Category Archives: General

by | July 5, 2007 · 9:08 am

Google Scholar Displays WKU Link!

Researchers can now “FindFullText@WKU” for Google Scholar hits when WKU has the cited work, thanks to TDNet and Google Scholar linking software. The usual restrictions apply in that only WKU users can access the full-text based on IP range. An example from a search in JAMA is:

Trends in alternative medicine use in the United States, 1990–1997
Find Fulltext @ WKU
– all 5 versions »
DM Eisenberg, RB Davis, SL Ettner, S Appel, S … – JAMA, 1998 – Am Med Assoc
JAMA & ARCHIVES Select Journal or Resource, … Ronald C. Kessler,
PhD. JAMA. 1998;280:1569-1575. Context.— A prior …
Cited by 748 – Related Articles – Web Search

We know you will find this additional access useful in identifying WKU-held resources. We encourage you also to use TOPCAT and TDNet, along with our many other online resources, books, and other print holdings to support research and lifelong learning.

Connie Foster, Head
Dept. of Library Technical Services
July 5, 2007

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by | July 2, 2007 · 2:21 pm

ERC Closing July 3rd and 4th

The ERC will close at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3rd. We will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th and Saturday, July 7th. We will reopen for our regular summer hours on Monday, July 9th:

Mon-Thurs 7:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Closed on Sunday.

Happy 4th of July to all!

Roxanne Spencer, Coordinator of ERC

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by | June 30, 2007 · 1:20 pm

Good Times at Summer Camps

child painting a pictureDuring the month of June, area children participated in a series of four camps – Archeology, Kentucky History, Kentucky Art and Clay – at the Kentucky Library and Museum. Participants identified arrowheads, painted a pictograph, explored Kentucky music, food, and dance, practiced painting, collage, and printmaking, and learned how to hand build clay.

More photos.

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by | June 20, 2007 · 1:29 pm

More E-Journal Access

E-journal access through WKU Libraries continues to grow this summer for a variety of disciplines. We recently added access to 6 titles through UC Press at http://caliber.ucpress.net for Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, Oral History Review, Pacific Historical Review, Social Problems and Symbolic Interaction, going back to 2001. Social Problems has access from 2006- . These titles can be accessed through Topcat or TDNet. The choice is yours!
Connie Foster, Head
Library Technical Services
June 20, 2007

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by | May 26, 2007 · 3:04 pm

From the Suggestion Box

Student Rebekah Golla asks:
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I recently found out about a confusing policy in place with the library. Apparently, if anyone checks out a book and someone else wants that book, the second person can then take the book from the first person by filling out a recall slip. I called the library to ask about this policy, and they confirmed it. They said that even if a student has a book for only two days and another student wants that book, the first student must return his or her book before the original due date or be fined. Does this make sense to anyone? Isn’t the purpose of a duedate for each person to be able to check out a book for a set length of time? If another person wants the book immediately after the first person returns it, I can understand. However, does it make sense for the second person to be able to get the book before the due date? Wouldn’t it make more sense for the second person to wait and to have the library say that the first person cannot renew the book? I can understand if a professor needs the book, but it doesn’t make sense if it’s a fellow student who is on equal ground.

It seems this type of policy could potentially set up type of tug of war over a book. When I called the library, they said I could return the book and then fill out a recall notice. Then the person who wants the book from me would have to return the book to me before he or she is finished with it. Of course, I don’t want to play tug of war with someone so I wouldn’t do that. Why not keep the first policy in place that a book is due on the due date assigned at checkout? I am willing to wait if another person has a book I want and I would completely understand if I could not have the book until that person returned it on his or her due date. Isn’t it possible to order a book through interlibrary loan? It seems this would be a better solution.

Could someone please look into this confusing policy and discuss it at the library?

Thank you for your time. I think the library staff does a wonderful job helping everyone find the materials they need. They are very friendly and willing to be of assistance at anytime which is greatly appreciated by the WKU community.

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by | May 23, 2007 · 12:43 pm

VPAL Poised to Open in Fall

The New Visual and Performing Arts Libarary in the Cravens LibraryThe University Libraries’ new division called VPAL, short for The Visual and Performing Arts Library, is getting ready to open in the coming semester. It is located on the second floor of Cravens Library, where the Career Center used to be. Libraries administration has just inspected the new facility. Here is an album of some snapshots of VPAL.

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by | May 15, 2007 · 2:57 pm

An Endowment Created in Honor of Jayne Pelaski

An Endowment is created in honor of Jayne Pelaski.The Southern Kentucky Book Fest Partners, namely, Western Kentucky University Libraries, Bowling Green Public Library and Barnes & Noble Booksellers, have created an endowment in honor of Jayne Pelaski for her dedicated service at Western in the capacity of the University Libraries’ Community Outreach Manager for the past seven years.

Jayne Pelaski has been part of the University Libraries since September 2000. Under her leadership, the partners have developed a book fest into an year-round multi-activity events including One Campus-One Community-One Book (along with its children’s version On the Same Page and the teen version 1Read), Black History Month at Your Library, Kentucky Literary Award and Kentucky Writers Conference, to list a few.

Jayne has resigned from the position effective as of May 11, 2007, and she will be sorely missed by those with whom she has been working. On May 10, 2007, the Southern Kentucky Book Fest Partners celebrated the passion and good works of Jayne with a farewell reception in her honor in the Kentucky Room at the Kentucky Museum. If you happened to miss the event, you may still revisit it by viewing this album of photos.

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by | May 2, 2007 · 2:28 pm

University Libraries Open Late Finals Week

Finals WeekFinals week (Sunday May 6th through Thursday May 10th) University Libraries will again be open late to serve our students who are studying for final exams. The Helm-Cravens Library will be open until 2a.m. each of these nights. The public services areas will be manned by library faculty and staff volunteers. As in semesters past, this service is sponsored by the Student Government Association.

Dan Forrest, Coordinator
Access Services

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by | May 1, 2007 · 10:47 am

Western Kentucky University Launches State’s First Institutional Repository

TopSCHOLAR™ is the first institutional repository in Kentucky. It offers indexing and searching using bepress (Berkeley Electronic Publishing) technology available through ProQuest/CSA’s Digital Commons platform and is made possible by support from WKU Libraries and Provost’s Initiatives for Excellence.

“We are very excited to offer TopSCHOLAR™ to our faculty, staff and students here at WKU. It presents a wonderful opportunity to showcase the talent of our University worldwide and serves as an outstanding example of ways in which WKU is striving to become a leading American university with International reach,” says Mike Binder, Dean of WKU Libraries.

For more information please contact Connie Foster, TopSCHOLARâ„¢ Project Director at 270-745-6151 or by email at connie.foster@wku.edu.

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by | · 10:30 am

Winners of the Kentucky Literary Awards

“The submissions for the 5th annual Kentucky Literary Awards were quite good, particularly in the non-fiction category,” said Jonathan Jeffrey, chairman of the selection committee. “I applaud our judges for work well done; the quality of all the honored works is outstanding.”

For more information about the Kentucky Literary Award guidelines, see www.sokybookfest.org.

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