185 digitized issues of La Voz de Kentucky are now freely available through the Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program and the Internet Archive. The digital preservation project drew on unique partnerships and the efforts of experts, specialists, and technicians from across UK Libraries.
All faculty, staff, and students are invited to join us in the Medical Center Library for coffee, donuts, and fun games on Tuesday, October 15 from 12pm to 2pm. Our team of medical librarians will be on hand to lead tours, showcase the many ways we can support your teaching, learning, and research, and demonstrate two of our newest resources, BioDigital Human and JoVE.
On Wednesday, October 9, UK Libraries will welcome art historian and curator Josh Porter, Assistant Executive Director for the Faulkner Morgan Archive (FMA). Porter will highlight the FMA’s diligent work preserving the documents, artifacts, and oral histories that tell the story of Kentucky’s LGBTQ* community. The event will also showcase the many resources and collections at UK Libraries that support research in the field of gender and sexuality studies.
On Wednesday, October 9, Judge Wilkins will share how an entry in UK Libraries’ Notable Kentucky African Americans database led him to find his family's stories in court records at the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives.
From Monday, Oct. 7 to Friday, Oct. 11, join us every day in The Stacks: Digital Scholarship Center for an illuminating slate of guest speakers, seminars, and a human vs AI showdown.
UK Libraries is one of several institutions joining the Association of Research Libraries' Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative. Research Data Librarian Isaac Wink will serve as the research lead for the UK team in the project, which addresses the complexities and costs associated with managing and sharing data from funded research.
Beware the pit! Flawed research becomes particularly pernicious during spooky season. Luckily for UK researchers, the Medical Center Library has a whole host of skills and tools to keep researchers protected – and they’re all available on Zoom.
Due to construction in the building, water will be unavailable throughout the entire William T. Young Library on Saturday, Sept. 21 starting at 6pm until close at 8pm. Bathrooms and water fountains will not be functioning during this time. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
We want to hear from you! UK students are invited to take our survey to share how the costs of textbooks and other course materials have impacted their academic experience. The survey takes about 5-15 minutes to complete, and answers are completely anonymous. Respondents can enter a drawing to win one of several prizes!
On Thursday, September 19, Ritchie will deliver his lecture, "The Political Education of Bess Clements Abell," addressing her life and political career and drawing from his most recent book, Washington's Iron Butterfly: Bess Clements Abell, An Oral History.
