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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rising together. KU Libraries faculty and staff celebrated its mural collaboration with KU Visual Communications and student artist Danny Duong in a signing ceremony in the Kettle in Watson Library on Thursday.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From engineering and biology to journalism and fine arts, 101 KU students are showcasing 228 pieces in the 2026 LibArt exhibition. Congratulations to our category winners and all the artists helping make KU Libraries a more inspiring place. 🗞️ rockcha.lk/26libartresult
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With activities for this year’s KU Reads common book, “Orbital,” in full swing, planning is already underway for next year’s experience. Have a favorite book you’d like to see featured? Submit nominations for the 2027-28 common book by Sept. 22. 📝 rockcha.lk/KUReadsNomin...
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our exploration of American Girl's 40th anniversary continues. Meet Josefina Montoya through @kulibraries.bsky.social Spencer Research Library collections — 1820s maps of Mexico, Santa Fe Trail journals & more bring her 1824 New Mexico world to life. 🌵 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlblog
The front cover of the first book in Josefina’s series, first published in 1997. The book was also published in Spanish with the title Así es Josefina: Una Niña Americana. The title page for the pocket-sized Calendario manual para el año del señor de 1823. Dispuesto para la ciudad de Puebla [Manual Calendar for the Year of Our Lord 1823. Prepared for the City of Puebla]. Josefina’s birthday is March 19, the feast day of San José (St. Joseph). Call Number: t131.A French map of Mexico and Central America [Carte générale du Méxique et des provinces-unies de l’Amérique centrale on Guatemala], 1826. Call Number: Orbis Maps 1:144.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thursday night's "Ad Astra: A Kansas Story Written in the Stars" exhibit opening with Steve Hawley was, dare we say it, out of this world. Full Program 📹: youtu.be/VzBn9B143Qs
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
KU Libraries' Kettle programming is exploring zines - a small-batch, independently published work - in September and the Rock Chalk Reading Challenge Meet-Up today in Watson 325 from 4-5:30 p.m. will give participants an opportunity to learn more and create.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Librarians Michiko Ito & Cecilia Zhang hosted a workshop on navigating library resources for East Asian research Wednesday, the first in a series offered this fall. 🗓️ 9/16 - Beyond the Shelves 🗓️ 9/30 - Chinese Databases 🗓️ 10/7 - Japanese Databases 🔗 bit.ly/EACWorkshops26
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
KU student-designed mural reflects community, belonging in Watson Library. KU Department of Design student Danny Duong's mural is inspired by hawks rising together. Meet the artists behind it at an opening reception, Sept. 24, 4-5:30 p.m. in The Kettle, Watson 325. 🗞️ rockcha.lk/kettlemural
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
❤️💙 We've got spirit, yes we do. Good luck and Rock Chalk to KU Football in tonight's season opener.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🧶Connection starts here ... the first KU Reads "Crocheting the Universe" activity brought together enthusiasts of all skill levels. The start of a collective piece created by the campus community, with support from KU's Office of Community Impact.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Moxie" 🎬 Movie Matinee at The Kettle | Thurs., Sept 3, 4-6 p.m. (3 West) Following this month's theme of zines - a teen sparks a movement with an anonymous zine. Come for popcorn + discussion with Kate Stewart, curator of the Wilcox Collection at Spencer Research Library.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚀 From Lawrence to Low-Earth Orbit. KU alum & NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara returns to campus for a free, public conversation about her time aboard the ISS — part of KU Reads' "Orbital" programming. 📅 Oct. 8, 7-8:30 p.m. | Kansas Union Ballroom 🗞️ rockcha.lk/oharaoct8
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A full library is a happy library. Murphy Art & Architecture Library introduced a pair of classes to its collections and staff. The library supports teaching & research in the Departments of Art, Design, Art History, Architecture, Urban Planning, and the Spencer Art Museum.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Know someone expanding access to research, advancing open scholarship, and transforming how knowledge is shared at KU? Nominations for the 2026 Shulenburger Award are open through Sept. 18. Self-nominations welcome! 🗞️ rockcha.lk/shulaward26
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Make, connect, thrive … loved seeing so many new and returning faces at the Makerspace Open House Friday.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Kicking off Fridays on Fourth with KU Libraries, Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, Wingspan, and Center for Teaching Excellence - a graduate hub for research, write-ins, workshops and community. Learn more and see the schedule at lib.ku.edu/fof
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Mini golf, maxi fun. Fore! Mini Golf at Kenneth Spencer Research Library featured coloring, button making, snacks and a archives-themed putt putt course.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Another way KU Libraries supports research. 📚💻➗ Free access to Overleaf, the leading online LaTeX editor, is now available to KU Lawrence/Edwards students, faculty & staff. Workshops and 1:1 help available too. 🗞️ rockcha.lk/overleaf 📝 lib.ku.edu/overleaf
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Soaring together. Lots of Hawks today in "The Kettle" (Watson 325) for an open house - cookies, crafts and connection.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Getting their steps in ... "This was a cool way to find the libraries." Congrats to the students who completed today's Libraries Loop Challenge and earned a t-shirt by getting a passport stamped at campus library locations.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Donuts, Dean, Delight ... Coffee with Carol at the Anschutz Library main entrance on Tuesday morning.
