tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91872672912866725082024-03-05T02:36:25.702-05:00Paul G. Blazer LibraryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-81769296599078934192011-10-12T15:14:00.004-04:002011-10-12T15:25:20.207-04:00Kentucky Archives Month Poster<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mBwha0bnnLD5u97wmD1Um0c0tbjKiDO6ZH65fDFayuPOYwGqTBekMhIYS1xwyAVS5qrK6bHWXk1m7W29aXFAJa5f1LvG7_u0qDyvSBY9P8LTmdDqZ8Py808ysQhJbWYonE8ezvNGRDWs/s1600/pic.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 243px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662687592795460018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mBwha0bnnLD5u97wmD1Um0c0tbjKiDO6ZH65fDFayuPOYwGqTBekMhIYS1xwyAVS5qrK6bHWXk1m7W29aXFAJa5f1LvG7_u0qDyvSBY9P8LTmdDqZ8Py808ysQhJbWYonE8ezvNGRDWs/s400/pic.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Sharon McGee, Blazer Library’s Archives Records Manager/Librarian, was the Creative Designer for the 2011 Archives Month poster created each year by a member of the Kentucky Archives Month Coordinating Committee. The poster is created in celebration of Archives Month and is distributed to over 300 repositories in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and to every state in the nation, including the U. S. Territories. Archives Month is an annual celebration of the importance of archives and historical records and of the work institutions do to preserve these unique resources. Members of the Kentucky Archives Month Coordinating Committee submit images from their institution that relate to the theme for the year to be used in the poster. The theme for this year is Military, in honor of Kentucky’s rich military heritage. The facilities and their collections at our Kentucky institutions are quite varied, but together, they hold a rich documentary legacy which shapes our understanding of the state’s past and our assessment of its future. Kentucky’s Archives Month gives all participants a wonderful opportunity to meet new users, build institutional support, showcase <a name="_GoBack"></a>holdings, and to explain why preserving history is important. Kentucky Archives Month is sponsored by the Kentucky State Historical Records Advisory Board, the Kentucky Council on Archives, and the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. For more information on Kentucky Archives Month, visit <a href="http://archivesmonth.ky.gov/">http://archivesmonth.ky.gov/</a>. </div>Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072056804655251588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-33440958060101067172011-09-16T09:44:00.000-04:002011-09-16T09:47:51.482-04:00LearningExpress Library Trial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<p>Check out the trial of the resource LearninExpress Library available until October 31, 2011. LearningExpress Library is an innovative, Web-based learning solution that provides patrons, from elementary students to adult learners, with instant access to the most comprehensive collection of test preparation tools, skill-building materials, and career resources available. Over 1,000 online practice tests and interactive skill-building tutorials are available. There are also tutorials and tools for popular software such as Photoshop and Excel, and Admissions and Placement Preparation.</p>
Check out this resource on the <a href="http://kysu.kyvl.org/librarydatabases.html" target="_blank">library's database page</a> and let us know what you think. You can view a demo of LearningExpress Library by clicking on this <a href="http://www.learningexpressllc.com/demos/LEL_Sneak_Preview/home.cfm" target="_blank">link</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-56697573994325648862011-08-17T10:41:00.003-04:002011-08-17T10:45:04.642-04:00Blazer Library iPhone App<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudwhQZyKGmiA3GTkG-8siThchDHUhldmS7WARv0gbH8nLmwo4WHy7ycmyaZaX23aim4G9C-lZQ2ofQm-xBl377K22DkBfn3WzYy0rFGVedmI0QgPxpBzxnWUkTQkdlmIbPGpb57DpTc0/s1600/iPhone+App.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 164px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudwhQZyKGmiA3GTkG-8siThchDHUhldmS7WARv0gbH8nLmwo4WHy7ycmyaZaX23aim4G9C-lZQ2ofQm-xBl377K22DkBfn3WzYy0rFGVedmI0QgPxpBzxnWUkTQkdlmIbPGpb57DpTc0/s320/iPhone+App.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641835796800108290" /></a>
<br />Got an iPhone or iPod Touch? If you do then you can download Blazer Library's new iPhone app, Blazer, from iTunes.
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<br />Paul G. Blazer Library's iPhone app includes access to library resources such as the catalog and other mobile resources that include various databases. In addition, check to see when the library is open, how to contact us with any questions, view library maps, renews items, and connect to us through different social networking sites. The application also has a built in barcode scanner that interprets ISBN barcodes and QR codes.
