Library Podcast

On the sixth podcast of Season 2, we welcome back our first podcast guest, Tim Ellsworth. In this episode, Tim, the Assistant Vice President for University Communications and Director of

Media Relations here at Union, discusses his work with Baptist Press, his time in London at the Olympics, and reflects on the subject of his previous book, Albert Pujols, and

Pujols's departure from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

T.R. Parker, Stephen Mount and Paul Sorrell, The Boys of Summar (Library), come together to talk about summer in the library, baseball and a little bit about the weather.

T. R. also makes a big announcement. The conversation is casual yet informative.

Gavin Richardson discusses what it feels like to be Faculty Member of the Year. He talks about what it could be about his teaching and University

service that has caused students and faculty to acknowledge him for this prestigious award. Dr. Richardson also discusses his interests in literature from a young age,

his undergraduate years at Vanderbilt, a study in the UK where he met his wife, graduate work at the University of Illinois as well as time in Chicago. He talks about

teaching The Koran as literature at a Christian University. Gavin Richardson also cited the Lord's prayer in Old English, Norse Icelandic and Latin but we could not

get him to give us an Elvis impersonation. It was nice getting to know Dr. Richardson, one of Union's most treasured faculty.

Dr. Hal Poe has just published several works and in particular one on his distant cousin, Edgar Allan Poe. In this podcast Dr. Poe discusses Edgar Allan

Poe's grappling with the bigger questions as it is outlined in his new work entitled Evermore: Edgar Allan Poe and the Mystery of the Universe. Dr. Poe organizes

Evermore according to Poe's grappling with the problem of suffering, the problem of beauty, the problem of love, the problem of justice and finally the problem of the universe.

Dr. Hal Poe clearly unpacks the way that his ancestor came to understand the universe based on his prose poem Eureka. Dr. Poe also discusses his upbringing, education, coming to

Union and his role as President of the Edgar Allan Poe museum in Richmond, Va. We were very happy to have Dr. Poe on the podcast to discuss his new book. You can check out

Evermore and other works by Dr. Poe in the library.

On this edition of the Summar Library Podcast, Paul and I spoke with Dr. Jim Patterson about his new biography, James Robinson Graves: Staking the Boundaries of Baptist Identity.

Aside from being a phenomenal historian Dr. Patterson is also a rapper and you can hear him rap about J.R. Graves in his Founders Day Chapel a year ago. The book was dedicated to his wife on their

40th wedding anniversary as it is in-scripted on the inside cover. Our very own Paul Sorrell is also mentioned in the preface of the book for his work with micro-film and interlibrary loans to

help with the research done on this book. We talked about Dr. Patterson's background in Philadelphia. We discussed Dr. Patterson's background as he was raised in Philadelphia. We also discussed

his education at Rutgers, Gordon Conwell and later Princeton Theological Seminary. Dr. Patterson talks about how he became interested in J.R. Graves and Baptist History and how this informs his teaching.

He also discusses how he came to teach at Union and his future research interests.

In a brand new season of the Library Podcast Paul Sorrell talks with Research Coaches Melissa and TR to help describe what the Research Coach service is all about.

Melissa gives a brief overview on how the "Research Coach" service came about and tells how a student can contact or schedule a Research Coach. Melissa and TR both share why they really

enjoy helping students and being reference librarians. They share some of their favorite Research Coaching memories.

Listening to this podcast can help you truly understand what you can expect when meeting with a Research Coach and how we believe that it can help you in your academic pursuits.

In this episode of the library podcast we spoke with Dr. Jerry Tidwell who serves Union University as the Senior Vice President for University Relations.

We talked to him about coming to Union, the relationship that has developed with the Latimer foundation and how that has led to the initiative to raise funds for a new library at Union University.

In this episode you can find out something about the timeline for the new library and how you can contribute. In addition you can hear about what the new library might look like.

Ray Van Neste is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Director of the R.C. Ryan Center. It did delighteth us to chat with him on the

podcast about the recovery from his recent ailments, the learning that he did receive and the upcoming KJV 400 Legacy & Impact festival. This festival doth

celebrate 400 years of the King James Version of the Bible. Professor Van Neste discusses the influence of the KJV on his own life and the history of the

King James Bible. The festival will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday and will feature Leland Ryken, Timothy George and John Woodbridge as well as a

host of Union scholars who look at the KJV from an interdisciplinary perspective. The music used in this episode is "I was Glad" composed by

Orlando Gibbons, who was born in Oxford in 1583 and attended King's College, Cambridge to study music. The lyrics were taken from Psalm 122 and it was

commonly sung in the Church of England at Coronations and other celebrations.

Dr. Phillip Ryan is Associate Professor of Language and the coordinator of the English as a Second Language Program.

In this episode of the Summar Library Podcast we talked with Phillip about his education, his academic interests, travels to California and teaching.

Beth Lynn, Collection Development Coordinator, at the Summar Libary graced us with her presence on this edition of The Summar Library Podcast.

We asked Beth about her job, new resources that the library is providing, and her efforts to redecorate the library over the summer. Some of the new resources

that we are providing are Biblical Archaeology Society Online, Films on Demand, Grove Music Online, and Oxford Bibliographies Online. We also now have a host of

new eBook collections including CHOICE's 2010 Outstanding Book Collection and up to 3000 titles via Netlibrary's new EBSCO platform. We also have the Encyclopedia

of Social Work online now and host of new journals. Beth and others have been working hard to spruce up the library of the summer and you can read about it here.

Thanks for listening to us and our podcast. Remember that The Emma Waters Summar Library is where "studying everyday could help you perform better academically".