Welcome to That's a Shocker, a Wichita State University Libraries podcast!
Join the friendly members of the Wichita State University Libraries staff for this fun infotainment and news podcast. Monthly episodes feature content on a different topic that we have researched using the Libraries’ vast information resources. At the end of the episodes, you'll hear announcements, upcoming events, and other important updates about the Libraries.
Episode notes contain links to some of the featured content.
For the final episode of 2021, the That's a Shocker cast is joined by Sara Dixon of the Wichita Public Library to talk different literary genres - including a few that deserve a deep dive!
Dark Academia links:
Goodreads Dark Academia list - Dark Academia (246 books) (goodreads.com)
By Devin Toolen, UWire - link.gale.com/apps/doc/A654500705/AONE?u=ksstate_wichita&sid=summon&xid=3ffc4e22
By Kyla Dowling, UWire - link.gale.com/apps/doc/A657424486/AONE?u=ksstate_wichita&sid=summon&xid=62d8c2f6
It's October, and that means it's spooky season! Join the faculty and staff of the University Libraries on a journey through research into the horror genre, a story about a book that just might be haunted, and some Halloween-worthy materials in Special Collections.
Links:
Women in Horror: A Film Index https://womeninhorrorfilmindexblog.wordpress.com/
Tinterow Collection of Mesmerism, Animal Magnetism, and Hypnotism https://cdm15942.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15942coll174/search
International Games Week event https://wichita.libcal.com/event/8482267
Lightboard Studio booking (room 224) https://wichita.libcal.com/spaces
Join Ginger and Clint for a discussion of the Library of Things concept. What does that even mean? Jessica and Sara share some examples of Things from the University Libraries. Spoiler alert: we have a CANNON. (No, it doesn’t circulate.) Enjoy!
What other things do you want the Libraries to loan? Let us know! librarystaff@wichita.edu
Things available from Circulation https://libraries.wichita.edu/c.php?g=120097&p=782937
Things at Wichita Public Libraries https://wichitalibrary.org/things
References
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26380951
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2013/12/03/toy-libraries-a-place-to-play/
Join Ginger, Clint, Jessica, and Sara for an "extra-terrestrial" episode of That's A Shocker! Stick around for an interview with Wichita State's Kerry Majher, Program Coordinator for NASA in Kansas. Listen until the end for Libraries news and events.
Links:
John Dean Collection - https://cdm15942.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15942coll216
NASA collection with the logbook - http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/87-08/87-8-A.HTML
Trying out SmartSearch is as easy as stopping by our website and using the main search box! https://libraries.wichita.edu/home You’ll find our event calendar and social media links there, too.
UFO Encyclopedia - http://proxy.wichita.edu/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/title/ogiufo?institutionId=6025&tab=contents
NASA in Kansas - https://nasainkansas.org/
Bronze Propeller Competition - https://www.wichita.edu/academics/engineering/aerospace/The_Bronze_Propeller.php
News articles via NewsBank:
Via Manchester Evening News (and others): One of the most recent news report on UFO sightings this year (April 14) - Pictures of 'UFOs' over US warships are real and taken by Navy, Pentagon confirms - Photos, Manchester Evening News: Web Edition Articles (England), April 13, 2021 (newsbank.com)
Via Denver Post: Numbers of UFO sightings in 2020 - UFO reports surge during pandemic, Denver Post, The (CO), April 10, 2021, p12A (newsbank.com)
Via CBS 17 – iPhone photos in broad daylight taken in 2019 by military personnel: Mystery Objects Remain Unidentified | CBS 17
Library event calendar at https://wichita.libcal.com/calendar/events
Join Ginger, Clint, Jessica, and Sara for the inaugural episode of That's A Shocker! Jessica and Sara go in-depth on the history of the University Libraries, including something you may not have known about Morison Hall's past! Listen until the end for Libraries news and events.
Wichita State University Buildings digital collection: https://cdm15942.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15942coll171
History of the Wichita State University Libraries digital collection: https://cdm15942.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15942coll168
Parnassus yearbook digital collection: https://soar.wichita.edu/handle/10057/12066
For information on the Edible Book Festival and to enter your own creation, visit https://libraries.wichita.edu/ediblebookfestival
All about the University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award: https://libraries.wichita.edu/undergraduate_research_award
Find our library event calendar at https://wichita.libcal.com/calendar/events
