Sunday, February 3, 2013

International Programs Update


Toni Greider, Director of International Programs, reports that UK Libraries continues to support international activities in a number of ways.  
For the past academic year the International Working Group has been actively engaged in “Reimagining Russia’s Realms” with programming and exhibits.  The Spring Semester began with a lecture by Dr. Gregory Frolenkov who spoke about audiology and rehabilitation services in Russia.  Dr. Frolenkov, an engaging speaker, has worked under three government agencies, the Soviet Union, the Russian Republic, and the US.  He offered interesting insights into the various approaches to funding research. UK Libraries partnered with UK Healthcare in sponsoring Dr. Frolenkov’s lecture.

Also in January, a new exhibit opened on the video walls of The Hub.  Postcards from Pre-Soviet Russia provide a glimpse of life in imperial Russian.  The exhibit contains over 80 postcards, many with original stamps and text visible.  The postcards are part of UK Libraries Special Collections.
The posters are part of the Scott Soviet Military Collection and facsimiles of the posters have been reproduced and displayed in Core 1 of The Hub.  UK Libraries is partnering with the UK Russian Club to provide an authentic Russian tea.  Both the post cards and the posters were digitized by UK Libraries Digital Library Services and all of our exhibits for the year can be viewed virtually at libraries.uky.edu/rrrexhibits. 

On February 6th we will open the Soviet Cold War Poster Exhibit with a short program and a Russian tea.   The program will begin at 4 p.m. with the Russian tea to follow.   The event is free and open to the public.
The posters are part of the Scott Soviet Military Collection and facsimiles of the posters have been reproduced and displayed in Core 1 of The Hub.  UK Libraries is partnering with the UK Russian Club to provide an authentic Russian tea.  Both the post cards and the posters were digitized by UK Libraries Digital Library Services and all of our exhibits for the year can be viewed virtually at libraries.uky.edu/rrrexhibits. 
The Working Group has also been exploring new ways to serve our international students and faculty.  UK librarian Kaziko Hioki worked with Audio/Visual Services to set aside four laptops with onscreen keyboards capable of typing in selected non roman alphabets.  Kathryn Lybarger prepared instructions for using the computers as well as a Libguide with information about how to set up an on screen keyboard on any computer.  The instructions are available at:  http://libguides.uky.edu/typingLOTE.

Debbi Lloyd, Graduate Assistant in Reference, joined the Working Group for the spring semester and is enrolled in LIS 675.  Her semester project is to survey student library needs for both students going abroad and for international students coming to UK.  Debbi will be working closely with the UK International Center.   UK Libraries continues to look for partnerships, on and off campus, to promote UK’s international efforts.   The International Working Group includes:  Jen Bartlett, Jan Carver, Frank Davis, Toni Greider, Kazuko Hioki, Gordon Hogg, and Kathryn Lybarger.

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