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<br />Click on this <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/app/blazer/id452481665?mt=8#">link</a> or search "Blazer" in iTunes to download the app. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-5691682422050284122011-08-01T10:45:00.003-04:002011-08-01T10:50:40.993-04:00Blazer Library Android App<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38f9YKgTopC_UrPb8RIzpDNlntLgj8dHLZgzod7PEIyZ-ITQG7X2eHFZeuMLKHPQuNgYysaivKzWu3a_FGVTAfO18YNoiRR3li1F61g2SAPKVCM9L_wHECvwATv0fdGrob_Oe-86UDbQ/s1600/Android_App.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 194px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635899279996678946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38f9YKgTopC_UrPb8RIzpDNlntLgj8dHLZgzod7PEIyZ-ITQG7X2eHFZeuMLKHPQuNgYysaivKzWu3a_FGVTAfO18YNoiRR3li1F61g2SAPKVCM9L_wHECvwATv0fdGrob_Oe-86UDbQ/s320/Android_App.png" /></a><br />Got an Anroid device? If you do then you can download Blazer Library's new Android App, PGB Library, from the Android Market.<br /><br />Paul G. Blazer Library's Android app includes access to library resources such as the catalog and other mobile resources that include various databases. In addition, check to see when the library is open, contact us with any questions, view library maps, renew items, and connect to us through different social networking sites. The applicaiton also has a built in feature that allows you to enter an ISBN barcode and search to see if it is available at Blazer Library.<br /><br />Click on this <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ryerson.LibMobile&feature=search_result">link</a> or search "PGB" in the Android Market to download the app. Also, be on the look out for an upcoming iPhone application and redesigned mobile website that are to be released soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-46408008793771182552011-07-12T17:09:00.001-04:002011-07-12T17:20:31.878-04:00Do You Know Tabeleau?My goal upon returning from the ALA (American Library Association) National Conference in New Orleans last month was to dedicate several blog entries to outlining my favorite sessions. Having taken a few weeks to digest all that I took in, however, I have come to the realization that perhaps not everyone would find such musings interesting or relevant. So, instead of waxing poetic on my favorite new trends in libraries and information sharing, I thought it might be useful to instead share some actual tools I encountered while there. <br />
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Tableau was one such tool and it captivated me instantly. The Tableau website promises to "make data a first class citizen on the web". With its easy to use structure - relying wholly on "drag and drop" - Tableau makes it incredibly easy to visualize data via any of your organization's web presences. Below you will find a simple example I created in 15 minutes, demonstrating the increase in use of one of Blazer's subscription databases, Literature Resource Center. With increasing demands for accountability in service (not just within libraries, but within all institutions, really), it is easy to envision the applications for pushing evidence of achievement back to demanding constituents.<br />
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After you check out my example, make your own. Visit Tabelau at: http://www.tableausoftware.com/public<br />
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</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">This last year has presented me with the opportunity to visit many breathtaking libraries, both public and academic. Working as I do in a library that is in need of some serious cosmetic changes, it is sometimes difficult to focus on what is right about my home away from home. Sure, our rugs are stained and unravelling, our roof is leaking, and much of our furniture is worse for wear, but there is a lot of beauty still left to be enjoyed at Blazer. While staking out locations for the library's upcoming virtual tour (still in progress), I took a few photos that made me feel especially fortunate to be here. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Location:</u> Second floor study area, overlooking the sunny atrium referenced later in this post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A peaceful island on the second floor. With a lovely view and soft natural light, this is a popular study spot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Location:</u> Second Floor Stacks, looking towards the end of the "P" range.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The beauty in the symmetry of the stacks never ceases to amaze me.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This strangely tropical area is as lovely as it is quiet, making it a welcome refuge during the noisiest parts of the semester. Beware, however, that sitting on the soft sofa and basking in the sunlight that streams through this window is likely to make you drowsy. I have more than once fallen asleep here on my lunch breaks. </div> <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Location:</u> Study tables immediately in front of the Reference Desk. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This just looks scholarly. What else can I say?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Location</u>: 1st floor stacks between the end of the General Collection and the beginning of Government Documents. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is as cheerful a sculpture as can be found anywhere on our campus. It makes me think of the stick figure drawings of children. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Location</u> - 1st floor study room near Reference</div><div style="text-align: center;">I saw this in one of our study rooms and was romanced by it in a way that can only be explained by my ignorance of the subject matter. To me, so much of science reads like a dead language - beautiful, archaic and firmly beyond my grasp. To the student who wrote this, this is probably very dull indeed.</div>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-22016946366870433752011-06-16T12:45:00.000-04:002011-06-16T12:45:50.857-04:00Saucy Summer Reads<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="highlight">Summer is here again and if you are anything like me, beating the heat is as much a mental game as a physical process.Whether you are lounging poolside with a cold drink perspiring next to you or escaping into the cool comfort of air-conditioning, you won't truly find solace from the overwhelming weather until you distract yourself with a good book. Listed below are some saucy titles so rich in drama that you won't remember what day it is, let alone how hot it is, once you lose yourself within their pages.