Interview with Robert Turner, April 28, 2016

Project: University of Kentucky: Libraries Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Robert Turner, a UK Libraries employee since 1964, discusses his career in the circulation department at UK Libraries, in particular his supervision of student workers and the layout of the Margaret I. King Library. He shares comments about previous library directors, including Lawrence Thompson, Paul Willis, and Stuart Forth, and anecdotes about campus unrest during 1970. He also talks about the logistics of the move from the Margaret I. King Library to W.T. Young LIbrary in 2007-2008, his international travel, and his view of the future of libraries.

Interview Accession

2016oh069_af852

Interviewee Name

Robert W. Turner

Interviewer Name

Jennifer Bartlett

Interview Date

2016-04-28

Interview Keyword

College students Student employees Technology Campus unrest Library history Library collections Spinner Hall Terry Birdwhistell Carol Pitt Diedrichs Stuart Forth Margaret I. King Library Maxwell Place Larry Pope Lawrence S. Thompson W. T. Young Library Paul Willis

Interview LC Subject

University of Kentucky. Libraries Librarians Academic librarians

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