Growing grim about the mouth? Involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses? Luckily, as certain famous protagonists well know, you don't have to knock the hats off passers-by to feel alive again. With UK Libraries' electronic resources, your globe-spanning literary excursions can come equipped with incredibly granular maps and guides: look no further than the JSTOR Understanding series.
The OER Grant Program Advisory Board is accepting applications from UK faculty and staff now through Nov. 3. Advisory Board members serve two year terms and are responsible for the grant selection process and for guiding future directions of the program.
Hunter will deliver a free public lecture on Friday, Nov. 1 and lead a hands-on workshop on Saturday, Nov. 2. Both events will center on the life and legacy of Hunter's grandfather, Dard Hunter, whose devotion to type design, papermaking, and printing made him a key figure in the American Arts & Crafts Movement.
In celebration of International Open Access Week, UK Libraries hosted a free, drop-in event showcasing open access resources that can help users discover research data, reduce costs for class materials, and share scholarship and research outputs with global audiences.
University Archivist Ruth Bryan is a founding member of KHERN, an arts and culture emergency management resource that helps prevent and mitigate the loss of cultural resources in the event of disasters. The group grew out of the state-wide effort to restore collections from arts and cultural organizations affected by the western Kentucky tornado in 2021 and eastern Kentucky flooding in 2022.
While the horses are galloping around the track at Keeneland, take a dive into the story of one of the first – and one of the most successful – Black horse trainers in the modern era.
UK Libraries is excited to partner with the University Press of Kentucky (KY Press) to highlight scholarship from Kentucky and the Appalachian region and ensure that it is widely discoverable and freely accessible worldwide. UK Libraries will sponsor the publication of two books per year from the KY Press that will become open access titles.
Last month, UK Libraries welcomed campus faculty to its Breakfast on the Balcony event at William T. Young Library. The annual event provides an opportunity for new and returning faculty to meet their librarians and archivists and learn about the resources, services, and expertise that UK Libraries offers to support teaching and research across the university.
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.
