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Gift Strengthens UK Libraries’ Mission to Document, Preserve Kentucky History

Nov 30, 2021, 7:38 AM

UK Libraries has established a faculty chair position to oversee and expand the library system’s collaboration with the John G Heyburn II Initiative for Excellence in the Federal Judiciary.

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UK Libraries Welcomes Princeton Scholar Ruha Benjamin for Fall Lecture

Oct 7, 2021, 7:14 AM

“Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code.” will take place 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, in the UK Gatton Student Center. This event is free and open to the public.

Alternative Textbook Grants Impactful in Enabling Equitable Access

Sep 23, 2021, 7:21 AM

Over 11,800 students have gained free online access to essential course materials and saved more than $1.48 million in textbook spending from 2017 through 2021, thanks to the University of Kentucky Libraries’ Alternative Textbook Grant Program.

UK Libraries Recognizes Deirdre Scaggs as 2021 Willis Award Recipient

Sep 2, 2021, 7:07 AM

The associate dean of Special Collections Research Center and director of the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center is the recipient of the 2021 Paul A. Willis Outstanding Faculty Award.

UK Libraries Garners 2 Recognitions at Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation Awards

Jul 29, 2021, 8:12 AM

University of Kentucky Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) earned two special recognitions at the annual Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation Awards.

UK Libraries Participates in International Study to Examine Value in Teaching With Primary Sources

May 27, 2021, 7:47 AM

The two-year study summarizes findings from 26 research teams and over 300 interviews with faculty and instructors across several disciplines.

New Open Access Journal Charts Progress in Scale Modeling

Sep 2, 2020, 8:36 AM

By means of open access, Progress in Scale Modeling stands out as a barrier-free venue to disseminate peer-reviewed research for the benefit of society, scholarship and humanity.

Student Researcher Changes Way Philosopher's Work is Interpreted

Aug 5, 2019, 9:22 AM

Through an internship in the Learning Lab, Samadi was tasked with researching a journal thought to be written by famous existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre that had been carefully housed in an acid-free box on a shelf in the Margaret I. King Library's Special Collections Research Center for over 50 years.

UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center Awarded NEH Grant for 'P.S. Write Again Soon'

May 17, 2018, 2:16 PM

A project from the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center was one of 41 selected to receive a 2018 Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grant.

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UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center Digitizes Original Early English Romantics Manuscripts

Feb 5, 2018, 8:49 AM

UK Special Collections Research Center recently organized and digitized the W. Hugh Peal Manuscript Collection, comprising approximately 7,000 items of original letters and documents of English and American Romantic and early Victorian authors. The collection is available online on ExploreUK.

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