The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History is celebrating Women's History Month with a new episode of the Wisdom Project podcast. In this episode, Nunn Center Director Doug Boyd speaks with Professor Janice Fernheimer about their collaboration on the Women in Bourbon Oral History project.
A partnership between UK Libraries, the Center for the Enhancement of Learning & Teaching (CELT), and Emily DeWitt, a Lecturer in the Department of Dietetics & Human Nutrition, has resulted in the creation of a new tool for library users who use screen readers.
UK Libraries is pleased to welcome Kentucky treasure and nationally bestselling author Silas House as the featured speaker for the 2024 Edward F. Prichard Lecture. House will speak on the ways in which his literary work addresses environmental, working class, and Appalachian issues and the intersection of LGBTQ+ and rural identities. The Prichard Lecture will be held on Thursday, March 21 at 5pm in the Young Library Auditorium. RSVPs are required.
Last month, UK Libraries held its annual Research & Innovation Day, drawing together librarians, archivists, staff members, and graduate assistants from across the organization to share their work and research and connect with their colleagues. This year’s event featured 33 presenters sharing 21 projects that reached into every corner of the vast field of librarianship.
On Saturday, February 24, 2024, UK Libraries participated in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering’s 101st annual Engineer’s Day (E-Day) open house event. STEM librarians promoted the resources, expertise, and research and teaching support services available through the Science & Engineering Library.
Study outside on one of the Young Library balconies, accessible from the Third Floor from mid-March to early November.
This Oscar season, bring all the glitz and glam of the red carpet straight to your classroom, your home, and all of your electronic devices. With hundreds of classic films and tens of thousands of documentaries, UK Libraries’ streaming media resources – including Kanopy, Swank, and Academic Video Online – have the cinematic masterpieces, cult favorites, and academic titles to satisfy the cinephile in all of us.
As part of Love Data Week, Outreach & Engagement Specialist Jen Martin and Reference Graduate Assistants Zoe Blackwell and Makayla Wells developed the DATA Collection, a curated selection of data-themed books that brings together classic standard texts and recently published titles in support of data-intensive scholarship across disciplines.
Every month, UK Libraries adds new electronic resources to its collection of over 700 databases. One new addition, the LWW Health Library: Premium Basic Sciences, is making an outsized impact by helping reduce costs for students across the health sciences.
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.
