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KU Libraries Sprints Week, research and teaching collaboration open for 2024 applications
Faculty and 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.
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Common Book Program announces 2023-24 events
The University of Kansas Common Book Program is pleased to announce a slate of activities and events surrounding the 2023-24 Common Book selection, “Parable of the Sower,” by American science fict
Nominations open for KU Libraries’ open access award
The David Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright is now accepting nominations for the annual Shulenburger Award for I
Open houses, info session and movie screening part of KU Libraries’ Hawk Week lineup
KU Libraries are hosting four events in conjunction with Hawk Week, August 18-27, with the aim of connecting new students with the libraries’ resources, spaces and staff.
BiblioBios: MC Mack builds relationships as Watson Library's night and weekend supervisor
When work duties serve as a platform for inspiration and connection a kind of harmony occurs, something like a vocal performance that goes beyond the technically correct to a singer truly making a song their own.
HBCU Library Alliance Internship offers area student opportunity to experience KU Libraries
After Aryana Derritt left her home in Wyandotte County to start a biology degree at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, the lower levels of KU’s Spencer Research Library were nearly 600 miles – and several magnitudes of relevancy – off her intended path.
Major gift launches new exhibit series at Spencer Library
David Bergeron and Geraldo Sousa’s connections to KU Libraries loop and crisscross through time, including deep dives into historical research, rigorous rounds of coursework, and a long-held admiration for librarians.
Libraries Makerspace contributing to campus creativity
Among the many books, journals, and scientific papers supported by KU Libraries are robot parts, a tiny theater set, fruit fly containment panels, and podcasts on environmental geopolitics — the latest additions to the university’s scholarly outputs thanks to the Libraries’ new
BiblioBios: Meet Carol E. Smith, new Dean of KU Libraries
As a child, Carol E. Smith discovered dual-language books in her community library on Long Island, N.Y., poring over pages with English on one side and Spanish on the other, opening new worlds of curiosity and launching Smith on a path that has led her to become the next Dean of KU Libraries.
BiblioBios: New Anschutz Operations Manager Morgan Smith enjoying the variety of opportunities
Each day is different at Anschutz Library and new Operations Manager, Morgan Smith, is ready to explore whatever the next moment brings.
BiblioBios: Andrew Morgan using experience as creator to help navigate licensing and rights management
If experience is the best teacher, then Andrew Morgan’s 17 published albums on Spotify hint that he might know a thing or two about creating and performing original content.