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="highlight"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="highlight"><i>*** book descriptions provided by Amazon.com ***</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="highlight">How</span><span class="subfielddata"> </span><span class="highlight">Stella</span><span class="subfielddata"> </span><span class="highlight">got</span><span class="subfielddata"> </span><span class="highlight">her</span><span class="subfielddata"> </span><span class="highlight">groove</span><span class="subfielddata"> </span><span class="highlight">back</span></b></i><span class="subfielddata"><span> </span><span> </span>by Terry McMillan</span></div><div> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">African/African-American Collection</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="subfielddata">PS3563 .C3868 H68 1996</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">Stella Payne is a Superwoman who has everything--except a man to rock her world, something she's convinced she can well do without. On a spur-of-the-moment Jamaican vacation she meets Winston, a man half her age, and finds, to her dismay, that her world is indeed well and truly rocked. Stella soon realizes that she's come to a cataclysmic juncture in her life, one that forces new and difficult questions about her passions and expectations.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="highlight"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Her</span></span><span class="subfielddata"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span class="highlight"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">little</span></span><span class="subfielddata"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span class="highlight"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">black</span></span><span class="subfielddata"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></b></i><span class="highlight"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>book</b></i><span> </span><span> </span>by </span></span><span class="subfielddata"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Brenda Jackson.</span></span></div><div> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">African/African-American Collection<span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="subfielddata"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">PS3560 .A21165 H47 2008</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">It's less than a week before Sonya Morrison's wedding when she decides to pass her legendary little black book on to her cousin Courtney Andrews along with all of her best wishes. Courtney, who's fast approaching thirty, thinks every woman she knows has somehow met a man who is<i> husband</i> material except for her. So Sonya’s little black book seems to be just what she needs. That's until Courtney discovers she and her cousin have completely different tastes when it comes to men. But just when she is about to give up and toss the infamous little black book into the garbage, she meets Lake Masters. Nearly ten years her senior, he’s a lot older than the men she’s normally attracted to, but he’s handsome, intelligent, wealthy, and a man who is determined to sweep her off her feet. But the road to love is never easy and Courtney may find that her little black book is more a curse than a blessing.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="subfielddata"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>Up to no good</b></i><span> </span><span> </span>by Carl Weber</span></span></div><div> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">African/African-American Collection</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="subfielddata"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">PS3573 .E2164 U7b 2009</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">There's always a man around the corner, and church trustee James Black should know--he's usually that very man. The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Something on the Side" introduces a deliciously dysfunctional family in this new page-turning novel filled with intrigue, sex, and surprises. Annotation: The Black family has a few issues to work out. The father, James, is finally ready to put his player days behind him and settle down, but his lover is the same age as his daughter, Jamie, who has problems of her own, as she tries to discover the mystery woman who has been stalking her man. Meanwhile, James's son Darnel catches his fiance in bed with his best friend, Omar, and he finds himself in jail after exacting a brutal vengeance. This is only the beginning of the soap opera, as the family fights to stick together through a series of unbelievable twists and turns, both in the streets and between the sheets.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Tasha and Trae, the hood's favorite couple, are still together following the events of Thug Matrimony. Even with their relocation to sunny Los Angeles, the drama of New York cannot be escaped. From running a nightclub to dealing with models, shady lawyers, big money, new kinds of temptations, seductions, and drugs-not to mention new love interests-can this infamous couple weather all the storms and keep it together?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="highlight">More</span><span class="subfielddata"> </span><span class="highlight">drama</span><span class="subfielddata"> </span><span class="highlight">in</span><span class="subfielddata"> </span><span class="highlight">the</span><span class="subfielddata"> </span><span class="highlight">church</span></b></i><span class="subfielddata"><i><b> : a novel</b></i> <span> </span>by Dynah Zale</span></div><div> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">African/African-American Collection<span class="subfielddata"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="subfielddata">PS3626 .A627 M67 2008</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span>Tressie faithfully prayed every night that God would send her a thug. It wasn't long before her prayers were answered and she met a handsome ex-convict named Payce Boyd. Payce is a fine ruffneck and everything Tressie ever imagined and more. That is until Tressie experiences first hand the reality of being a thug's girl. Seeking solace and comfort in the sanctuary, Tressie soon learns valuable lessons and shocking truths about herself and others. Share in Tressie's journey through love, lust, self-doubt, and Drama in the Church.</span></div>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-24784396166833455672011-05-15T21:18:00.003-04:002011-05-15T21:49:13.926-04:00Graduates Go Forth...and Do the Dougie!<div>Commencement Day is one of my favorite days of the year. Sure, it requires faculty to wake up earlier than one ever ought to on a Saturday morning. Then there is that trudge from some far-away parking spot to the Convention center, always made more unpleasant by the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">voluminous</span> robes we struggle under. The wait in the hallway prior to the processional always leaves us sweating under our robes. If we made the mistake of drinking coffee prior to the event, in order to stay awake at such an unseemly hour, it is always just as we are walking into the arena that we realize that choice was a bad one and we will be holding it for a long 2.5 hours. