If you were a student during the Spring 2012 semester, you might remember a certain controversy on campus involving plans by the University to construct a new library. Some of you may even remember visiting Waterfield Library and noticing fancy charts in the lobby about what the proposed library was going to look like, why Read More
The Board of Regents will meet Dec. 5 to further discuss renovations and projects for University libraries. Interim President Tim Miller said one possibility the board will discuss is the addition of an annex to Waterfield Library, which is a less expensive project than the new library proposal previously rejected by the Board of Regents. Read More
Libraries without books? Not a chance. As much as technocrats prophesize the coming demise of the book, it will never happen. My friend, Terry Birdwhistell, the Dean of Libraries at the University of Kentucky, echoed that very sentiment last summer at the University of Kentucky Friends of the Library Dinner. Library deans will come and Read More
Meghann Anderson Staff writer Discussions of a new library were brought to a halt at the March 2 Board of Regents meeting, after more than six months of debate on the part of administrators and Student Government Association senators. Five blueprints lined the conference table where the Regents met in Pogue Library. President Randy Dunn Read More
Ed Marlowe Staff writer Kentucky General Assembly convened on Jan. 3 to discuss the 2012-14 state education needs and to review a list of statewide campus renovations and improvements compiled and submitted by the Council for Postsecondary Education. On Nov. 15, the CPE refined a list of capital construction and legislative priorities created by Kentucky’s Read More
Meghann Anderson Staff writer The leaders of the Student Government Association ended its weekly meeting on Wednesday by telling members they would not be voting on the proposed library student fee. Betsy Banks, SGA vice president, said the vote would not be discussed again until next spring. Jeremiah Johnson, president, said the executive council met Read More
Meghann Anderson Staff writer The Student Government Association voted Wednesday at its weekly meeting to table legislation that would send the proposed idea of the new library and student fee to the Board of Regents. Before debate closed, SGA President Jeremiah Johnson gaveled down further debate to be held at next week’s meeting. Johnson moved Read More
Meghann Anderson Staff writer President Randy Dunn spoke of building a new library on campus to the Student Government Association at its weekly meeting Wednesday. Dunn’s visit was part of an administration effort to encourage the SGA to adopt student fees associated with the new library project, expected to break ground sometime in 2013. Adam Read More