A leisure reading room, Helm Library 100 is often used by the WKU Libraries as well as other colleges and departments on campus to conduct their extracurricular activities. Most recently have been the Potter College of Arts & Letter’s “Cultural Enhancement Series”, which featured Mamadou Diabate on October 16 and Emmy winner Jeff Corwin on October 30, 2007.
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Helm Library Hosted Jeff Corwin
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Noon Concert @ Java City in Helm Library
Celtic/Folk Band Shadow Dancer performed at Java City in Helm Library at noon October 31. Here’s a photo album of the event on Flickr.
Find out more about Shadow Dancer at http://shadowdancermusic.com. Visit them on MySpace at www.myspace.com/shadowdancerjack.
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Halloween Party at the Dean’s Office
At noon October 31, 2007, The Dean’s Office of the WKU Libraries held its Halloween party in Room 100 of the Cravens Library. Each from the office contributed to the sumptuous potluck. Highlighting the party was the dean’s Halloween cake. Student library assistants were also invited.
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Put Some Holiday Spirit in Your Weekend!
Get in the Christmas spirit with Professor Nancy Baird’s insightful presentation of the history of Christmas traditions. Where did the Christmas tree come from? Santa’s red suit? How about the real story behind The Night before Christmas? When were the first Christmas lights used? Plus Queen Victoria’s influence and much more. Participants will have the opportunity to make several unique Christmas ornaments and explore traditions in their own families.
All dates subject to change. Please call Christy Spurlock (745-6082) for date confirmation or additional information.
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Make a Snowman Table Tunner
Join quilter extraordinaire Nancy Baird as she leads a workshop on holiday table runners. Participants must pre-register by calling Nancy at 270-745-6263.
The fee is $15 for Friends of Libraries & Museum and $20 for non-members and includes all necessary fabric, patterns and supplies. Participants must provide their own sewing machine.
Download a flier.
Sunday Spinners to Meet
The next meeting of the Sunday Spinners will take place on Sunday, November 11 from 1 to 4. Come join our spinning group. Experienced and beginning spinners welcome. Learn more.
Document & Law Held Its 4th Open House
On the morning of October 22, 2007, WKU Libraries’ Government & Law held its fourth annual open house in Room 05 of Helm Library. Dubbed as the library penguins, the unit’s crew Nada, Debbie, and Dewayne, led by their coordinator Rosemary, introduced to participating library faculty and staff the achievements they had made during the past year. Dewayne highlighted some children-related web sites he had been researching. The audience were also entertained by a dramatization, where Nada played the role of an injured employee seeking information about work compensation from Debbie casting as a reference librarian.
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Far Away Places: South India
Uma Doraiswamy, WKU’s Social Sciences Catalog Librarian, talked about South India in this week’s Faraway Places Series on Thursday, October 18th at Barnes & Noble. Southern India comprises the four states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in addition to the two Union Territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, whose inhabitants are collectively referred to as Southern Indians. (From Wikipedia)
Available are a photo album of the event on Flickr and a recording of her talk. You may also subscribe to our Libraries’ Podcast so that you can listen to the talk on the go.
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Newbery Honor Book Author in Bowling Green
Literacy is a concern across the country- especially among preteens and teens. The Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners bring 1READ to this age group. It is part of the community’s One Book reading project sponsored by the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners: WKU Libraries, Bowling Green Public Library, and Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
The title chosen this year is the Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky by author Kirby Larson. On October 16th, Kirby Larson spoke in schools and signed books in Barnes & Noble Booksellers.
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Kentucky Live!: Lincoln the Lawyer
On Thursday October 11, 2007 at 7:00 pm, the Kentucky Live! program, organized by the WKU Libraries, presented “Lincoln the Lawyer” by Anderson University professor Brian Dirck at Barnes & Noble Booksellers.
If you missed out the presentation, you can still view a photo album of the event and listen to Prof. Brian Dirck’s speech. You can event listen to it on the go by subscribing to our Libraries’ Podcast.
“A lot of people forget that Lincoln was a lawyer, and a very good one,†Dirck points out, “in fact, he is the most experienced trial attorney we ever put in the White House.†Despite historians’ focus on the man as president and politician, Abraham Lincoln lived most of his adult life as a practicing lawyer. It was as a lawyer that he fed his family, made his reputation, bonded with Illinois, and began his political career.
Lawyering was also how Lincoln learned to become an expert mediator between angry antagonists, as he applied his knowledge of the law and of human nature to settle one dispute after another. Frontier lawyers worked hard to establish respect for the law and encourage people to resolve their differences without intimidation or violence. These were the very skills Lincoln used so deftly to hold a crumbling nation together during his presidency.
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