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Still, even in the face of so many discomforts, Commencement Day is a precious one, dear to my heart, because it is a day of happy endings. As the choir sings, I feel myself well up. As I listen to parents and siblings and even grandparents scream, their voices jubilant in their pride, I well up all the more. As students I have known personally - students for whom I have retrieved articles and proof-read papers for - walk across the stage, grinning as big as they can, the tears finally break free and I feel so proud to be a part of such growth and achievement. Graduation is a beautiful thing, to be sure.<br /><br />This year's commencement speaker ensured that Commencement was as fun and inspiring as it was moving. Ms. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lezli</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Baskerville</span>, the fifth President and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, charged our graduates with the task of going out into the world to fix the ills that plague it. That may be a common enough sentiment, but Ms. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Baskerville</span>, a seasoned lawyer and a published expert in the field of equal employment opportunity, education access, affirmative action and diversity issues, is also a mighty fine dancer. As she challenged the graduates to be change agents, she led them in an inspiring chant punctuated by the Dougie. The audience roared with laughter as they danced the infamous dance move while pledging to better the future they had just inherited. It was a great beginning to this happy ending.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 123px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607124271258390594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wJOHVwiAlpWhwVVJqu_sRUQjslLj626GeYV-oEj9eK8kQtjk_sqbpgrnpyb5mW5CJ0c9Oq1a1okUiT1JS5PvLeibwI8p4XNjjbhm7u3Q67ZqoTBlsF5c-9vG4qZZs9bGihrZjucafSU/s320/lezli.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div>Good luck to you, our graduating Thoroughbreds, and a heartfelt thank-you to Lezli Baskerville!</div>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-62725458564310040382011-04-13T08:21:00.009-04:002011-04-14T18:14:19.420-04:00Frank X Walker Reading<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrttRFJW-e02jP_Ya65a08L_rSEBW9whP9sDI7JdK1LQY_0nhA3MvHWQFYpnnNnXo7RtH_4Y3P7w75B9-0XX3o75AQs-s5risJTdT3yqM_N7bmlF7vCpLYQDNW_yWGLe7iR0tSw0xXyc/s1600/frank2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595047084593824626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrttRFJW-e02jP_Ya65a08L_rSEBW9whP9sDI7JdK1LQY_0nhA3MvHWQFYpnnNnXo7RtH_4Y3P7w75B9-0XX3o75AQs-s5risJTdT3yqM_N7bmlF7vCpLYQDNW_yWGLe7iR0tSw0xXyc/s320/frank2.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlFSnDhjDlMdBStGNZgdR7luSIWOEhCmvO7M0MHDKiQOEc-sxfVftZYlxEyBq4GUO-326hnM6k7ll9aLF38WUmdpjJwdf7yN3_-MkNDsloIa1REIAuyQ7Busb5e12bQpUaqspuK9IW5M/s1600/frank4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595046885102823666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlFSnDhjDlMdBStGNZgdR7luSIWOEhCmvO7M0MHDKiQOEc-sxfVftZYlxEyBq4GUO-326hnM6k7ll9aLF38WUmdpjJwdf7yN3_-MkNDsloIa1REIAuyQ7Busb5e12bQpUaqspuK9IW5M/s320/frank4.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxCU2MG6AoXWp06p1aGZFMEJYltPu9BLwbCZIWAKxVO_-9ZUlyy2qM3fg9lqa1oP9zBMe_c7Q9KG8g_loHK9cFgF0cGrcpW4DXxwNkqcfOMyBW3G_LhWaZXtFKgEsiO64u2RWy8NwcM8/s1600/frank1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595046752096557634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxCU2MG6AoXWp06p1aGZFMEJYltPu9BLwbCZIWAKxVO_-9ZUlyy2qM3fg9lqa1oP9zBMe_c7Q9KG8g_loHK9cFgF0cGrcpW4DXxwNkqcfOMyBW3G_LhWaZXtFKgEsiO64u2RWy8NwcM8/s320/frank1.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichFodGR7I2dUNXOy_8TuNhIu5lw1-qGLJdTBdwgvfQCWW4hEzMAggKpziR2EVKKbrMGp6cUAlFm09L3PWSFOjY3wvcwbhywoLMhtcvUHEHZbGnQ_5H0Qeh7aWPNn688QA6rrIs0QM6po/s1600/frank5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595046241614305314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichFodGR7I2dUNXOy_8TuNhIu5lw1-qGLJdTBdwgvfQCWW4hEzMAggKpziR2EVKKbrMGp6cUAlFm09L3PWSFOjY3wvcwbhywoLMhtcvUHEHZbGnQ_5H0Qeh7aWPNn688QA6rrIs0QM6po/s320/frank5.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEo2oGTDeNCvqqXE2DYppFZebPorQ3Eo1orCzt2Gr6QQKYN_GP5lkDSz3G-MQT1bK7zprIJzBMB5jrIjDXkhuTpfNdZvrmG0CSOvL1Z2VyDo2bEF6xp2H1YXeMyfM4jhSHfDyUvkPAriM/s1600/frank3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595046105266034834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEo2oGTDeNCvqqXE2DYppFZebPorQ3Eo1orCzt2Gr6QQKYN_GP5lkDSz3G-MQT1bK7zprIJzBMB5jrIjDXkhuTpfNdZvrmG0CSOvL1Z2VyDo2bEF6xp2H1YXeMyfM4jhSHfDyUvkPAriM/s320/frank3.jpg" /></a>Last week, Blazer Library had the good fortune to host a reading by Affrilachian poet Frank X. Walker. Campus and community members alike filled Bradford's Little Theatre to revel in his words. Brothers from KSU's chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, Frank's fraternity, honored the poet with a plaque.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>During the question and answer session which followed Frank's reading, an audience member asked Frank which was more important where live poetry was concerned - the content or the performance? Frank didn't hesitate for even a second in his response, answering unequivocally that the content mattered most. He suggested that the best performer could breathe life into the reading of a chicken soup can label, but that for a poet, what mattered most was that the words follow the audience home. If that is the case, I can attest to the power of Frank's gift as a writer, because his poignant words hung in the air around my husband and I for the rest of the night. We discussed them on the ride home and again later, long after tucking the kids into bed. His words stuck with us wherever we went. </div></div></div>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-89336545650714137512011-04-12T14:37:00.004-04:002011-04-12T15:02:52.886-04:00Historian, Scholar and Social Critic Manning Marable dies at 60.<div align="left"><strong><em></em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_P5uCYQcQx9eIwgzXzAmgix6HgG3UDTh3tD2ArLJQQ1lYN3uiILSihGtXZQRh30ZKJbzf_1ROeHYV3fNhObysix-ZC1VHp5YkkswT4FsLIaz5a013QEqcFfGJLprz-QekIWSZCCM-2M/s1600/450x364-alg_manning_marable.