The librarian noted that, “I found your Prezi's when searching Google for ‘wind energy.’ I'm always looking for better ways to teach topic selection and I'm wondering if you might give me permission to use your Prezi's?”
One of the best aspects of online resource development is sharing ideas with others and making connections with new colleagues. We hope that Chris’ work is useful for the students at Aquinas College and elsewhere.
Kate Black Serves on Graduate School Fellowship Review Committee:
The University of Kentucky offers a James Still Fellowship for Graduate Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The fellowship provides $15,000, plus a tuition scholarship and student health insurance. Kate Black, Special Collections, served on this year’s fellowship selection committee.
“Endowed by a gift from the Bingham Fund and named to honor author James Still, the James Still Fellowship is available for graduate study in the humanities and social sciences at the University of Kentucky for an entering graduate student who graduated from a high school in the Appalachian region and encompasses a wide range of academic areas. Non-traditional students and those with financial need (as demonstrated in the student statement) are encouraged to apply. The award is potentially renewable for a second year (Master's students) or for a total of three years (Doctoral students).”
The James Still Collection is in UK Libraries Special Collections. A native of Alabama, author James Still spent most of his life in the Hindman Settlement of Knott County. In addition to his writing, Still worked as a farmer, librarian and teacher. Winner of many literary awards, including two Guggenheim fellowships, Still published novels, short stories and poems which reflect his passionate feelings for the Kentucky mountains.
The Still Collections includes typescripts, many with Still's handwritten comments, for such noted works as River of Earth, Still's first novel; Hounds on the Mountain, a book of poems; On Troublesome Creek, Sporty Creek, and many others. Files in this collection include printed copies of Still's published works, biographical information, correspondence dating from the 1930s to 1990s, photographs, reviews, and clippings. There are materials on the Hindman Settlement School where Still served as librarian (1932-1939) and 1951-1961), and Morehead College where he taught. Files of printed materials relate to Lincoln Memorial University, Vanderbilt, and the University of Illinois, schools from which Still received degrees in English and Library Science.
Freshman Composition Is Not Teaching Key Skills in Analysis, Researchers Argue:
http://chronicle.com/article/Freshman-Composition-Is-Not/131278/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
National Advisory Board Member Busy with Architecture and History:
UK Libraries Advisory Board Member Alan Sullivan, Director of Healthcare Studio, KZF DESIGN, INC. spoke this week at a national healthcare conference on “Best Practices in Healthcare Engineering and Facilities Management.”
Alan is also working to complete a book about his father Claude Sullivan, one of the original “Voices” of UK sports. The Claude Sullivan Collection is in UK Libraries Special Collections. The collection is comprised of 254 1/4" reel to reel audio tapes which have been digitized. The tapes contain Sullivan announcing U.K. football and basketball games and covering his trip to the Soviet Union in 1959.
UK Libraries Helps Prepare for Severe Weather:
Sue Smith, Head of the Science and Engneering Library recently announced the availability of a new research guide. It has a wide variety of resources for tornado research as well as information on chasing extreme weather, videos, books, preparedness, and disaster relief for Kentuckians. Sue is updating daily as she finds more resources to try and keep it current for central and eastern Kentucky.
Here is the link: http://libguides.uky.edu/tornadoes
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