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Welcome to KU Libraries! Visit us at any of our library locations across campus:
| Locations | Hours Today |
|---|---|
| Anschutz | |
| Art & Architecture | |
| Music & Dance | |
| Spahr Engineering | |
| Spencer Reading Room | |
| Watson |
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Featured at KU Libraries
Celebrating a Century at the Heart of KU
This year, beloved Watson Library celebrates its centennial as a cornerstone of the campus community.
LibArt: Student Art in the Libraries
A year-long juried exhibition organized and sponsored by KU Libraries. Students from all majors and backgrounds are encouraged to submit their artwork for a chance to exhibit their work inside the libraries’ public spaces and win cash awards totaling $5,400.
Leisure Reading & Watching
The KU Libraries Leisure Reading & Watching Collection features fiction and non-fiction books from popular genres including romance, thrillers, mysteries, self-improvement, and biographies. It also includes movies available to stream and national newspapers.
Latest News
Fri, 08/14/2026
A University of Kansas Libraries project is preserving decades of Indigenous Panamanian history: KU librarian Milton Machuca-Gálvez and architecture graduate student Miguel Ángel Castro Cano have digitized 61 issues of Drü, a hand-assembled bulletin produced from 1988 to 1998 by Acción Cultural Ngäbe documenting the culture, land rights and politics of Panama's Ngäbe people.
Mon, 08/03/2026
The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has selected the painting “Winter Flight” by Kay WalkingStick as the KU Common Work of Art for the 2026-2027 academic year. The painting complements themes from the KU Reads book, “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey.
