The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History is celebrating marriage equality this Valentine’s Day with a special episode of the Wisdom Project podcast. The episode explores the stories of a lawyer and two Kentucky couples, including Greg Bourke and Michael DeLeon, who were part of the fight that led to the legalization of same sex marriage by the Supreme Court in 2015.
Have an idea for how UK Libraries can improve? Here is your chance to let us know! Conducted every four years, the LibQUAL+ survey provides a unique opportunity for UK Libraries users to provide feedback on how well the library meets their needs and expectations. The survey takes about five minutes to complete and is open to all UK students, faculty, staff, and our community users, from Feb. 12 to March 1.
UK Libraries will host online and in-person events in William T. Young Library for researchers at any stage in their data journey. The events will provide an opportunity for UK students, faculty, and staff to meet their research data librarians and learn about library services that support the creation, sharing, and management of research data.
UK Libraries is now accepting applications for the Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant Program, known formerly as the Alternative Textbook Grant Program. The grant program encourages the adoption and creation of OER for use in UK courses. Available to students at no cost, OER are crucial to providing equitable access to higher education by eliminating the financial burden of traditional commercial textbooks.
UK Libraries has received the 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The LEAD Award honors academic libraries’ programs and initiatives that encourage and support diversity, equity, and inclusion across their campus.
From Jan. 3 to Feb. 29, 2024, William T. Young Library will host The Heart of the Turf: Racing’s Black Pioneers, a traveling exhibit developed by the Keeneland Library. The exhibit highlights the lives and careers of 80 Black horsemen and -women from the mid-1800s to the present through unique materials from Keeneland Library collections.
It’s late December, and you know what that means: it’s end-of-year round-up time! We love an annual retrospective as much as the next nostalgic Wildcat, but even more when it means we can look back on the achievements of our accomplished UK Libraries’ faculty and staff.
Happy Holidays from UK Libraries! We’ve selected a few classic tunes from turn-of-the-century songbooks that are among our favorite new additions to our digital collections. Throw another yule log on the fire, warm up your voice with some do-re-mi’s, and join us in kindling the holiday spirit.
On the evening of Dec. 10, 2021, a catastrophic EF4 tornado claimed the lives of 74 people in Western Kentucky. Six months after the disaster, Dr. Rebecca Freihaut partnered with UK Libraries Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History to speak with Mayfield, Kentucky residents about their experiences.
Last week, students passing through William T. Young Library stopped to contribute a few brushstrokes to a paint-by-number mural depicting the library on a lovely fall day. A timelapse video recorded by the Student Media Depot shows the scene coming slowly to life, one block of color at a time.