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594771116405852242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_P5uCYQcQx9eIwgzXzAmgix6HgG3UDTh3tD2ArLJQQ1lYN3uiILSihGtXZQRh30ZKJbzf_1ROeHYV3fNhObysix-ZC1VHp5YkkswT4FsLIaz5a013QEqcFfGJLprz-QekIWSZCCM-2M/s320/450x364-alg_manning_marable.jpg" /></a> <strong><em>by Raphael Jackson </em></strong></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><strong><em></em></strong>On Friday April 1 at the age of 60, renowned historian and social critic Manning Marable passed away in Manhattan from complications of pneumonia. His death occurred just days before the publication of his magnum opus, a biography of Malcolm X entitled Malcolm X.: A life of reinvention. Dr. Marable is considered by many to be the foremost scholar on African American studies and race relations in America. Manning was Professor of Public Affairs, History and African American Studies at Columbia University. He also founded and directed the Institute for Research in African American Studies. </div><br /><div align="left">In the new 600 page biography published by Viking press, Dr. Marable has examined un-redacted FBI files which provided insight into the role of the FBI and the NYPD in the assassination of Malcolm X. Through his research Manning has also provided readers with information omitted from Alex Haley’s renowned Biography of Malcolm X, which was ranked by Time magazine as one of the 10 most influential books of the 20th century (Gray, 1998). </div><br /><div align="left">The three chapters which were excluded from publication in Haley’s biography contained elements from the last eleven months of Malcolm’s life, which were mostly spent outside of the United States. During these years, Malcolm broke from the Nation of Islam and founded two organizations, namely Muslim Mosque Inc. and the Organization for Afro-American Unity - modeled after the OAU. In a 2005 interview with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, Manning states, concerning the omissions “It seemed rather odd that there’s only a fleeting reference to the OAAU inside of the book that’s supposed to be his political testament”Goodman, 2005 February 21). </div><br /><div align="left">The long awaited book has evoked a range of commentary towards the late scholar. A colleague and friend of Mannuing’s, Eric Dyson, had this to say about him: “Manning went anywhere and everywhere that any - even an iota - of evidence existed, to help tell the more complete, complicated, complex and nuanced, colorful story of Malcolm X, to rescue him, on the one hand, from the vice grip of hagiographers who uncritically valorized and celebrated Malcolm…and on the other hand, he rescues him from the vicious demonization of those who would assault Malcolm X as the perpetrator and perpetuator of violent mythologies” (Goodman, 2011 April 4). </div><br /><div align="left">Dr. Marable is survived by Leith Mullings, his wife of 15 years, as well as three children and two step children. </div><br /><p><strong>Works by Manning Marable, at the Blazer Library:</strong></p><br /><p><em>How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America African and Caribbean Politics </em></p><br /><p><em>WEB Dubois: Black Radical Democrat Beyond Black and White </em></p><br /><p><em>The New Black Renaissance Freedom: a photographic history of the African American struggle / text by Manning Marable and Leith Mullings; pictures edited by Sophie Spencer-Wood. </em></p><br /><p><em>The third reconstruction: Black Nationalism and race relations after the revolution </em></p><br /><p><em>Black Nationalism in the seventies: through the prism of race and class </em></p><br /><p><em>The road toward Black power </em></p><br /><p><em>Sexism and the struggle for Black liberation </em></p><br /><p><em>Reaction: the political economy of the New South </em></p><br /><p><em>The land question in the South </em></p><br /><p><em>The fire this time: the Miami rebellion, </em><em>1980 </em></p><br /><p><em>Rethinking the seventies: the destruction of the Black movement </em></p><br /><p><em>Blacks and the draft: a history of racism. </em></p><br /><p><em>Malcolm X: A life of Reinvention</em> (On Order)</p><br /><p>Sources:</p><br /><p>Gray, Paul. (1998, June 8). Required reading: non fiction books. Retrieved from <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988496-2,00.html">http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988496-2,00.html</a></p><br /><p>Goodman, Amy (Performer). (2005 February 21). Manning Marable on Malcolm X: a life of reinvention [Radio series episode]. In (Executive producer), Democracy Now. New York: Pacifica Radio. </p><br /><p>Goodman, Amy (Performer). (2011 April 4). Malcolm X: a life of reinvention: Manning Marable’s new biography investigates conflicted reality of the civil rights leader [Radio series episode]. In (Executive producer), Democracy Now. 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In its entirety, it will consist of more than 5 million cross-searchable pages. <em>Part I: Debates over Slavery & Abolition</em> available now.</td> </tr>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-12875152006627729012011-03-23T16:28:00.008-04:002011-03-25T10:48:46.298-04:00Blazer Library has gone Mobile!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PNmkTlgz1p_1jxpDBVhfyx_fE7H_YUg8Dy5vO4JagAAuP8oZV6Ie8VQOLB6Zaa3np_EES1hXseIHIFZP6S9K-6plLvG1RMhAsdfeR5Lx9ZE_imBggFVyIDvw_DiOgKhP65RaVjyivg8/s1600/Flyer1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PNmkTlgz1p_1jxpDBVhfyx_fE7H_YUg8Dy5vO4JagAAuP8oZV6Ie8VQOLB6Zaa3np_EES1hXseIHIFZP6S9K-6plLvG1RMhAsdfeR5Lx9ZE_imBggFVyIDvw_DiOgKhP65RaVjyivg8/s320/Flyer1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587375801193651858" /></a><br /><br />Blazer Library has gone mobile. Now you can check the library's hours, search the catalog, and search select library databases all from your mobile device. Click on the QR code below to access the mobile website or visit <a href="http://kysu.kyvl.org/mobile/index.html">http://kysu.kyvl.org/mobile/index.html</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0apgmtcnV2OMTcYySmu54IX9vkV05xFF6sDCGweocuVB-Y7zC5gsLoI5u0LUvOxVKYFIZwXm_SlDIC0GADXi4EzjZEduXKFEnlSEIquRD_kbzdIgYJOA4nA0AGs9OLZdOOCmGJOVQd1o/s1600/mobile_qrcode.Png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0apgmtcnV2OMTcYySmu54IX9vkV05xFF6sDCGweocuVB-Y7zC5gsLoI5u0LUvOxVKYFIZwXm_SlDIC0GADXi4EzjZEduXKFEnlSEIquRD_kbzdIgYJOA4nA0AGs9OLZdOOCmGJOVQd1o/s320/mobile_qrcode.Png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587379596466385458" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-35961535399751546642011-03-11T16:20:00.003-05:002011-03-23T11:47:03.971-04:00Frank X. Walker is Coming to KSU!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkROOAcVF_bRJ6GB6x78u1nAVMWroR4cDH-DZCNuXX3EDYPTacTeLfkSOorWKUXNCum-43VWV-EpGg9wzpdbLBqLJ82IR3GcaJbiVzqEFTmG22t2pgXAnCOnZ-k12-QOoI7dCenDXCHZU/s1600/frank.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkROOAcVF_bRJ6GB6x78u1nAVMWroR4cDH-DZCNuXX3EDYPTacTeLfkSOorWKUXNCum-43VWV-EpGg9wzpdbLBqLJ82IR3GcaJbiVzqEFTmG22t2pgXAnCOnZ-k12-QOoI7dCenDXCHZU/s400/frank.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582935664102488594" /></a><br />For more information, such as where to park on campus when attending, visit the special site created for the event: <a href="http://kysu.kyvl.org/events/frank.html"> http://kysu.kyvl.org/events/frank.html</a>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-83932799647309638472011-03-09T12:34:00.003-05:002011-03-10T08:35:14.397-05:00Inside Scoop on Jason Lewis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN03DqqGa-FRC9_ORslabvKPr7YLLhAvHSTq4axzB5VeH00fBigMrbjhheOTuouAumUNj5HItyYYowRzSvPqZCLJlLKahWx-MOUX6qIFSKf5TjnRc81nLJE_g4Cx80TgFXN5nyQfJZR04/s1600/7123_514526434318_157700819_30398609_3477989_n.