{"id":14450,"date":"2020-09-04T14:28:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T18:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=14450"},"modified":"2020-09-16T13:32:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T17:32:39","slug":"transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania Special Collections librarian retires after 26 years of connecting researchers with historical treasures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"
BJ Gooch is a recipient of Transylvania’s Essential Piece Award, which recognizes outstanding work by staff and faculty.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

To have books so rare and valuable in your care as John James Audubon’s \u201cBirds of America\u201d double elephant folio and an illuminated manuscript specially made for a king 500 years ago, you naturally want to protect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preservation certainly was a goal for BJ Gooch during her 26 years as Transylvania University’s Special Collections librarian and university archivist, but she never wanted to turn her department into a museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sitting in her second floor office in Transylvania\u2019s J. Douglas Gay Jr.\/Frances Carrick Thomas Library on the last day before her retirement earlier this week, Gooch reflected on this fine line in the world of special collections: How do you protect the publications, letters, photographs, etc., while letting people use them? “I’ve always wanted to err on the side of providing access to collections if I could,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout her career \u2014 which began more than three decades ago at the University of Kentucky\u2019s Special Collections Research Center \u2014 what she\u2019s found most gratifying is connecting professional researchers from across the globe, as well as Transylvania faculty and students, with vital pieces of history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve always viewed this area up here more as a research library than as a museum,” Gooch said. “A lot of my time here has been trying to increase access to collections. I think what I most liked about my job is helping people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The more she connects researchers with the collections, the more the university’s documents and photos show up in books about Lexington and Kentucky history. “That’s some of the best PR you can have,” Gooch said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transylvania’s Special Collections<\/a> got quite a bit of attention after a group of young men, posing as researchers, tied Gooch up in the Rare Book Room, stole publications, manuscripts and drawings, and then unsuccessfully tried to sell them before getting caught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the 2004 heist was so traumatic<\/a>, Gooch didn\u2019t want to talk publicly about it \u2014 that is, until she was interviewed for an appearance in the film “American Animals<\/a>,\u201d which was released two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe movie ended up being cathartic for me,” she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She felt good about the approach the moviemakers took. In fact, director Bart Layton flew to Lexington from London to give her a personal screening before it was released \u2014 to make sure she was fine with how she\u2019s portrayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, she underestimated the significance of her role in the film. “I said Bart, I do realize the movie is not about me really; it’s about why these guys did this.\u201d She said he told her no, what they did to her is the moral line that\u2019s so important to the story. She was the line they were willing to cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gooch \u2014 who also was recently interviewed for a six-part podcast called “Heist with Michael Caine<\/a>” \u2014 said she was through with having the robbery affect her life so much when she agreed to be in the film. “I decided this would be my chance to express myself about what happened, and it helped \u2014 it helped a lot.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

While the robbery highlighted a dark side of human nature, Transylvania’s Special Collections has benefited from the kindness of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, after visiting the Rare Book Room, the late Clay Hancock took such an interest in the Audubon folio she donated money for Transylvania to catalogue \u201cBirds of America\u201d and the rest of the items in the library\u2019s Clara Peck Collection, which focuses on natural history and horses (the Hancock family owns the renowned Claiborne horse farm).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This cataloging goes back to access. “A lot of people don’t realize what it means when something isn’t cataloged,” Gooch said. “You don’t know what’s there.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, a large and ongoing digitizing effort is connecting people with the collections. Used to be, when somebody asked for a photograph, Gooch had to dig through boxes of images and go to a photo lab to have prints made \u2014 and then mail them off. The digitization initiative has become such a big deal the library added a digitization and metadata specialist to help with the task. A current priority is university-related items, such as old copies of The Rambler student newspaper and yearbooks. (See what\u2019s online so far.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student workers are assisting with the digitization effort as well. Actually, they are part of what Gooch liked best about working at Transylvania. “I’ve really met some wonderful young people and become friends with them,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
She received an engraved cup as a retirement gift.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

While the Special Collections are adapting to the electronic age, paper and vellum still hold power over visitors. This was evident when a group of high school students saw the actual letters Transylvania President Horace Holley wrote about visiting Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, describing dinner and what Jefferson looked like in great detail. Gooch said she remembers wondering if in this day and age youths could still be impressed by handwritten letters. “They were thoroughly impressed.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking toward life in retirement, Gooch said she doesn’t have any definite plans, especially with all the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic. For sure though, she’ll continue to pursue her loves of literature, sports and music (her dream job is creating soundtracks for movies).