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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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Law professor, KU grad Sarah Lamdan to speak about data collection and privacy
Sarah Lamdan, a KU alumna, author, and law professor at the City University of New York, will return to campus to discuss her research and book on data collection practices and their implication on privacy.
Carol Smith selected as next dean of KU Libraries
The University of Kansas has selected Carol E. Smith to be the dean of the KU Libraries. Smith currently serves as university librarian at Colorado School of Mines, an institution with a Carnegie classification of very high research activity.
BiblioBios: April Friedl using professional GIS experience to help users add spatial context to data
What do KU basketball forward Jalen Wilson’s shot chart, a COVID-19 outbreak dashboard, Snapchat’s Snap Map and Douglas County’s interactive property viewer have in common?
KU Libraries to host panel on public scholarship in conjunction with Haricombe Gallery
As an extension of the recently opened “Taking it to the Streets” exhibit in the Haricombe Gallery, KU Libraries will host a panel discussion about public scholarship on Thursday, March 30 in Watson Library, Third Floor West, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
BiblioBios: Mac Bean serving KU community as Open Education Librarian
From the city planner’s office to the Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright, Heather Mac Bean’s positions may have changed drastically over the years, but the common goal of serving the public has remained the same.
KU Common Book Teach-In to provide kick-start for 2023-24 selection
KU Libraries, the Hall Center for the Humanities, and the Division of Academic Success are set to host the KU Common Book Teach-In, March 27-31, a week of informal discussion and programming that explore how to integrate next year’s book selection, “Parable of the Sower” into curriculum and progr
KU Libraries select Ljudmila Bilkić as the 2023 Textbook Hero
Ljudmila Bilkić’s Intermediate German II class redefines traditional norms.
KU Libraries accepting student entries to 2023 Snyder Book Collecting Contest
KU Libraries announces an open call for entries to its annual Snyder Book Collecting contest, which awards KU undergraduate and graduate students for their collections of books, digital items, graphic novels, music, and fil
KU Libraries to host Pressbooks workshop, announce Textbook Hero during Open Education Week
KU Libraries’ Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright will host a workshop on Pressbooks, the Libraries’ open textbook publishing platform, and announce the 2023 Textbook Heroes selection during an onl
KU Libraries sign transformative open access agreements with Elsevier, Cambridge University Press
The University of Kansas Libraries have signed a pair of renegotiated deals aimed at supporting open access and broadening the reach of KU-generated research.