James Robert Southard’s ongoing photography series, The Kentuckian, explores the rich and varied landscape of labor across Kentucky. The images — featured here in the Oxford American — are being preserved by UK Libraries.
Mitchell Scott, Coordinator of Collections Strategies Librarian, was featured alongside Christine Haynes, Professor of History at the University of North Carolina and David Givens, Director of Resource Acquisitions at Brown University Library.
One of UK Libraries’ new electronic resources, Gale Digital Scholar Lab (GDSL), integrates archival collections with popular text analysis tools to interrogate hundreds or thousands of documents to uncover trends, patterns, and insights that would be impossible to discover using traditional methods.
The OER Grant Program supports the adoption and creation of open educational resources for use in University of Kentucky courses. The ten recipients of the 2025 cycle span a wide variety of disciplines and their projects range from open textbooks to interactive assignments. When completed, all materials will be openly licensed and freely available to the public.
Nominated by their peers, award winners demonstrate exemplary professionalism and collegiality, creativity and initiative in the performance of their duties and responsibilities, and dedication and commitment to furthering the mission of UK Libraries.
Up to five K-12 civics, social studies, and history teachers from across the Commonwealth will be honored with a $1,000 prize. The Clements Award recognizes promising and innovative Kentucky educators and honors the life and career of the late Earle C. Clements and his lifelong commitment to education and public service.
UK Libraries is proud to recognize exemplary faculty member Dr. Stacey Greenwell as the recipient of the 2025 Paul A. Willis Outstanding Faculty Award, given annually to a UK Libraries faculty member who stands out amongst their colleagues through outstanding achievements in their primary assignment and exemplary leadership, creativity, and spirit of service.
UK Libraries is proud to recognize junior Gabriel Portugal and senior Avery Schanbacher with the 2025 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Scholarship. The annual prize celebrates exceptional and original scholarship in a traditional paper and a media or digital project, and is awarded to students whose research makes substantive and creative use of UK Libraries’ collections, services, and resources.
UK Libraries’ magnificent Charles T. Ambrose, M.D. Collection contains some of the most important texts in the history of medicine – dating largely from the 16th and 17th centuries – along with substantial collections in 19th century American medical books and classic texts.
UK Libraries is proud to honor Dr. W. Brent Seales, Stan and Karen Pigman Chair of Heritage Science and Professor of Computer Science, as the 2025 recipient of the UK Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement. Seales will be recognized at the UK Libraries Spring Celebration on May 15.
