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Creation Date
6-24-2013
Description
Oral history conducted by Lisa Miller regarding Marvin Leavy's life and work at WKU as well as information regarding the Margie Helm Library and Cravens Graduate Center & Library.
- 0:00-4:00 Leavy's background, education, teaching career & transition to librarianship
- 4:00-6:00 coming to WKU, job description, librarians & Cravens Graduate Center & Library
- 6:00-8:40 reference services centralization
- 8:40-9:30 Earl Wassom, library director
- 9:30-10:30 Margie Helm and Sara Tyler
- 10:30-14:00 library employees
- 14:00-20:00 job experiences and collection development
- 20:00-26:00 technology advances
- 26:00-30:00 technology transitions
- 30:00-31:00 Government Documents
- 31:00-41:00 major projects and renovations, Cravens Commons
- 41:00-45:00 campus support of the library
- 45:00-49:00 memorable events, NOTIS, Kentucky Virtual Library
- 49:00-53:00 ghosts, faculty evaluation process
- 53:00-end work processes, computer, meetings
Keywords
Western Kentucky University, Margie Helm Library (WKU), University Libraries (WKU), Health & Physical Education Building (WKU)