This is the WKU Libraries exhibit in honor of Banned Books Week, September 27th -October 4th in the main circulation area. Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. This year, 2008, marks BBW’s 27th anniversary (September 27 through October 4). BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met.
Author Archives: Haiwang Yuan
WKU Celebrates Banned Book Week
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Don Thomason Performed at Java City Patio
Modern Country singer-songwriter Don Thomason from Dunbar, KY brought his unique sound to the patio of Java City for a very appreciative lunch crowd. This is Don’s third appearance at Java City and he always receives rave reviews from those who attend.
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WKU Student Performed at Java City
Leamj, WKU student, Louisville native and successful rap artist, performed his unique musical style for the lunch crowd at the Java City patio on September 23, 2008.
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Web Resources on the U. S. Constitution
The Libraries celebrate the U. S. Constitution on Constitution Day, September 17. Follow the links on the web site to the National Archives and the Library of Congress for Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, the Federalist Papers, dates of ratification by the states, an interactive Constitution and a time line, among others.
Push Articles to Your Desktop with TDNet!
Locate the TDNet (Find e-journals and more) link on the left-column of the WKU Libraries Home Page (www.wku.edu/Library):
Does the library have the electronic version of Journal X? The database I used referred me to Journal ABC. Does WKU have it? My class has a group project this semester on stem cell research and public ethics. Can we get weekly email updates on the latest developments? And the answer is …YES.
TDNet, a powerful electronic journal management system has four features: the A-Z list of journal titles to which we have access and links to the databases where they are found; links to publisher web sites; a link to TOPCAT for additional information; and My TDNet, an alerting service for use by individuals or classes to track subject or journal specific contents weekly.
Create your own user profile by journals or subjects for which you want table of contents alerts with links to the articles as they are published.
- Delivered into your email account
- Allows a professor to create a profile or profiles for classes so that groups can receive alerts if they are studying certain topics throughout the semester
- Have as many profiles as you like; track different research interests with different profiles.
What is this button? TOUR, an Open URL resolver, links a citation found in an indexing or abstracting database directly to the full-text access if available. The TOUR button signals a click to check for full-text access. 
As if that is not enough, Google Scholar displays WKU Link! Researchers can now “FindFullText@WKU†for Google Scholar hits when WKU has the cited work, thanks to TDNet and Google Scholar linking software.
Questions? Contact Connie Foster, Head, Library Technical Services (connie.foster@wku.edu)
Several Musicians Performed at Java City Lately
Lately at the Java City patio several musicians and groups have performed: The Celtic folk duet “Shadowdancer” on September 3, the Nashville alt-country recording artist Daniel Glen Timms on September 8, and WKU student band “Birdswim” on September 10.
These are among the concert series planned for this semester by The University Libraries/Java City Live Entertainment Committee. To get information about future concerts, please visit our Java City Concert Web site.
Photo albums: Shadowdancer | Daniel Glen Timms | Birdswim.
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The KYLM Fall Break Arts Day Camp
Going on from October 13 to 17 at 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., the Arts Day Camp is designed for children in grades 1-6. The cost is $100 per camper. Space is limited, so please register early. You may contact Lynne Ferguson (270-745-2594) or Christy Spurlock (270-745-6082).
Campers will create using a variety of traditional art media. Participants will experience book making, basket making, gourd painting, and more. They will tour Kentucky Museum exhibits including our newest permanent exhibit, “A Star in Each Flag: Conflict in Kentucky†Civil War exhibit. Campers will take a daily snack break with snacks supplied by the Museum.
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Library Faculty’s New Book Published!
Haiwang Yuan’s new book Princess Peacock: Tales from Other Peoples of China has been published!
China, the most populous country in the world, is also a nation of great diversity. In addition to the majority population of Han Chinese, there are 55 officially recognized national minorities–including Tibetan, Mongol, Manchu, Zhuang, Dai, and Gaoshan. The folklore of these minorities is often obscure and difficult to find in the English-speaking world, as is information about the people, their cultural histories, and their traditional customs. This book fills a gap by offering more than 50 representative folktales from China’s minorities, as well as background information on each of the ethnic groups.
Princess Peacock is a companion to Yuan’s The Magic Lotus Lantern and Other Tales of the Han Chinese, published in 2006. Carefully selected from the fathomless reservoirs of Chinese folklore, the tales from the books combined give the American reader a glimpse of the richness and diversity of a folk literature from an ancient and yet fast-modernizing China, which will definitely play an increasingly important role in world fairs, particularly after its successful hosting of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
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| Chinese Students in ethnic costumes |
Listed in Marquis’s 2009 edition of Who’s Who in America and currently working on his two-volume encyclopedia on Chinese ethnic groups, Yuan is also serving on the editorial board for and contributing to the five-volume Berkshire Encyclopedia of China.
See If You Can Identify Anyone
University Archives are continually loading unidentified images on Flickr.
Please check it out and let us know if you can identify anyone in an image or share a memory about a person or an event that you find there.
For more information about the University Archives Photograph Collection: check out http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlsc/ua/pc.htm.
Suellyn Lathrop, University Archivist/Records Officer
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WKU Libraries Celebrated College Color Day
Some of the WKU Libraries faculty and staff celebrated University Color Day standing on the Jump Circle on the first floor of Helm Library, which used to be the gym of the university.
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