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𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘴: Associate librarian and rare materials cataloger Jason W. Dean (@jasonwdean.com) is working to expand access to Spencer Research Library's collections.

Get to know Jason and find a link to important information and resources by connecting with libraries staff.

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Sharing the re-cat'd + previously unreported 1855 1st ed of Whitman's Leaves of Grass at Spencer @kulibraries.bsky.social ! We've had this copy for decades, but in the card cat - not in our online catalog: 📜 #bookhistory #booksky #libsky #rarebooks : kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/...

As KU Libraries' Sprints Week enters 10 years of moving forward research or teaching projects, partnering over the years with 19 faculty partners from 17 different academic units, it welcomes applications for the next cohort of sprinters.

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This Valentine's season, don't let your research be a data disaster. 💔➡️💖

Join KU Libraries and the global community for Love Data Week (Feb 9-13). Discover library data resources and learn to organize, protect, and cherish your data.

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KU Reads continues university, community connections with slate of spring events, including a Kansas Day collab with Lawrence Public Library. Join the conversation around the KU Reads 2025-26 Common Book, “The Anthropocene Reviewed,” by John Green.

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Meet the Hinman Collator: a 400-pound bibliographic detective that spots tiny differences between copies of books by rapidly blinking between images. Created by KU's Charlton Hinman in the 1940s, it revolutionized how we study rare books.

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A new travel grant program will support the use of KU Libraries International Collections and in-person consultation with librarians, with researchers from across the U.S. and around the globe encouraged to apply online through March 1, 2026.

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Newly ordered zines - self-published, specialized, mini magazines - for the Wilcox Collection of Contemporary Movements have arrived at Spencer Research Library and will soon be available to encounter among the rare and unique items in Spencer's collections.

Stock up and unwind.

Positive vibes, school supplies, hot cocoa, coffee and crafts were available at Fuel up for Finals in Anschutz Library on Wednesday, in partnership with Hawk Link and @KULibraries.

It's cozy inside ... just take care entering and exiting library buildings today after this morning's continuing snowfall.

WWII airman's letters to his future wife reveal intimate side of war - not missions, but longing for home. Spencer Research Library collection chronicles James Coffin's military service in North Africa and Italy. #VeteransDay

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🌱 Grow a little joy.

Distributed plants and plant knowledge at another fun Plant-shootz at Anschutz event on Monday.

𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘴: Scholar, author, librarian, Paul Thomas leverages his experiences to support KU researchers.

Get to know Paul and find your link to important information and resources by connecting with our faculty and staff.

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Theodore Sturgeon’s typewriter. Papers of Theodore Sturgeon. Call #: MS 359, box 2

Explore sci-fi history at Kenneth Spencer Research Library: manuscripts, original artwork, papers - even a typewriter - from some of speculative fiction's biggest names. Discover more in the latest KSRL blog post.

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A great day for a stroll on the boulevard.

Teamed up with the Marching Jayhawks and KU Wellness with Watson Library as the start/finish for today's MoveTober event, and displayed our "Jayhawk Jukebox" traveling exhibit on the library steps.

2025 LibArt participants honored at annual awards ceremony.

“This is one of the greatest feelings I've had at KU ... It's all just so magical, and I think that's what makes education so important and what makes KU so wonderful.” 🎙️Kaden Cogdill

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Spooky season.

It may be foggy outside today but it's all treats, no tricks inside of KU Libraries.

Had a scary good time at Haunting Humanities.

KU Libraries collaborated on four interactive exhibits: Haunted Lawrence: A Digital Tour; Early Modern Monstrosities; Poisonous Publications: Hazard a Guess; and Haunted by the Ghosts of Your Own Making.

Annual Review: Picturing history in Wilson Rebuilding a community archive through digitization and photo reprints.

KU Libraries staff have digitized more than 1,500 images from the Arthur Jellison Photograph Collection through June, including 104 document images, 326 print images, 344 acetate negatives and 769 nitrate negatives.

Read more about the project here: 🗞️ rockcha.lk/ARWilson

A resource for the entire state. 🌻

In 2009, a fire gutted Wilson's Czech Opera House, destroying more than a century of historical documents and photos. Now, thanks to a partnership between KU Libraries and the Wilson Tourism Hub, part of that history is back — and growing.

"Just because we’ve been doing it one way for so long, doesn’t mean it’s the right way."

Maryland's Michael Dougherty was on campus Tuesday for an #OAWeek keynote talk and workshop discussing work to change promotion and tenure policies in order to incentivize open scholarship.

Jeffrey Girard and Rami Zeedan, KU faculty members who champion open-access scholarship — one by creating widely used open-source software and tools, and the other by launching an open journal and textbook — have been named recipients of the 2025 Shulenburger Award. #OAWeek

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Blooming in the library.

Glad to be a part of the Lawrence Public Library Plant Swap last night, sharing knowledge, best practices and love for all things plants.

Better together, better for Kansas.

State Librarian of Kansas Ray Walling was on campus Monday for a tour and to hear about community and campus engagement activities, along with discussion about
@statelibraryofks.bsky.social provided services, like electronic resources and resource sharing.

A "once-in-a-generation" expansion.

A new deal negotiated by KU Libraries with information services provider ProQuest has expanded digital offerings exponentially, providing instant access to opportunities for research, learning and discovery.

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Taking flight. Watson 325 re-imagined as "the Kettle" with ribbon cutting Tuesday.

“A kettle of hawks glides on rising thermal air currents, enabling flocks to soar together ... true to the name, our goal is to make this a place for students to gather and soar.”

"It's really getting back to the roots of what it means to be a member of the higher education community and the obligations that come along with that...” 🎙️ Michael Dougherty

#OpenAccessWeek keynote set for Oct. 21, in Watson Library.

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Finding their niche. Sanders Scholars, Eli Kumin and Kaya Taylor, aided collections accessibility, and found a unique interest during the annual KU Libraries program.

Read their story and discover more in KU Libraries' Annual Review publication.

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A selfie of my dumb face and 90 feet of high density book shelving above me.

The green spines of some of the National Union Catalog

People walking down the full aisles in the high density shelves

Toured our offsite high density annex for @kulibraries.bsky.social today: WILD. Was not ready for the sheer scale of the place, but loved how cold they keep it! 2.3 (ish) million items… and growing every day.

Taylor-ing searches for swift, accurate research results.

Sara E. Morris, KU Libraries head of collections strategy and development, helped Honors 190: The Sociology of Taylor Swift think about how to make the best use of the blank spaces when searching databases for research.