The recipients of the 2024 cycle span a wide variety of disciplines, with projects ranging from open textbooks to interactive assignments. When completed, all materials will be openly licensed and freely available to the public.
On June 12, the University of Kentucky will update the Single Sign On service used to access sites and applications across campus. Users will encounter a new sign on screen and will be prompted to perform steps for multi-factor authentication through the Duo system. The change will affect a variety of UK Libraries systems, including InfoKat and the OpenAthens platform.
As we approach the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing, we're highlighting a 1994 interview with Garrard County native Jesse Beazley in our latest Saving Stories podcast episode. Beazley was among the first wave of soldiers that fought their way onto Omaha Beach that fateful day in 1944.
June is Pride Month, and while we’re sad we can’t tug William T. Young Library downtown to join the Lexington Pride Festival, we’re thrilled to be able to share important scholarly and practical resources supporting students, teachers, researchers, and community members across the Commonwealth.
UK Libraries is pleased to announce that three staff members, Amanda Bailey, Sarah Coblentz, and Rebecca Jude, have been recognized with the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Staff Performance.
UK Libraries is proud to recognize seniors Zachary Owen and Megan Quish with the 2024 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 is proud to recognize exemplary faculty member Ruth Bryan as the recipient of the 2024 Paul A. Willis Outstanding Faculty Award. Bryan serves as University Archivist at the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center, where she has worked since 2011. She will be honored at the annual Spring Celebration on May 16.
UK Libraries is proud to honor Dr. Paul Evans Holbrook, Jr. as the 2024 recipient of the UK Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement. A man of many talents, Holbrook’s professional life has wound through the academy, the ministry, fine printing, and even restauranteurship. At every stage, his warmth, passion, and a commitment to the ideal of excellence in all things has guided his success. Holbrook will be recognized at the UK Libraries Spring Celebration on May 16.
When Gato del Sol crossed the finish line in the 1982 Kentucky Derby, he was the first horse to ever win the race from the far outside post position. In the latest episode of Saving Stories, Stone Farm horse breeder and owner Arthur B. Hancock III tells the story of using the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the perfect ride from this disadvantageous starting position. It's a similar scenario that this year's favorite, Fierceness, is facing this Saturday.
An eclectic online resource, 1980s Culture and Society showcases the key social, cultural, and political concerns of the decade from an incredible diversity of sources, bringing together records that document the rise of political conservatism and mainstream consumer culture alongside materials produced by grassroots organizations, under-represented groups, and countercultural movements.
