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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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East Asian Graduate Discovery Workshops aim to familiarize students with library resources
KU Libraries is offering a workshop series for graduate students in East Asian Studies, hosted by Japanese studies librarian Michiko Ito and Chinese s
Call for nominations for the 2024-25 KU Common Book
All members of the University of Kansas community are invited to submit nominations for the 2024-25 KU Common Book. Recommendations can be submitted via the online nomination form through September 17.
BiblioBios: Special Collections Curator welcomes exploration at Spencer Library
As a Special Collections Curator at Spencer Research Library, Eve Wolynes spends her days jumping across centuries as she works with materials as varied as medieval manuscripts, the natural history of plants and animals, and the personal papers of acclaimed science fiction writers.
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