News from KU Libraries

KU Libraries will welcome Purity Kavuri, assistant director of linkages and partnerships at the Kenya National Library Service (KNLS), as the next speaker in its Global Conversations in Librarianship series, Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Michael Vitevitch and Emily Casey, two University of Kansas faculty members whose work expands access to scholarship through public engagement, open publishing and research resources, have been named recipients of the 2026 Shulenburger Award for Innovation and Advocacy in Scholarly Communication by KU Libraries.