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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. (April 14, 2021)  — The National Archives and the University of Kentucky Libraries Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center are now taking self-nominations for the Earle C. Clements Innovation in Education Award for Civics and History Teachers (Clements Award). The submission deadline is Ma...

Interns in the Special Collections Research Center Learning Lab get to work with rare collections related to areas of interest in their own studies. LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 9, 2021) — As the end of the spring semester draws near, University of Kentucky Libraries would like to remind undergraduate students about two special opportunities available annually through the libraries to help showcase and enhance their research, including the Learning Lab Internship and the Dean’s Award for Excellenc...

of LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 15, 2021) — Join University of Kentucky Libraries’King Library Press this spring for the 2021 “Pandemic Printing” Virtual Lecture Series. Featuring prominent printers from around the country, over the next three months this series will give audiences multiple chances to hear from book artists as they share their experiences printing during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Last April, Kadin Henningsen, who I met in 2019 at Rare Book School, emailed me to ask for my ad...

of LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 5, 2021) — Throughout the month of March, the University of Kentucky will recognize Women’s History Month with a series of events and special programs. Women’s History Month is about honoring the achievements and contributions women have made across the U.S. and throughout the world. The UK Martin Luther King (MLK) Center will host a variety of programs, in collaboration with its campus partners, in addition to the College of Arts and Sciences, the UK Women’...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 2, 2021) — University of Kentucky faculty who would like to replace a traditional textbook with alternative course content in the academic year 2021-22 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. UK Libraries has held five rounds of the Alternative Textbook Grant Program from 2016 to 2020. Thirty-three of the funded co...

Several COVID-19 protocols remain in place at UK Libraries locations, including spacing of chairs at tables. Pete Comparoni | UK Photo. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 11, 2021) — With the the universitys Spring 2021 semester underway, University of Kentucky Libraries is excited to share updated services for the spring semester.   While many operations from Fall 2020 remain in effect for the new semester as we continue to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, UK Libraries is offering several new virtual ...

of LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 1, 2021) — The University of Kentucky’s Martin Luther King Center, in collaboration with units across campus, will host a variety of events and programming, most of which will be virtual, to celebrate Black History Month this February. While this year’s observance looks different than past year’s due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the observation of Black History Month will, nonetheless, allow the history and culture of Black Americans to be centered in...