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KU Libraries Upcoming Events

Spring 2010

All events are free and open to the public. Click event titles for more information; to RSVP, contact Courtney Foat at cfoat@ku.edu or 785-864-0970.

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"Spooner Hall" Book Signing
Spencer Research Library
Wednesday, Febrary 10, 4:30-6:30 pm (presentation at 5:15)

The first library on the KU campus was Spooner Hall. You can learn about the history of this beautiful building from "Spooner Hall" (University of Kansas Press 2009). Please join us for a cocktail reception and opportunity to mingle with the authors, Carol Shankel and Barbara Watkins. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

Exhibit Opening for "Research, Remembrances and Reflections on the Great War"
Watson Library, Third Floor West
Thursday, February 18, 5:30-7:30 pm

Dr. Steven Trout will speak on his forthcoming book, On the Battlefield of Memory:  The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919-1941.

This exhibit features material from the Cultural Center at Haskell Indian Nations University; WWI recruitment posters from the Kansas Collection; maps, photos and letters from both the University Archives and the African American Collection in Spencer Research Library; circulating memoirs from the KU Libraries collections; electronic images from the Spencer Museum of Art's spring exhibition, Machine in a Void: World War I and the Graphic Arts and electronic images from the National World War I Museum.

Details about the exhibit...

Open House for the Center for Digital Scholarship and the Center for Research Methods & Digital Analysis
Watson Library Four
Tuesday, March 2, 2 to 3:30 pm

Greg Simpson, interim dean of the College, and Lorraine Haricombe, dean of University of Kansas Libraries, will speak at 2:30 pm. Details about the Centers and the open house...

Snyder Book Collecting Contest Reception
For deadlines and entry information, visit www.lib.ku.edu/snyder
Watson Library, 3rd floor West
Thursday, April 8, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Featuring Nicholas Basbanes, noted author who writes and lectures widely on books and various aspects of book culture.

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