Stories

A link to the global south

If shouting was allowed on Watson Library’s fourth and fifth floors, it’s feasible that Brian Rosenblum in the Institute for Digital Research in Humanities (IDRH) could be hailed from upstairs by Kodjo Atiso in International Collections, yet their first professional collaboration took place nearly 6,000 miles from campus, in Accra, Ghana. The serendipitous connection was the highlight of several KU Libraries’ efforts over the last year to shrink the distance between the U.S. Midwest and West Africa.