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wherever life takes her, she\u2019ll be missed at the university. “We are sad to lose BJ, but happy for her,\u201d Director of the Library Susan Brown said. \u201cTransylvania is losing a huge amount of professional expertise and knowledge about the college and the collections as she retires. She has helped so many of our student and faculty researchers to succeed in their studies, as well as aided researchers from all over the world. She\u2019s also been a great colleague.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BJ Gooch, Transylvania’s Special Collections librarian and university archivist, retired this week after 26 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1867,7213,9184,12459,11766,1532","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[47,265],"tags":[198,456,61],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-14450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-history","tag-library","tag-staff","tag-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"\nTransylvania Special Collections librarian retires after 26 years of connecting researchers with historical treasures - Transylvania University - 1780<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BJ Gooch, Transylvania's Special Collections librarian and university archivist, retired this week after 26 years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transylvania Special Collections librarian retires after 26 years of connecting researchers with historical treasures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BJ Gooch, Transylvania's Special Collections librarian and university archivist, retired this week after 26 years.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"1780\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transylvaniauniversity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-04T18:28:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-16T17:32:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/09\/feature-1200x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Friedlein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@transy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@transy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Friedlein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Friedlein\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c\"},\"headline\":\"Transylvania Special Collections librarian retires after 26 years of connecting researchers with historical treasures\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-04T18:28:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-16T17:32:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1000,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/feature.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Library\",\"Staff\",\"Top Stories\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Faculty & Staff\",\"History\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/\",\"name\":\"Transylvania Special Collections librarian retires after 26 years of connecting researchers with historical treasures - Transylvania University - 1780\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/feature.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-04T18:28:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-16T17:32:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c\"},\"description\":\"BJ Gooch, Transylvania's Special Collections librarian and university archivist, retired this week after 26 years.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/feature.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/feature.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":969,\"caption\":\"bj gooch\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Transylvania Special Collections librarian retires after 26 years of connecting researchers with historical treasures\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/\",\"name\":\"1780\",\"description\":\"The Official Blog of Transylvania University\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c\",\"name\":\"John Friedlein\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Transylvania Special Collections librarian retires after 26 years of connecting researchers with historical treasures - Transylvania University - 1780","description":"BJ Gooch, Transylvania's Special Collections librarian and university archivist, retired this week after 26 years.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Transylvania Special Collections librarian retires after 26 years of connecting researchers with historical treasures","og_description":"BJ Gooch, Transylvania's Special Collections librarian and university archivist, retired this week after 26 years.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/","og_site_name":"1780","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transylvaniauniversity","article_published_time":"2020-09-04T18:28:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-16T17:32:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/09\/feature-1200x630.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"John Friedlein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@transy","twitter_site":"@transy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Friedlein","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/"},"author":{"name":"John Friedlein","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/#\/schema\/person\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c"},"headline":"Transylvania Special Collections librarian retires after 26 years of connecting researchers with historical treasures","datePublished":"2020-09-04T18:28:28+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-16T17:32:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/"},"wordCount":1000,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/09\/feature.jpg","keywords":["Library","Staff","Top Stories"],"articleSection":["Faculty & Staff","History"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/","url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/","name":"Transylvania Special Collections librarian retires after 26 years of connecting researchers with historical treasures - Transylvania University - 1780","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/09\/feature.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-04T18:28:28+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-16T17:32:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/#\/schema\/person\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c"},"description":"BJ Gooch, Transylvania's Special Collections librarian and university archivist, retired this week after 26 years.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/09\/feature.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/09\/feature.jpg","width":1500,"height":969,"caption":"bj gooch"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/09\/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Transylvania Special Collections librarian retires after 26 years of connecting researchers with historical treasures"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/","name":"1780","description":"The Official Blog of Transylvania University","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/#\/schema\/person\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c","name":"John Friedlein"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/09\/feature.