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Touchdown Challenge for KU Libraries kicks off for 2011

Endorsed by KU Head Football Coach Turner Gill, Kansas Athletics and KU Endowment, the Touchdown Challenge enables you to support a critical campus resource while cheering on the Jayhawks this football season. (More...)

Gift establishes world's largest collection of author Theodore Sturgeon's materials at Kenneth Spencer Research Library

A gift valued at more than $600,000 of author Theodore Sturgeon's books, papers, manuscripts and correspondence has established the definitive collection of his work at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas. Sturgeon was one of the most influential writers of the "Golden Age" of science fiction, a contemporary and peer of Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. (More...)

KU establishes first coalition of institutions practicing open access

KU has taken the lead in forming a coalition with 21 other universities and colleges with established faculty open access policies in North America — such as Harvard University, Stanford University, Duke University and Concordia University in Montreal — to establish the new Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions. (More...)

Adopt-a-Journal giving opportunity

Adopt a Journal at KU Libraries is a giving opportunity established in 2011, which enables donors to underwrite subscriptions to high-quality journals and research databases that are essential to the research done at the University of Kansas. (More...)

NEH awards $70,939 to KU Libraries for cataloging and digitizing John Gould bird illustrations

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will provide $70,939 to the University of Kansas Libraries for cataloging and digitizing scientific illustrations from the collection of John Gould (1804-1881), a notable nineteenth-century British publisher of illustrated bird books. (More...)

Thank you, 2010 Vosper Donors

A Message from the Dean

As dean of KU Libraries, I see firsthand the pride and prestige associated with this great university, due in large part to the unparalleled support of its advocates. Libraries are the heart of a university, and patrons and friends are the heart of a library. Since I joined the KU Libraries family, I have been delighted to see a growing interest in our endeavors. (More...)

Introducing the Vosper Giving Society

Named for celebrated librarian and former director of KU Libraries Robert Vosper (1913-1994), the Vosper Society honors those who demonstrate interest in and support for KU Libraries’ purpose, vision and potential as an essential partner to scholarship at KU and beyond. (More...)

Touchdown Challenge for KU Libraries

Endorsed by KU Head Football Coach Turner Gill, KU Athletics and the KU Endowment Association, the Touchdown Challenge enables to you support a critical campus resource while cheering on the Jayhawks this football season. (More...)

KU Libraries Annual Reports

Supporting the Libraries

A strong library system means a strong university. Your gift to KU Libraries impacts people and programs throughout the campus. (More...)

Board of Advocates

The KU Libraries Board of Advocates serve as the chief volunteer group of KU Libraries. As advisors to the Dean, its members provide human and financial resources necessary to promote and achieve the mission and vision of KU Libraries. (More...)

Upcoming Events
www.lib.ku.edu/events

Join KU Libraries for a suite of events during the fall semester. From a Homecoming brunch with the best view on campus to a popcorn and soda during KU’s Family Day, there’s something for everyone. (More...)

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