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Join University of Kentucky Libraries’ King Library Press for its Spring 2022 Book Arts Weekend with The Itinerant Printer Chris Fritton. Fritton will kick off the weekend with the free public lecture, “Painting with the Press” at 7 p.m., Friday, March 25, in the Great Hall of the Margaret I. King Building, with light refreshments to follow. The next morning, Fritton will host, “A Collaborative Workshop with The Itinerant Printer” beginning at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, March 26.

University of Kentucky faculty who would like to replace a traditional textbook with alternative course content in the academic year 2022-2023 are welcome to submit a proposal to UK Libraries’ Alternative Textbook Grant Program. The grants will support adoption or adaptation of existing open textbooks and creation of new course content. 

Members of the University of Kentucky will be able to continue to access The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) free of charge. UK Libraries and the Student Government Association (SGA) will financially support a partnership with WSJ to provide free subscriptions to all UK students, faculty and staff.

The University of Kentucky is home to decades of rich Black history. To celebrate that history and to reflect on all the contributions Black Americans have made since this country’s conception units across campus will celebrate Black History Month with a series of programs and virtual and in-person events. 

Thanks to the generous support of a $2 million gift from the John G Heyburn II Initiative for Excellence in the Federal Judiciary, founded and directed by Martha Heyburn, M.D., University of Kentucky Libraries has established a faculty chair position to oversee and expand the library system’s collaboration with the Heyburn Initiative. In this role, the chair will engage in outreach, educational, archival and oral history work in support of the Heyburn Initiative.  

Thanks to the generous support of a $2 million gift from the John G Heyburn II Initiative for Excellence in the Federal Judiciary, founded and directed by Martha Heyburn, M.D., University of Kentucky Libraries has established a faculty chair position to oversee and expand the library system’s collaboration with the Heyburn Initiative. In this role, the chair will engage in outreach, educational, archival and oral history work in support of the Heyburn Initiative.  

of LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 9, 2021) —University of Kentucky Libraries is proud to recognize Lewis Honors College freshman Isha Chauhan and dance freshman Haley Shaver with the 2021 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Scholarship. This award recognizes exceptional, original scholarship and excellent research conducted by UK undergraduates making substantive use of UK Libraries’ collections, services and resources. Isha Chauhan, of LaGrange, Kentucky, is recognized for her research ...

In 2017, Associate Dean Deirdre Scaggs, Ben Chandler and Bess and Tyler Abell were on hand to celebrate Clements Award Winners Steven K. Riley, Whitney Walker and Amy Michele Madsen. LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 11, 2021) — Just a few days remain to make nominations for the Earle C. Clements Innovation in Education Award for Civics and History Teachers (Clements Award) presented by the National Archives and the University of Kentucky Libraries Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center. The submi...

To meet researchers’ needs, UK Libraries is offering access to 65 additional primary source collections from the award-winning publisher Adam Matthew Digital.