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Preparing For The Future: A Place Where Ideas Are Created, Shared, And Shaped (Wku Libraries Annual Report Fy2021), Susann Devries, Editor, Jennifer Wilson, Editor, Emily Eden Gabriel, Editor Aug 2021

Preparing For The Future: A Place Where Ideas Are Created, Shared, And Shaped (Wku Libraries Annual Report Fy2021), Susann Devries, Editor, Jennifer Wilson, Editor, Emily Eden Gabriel, Editor

Library Annual Reports, Reports, and Statistics

No abstract provided.


Libraries - Woodford County, Kentucky (Sc 3391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2019

Libraries - Woodford County, Kentucky (Sc 3391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3391. Collected research on the history of library services in Woodford County, Kentucky. Includes clippings, correspondence (particularly regarding the merger of the Woodford County Library and the Logan Helm Memorial Library), and historical narratives.


The Academic Library And High-Impact Practices For Student Retention: Perspectives Of Library Deans, Adam L. Murray May 2014

The Academic Library And High-Impact Practices For Student Retention: Perspectives Of Library Deans, Adam L. Murray

Dissertations

Dramatic declines in state appropriations for postsecondary education, the rise of performance-based funding models, and limitations on tuition increases have resulted in a focus on student retention as a matter of importance to institutions of higher education. Concomitantly, academic libraries face changes in service models brought about by technology and the rising costs of providing access to an ever-expanding field of literature required by academic programs and faculty. The value proposition of the academic library is reduced in the face of budget interests that impact recruitment and retention. Many researchers and university leaders have called on academic libraries to develop …


Western Kentucky University Libraries Oral History Project (Fa 756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2013

Western Kentucky University Libraries Oral History Project (Fa 756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 756. Collection includes 39 interviews with Western Kentucky University Libraries faculty, staff, and administrators about their work in the university’s libraries from the 1950s to 2015. Each interview includes information about the individual’s particular role in the library’s function, the evolution of the libraries, and significant projects in which they were involved.


Alfred Russel Wallace Notes 3: Two Early Publications, Charles H. Smith Oct 2011

Alfred Russel Wallace Notes 3: Two Early Publications, Charles H. Smith

DLPS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Harrison, Elaine (Maher), 1924-2016 (Sc 2418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Harrison, Elaine (Maher), 1924-2016 (Sc 2418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2418. "Manual for Processing Manuscript Collections in the Manuscript Division, Kentucky Library," a project submitted by Elaine M. Harrison for a library science class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Collections & Connections, Jennifer Wilson May 2010

Collections & Connections, Jennifer Wilson

Collections & Connections

This is a biannual publication of the Western Kentucky University Libraries featuring its special events, new collections and services, and achievements of its employees. It is distributed to WKU alumni, Friends of the WKU Libraries & Museum, and the public.


Public Library Of Kentucky - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2008

Public Library Of Kentucky - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1453. Materials concerning lotteries held to establish and operate a free public library in Louisville, Kentucky. Also, related items.


Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1512. Telegram sent by the Bowling Green Public Library Board refusing the resignation of Jane (Hines) Morningstar from the Board.


Ua51/1/4 Collections & Connections, Wku Libraries Apr 1998

Ua51/1/4 Collections & Connections, Wku Libraries

WKU Archives Records

Collections & Connections is WKU Libraries' newsletter periodically featuring major events of the Libraries and the Kentucky Museum and connecting them with their users and potential donors. This Spring '98 issue highlighted: quilt exhibit, national library week, Hascal Haile guitars, College High records, model train exhibit, Kentucky death records and Rowland Tharaldson.


Ua51/1/4 Collections & Connections, Wku Libraries Oct 1996

Ua51/1/4 Collections & Connections, Wku Libraries

WKU Archives Records

Collections & Connections is WKU Libraries' newsletter periodically featuring major events of the Libraries and the Kentucky Museum and connecting them with their users and potential donors. This Fall '96 issue highlighted the William Natcher Collection, U.S. Bicentennial Celebration, quilt exhibition, Marilyn Casto, the American South exhibit, donations, extended campus library services, TopCat and Julia Neal.


Ua51/1/5 Wku Libraries Scrapbook 3, Wku Libraries Jan 1993

Ua51/1/5 Wku Libraries Scrapbook 3, Wku Libraries

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook has been disassembled. Photographs are available in UA1C11.23 WKU Libraries Photograph Collection. Documents housed in UA51.1.5 Dean of Libraries - Events File.


Ua51/1 Brief History Of The Library Of Wku, Wku University Libraries Oct 1923

Ua51/1 Brief History Of The Library Of Wku, Wku University Libraries

WKU Archives Records

A report made regarding the history of WKU Libraries from 1909 through ca. 1923.