The KHQS Annual Show has an international flavor in 2008. The quilts and wall hangings included in it will be made in an international style (Hawaiian, Japanese, African), constructed from a worldly pattern (Irish Chain, Dresden Plate, LeMoyne Star, Greek Cross, Mariner’s Compass, reflect a geographic location that lies closer to home- Carolina Lily, Baltimore Album, Kentucky Star) or be made in a worldwide theme. Around the World opens at the Kentucky Library & Museum on May 23 and runs through June 8.
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Quilting with an International Flavor
WKU Libraries Research Instruction Sessions
Last calendar year (2007), WKU Libraries had a record number of attendees at the research instruction sessions. We had 17,480 attendees. We also had 621 research instruction sessions (higher than average), and we had 771.5 hours of instruction (4th highest count since 1997).
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Access World News Now Available
The Access World News via Newsbank is available for WKU (including Bowling Green Daily News, the Louisville Courier-Journal, and the Lexington Herald-Leader ). You can access from the link from library database page or http://infoweb.newsbank.com.
The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally, Access World News provides extensive coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. This fully searchable Web-based resource features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, the majority of which are unavailable elsewhere. Additionally, Access World News offers over a thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
Kentucky Library & Museum Wins National Award
On April 25, 2008, the Kentucky Library & Museum was one of five Kentucky organizations to receive the Award for Outstanding Community Partner for its work with the VSA arts of Kentucky program, SIDE BY SIDE. A visual arts program for children with disabilities, SIDE BY SIDE provides mentoring collaboration with professional adult artists from the local community. At the end of the teaching session, each student artist is paired with a local artist in a one on one session where they create a collaborative work of art. The program concludes with a public exhibition of an individual student work, the collaborative piece and a piece by each professional artist, all presented SIDE BY SIDE.
Strawberry Delight
It’s summertime and that means strawberries on ice cream, strawberry shortcake and other tasty treats. Did you know that Bowling Green once promoted itself as the strawberry capital of the world? Items related to the strawberry industry in Warren County are now on display at the Kentucky Library & Museum through June 30.
WKU Student Artists Display Work
View works from more than 30 graduating art students. The exhibit will includes paintings, watercolors, works on paper, fiber arts, ceramics and sculptures. The exhibit is on view from April 17 through May 10.
Interested in majoring in art at Western Kentucky University? Contact the Art Department.
Kentucky Writers Conference (with registration fee)
New this year, there was a special night for writers on April 17 at the Bowling Green Public Library. Those who registered for this charged event attended sessions given by Terry Kay and George Ella Lyon respectively. This is part of the annual Kentucky Writers Conference that continues on April 18 on WKU’s South Campus. It is free and open to all WKU and community members.
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Sue Lynn McDaniel and Nancy Marshall Honored
Sue Lynn McDaniel and Nancy Marshall were recently honored by a gift to the University Libraries for their research help on a new book, P.S. I Love You: the Story of the Singing Hilltoppers by University Distinguished Professor of History, Carlton Jackson. He is the author of many books including Forgotten Tragedy: The Sinking of HMT Rohna, Hattie: A Life of Hattie McDaniel, and Who Will Take Our Children: The Story of the British Evacuation, 1939-45. His latest book used many of the valuable primary resources available at the Kentucky Library and in the Reference Center.
State of the Art
Over Spring Break, Warren County grade school students took the opportunity to learn about three-dimensional art. Campers learned techniques for sculpting with clay, wire, foam, plastic, and paper. The children found inspiration in the new sculptures on the WKU campus and famous sculptors like Henry Moore, Dale Chihuly, and Elizabeth Berrien. Campers were encouraged to keep their artwork and display it at home.
More photos.
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New film and video journal added to WKU Libraries’ Project Muse Collection
Those interested in film and video will be pleased to learn that electronic access is now available to the Journal of Film and Video through WKU Libraries’ Project Muse Collection Standard Collection. This publication “focuses on scholarship in the fields of film and video production, history, theory, criticism, and aesthetics. Article features include film and related media, problems of education in these fields, and the function of film and video in society. The Journal does not ascribe to any specific method but expects articles to shed light on the views and teaching of the production and study of film and video.”
Coverage covers Vol. 60 (2008)-current issue.