This holiday season, serve your curious Cat mind with low-calorie, high-flavor snacks straight from ExploreUK, the portal to UK Libraries' vast collections of archival and primary source materials that document the history and culture of Kentucky, Appalachia, and beyond.
The Gaines Center Humanities Cooperatives are designed to foster meaningful interdisciplinary collaboration across campus. Education Archivist Matthew Strandmark is the co-leader of the Appalachian Water Humanities Cooperative, of which Oral History Archivist and Curator of Newspapers Kopana Terry is also a member.
Doug Boyd, Director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, provides an in-depth overview of the form, practice, and history of the oral history interview on the Historically Thinking podcast.
All UK students, faculty, and staff, along with the wider Lexington community, are invited to get a taste of the unique process of letterpress printing during a free public lecture and hands-on workshop, Nov. 14-15.
With more than 1000 books, articles, and instructional videos from leading academics, Sage Research Methods has materials to guide users through every step of the research process.
The Lyric Theatre was reopened in 2010, almost 50 years after it had been shuttered. The latest episode of Saving Stories features a 2015 Nunn Center oral history interview with local activist Tom Tolliver, who tells the story of the Lyric's revitalization.
Doug Boyd's Oral History: A Very Short Introduction examines the oral history interview, recording techniques, and technologies for making oral history accessible. It was published by Oxford University Press.
Open access materials – including articles, books, and datasets – are digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
The OER Grant Program supports the adoption and creation of open educational resources (OER) for use in University of Kentucky courses, and we need you! Any UK faculty or staff with interest in course material affordability and open education are invited to apply to join the OER Grant Program Advisory Board.
Join UK Libraries' King Library Press on Thursday, Sept. 25 for a day of live print demonstrations, handmade book art, and free snacks, and learn how you can get involved in upholding the tradition of fine printing in Kentucky.
