On the evening of November 5, the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners, namely WKU Libraries, Bowling Green Public Library , and Barnes & Noble Booksellers, organized its annual “Books & Basket” event at Diddle Arena. The event is one where community members trade their used book for basketball tickets donated by the WKU’s Department of Athletics. The books will be given to school children or sold at the Macy’s Used Books Sale prior to the book fest, which its proceeds will help fund.
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Books & Basket Event in Diddle Arena
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Helm Library Hosted Jeff Corwin
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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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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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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Far Away Places: the Sahara
David Keeling, Head of Geography and Geology, talked about the Sahara in this week’s Far Away Places Series on Thursday, September 20th at Barnes & Noble.
Keeling traveled to the Sahara last October and November as Expedition Lecturer for the American Geographical Society’s educational expedition programs.
You may revisit the event by viewing a Flickr photo album and a YouTube movie clip, or by listening to/synching to a podcast of Dr. Keeling’s speech.
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Dementia Cookie Box Performed at Java City
Today, the WKU Libraries presented Dementia Cookie Boxed at Java City in Helm Library. The duo band performed “The Cookie Crunch of Grunge.” You may find out more about the event by visiting a photo album on Flickr.
To learn more about the band, visit its My Space, web site, and YouTube.
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Kentucky Live!: Floral Design in Kentucky & Abroad
On Thursday September 13, 2007 at 7:00 pm, Kentucky Live! program, organized by the WKU Libraries presented WKU horticulture and floral-design instructor Roger Dennis at Barnes & Noble Booksellers. This event is free.
Dennis was a floral designer for the 79th Annual Academy Awards and a designer for floats at the Rose Bowl. He also designed a flower arrangement for inauguration of George W. Bush in 2005. He has been teaching at WKU for six years, and in that time has seen interest in floral design classes grow.
If you missed out his talk, you may view a photo album of the event on Flickr or listen to the podcast of his talk on the go.
You are also welcome to Roger Dennis video on YouTube: WKU Professor walks the Red Carpet- View from the Hill
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