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by | June 23, 2009 · 1:38 am

WKU’s Subscription to Project Muse Expanded

WKU’s Project Muse database has been expanded to include “Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies” and “Western American Literature.”

“The Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies” contains original peer-reviewed research and book reviews on the humanities in Asia, focusing at present on of China, Japan, Korea, and Inner Asia. WKU Libraries provides access via Project Muse beginning with volume 69 (2009). The library also provides access to the journal in JSTOR from 1936 to 2003.

“Western American Literature” is a peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by the Western Literature Association and Utah State University. Devoted to groundbreaking critical essays on the literature, culture, landscape, and art of the American West, the journal publishes criticism dealing with Western culture and literature (both contemporary and traditional). WKU Libraries provides access to this journal through Project Muse beginning with volume 44 (2009).

To access these journals, use WKU Libraries’ E-Journal Finder (TDnet) available on the Libraries’ Website.

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by | June 18, 2009 · 11:20 am

Discovering History in Their Own Backyard

summer campers make masks

Campers discovered history is all around them. Field trips included visits to explore the Historic Railpark and L&N Train Museum, Lost River Cave, Riverview at Hobson Grove, Fountain Square Park and much more.

Photos

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by | · 11:06 am

Make it with Clay

sculpting with clay

In June a group of children in grades 1 – 5 attended a week long summer camp at the Kentucky Library & Museum. Led by artist Davie Reneau, they learned clay hand building techniques including pinch pots, coil and slab work.

More photos.

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by | June 10, 2009 · 6:58 pm

Summer in the Library

This summer the students and staff of Helm Library are in the process of shifting large amounts of periodicals to make way for more titles to come in the Fall. The titles will be moved from the Second Floor Periodicals room to the basement compact shelving area. Some titles, those already available on Jstor, will be moved from the Compact Shelves to The Gordon Wilson Storage Building.

Even though we are moving things around, we are still available to help! Just stop by the Reference Desk on the First Floor of Helm for any help. Just AskUs!

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by | April 27, 2009 · 11:52 am

Designing Women

plans for Honey Krust BakeryView work from the the senior theses of Interior Design majors. Using the landmark Honeykrust Bakery as their inspiration, 18 students submitted designs for adaptive use of this historic structure.

The exhibit runs through May 17, 2009.

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by | April 22, 2009 · 11:00 am

Graduating Seniors Art on Exhibition

student looking at artshowOn April 17, WKU’s graduating art students opened their Senior Show in the Kentucky Library and Museum’s third floor gallery. This exhibition features the work of 30 students presenting a representative body of work in the areas of graphic design, painting, ceramics, sculpture, art education, printmaking and weaving.

Under the direction of faculty member Kristina Arnold, the students arranged and installed the exhibition of their work. The show will run through May 17th.

Photo album

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by | April 17, 2009 · 8:30 am

Turn the Page

Authors and creators want to tell, to see through words, and to be seen and heard. A new exhibit “Pages from the Past to the Present” focuses on the tools used to create those symbols, and offers some rare examples of papyrus and cuneiform, and other very early illustration and printing examples. The exhibit features the work of noted Kentucky authors Robert Penn Warren, Jesse Stuart, and Janice Holt Giles and includes antique typewriters and writing instruments.

More information.

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by | March 9, 2009 · 12:34 pm

TopSCHOLAR® Registered

TopSCHOLAR® is a now registered trademark of Western Kentucky University. The name is ours alone and signifies both a permanency and priority for The Research & Creative Activity Database of WKU. The process and the results indicate nearly a two-year effort by the Dean of Libraries Mike Binder and Associate Vice-President Sadiq Shah, with legal counsel. We appreciate the effort and are proud to have the library’s first registered service. TopSCHOLAR® continues to grow daily with the deposit of new content and the creation of new communities and series to house the content. Researchers around the world have used these resources. If you have any questions or want a series created for your department or unit, we will do it for you and upload your content! Call Connie Foster at 745-6151, or email: connie.foster@wku.edu. Thanks.

Connie Foster, Head
Library Technical Services
March 9, 2009

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by | November 13, 2008 · 9:23 am

Encyclopedia of Social Work Online

Book cover of The Encyclopedia of Social WorkWKU Libraries has access now to the 20th edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work through Oxford University Press. Go to TopCAT and click on the Linked Resource which takes you to http://www.oxford-naswsocialwork.com/. This e-resource provides access to all WKU students and faculty. It is part of Oxford Digital Reference Shelf and provides a quality resource for our growing online collections.

Connie Foster, Head of Library Technical Services

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by | November 7, 2008 · 12:09 pm

TopSCHOLAR Hosts Second E-Journal

The Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE), the Wilderness Education Association (WEA), and the Western Kentucky University Research Foundation (WKURF) launched the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership (JOREL) earlier today in San Diego, California at the 22nd Annual AORE Conference on Outdoor Recreation and Education. The three organizations have teamed together to create and manage this new peer-reviewed publication located at http://www.ejorel.com/. This announcement included the inaugural “Call for Papers.”

The journal’s mission is to improve outdoor recreation, education, and leadership through the publication and dissemination of peer-reviewed manuscripts centered on professional practice, research, and theoretical discussions. Manuscript submissions are encouraged from authors inside and outside of academia to help improve research and practice with a goal of reducing the disparity between the two in the represented disciplines.

Relevant topic areas (centered on outdoor recreation, outdoor education, or outdoor leadership) for the journal include, but are not limited to: outdoor recreation, adventure recreation, outdoor education, outdoor leadership, pedagogy, administration, programming, risk management, wilderness medicine, certification, participant behavior, trends, diversity, training, and outcomes. Manuscript submission guidelines are found on the journal’s website.

The founding journal advisory council (representing AORE, WEA, and WKURF) includes: Raymond Poff, Ph.D., Western Kentucky University; Tom Stuessy, Ph.D., Green Mountain College; Eric Frauman, Ph.D., Appalachian State University; Marni Goldenberg, Ph.D., Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo State University; Bruce Martin, Ph.D., Ohio University; and Connie Foster, MLS, Western Kentucky University.

The Editor-in-Chief is Aram Attarian, Ph.D., of North Carolina State University. Raymond Poff, Ph.D., Western Kentucky University will serve as the journal’s Managing Editor.

The journal, hosted at WKU, uses resources available through TopSCHOLARâ„¢ http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ a University-wide, centralized digital repository dedicated to scholarly research, creative activity and other full-text learning resources that merit enduring and archival value and permanent access. TopSCHOLARâ„¢ uses the Digital Commons platform from Berkeley Electronic Press http://www.bepress.com
The Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) http://www.aore.org/ provides opportunities for professionals and students in the field of outdoor recreation and education to exchange information, promote the preservation and conservation of the natural environment, and address issues common to college, university, community, military, and other not-for-profit outdoor recreation and education programs.
The Wilderness Education Association (WEA) http://www.weainfo.org/ promotes the professionalism of outdoor leadership through establishment of national standards, curriculum design, implementation, advocacy, and research driven initiatives.

The Western Kentucky University Research Foundation (WKURF) http://ored.wku.edu/ is organized to support Western Kentucky University efforts to promote the development, implementation, and coordination of extramurally sponsored programs involving research, instruction, public service, and to legally protect, manage and commercialize intellectual property resulting from research, scholarship and creative activities on behalf of Western Kentucky University.

For information, contact Dr. Raymond Poff at (270) 745-2498.

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