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 220px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582137528827051074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN03DqqGa-FRC9_ORslabvKPr7YLLhAvHSTq4axzB5VeH00fBigMrbjhheOTuouAumUNj5HItyYYowRzSvPqZCLJlLKahWx-MOUX6qIFSKf5TjnRc81nLJE_g4Cx80TgFXN5nyQfJZR04/s320/7123_514526434318_157700819_30398609_3477989_n.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Jason Lewis currently serves as Blazer Library’s Circulation Coordinator. Originally hailing from Portsmouth, Virginia, Jason has lived in Frankfort on and off for more than a decade. He is an alumnus of Kentucky State University, having received his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice as well as his Masters in Public Administration with a focus on Human Resource Management here.<br /><br />While he was a student at KSU, Jason was a member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. He also played basketball at KSU throughout his undergraduate career and was a member of the 2000-2001 SIAC Championship Basketball Team. Following his senior year, he even played one year of basketball in London, England before coming back to KSU to complete his MPA.<br /><br />In his spare time, he enjoys making Hip Hop Music, writing, and reading socially and spiritually conscious literature. He currently serves as the Advisor to KYSU’s chapter of Phi Beta Sigma. His motivation in life is his 4yr Princess, Anyssa-Zhi Lewis. </div>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-31157809142003200002011-03-07T19:36:00.015-05:002011-03-07T21:40:05.715-05:00Poetry Slam Pics<div align="center">On Wednesday, March 2nd, Blazer Library had the honor of hosting some of KSU's finest student writers at its first ever Open Mic Night and Poetry Slam. The Extended Hours Study Room was packed to capacity and the talent flowed freely as we participated in the Kentucky Literacy Celebration, a collaboration between education/literacy institutions and Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear. The energy was palpable as we celebrated literacy through spoken word! </div><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 255px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581512786126956610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwwEs1R9sEfpma_8ruq3dAlDLKYCnfePQO0Ofn000FCZ1JbDGp2k36COi32NByD_3Bf7AjOrctO5TCqfs7G6wpoiRUgN9QXmQXJTTKr80nkMk1CL46iYjZQpdzw4M5OOx5jJSnlrfa8U/s320/reviso.jpg" />This poet spoke of the pains and joy of young love.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581512662658501346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOU7eGKwrmvOjUPr6jTbHwbkEWeytoYwBI8kWgsu22rP5-8Nz_zDUucZdwF3_0le48TxwJQwzHVVmu8A-D0kHQnlAhTWvOOLo59XOWA9ZqVO-gyKsoZMAPhPheWLgt17AnopXPajwEmDo/s320/dp--9.jpg" />This young lady eloquently described how we can better understand ourselves as well as celebrate our history, while overcoming its limitations, through reading.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581512329359446930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwezXm27PSN5-XrEUFLJt5hdBnA8PGmmZSg5RzwNMeciw_NVRMSIhFwbkehdsDBtbsAHzoeresplMQYs5gWCksGSMJztKxpbLDhAc_mys-VlWPMaJ03NvAV40RTz21gxFHeev4N2tVtWs/s320/dp-.jpg" /><br />Patrick shared his thoughts on everything from God to sex and in the end tied for second place with Chris, earning $20 for his efforts. </div><div align="center"><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581512208364413858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFT3ws-YJnPYgI9hvER-6jYqqYMC1Q_jJq3jXrj21gBKB96adecGpcPy0MOCuI5QqJgag-3vYCevPMXZsS_4WANYL1C-x6RWn7UQdeZqdDLhyphenhyphenjUfwodPVsq5Yw36b5oFE8zTAIFQkF-c/s320/dp--5.jpg" /><br />Two of the judges are shown here - new Interlibrary Loan Librarian Raphael Jackson and Library Director Sheila Stuckey<br /><br /><div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581506910889500626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihD0xAclCHq7eQKvktyBX4X8aInZBR-4sdX5Z9tIeJkfQT3FJm5SGUGoeSB8BbKrQNAmwA-rKuzGzDHb2t_R0JTviUXBFhRWqXT9NFkEVgTXielTfmw2vpTUuLG8ogJTbuKW29QvRW5c4/s320/dp-118.jpg" /><br />Miesha won first place - an honor worth $50 - for her wry lightening-fast reflections on the intersections between love and pop culture. She had the audience laughing and cheering more than once as they demanded more of her.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581505892089866578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xe2xczeQUIAfx17-fvMF5P0IOaizFQZocg164bgSpR3acvWpxlPrLdfX2f6mj79zwAAxD1JExBqw2CoGpdmUnt8AqMKLTaMrd9bjuwckvFC9mxZjSxKohyDSTW4K6YsMOHEdwIxiYXE/s320/dp-44.jpg" /></div><div></div><div>Chris was the first poet to speak, and like Miesha, the crowd called him back to the microphone for more. He tied for second place with Patrick and offered a polished and energetic performance that reflected profoundly on his life's path thus far.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581506417013395826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjNXy3NFks-_1jNTWWfNTJhft0Sk1gD5bnE4r-K9uqMzR8JiPQZvLmx4yhTmKkvbLtrK9urJ1hIHMqVGSi2Dy_2x5oF7fIEo4igFzpGx_GI2LCWn1lESzKgWh8lf089jDb_cmCEusQpY/s320/dp--8.jpg" /></div><br />All in all, the event was a rousing success and Blazer Library considers itself lucky to have played a part in the first Kentucky Literacy Celebration. We can't wait to see next year's talent!<br /><div align="center"></div></div><br /></div>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-52006972230146380672011-03-01T13:31:00.000-05:002011-03-01T13:33:00.881-05:00Poetry Slam Tomorrow Night at Blazer!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjRjeOLO4mX7VCsFzRTUk-zwHa4gBF8sLgRb0hoM4mkfyHQrwymDfxspp4R8Ryz2OaQYHAikEtcTLOK-25-x3rywLBmDHqsDgTaUll-flV8uhqut6z3xRUlQ5DXkyMBxUonHBs8Qy3DE/s1600/poetry+slam.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579181176868735106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjRjeOLO4mX7VCsFzRTUk-zwHa4gBF8sLgRb0hoM4mkfyHQrwymDfxspp4R8Ryz2OaQYHAikEtcTLOK-25-x3rywLBmDHqsDgTaUll-flV8uhqut6z3xRUlQ5DXkyMBxUonHBs8Qy3DE/s400/poetry+slam.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-76855349167472039892011-02-25T09:15:00.012-05:002011-02-25T10:08:44.697-05:00Pics from the African American Read-In<div align="center">Earlier this week, Paul Blazer Library served as a site for the 22nd Annual National African American Read-In. Participants paid homage to beloved African American writers by sharing selections from their favorite works.