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by | May 4, 2007 · 3:02 pm

Nancy Baird Is Recipient of Sara Tyler Award

Nancy Baird Receives Sara Tyler AwardKentucky History Specialist, Prof. Nancy Baird is the recipient of the Sara Tyler Merit Award. A reception was given in her honor at the Kentucky Building on May 3, 2007. At the reception were her family members and colleagues in the University Libraries and on campus.

Library Media Education Professor Robert Smith presided over the event and gave his opening remark, Dean of Libraries Mike Binder presented the award to Nancy, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Richard Miller spoke on behalf of Provost Barbara Burch, Head of Library Special Collections Timothy Mullin presented a scrapbook and a gift to Nancy, and Libraries Special Projects Coordinator Peggy Wright, a long-time friend of Nancy, told the audience what she knew about her.

Sara TylerEstablished by colleagues of Miss Sara Elizabeth Tyler following her retirement in 1975, this award is a tribute to her 42 years of service to Western Kentucky University as a teacher, Director of Library Services, and University Archivist. The award is given to a member of the faculty for outstanding dedicated service in the field of librarianship.

Here’s an album of the photos that documented the event. A podcast of the speeches is available, so you can either listen to it on your computer or subscribe to it and listen on the go using your favorite MP3 players.

For more information about Sara Tyler and a list of recipients in the past, please visit the Libraries’ the Sara Tyler Merit Award page.

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by | May 2, 2007 · 2:28 pm

University Libraries Open Late Finals Week

Finals WeekFinals week (Sunday May 6th through Thursday May 10th) University Libraries will again be open late to serve our students who are studying for final exams. The Helm-Cravens Library will be open until 2a.m. each of these nights. The public services areas will be manned by library faculty and staff volunteers. As in semesters past, this service is sponsored by the Student Government Association.

Dan Forrest, Coordinator
Access Services

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by | · 1:39 pm

Dr. Brian Coutts Selects “Best Reference Books” Annually for Library Journal

On Friday, April 27, DLPS Department Head Brian Coutts presented his annual “Best Reference Books” workshop to the University Libraries’ faculty and staff. From the hundreds of new print reference titles published annually, Brian selects the top thirty for a feature article in the April 15th issue of Library Journal. As co-author or author, Brian has been making these annual selections for the past two decades. Among the features he looks for are: original contribution to knowledge, quality of writing/editing/printing/illustrations, relevance, and uniqueness.

Topping this year’s list was the Encyclopedia Judaica, second edition and the Historical Statistics of the United States, millennial edition.

A competing list is selected by a committee of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of American Library Association (ALA) and published in the May 1st issue of American Libraries.

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by | · 12:26 pm

Nancy Marshall Completed her Library Science Degree at UK

Nancy MarshallWe are very proud of Senior Reference Associate Nancy Marshall, who just completed her Master’s degree in Library Science at the University of Kentucky. For the past several years, Nancy has been commuting to Lexington to take classes, while still working full time in Helm Reference. The program at UK is accredited by the American Library Association, permitting Nancy to work at any public, special, or academic library in North America. (But we hope that Nancy will stay with us for a while still, since she does such a great job.)

Nancy has been in her present position since 2000. Before that, she was a Reference Assistant in Helm and a Library Assistant in the Kentucky Library. Nancy also has an MA in history from WKU.

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by | May 1, 2007 · 10:47 am

Western Kentucky University Launches State’s First Institutional Repository

TopSCHOLAR™ is the first institutional repository in Kentucky. It offers indexing and searching using bepress (Berkeley Electronic Publishing) technology available through ProQuest/CSA’s Digital Commons platform and is made possible by support from WKU Libraries and Provost’s Initiatives for Excellence.

“We are very excited to offer TopSCHOLAR™ to our faculty, staff and students here at WKU. It presents a wonderful opportunity to showcase the talent of our University worldwide and serves as an outstanding example of ways in which WKU is striving to become a leading American university with International reach,” says Mike Binder, Dean of WKU Libraries.

For more information please contact Connie Foster, TopSCHOLARâ„¢ Project Director at 270-745-6151 or by email at connie.foster@wku.edu.

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by | · 10:30 am

Winners of the Kentucky Literary Awards

“The submissions for the 5th annual Kentucky Literary Awards were quite good, particularly in the non-fiction category,” said Jonathan Jeffrey, chairman of the selection committee. “I applaud our judges for work well done; the quality of all the honored works is outstanding.”

For more information about the Kentucky Literary Award guidelines, see www.sokybookfest.org.

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by | April 19, 2007 · 3:10 pm

Southern Kentucky Book Fest a Great Success!

Author Haiwang YuanThe 2007 Southern Kentucky Book Fest, which took place April 20 through 21, was a great success! The book fest partners, volunteers and everyone directly and indirectly involved have done a tremendous job in the organization and management of Book Fest! Nearly 200 authors and thousands of community members participated in the event.

Photos of the event will be published as they become available. For now, you may revisit the Children’s Day (Friday), the Authors Reception/Kentucky Literary Award Announcement in the evening of the same day and the Kentucky Writers Conference.

Come to this page often to see more photos as we update it.

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by | · 10:20 am

Libraries Faculty Visited Glasgow Campus

DLPS faculty at Glasgow Campus LibraryOn April 18, the faculty members of the Department of Library Public Services had its meeting at the Glasgow Campus. Having one of its faculty meetings at the campus has been the department’s tradition. All were thankful to Kath and his team at the Glasgow Campus Library for their hospitality. Before the meeting, some of the faculty had lunch at the relocated Bolton’s House restaurant. Here’s a small album of selected photos of the event.

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by | · 10:20 am

The 2007 Graduating Senior Art Exhibit

PosterThe 2007 Graduating Senior Art Exhibit will convene at Kentucky Library & Museum from April 19 through May 11.

Works from more than 30 graduating art students will be on display, including: paintings, watercolors, works on paper, fiber arts, ceramics and sculptures.

Some items will be for sale. For more information on purchasing items in exhibit, please contact the Art Department at (270) 745-6568.

To view complete news release visit: www.wku.edu/news/releases07/april/art.html.

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by | April 13, 2007 · 12:26 am

Faraway Places Presents Israel

Israel

WKU Philosophy and Religion Professor Shannon Schaffer gave a lecture on Israel at Barnes & Noble Booksellers at Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, KY on the evening of April 12, 2007. This lecture is part of the Faraway Places international lecture series sponsored by the WKU Libraries. Nearly sixty attendees were present. They include WKU faculty and students as well as Bowling Green community members.

If you missed the event, you may view an album of selected photos. You may also listen to the lecture on your computer or subscribe to the podcast to listen on the go.

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