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12102,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/06\/transylvania-archival-tomes-enjoy-new-life-digitized-and-reimagined-for-everyone\/","url_meta":{"origin":14450,"position":0},"title":"Transylvania archival tomes enjoy new life, digitized and reimagined for everyone","author":"Robin Hicks","date":"June 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Transylvania's library has been digitizing its Special Collections, making the contents of its archive available without charge to anyone with computer access.","rel":"","context":"In "Campus Updates"","block_context":{"text":"Campus Updates","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/campus-updates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/blogfeature-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/blogfeature-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/blogfeature-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/blogfeature-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6628,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/07\/in-memoriam-charles-ambrose-benefactor-of-transylvania-special-collections\/","url_meta":{"origin":14450,"position":1},"title":"In Memoriam: Charles Ambrose, benefactor of Transylvania Special Collections","author":"Megan Moloney","date":"July 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr. Charles Ambrose, a champion of Transylvania\u2019s Special Collections, passed away on June 29, leaving a legacy of contributions to the history of medical research.","rel":"","context":"In "Transylvania Treasures"","block_context":{"text":"Transylvania Treasures","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/history\/transylvania-treasures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Transylvania Treasures","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/DSC_0049.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/DSC_0049.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/DSC_0049.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/DSC_0049.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/DSC_0049.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/DSC_0049.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9790,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/01\/transylvania-professors-research-on-insects-in-audubon-prints-lands-on-cover-of-american-entomologist\/","url_meta":{"origin":14450,"position":2},"title":"Transylvania professor’s research on insects in Audubon prints lands on cover of American Entomologist","author":"John Friedlein","date":"January 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"James Wagner, a Transylvania biology professor, landed a cover article in the latest issue of American Entomologist.","rel":"","context":"In "Academics"","block_context":{"text":"Academics","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/academics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/wagner.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/wagner.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/wagner.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/wagner.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8161,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/10\/transylvania-library-helps-lead-statewide-effort-to-ensure-collections-remain-online\/","url_meta":{"origin":14450,"position":3},"title":"Transylvania library helps lead statewide effort to ensure collections remain online","author":"John Friedlein","date":"October 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Embodying this year's campus theme of resilience, Transylvania University's library staff were undaunted by a big setback and worked hard in a collaborative effort with other institutions to make sure their collections remained available online.","rel":"","context":"In "Academics"","block_context":{"text":"Academics","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/academics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Scanning in a book","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/10\/191001_KDLLaunchDSC_5483-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/10\/191001_KDLLaunchDSC_5483-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/10\/191001_KDLLaunchDSC_5483-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/10\/191001_KDLLaunchDSC_5483-2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/10\/191001_KDLLaunchDSC_5483-2.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/10\/191001_KDLLaunchDSC_5483-2.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1819,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2010\/01\/transylvanias-new-librarian-to-revitalize-reference-instruction-programs\/","url_meta":{"origin":14450,"position":4},"title":"Transylvania\u2019s new librarian to revitalize reference, instruction programs","author":"Office of Marketing and Communications","date":"January 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2013It goes without saying that Lisa Nichols, Transylvania University\u2019s new public services librarian, loves books. But, contrary to what most might think, that\u2019s not the reason she entered her field.Instead, Nichols became a librarian to help others. \u201cPeople always think you become a librarian because you love books, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News from Transy"","block_context":{"text":"News from Transy","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lisa Nichols","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/nicholslisa.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4959,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/02\/transy-grad-wwii-sailors-ship-found-at-sea-76-years-after-sinking\/","url_meta":{"origin":14450,"position":5},"title":"Transy grad, WWII sailor\u2019s ship found at sea 76 years after sinking","author":"Megan Moloney","date":"February 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Billy Hedrick one of 39 Transylvanians who lost their lives in service to their country during World War II and his memory still lives on today.","rel":"","context":"In "Alumni"","block_context":{"text":"Alumni","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/alumni\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/USSStrong_DD467-e1551188200167.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/USSStrong_DD467-e1551188200167.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/USSStrong_DD467-e1551188200167.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/USSStrong_DD467-e1551188200167.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14450"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14505,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14450\/revisions\/14505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14450"},{"taxonomy":"feeds","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feeds?post=14450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}