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Spencer Library visit yields insights, connection for 2024 Whayne Scholars
Nicodemus descendent, historian to speak at KU Libraries on July 10
New edition of book updates changing world of international trade law in free, open-access format
KU Libraries name 2024 Rubinstein/Mason Award recipients
KU Libraries announce 2024 Whayne Scholars; visiting researchers’ presentations set for June 26
BiblioBios: Handled with care, Richey delivers mail and more
KU Libraries selects 2024 Sprints Week participants
KU Libraries honors student employees at Dean’s Award luncheon
the University of Kansas Libraries hosted the annual Dean’s Award for Student Employee Excellence (DASEE) award luncheon on Thursday, May 2, recognizing the essential contributions of student workers and highlighting outstanding student employees and ambassadors. ...
Student bibliophiles honored at Snyder Book Collecting Contest
and three graduate finalists were honored, and cash prizes awarded at KU Libraries’ 66th annual Snyder Book Collecting Contest reception April 30 at Watson Library. The contest, established by libraries donor Elizabeth Snyder in 1957, is designed to recognize students' passion for collecting books. ...
N.K. Jemisin keynote highlights upcoming activity to close 2023-24 KU Common Book slate
support of the 2023-24 KU Common Book draws to a close with a flurry of activity over the next couple of weeks, including a series of storytelling workshops hosted by the AfroRithm Futures Group (April 24-26) and a virtual conversation with acclaimed science fiction writer N.K. Jemisin (April 25). ...
KU Libraries student ambassadors to debut ‘Affirmation Station’ prior to finals week
research papers, exams, and tall piles of homework can make the end of the semester a stressful time for a college student. Ahead of final exams, members of KU Libraries Student Ambassador Program (KULSAP) are aiming to draw smiles and inject positivity during trying times with a traveling Affirmation Station. ...
LibArt entries due April 12, with opportunities to win cash prizes
from all disciplines and backgrounds are encouraged to submit their work to the KU Libraries’ LibArt exhibition by April 12. Students can win cash awards, which will total $2,000 for this year. ...
KU Libraries’ Sanders Scholars provide project updates, program highlights during panel presentation
of KU students and their librarian mentors taking part in KU Libraries’ Sanders Scholars program recently presented their wide-ranging collaborative work exploring technology and assessment as a part of a panel in Watson Library on March 22. ...
Influencer, bibliophile returns to career-sparking contest at KU Libraries
turns the vibrantly colored pages of a 168-year-old book and more than 103,000 people respond—the video about a Victorian-era book posted on Instagram via Alvis’ @Book_Historia platform, inspires awe and sparks comments and questions. Some ask how they can learn more, others share what the book means to them, still...
“Object Lessons” exhibit in Spencer Research Library showcases bookbinding techniques
leather hugs parchment pages, metal clasps snap around a red oak cover, and a form of book binding stretches across a spine like a row of fat caterpillars. Visitors can explore these elements and more at a new exhibit at Kenneth Spencer Research Library examining book construction techniques across time...
Campus community invited to State of the Libraries Address
Dean Carol Smith will present the State of the Libraries Address on Thursday, March 21, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. in Watson Library 3 West. KU students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend as Dean Smith and the libraries’ leadership team review the past year of achievements and initiatives. They will...
International Collections highlights, extends upcoming collaborative conference
exhibit in International Collections on the fifth floor of Watson Library highlights the history and relationships between Latin America and China - combining materials from two of KU Libraries’ regional collection strengths and supplementing an upcoming collaborative conference. The exhibit, “From China to Latin America,” is on display now through...
KU Libraries names chemistry faculty Shuai Sun 2024 Textbook Hero
assistant teaching professor of chemistry at KU, Shuai Sun helps students understand fundamental components of the physical world, how various elements can interact with and transform each other. Now Sun has added new forms of interaction and connection in his classes with the creation of the open access textbook “Breaking...
BiblioBios: Creativity, nurturing spirit guide new Watson operations manager
loves Gothic-inspired books featuring fascinating buildings, so what better place to work than a Gothic-inspired building full of fascinating books? As Watson Library’s operations manager, Hawthorn brings creativity and a nurturing spirit to one of KU Libraries’ most beloved locations and the staff who give it life. ...
Pop-up book donation enhances collection and invites curiosity
opens a book and forest animals spin and play, valves and veins of the human heart unfurl, and the arches and domes of the Taj Mahal rise and construct themselves from the page. These examples illustrate some of the magic of the Murphy Art & Architecture Library’s pop-up book collection,...
Collaborative transcription event celebrates Douglass Day, makes historical record more accessible
celebration is complete without a cake, and there was cake to be had in Watson Library’s Clark Instructional Center, but a collective of KU students, faculty and staff were more focused on the work at hand – transcribing the personal correspondence of Frederick Douglass for the Library of Congress on...
KU Libraries host journals in open access space, making scholarship available worldwide
of academic journal publishing can be tenuous. Anything from an editor’s untimely death to a loss of funding to a professional society’s changing priorities can terminate even highly respected journals. ...
Student ambassador enjoys being part of ‘something bigger’ through KU Libraries
student of philosophy and English, Curnow has a deep appreciation for truth, ideas, and the written word -- values that formed a natural connection to KU Libraries. The senior from Kansas City has been a consistent user of library materials and spaces during his time at KU, and through his...
University of Kansas joins HELIOS Open to advance open scholarship
of Kansas has joined the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS Open), a cohort of universities and colleges committed to advancing open scholarship to promote inclusivity, transparency, and trustworthiness in the research ecosystem. ...
KU Libraries Sprints Week, research and teaching collaboration open for 2024 applications
academic staff of the University of Kansas are encouraged to submit applications for Sprints Week 2024, a five-day intensive collaboration with KU Libraries that enriches research and teaching projects and provides financial support for selected participants. Applications are open now through March 3, with all applicants notified by March 25. ...
New graduate student workshops available for spring as part of Fridays on Fourth
slate of graduate student workshops launches today as part of Fridays on Fourth, a collaborative project aimed at boosting graduate studies with research, write-ins and workshops in a transformed Graduate Study Center on Watson Library’s Fourth Floor. The collaborative project from KU’s Libraries, Writing Center, Office of Graduate Studies and...
Bristow harnessing own curiosity to encourage Makerspace experimentation, collaboration
experiences and personal traits combine to make a person who they are, the building blocks of Matt Bristow might include a natural curiosity, a bit of 1980s television, some mechanically minded craftsmen in the family tree, and the “freedom to get into a little bit of mischief.” Bristow brings these...
Data Carpentry Workshop provides fundamental computational skills necessary for genomics research
a University of Kansas Ph.D. candidate in computational biology, is no stranger to R, a computer language used for statistical analysis. As a member of KU’s Funk Lab in pharmacology, Kumar regularly uses custom commands and scripts while analyzing data related to juvenile arthritis. When he got an email about...
International Collections Librarian forging a path as a scholar, connector, mentor
understands the merit of self-sufficiency, a quality that has proven worthwhile throughout a career that has included transporting essential supplies into remote mountain ranges, as well as decades of research, teaching, and academic leadership in sometimes new and unfamiliar places. ...
KU Libraries staff find unique learning opportunities and ‘real conversations’ in revived Wheat State Tour
of KU Libraries faculty and staff rose early on a November morning and, instead of consulting with researchers, teaching a class, or winding through the stacks, piled into a van and headed west. More than 20 colleagues from a wide variety of different departments and schools, set off across Kansas,...