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The annual Macy’s Used Book Sale began on Friday, February 10 and ended on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at the Depot. The event is co-organized by the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners, namely, WKU Libraries, Warren County Public Library, and Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Book Fest.

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Anne Onyekwuluje, Associate Professor of Sociology at WKU, spoke about her book titled Georgia Powers: A Grassroots Civil Rights Leader in Kentucky on Thursday, February 9 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Former Senator Powers was present at the event. She spoke to the audience and answered their questions. The event concluded with a book signing by both speakers.

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Tracy Matthews will be on campus February 7 from Thomson Reuters in New York to do a workshop on “The Web of Science,” the Libraries’ newest and most comprehensive database.  We’ve scheduled two workshops tomorrow:

• Gary Randsell Hall, Lab 1 (on the 2^nd floor) at 10:00 a.m.
• VPAL Lab (Cravens Library 2^nd floor) at 1:00 p.m.

The Web of Science consists of the following major components:

• Science Citation Index Expanded®:
  8,300 major journals across 150 disciplines — 1900 to present.
  JOURNAL SEARCH
• Social Sciences Citation Index®:
  2,697 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world’s leading scientific and technical journals — 1900 to present.
  JOURNAL SEARCH
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  Fully indexes over 2300 arts and humanities journals, as well as selected items over 250 scientific and social sciences journals— 1975 to present.

Connie Foster (center) outgoing editor of Serials Review, 2002-2011; left: Maria Collins, incoming editor-in-chief; right: Vicki Wetherell, Social Sciences publisher for Elsevier, England. Reception at Fairmont Hotel Jan. 21, 2012.

Maria Collins (NCSU) Serials Review editor and Vicki Wetherell (Elsevier Social Sciences publisher) celebrated WKU Libraries Interim Dean Connie Foster’s ten years of service as editor of Serials Review during ALA Midwinter on January 21, 2012 in Dallas, Texas. Serials Review, issued quarterly, is Elsevier’s peer-reviewed scholarly journal for the international serials community.

WKU Libraries had a luncheon in Montana Grill, Bowling Green on December 15, 2011 to celebrate the Holiday and award its outstanding employees and student workers.

This year’s Margie Helm Award was given to Associate Professor of Library Public Services Katherine Pennavaria, who is the Coordinator of Glasgow Regional Library. The Margie Helm Staff Award went to Senior Catalog Assistant Ann Brown from the Library Technical Services. Three student workers, each from a different department received the Margie Helm Student Award. They were Allison Rahman, Christopher McConnell, and Brittany Crowley. Two teams also won the award: “Where in the World Is Big Red” committee consisting of Crystal Bowling, Tracy Bryant, Eric Fisher, Brent Fisk, Dan Forrest, Kenneth Foushee, Amanda Hardin, Christopher McConnell, and Jennifer Wilson and the ERC Moving team comprising Eric Fisher, Alan Logsdon, Sue Lynn McDaniel, Ellen Micheletti, Josh Mosby, Arthur Petersen, Roxanne Spencer, Sandy Staebell, and Robbie VanValin.

A fun game of “Can You Guess Who” added to the festivity and celebration. The organizers of the event Crystal Bowling, Amanda Drost, Tracy Bryant, Dean Jones, Brenda Woods, and Lynn Pawley did a great job preparing for it. They had gathered questions from Libraries’ employees for the party goers to guess who was behind a particular question such as “I used to play the accordion,” “I’m a vegan,” and “I was classified as a genius in kindergarten.” Retiree Gay Perkins came to the party from Louisville. Coupled with good food, everyone had an enjoyable time.

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