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.
A rich and dynamic resource available to all UK Libraries users, the eHRAF World Cultures Database contains descriptive information on over 360 cultures and ethnic groups from around the world. The database is useful to a wide variety of disciplines across the social sciences, humanities, and medicine, and ideal for interdisciplinary and cross-cultural studies.
Former Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton has teamed up with UK Libraries Oral Historian Jeffrey Suchanek to co-author Patton’s memoir, The Coal Miner Who Became Governor, released Nov. 7 by the University Press of Kentucky.
UK Archivist Matthew Strandmark’s new biography of the colorful and controversial Kentuckian Louis Gatewood Galbraith was released Nov. 7 by the University Press of Kentucky. Gatewood: Kentucky’s Uncommon Man provides a comprehensive overview of the life and career of a political activist decades ahead of his time.
UK Libraries’ Affordable Course Content Librarian Stephen Krueger is the co-editor of a book published this summer by Library Juice Press entitled Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries. Composed of a wide variety of first-hand accounts, the book details the lived experiences of trans and gender diverse people currently or formerly involved in the library profession.
You can help fellow UK students stay warm this winter! Donate new hats, mittens, and gloves between Wednesday, Nov. 1 and Friday, Nov. 17 at drop-off boxes at UK Libraries locations across campus. All donations will go directly to UK students in need.
UK Libraries has partnered with Hispanic Studies Professor Haralambos Symeonidis to digitize the Atlas Lingüístico Guaraní-Románico, a linguistic atlas that maps the speakers and the linguistic features of Guaraní, an indigenous language used in Paraguay, Northeast Argentina, and Brazil.
As part of its celebration of International Open Access Week, UK Libraries is spotlighting UKnowledge, its open access institutional repository that makes research from all disciplines available to a national and global audience.
The Wood Engravers’ Network’s Fourth Triennial Exhibition is on display in the lobby of UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center through October 29. The exhibit coincides with the King Library Press’s Fall 2023 Book Arts Weekend, featuring Philadelphia-based artist Rebecca Gilbert and Kentucky artist Joanne Price.
Education Archivist Matthew Strandmark and Oral Historian Jeff Suchanek will be among 150 authors featured at the 42nd annual Kentucky Book Festival on Saturday, Oct. 21 in Lexington.
