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The door of Kansas City's The Call newspaper with blurred people standing behind.
In a cardboard box tucked away in an office in the 18th and Vine District, a decade of Kansas City history was slowly turning into a collection of unreadable plastic circles. A KU librarian and three undergraduate students stepped in to preserve the archives from The Call.
All 11 contestants in the 2026 Snyder Book Collecting Contest are posed in front of the event logo in Watson Library's 3 West Reading Room.
The University of Kansas Libraries recently honored 11 student finalists and awarded cash prizes during a reception at Watson Library. Established in 1956, the contest is designed to encourage students to experience the joy of building personal libraries highlighting their unique interests and passions.
New study carrels in Watson Library 3.5 West Stacks.
KU Libraries – including the Lawrence campus, Wheat Law Library, and KU Medical Center – is preparing to launch a new library services platform (LSP), FOLIO, on June 3, bringing backend upgrades and user-facing changes that will affect how students, faculty, and staff search for and access library materials. Users must save legacy data from Bookbag and My Favorites by May 26.