed. But we sincerely wish that as she enjoys her retired life, she map out a strategy chocked full of new adventures.
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DLPS Presented Brian Coutts’ Best Reference Books 2009
Brian Coutts, Department Head of Library Public Services, WKU gave his annual presentation on the best reference books in the U.S. to the Libraries faculty and staff this morning in Room 5 of Helm Library.
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“Hidden Waters: Dragons in the Deep” Exhibit in Helm Library
Come to see gorgeous photos of South China displayed in Room 100, Helm Library. Turn right as you come in from the Java City.
An introduction to the exhibit says it all: “The vast yet inaccessible underground waters in southeast Yunnan Province represent the front lines of China’s fresh water crisis. Two openings in the earth, the Shi Dong and Nan Dong caves, where the Yang Liu River slips into and out of the shadows, mark the point where a fluvial region rich with surface streams meets an unusual geologic formation of soluble rock layers known as karst landscape. It is also a fateful human dividing line, a place where China’s challenges with water scarcity, land management, and pollution come into clear focus.”
The photographs are taken by J. Carl Ganter, and the exhibit is made possible by the support of USAID, the ENVIRON Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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Far Away Places Talk Series Featured Dr. Michael Trapasso
On the evening of April 15 at Barnes and Noble, Bowling Green, KY, Dr. Michael Trapasso, from WKU’s own Dept. of Geography and Geology, presented on Alaska as part of the the Far Away Places series.
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DLPS Faculty Celebrated National Week at Glasgow Campus Library
On Wednesday, April 13, 2010, faculty of the Department of Library Public Services, WKU had their meeting and celebrated National Library Week at the Glasgow Campus Library. The event was coincided with a visit to the library by the mayor of Glasgow, Kentucky.
WKU Opened Owensboro Campus and Library April 1
On April 1, 2010, WKU celebrated its opening of the Owensboro Campus. The Owensboro Campus Library is opened at the same time. WKU employees attended the ceremony and toured the new library.
David J. Bell Featured Speaker In This Month’s Kentucky Live! Series
David J. Bell was the featured speaker in this month’s Kentucky Live! series on Thursday, April 8th at Barnes & Noble bookstore. His topic was “The Missing and the Lost: “A Girl in the Woods’ and ‘The Condemned’.” A booksigning followed his talk.
While honing his craft as a writer, David worked as a delivery driver, A.V. grunt in a library, bartender, bookstore clerk, and telemarketer. A native of Cincinnati, he received his BA in English from Indiana University, his MA from Miami University of Ohio, and a PhD from the University of Cincinnati. His short fiction, interviews and reviews have appeared in such journals and anthologies as: Backwards City Review; Cemetery Dance; Western Humanities Review; Shadow Regions; Wicked Karnival Halloween Horror; The Edge, Tales of Suspense; Rain Crow; and Black Pearls. His first novel The Condemned was published by Delirium Press in 2008. One reviewer called it “a wonderful, forceful, moody book that’s as palpable as it’s engaging.” The Girl in the Woods, his second novel, also from Delirium, was published in late 2009. When not writing, Bell teaches English at Western Kentucky University.
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Retired General Presented Libraries with Books
Dan Cherry, Retired Brigadier General for the United States Air Force, presented Dr. Mike Binder, Dean of WKU Libraries, with several copies of his book, My Enemy My Friend: a story of reconciliation from the Vietnam War as a donation to each of Western’s six library locations. Mr Cherry is President of Aviation Heritage Park, an educational aviation museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Dan served for twenty nine years as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. His military credentials include flying 295 combat missions during the Vietnam War and serving as Commander and Leader of the Air Force Thunderbirds. Dan currently resides in Bowling Green, Kentucky and is a member of the Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame.
Book Description: On April 16, 1972 at 15,000 feet in the skies near Hanoi, North Vietnam, Major Dan Cherry first met Lieutenant Nguyen Hong My. In an intense aerial battle Dan shot down the MiG-21 piloted by Hong My. Thirty six years later Dan and Hong My met face to face in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) for the first time since that fateful day. This book describes that meeting, Hong My’s subsequent trip to the United States and the strong friendship that has evolved between these two men. The book’s universal message of reconciliation and friendship has appeal to all ages.
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