<br /></div><br /><div align="center">Check out the following pictures from the event:<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577636609452927250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOyTkI3gxB70WH7HBcBj9co-x76Fek2ZR7EjtkFjC5Mvj14lMj3fp_JLcyzOWT_H-CpnBZY5IX5MVHU_DIWCQWnzMLMS3O6SLiqFVvgtIbUwkfOv4VFce7VBUiHYR9MQfdMGY0xDrzJQ/s320/PoetryKSU-36.jpeg" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ffff00;">Raphael Jackson, Blazer's new ILL Librarian, read from Alex Haley's "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". His selection spoke to the freedom and liberation that can be found through reading.</span><br /></strong><br /></div><p></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577640231132170802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3Yykmb3MphNwapSz-U-xiWfX3OO8eJ2xxK5B29QL0kgqLMVSqRQtglbeODN9StwMSGcZgnrqWHXgThkw4TLeMcb6DODSSyZOQWX-KRzuq6ymubpQcTku2gSx04Qn847Pqq_3KR1s1EI/s320/PoetryKSU-58.jpeg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ffff00;">Sheila Stuckey, Library Director, sharing the poetry of Nikki Giovanni</span></strong><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577640548416834466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgsis6QvyO9fVI2o6Lb2Q-G9unOhyphenhyphen_NmOr7cS3fXhwGb02JtTpcGGpa1bNH1UrZnV8Tri-tPKWDvMpf8SxhhaegpyQgquiii-pxKFB9W0wTi40R0LJqXRmUSjlLIinyEaKPrdv78IjVA/s320/PoetryKSU-62.jpeg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ffff00;">Hettie Oldham, Archival Assistant, making the poems of Maya Angelou come alive</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577632661784304258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1amTnyDPd2OjSKLAqk6sx2NXOhSzSQKRxqvMg693BV0fSwsr9NGBc9iPp3NBD2M756Ref7qSPTfq6lDw1r56PzMPnF_yNkqHz13ihfljsolRBxn2Ae_FBBC3Cf_Dm3apaCYsYki6z1Ec/s320/PoetryKSU-42.jpeg" border="0" /></div><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ffff00;">Ben Rawlins, Systems Librarian, reading from James Baldwin</span></strong></p><div align="center"><br />Other selections shared at the Read-In included passages from </div><div align="center">Carter G. 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millions who have participated worldwide </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);font-size:130%;" >Why:</span><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);font-size:130%;" > To make literacy an important part of Black History Month celebrations</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);font-size:130%;" >When:</span><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);font-size:130%;" > Tuesday, February 22<sup>nd</sup> at 11:00 a.m.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);font-size:130%;" >Who:</span><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);font-size:130%;" > Anyone in the KYSU community who cares about African American literature</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);font-size:130%;" >Free Refreshments Provided!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuyqv3fIFPwOZvawkScWtZmbNFJbE0UjtiT7iV-D23RtwsxCwr4AXBRDEAWvSJ9331FBEgo-5-GYJ52aOKDGbKk0VYNnoSY7XtGWRXHgwMtgW2dRQ9DwsD9yCwu-_iHOmmTnSBkyUaI8/s1600/AARI_Logo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuyqv3fIFPwOZvawkScWtZmbNFJbE0UjtiT7iV-D23RtwsxCwr4AXBRDEAWvSJ9331FBEgo-5-GYJ52aOKDGbKk0VYNnoSY7XtGWRXHgwMtgW2dRQ9DwsD9yCwu-_iHOmmTnSBkyUaI8/s400/AARI_Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573726862049280882" border="0" /></a>This event is sponsored by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English<br /></div>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-47552198521641587532011-01-24T20:37:00.001-05:002011-01-24T20:42:50.731-05:00ALA Midwinter 2011: Straight from the Stacks to the SmartphoneBlazer Library's own Systems Librarian, Benjamin Rawlins, represented Kentucky State University earlier this month at the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, CA. Presenting on the topic of his adoption of QR codes within the Library's website, Ben was quoted extensively in the following article in the national library publication <em>Library Journal. </em>Read the article in its entirety here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/888908-264/ala_midwinter_2011_straight_from.html.csp">ALA Midwinter 2011: Straight from the Stacks to the Smartphone</a><br /><br />Way to go, Ben! Blazer Library is proud of your hard work!amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-39252562462704051242011-01-18T15:48:00.002-05:002011-01-18T15:56:50.687-05:00Library clears its shelves in protest at closure threatYou don't have to work at a library to be touched by the following story about library users who demonstrated their loyalty to their threatened community library by checking out every last book:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/14/stony-stratford-library-shelves-protest">Read more here</a>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-1340824956098171352010-12-10T16:29:00.002-05:002010-12-10T16:32:08.740-05:00Extended Library HoursThe Library will be opened for extended hours during finals. Instead of closing at 10:30, the library will close at midnight. So if you need a place to study or finish that paper that you have been putting off then stop on by the library. Good luck on your finals!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-74403456022338541012010-11-11T12:45:00.002-05:002010-11-11T12:47:49.530-05:00Our Next Brown Bag Lunch Asks: How is the NAACP Relevant to College Students Today?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark/> <w:dontvertaligncellwithsp/> <w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables/> 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style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">Topic:</span></b> <b style="">The Role and Relevancy of the NAACP in the Lives of College Students</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">Date and Time:</span></b> <b style="">Wednesday November 17<sup>th</sup> @ 11:00am</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">Refreshments:</span></b> <b style="">Enjoy free light refreshments in the form of cheese, crackers, fruit, and cookies</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Founded in 1909, the <span style="">National Association for the Advancement of Colored People</span> is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. From the ballot box to the classroom, the thousands of dedicated workers, organizers, leaders and members who make up the NAACP continue to fight for social justice for all Americans<a style="" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">[1]</span></span></span></span></a>. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Moving beyond history, what role does the NAACP play in the lives of college students today? Is the organization still relevant to young people? And how? These and other thought-provoking questions will be addressed by Dantrea Hampton at the next Brown Bag Luncheon at Blazer Library.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Mrs. Hampton currently serves Kentucky State University as an Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian at Paul G. Blazer Library. She also serves as advisor to the KSU Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She received her B.A. degree from Kentucky State University (KSU) and her M.S.L.S. degree from the University of Kentucky. