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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DLPS Presented Brian Coutts’ Best Reference Books 2009
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Screen Door Porch at Java City
Well, I’m a little behind because of all the fun we had at The Writer’s Conference and Book Fest. What a great concert on Wednesday by Screen Door Porch. The crowd thoroughly enjoyed the lively mix of modern and traditional folk. And yes, another beautiful day so they were on the patio outside of Java City in Helm library.
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“Travel in Time”: Historical Fiction
(L to R: Roger Brucker, Brian E. Coutts [moderator], Brigid Pasulka, Patti Lacy, Ann Gabhart, Mary Calhoun Brown. )
“Travel in Time”: Historical Fiction
One of the featured panels at this year’s Southern Kentucky Bookfest held at the Carroll Knicely Conference Center in Bowling Green on April 17 focused on historical novels. Ann H. Gabhart, a native of the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky and the author of 19 books for adults and young adults talked about her newest book The Believer, the second in her new “Shaker Series” set in “Harmony Hill” in the 1820s and 1830s. Roger Brucker, intrepid cave explorer and author spoke about his newest book Grand Gloomy and Peculiar: Stephen Bishop at Mammoth Cave which tells the tale of a slave who gained fame as a guide in the 1840s and 1850s. Brigid Pasulka, who teaches high school English at a Chicago Magnet School, talked about writing her extraordinary first novel A Long Time Ago & Essentially True which contrasts a grandfather’s and granddaughter’s experiences growing up in a small village and the city of Krakow, Poland on the eve of World War Ii and fifty years later as democracy is reborn. The book won this year’s Hemingway/PEN Award for a distinguished first book of fiction. Patti Lacy, a native Texan spoke about her two newest novels An Irish Woman’s Tale, a story of betrayal and forgiveness, and What the Bayou Saw which describes how an attack on one of an Illinois college teacher’s African American students triggers her memories of segregation, a blood oath and a dead body in a Louisiana bayou. Mary Calhoun Brown from Huntington, West Virginia talked about her first young adult novel There Are No Words, which tells the tale of a 12 year old girl with autism who finds her voice by traveling back in time to 1918 and a train wreck near Nashville, Tennessee. Brian Coutts, Head of Library Public Services at WKU served as Moderator.
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Lavinia Hunter Photo Album
Lavinia Hunter
Lavinia Hunter was born in Gastonia, North Carolina in 1894. She was educated at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina receiving an AB degree in 1915. Her career began with teaching Gastonia first graders from 1923-1931. During that time she also attended George Peabody College for Teachers earning her MA. The following year Lavinia moved to Bowling Green to educate the first graders in the WKU Training School, a job she held until her retirement in 1965. Miss Hunter had a perfect attendance record for over 30 years.
During her tenure as the first grade teacher she received, as most teachers do, school photos from her students. These she collected and put into a photograph album arranged by year and neatly labeled with each child’s name. There are three decades of students represented in the collection. The album also contains a few group and classroom photographs and student teachers.
The finding aid for this collection is now available on TopScholar. There you will find the names of many of the students who attended the Training School. This and many other collections are available for researchers in the Harrison-Baird Reading Room of the Kentucky Library.
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Busy week at WKU Libraries
On Friday, the KY Writers Conference returned to South Campus. The conference offered a variety of sessions from published authors, including Jack Riggs, Janna McMahan (both personal favorites), and Logan County native Holly Goddard Jones.
The SOKY Book Fest attracted over 130 authors to the Carroll Knicely Center, a new location for this year’s event, on Saturday the 17th. Some of the guests this year included Richard Paul Evans, Fireproof author Eric Wilson, the Cake Mix Doctor, Anne Byrn and local favorite Silas House. There were also Children and YA authors including Laura Numeroff, Mark Teague and Michael Reisman. Books were available for signing and purchase; author presentations, panel sessions, and activities for children occurred throughout the day. On the eve of the Book Fest, authors and members of the WKU and local communities met in the Kentucky Building.
Photos of the KY Writers’ Conference | the Book Fest | the Authors’ Reception
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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.
Rachel Pearl and Treva Blomquist perform at Java City
Rachel Pearl and Treva Blomquist entertain an appreciative crowd on a beautiful afternoon outside Java City in Helm on Wednesday. Great music and a Spring day in Kentucky, it doesn’t get much better! Next week’s noon concert will feature the modern Americna sound of Screen Door Porch who hail from Austin, TX and Jackson, WY. Thanks to Independence Bank for their sponsorship.
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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.
Rachel Pearl returns to Java City
Wednesday, April 7th at noon, Jazz guitarist/vocalist Rachel Pearl and folk rock singer/songwriter Treva Blomquist will return to Java City with their own special brand of American folk music.
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