{"id":16612,"date":"2013-10-29T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=16612"},"modified":"2013-10-29T04:01:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T09:01:33","slug":"woodward-library-society-supports-apsu-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2013\/10\/29\/woodward-library-society-supports-apsu-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodward Library Society supports APSU library"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – In 2005, the Austin Peay State University Felix G. Woodward Library had around 185,000 visitors a year. Today, with a renovated lobby, new computers and study areas, a writing center and a Starbucks coffee shop, the yearly door count is around 653,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cEight years ago, we had 185,000 for the whole year, and now we\u2019re going to see 100,000 students come in this month,\u201d Joe Weber, director of the library, said.<\/p>\n

\"APSU<\/a>

APSU Felix G. Woodward Library<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2009, to keep up with this new demand, Weber and a few supporters founded the Woodward Library Society \u2013 a non-profit organization affiliated with the Austin Peay Foundation and dedicated to the support and advancement of the APSU library.<\/p>\n

In the last four years, the Society has raised more than $30,000, allowing the campus library to purchase databases, books and other equipment that general funding does not cover.<\/p>\n

Recently, the money was used to purchase subscriptions to three databases, allowing students and community members to conduct valuable research.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne is the \u2018Dissertation and Theses database, which costs over $6,000 a year,\u201d Weber said. \u201cThere\u2019s the media database VAST, which is the Alexander Street Press\u2019s academic video collection. That is also almost $6,000 a year. The third database is American Song, an American music media database, and it\u2019s a little over $1,000 a year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Membership in the Woodward Library Society offers several benefits, such as borrowing privileges at the library and invitations to several events throughout the year. At 5:30 p.m. on October 29th, the Society will host \u201cPaper Art Engineering\u201d with Kell Black, APSU art professor, in room 232 of the library. Dr. Sharon Mabry, professor of music, will be the featured speaker at the Society\u2019s signature dinner event, the Society Social, this coming spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main benefit of membership is knowing you contributed to the University library,\u201d Weber said. \u201cLibraries are good things and still vitally important. We serve the entire University community and the Clarksville community, and we\u2019ve been able to purchase additional resources with donations from the library society.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Woodward Library Society offers several membership giving levels.<\/p>\n

For more information on the society or the different giving levels, contact the Woodward Library Office at 931.221.7618.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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