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style="">Any questions? </b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Contact Amanda Peach @ 502-597-6824 or amanda.peach@kysu.edu</p> <div style=""><br /> <hr align="left" width="33%" size="1"> <div style="" id="ftn1"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> <a href="http://www.naacp.org/content/main/">http://www.naacp.org/content/main/</a></p> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"> </p> </div> </div> <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><b style=""></b></span>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-5600955648133153292010-11-04T15:27:00.002-04:002010-11-04T15:36:55.158-04:00Heroes Among Us<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqxi9WiulE5B4g-J1at2Mk64Inc90XqXbrgWcKw_vyXada1NqxpuFaqnpQGGRLZkNbI9wk7rQRid9_fFDUDelQ7HClr60WhxxEqF68Vh4OXQGg8JAWb24c0IjjQu3yguWoDijKfoLYH4/s1600/hettiemarie.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535780694937756434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqxi9WiulE5B4g-J1at2Mk64Inc90XqXbrgWcKw_vyXada1NqxpuFaqnpQGGRLZkNbI9wk7rQRid9_fFDUDelQ7HClr60WhxxEqF68Vh4OXQGg8JAWb24c0IjjQu3yguWoDijKfoLYH4/s400/hettiemarie.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Paul Blazer Library is proud to acknowledge two exceptional staff members, Hettie Oldham and Marie Johnson, who received awards from Campus Police Chief Stephanie Bastin at the Kentucky State University Staff Forum today. Hettie received an Award for Valor and Marie received one for Meritorious Service for their heroism in assisting a KYSU colleague in distress this September. We are so proud of them and their selflessness in the face of danger!</div>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-64845434689892759952010-10-18T19:10:00.008-04:002010-10-18T19:28:53.276-04:00Citation Generators, QR Codes, Wordles, and Other Technology Trends You Don't Understand (But Should)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVdZrc3zugUYvi8sWlfLAm_KiXix5R-CftjCaDD1UqQO2GWcN5oB5AZXJScwjBwVR_dSq7izzMOYVj6rUBnJEGR4koihdcGV5ys0w_bf5zpFc_bCXn_1bNlRQDTSSB4IP79vHjEnePDk/s1600/mainpage-pic_green.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529531556595805602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVdZrc3zugUYvi8sWlfLAm_KiXix5R-CftjCaDD1UqQO2GWcN5oB5AZXJScwjBwVR_dSq7izzMOYVj6rUBnJEGR4koihdcGV5ys0w_bf5zpFc_bCXn_1bNlRQDTSSB4IP79vHjEnePDk/s200/mainpage-pic_green.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><div align="center">The Blazer Library Brown Bag Lunch Series is proud to announce the next event in the series:</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#009900;">“Citation Generators, QR Codes, Wordles, and Other Technology Trends<br />You Don't Understand (But Should)”<br /></span></span></em><br /><span style="color:#009900;">Who:</span> Students, Faculty, and Staff are all invited!<br /><span style="color:#009900;">When:</span> Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.<br /><span style="color:#009900;">Where:</span> Paul G. Blazer Library, Extended Hours Study Room<br /><span style="color:#009900;">What:</span> Free drinks and dessert will be provided as Amanda Peach and Benjamin Rawlins present on the topic of evolving technology within the library and the role of this technology within the Kentucky State University community. </div><div align="left"><br />As Librarians at Kentucky State University’s Blazer Library, Amanda and Ben have embraced a variety of free and open-source products to help increase the usefulness and relevance of the library within the academic community. Join them as they discuss some of these applications, including: </div><div align="left"><br />- Blazer Library Blogger and Facebook sites<br />- Citation generating websites as well as the citation generator application in the Blazer online catalog<br />- Management of personal Blazer Library accounts online, including renewal of items<br />- QR codes: deceptively simple-looking barcodes used to store large amounts of information and which can be interpreted by smart devices such as iphones<br />- Texting of book call numbers directly from the Blazer catalog<br />- Virtual bookshelf in the Blazer catalog: the browsing of related materials made easier<br />- Wordles as a tool for summarization and self-reflection in the classroom and in personal studies </div><div align="left"><br />Amanda Peach is the current Education Curriculum Librarian at Blazer Library. Benjamin Rawlins is the current Systems Librarian at Blazer Library. Both are graduates of the Master’s of Library Science program at the University of Kentucky. </div><br /><p align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">No RSVP required. Bring your own sandwich and an open mind!<br />*ONLY drinks and dessert will be provided for free*<br />Any questions? Call or email Amanda Peach at: ext. 6824 or <a href="mailto:amanda.peach@kysu.edu">amanda.peach@kysu.edu</a></span></p><br /><br /><p align="center"></p></div>amandapeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972249953734520346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187267291286672508.post-82329812125165150062010-10-05T09:05:00.003-04:002010-10-05T09:24:46.624-04:00QR CodesThe Library has implemented QR Codes into the online catalog. Don't know what a QR Code is, then <a href="http://kysu.kyvl.org/qr.html" target="_new">click here</a>. If you have a internet enabled device with a camera then you can begin then you can use QR codes. These codes allow you to store information on the go. You can store a link to a book in the catalog. The library is beginning to explore new ways to use these codes. In the near future you will be able to link to the library's mobile catalog interface, mobile database search interfaces (EBSCOhost and H.W. Wilson), store library staff contact information, and initiate phone calls to the library!! To find a QR reader or scanner visit iTunes (for iPhone and iPod Touch users) or <a href="http://mobile-barcodes.com/qr-code-software/" target="_new">click here</a> to find QR Code reading software that is compatible with your mobile device. Once you have a QR app or reader on your mobile device try it out by scanning the code below (it is a link to the library's mobile catalog).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JZ_ePcosjNbhOsH9sYMCB_LCCxDXoL6uC06lRP0dlAv9bat8tlCg7T4oaii53YJ_TnNF6X39uwBRWIGi-3pIKSCz_J1P6DJbUCpjapZb9JtaPuGDBsUJn72heZjxKH6UlRgI8zFKXZ0/s1600/qrcode.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JZ_ePcosjNbhOsH9sYMCB_LCCxDXoL6uC06lRP0dlAv9bat8tlCg7T4oaii53YJ_TnNF6X39uwBRWIGi-3pIKSCz_J1P6DJbUCpjapZb9JtaPuGDBsUJn72heZjxKH6UlRgI8zFKXZ0/s320/qrcode.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524550926678040402" /></a><br /><br />If you have any questions about QR Codes email Benjamin Rawlins at benjamin.rawlins@kysu.edu.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0