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KU | The University of Kansas @universityofkansas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
KU’s Steve Hawley, a former NASA astronaut, once put on Groucho glasses in a lighthearted effort to fool a delay-plagued space shuttle into launching. 👨‍🚀 His disguise is part of the “Ad Astra” space exhibit at KU’s Watson Library. bit.ly/3SmXBUr
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KU Libraries opens "Ad Astra: A Kansas Story Written in the Stars" exhibit in Watson Library
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Back to it. Our library spaces are best when they're filled with students, great to have you back for another year.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
KU Libraries is teeing up a great schedule for Hawk Week (Aug. 24–28) — including mini golf at Spencer Research Library, lawn party, Coffee with Carol, movie night, and free T-shirt if you complete the Library Loop Challenge. Start the semester strong (and under par) 🏌️📚 🗞️ rockcha.lk/libhwsched26
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Proud to serve Kansas! 🎉🌻 Today KU Libraries marks 50 years as a Regional Depository Library (est. 1976), building on our Federal Depository status since 1869. Free access to government info, research help & interlibrary loan support — for the whole state.
Anschutz Library on KU's Lawrence Campus holds the majority of its collection of U.S. Government Information.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Ad Astra: A Kansas Story Written in the Stars" is now open in Watson Library's Haricombe Gallery, tracing Kansas' deep roots in human spaceflight. Join us Sept. 10 for a reception and keynote w/ KU alumnus and astronaut Steve Hawley, who will also sign copies of his new memoir.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
📍Watson Library 🤝 📍Hale Library Full house for a collaborative Data Carpentry Genomics Workshop between @kulibraries.bsky.social and K-State Libraries, teaching concepts, skills and tools for working with data, specifically for genomics research. Lifting Kansas research and teaching together.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
KU librarian Milton Machuca-Gálvez & grad student / Sanders Scholar Miguel Castro Cano digitized 61 issues of Drü, a bulletin documenting Ngäbe culture in Panama from 1988-98, preserving Indigenous voices while keeping the originals in Panama.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"THATCamp helped me visualize the kinds of digital humanities projects that would sync with my work..." @idrh-ku.bsky.social will host THATCamp 2026 on Aug. 28 at @hallcenter.bsky.social ... encouraging exploration at the intersection of technology and humanities. 🗞️ rockcha.lk/that26
Chamisa Edmo, former DH Fellow, presents during a session of THATCamp in 2025.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good luck to @kulawschool.bsky.social grads taking the bar this week! Kansas's first bar exam (1903) had 80 questions over 2 days, graded anonymously by number. The board's motto: "no catch questions, nor any of extraordinary difficulty." 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlbar
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Kenneth Spencer Research Library Blog » “We Ask No Catch Questions, Nor Any of Extraordinary Difficulty”: The First Kansas Bar ExamBlog - Kenneth Spencer Research Library - KU Libraries
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
From Beat poets to erasure poetry to a scholarly take on Dracula, Spencer Research Library holds decades of poetry that pushed boundaries and challenged convention. A reminder that even "sillier" forms of writing can carry real weight. 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlbpoet
The front cover of RADI OS by Ronald Johnson, 1977. Call Number: C23084.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Installation in progress... 🔄 Members of the committee have started installing the 2026-27 LibArt Exhibition ... 228 pieces of artwork from 101 students in 49 majors make up this year's show, soon on display throughout KU Libraries locations and online: lib.ku.edu/libart
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Beatrix Potter insisted to keep her books tiny - pocket-sized on purpose, so kids could hold whole worlds (Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mr. Jeremy Fisher) in their palms. 100+ years later, they're still charming readers worldwide (KSRL has 21). 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlpotter
Jeremy Fisher, perched with gentle determination, in The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1906. Call Number: Children 2983. German translations of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., LTD, undated. Call Numbers: Children 2975A.The front cover of The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1903. Call Number: Children 2971.The front cover of The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Inc., 1936. Call Number: Children 2974.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Members of the KU community on the Lawrence and Edwards campuses now have unlimited access to @insidehighered.com, a leading online publication covering news, analysis and commentary on higher education, through a new institutional subscription provided by KU Libraries. 🗞️ rockcha.lk/insidehe
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Cynthia Patterson (USF) & Doretha Williams (Smithsonian) presented last week as Whayne Travel Award recipients. Spencer Library documents the African American experience in KS and beyond through collections of personal papers, the records of organizations, businesses, & churches.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
As America turns 250, the Kenneth Spencer Research Library blog is looking back at how KU celebrated the bicentennial 50 years ago, including fireworks over Memorial Stadium. 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlku4th
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
From "I didn't know this resource existed," to "I'm leaving with so many ideas." That's the kind of feedback that makes hosting workshops like Friday's National Research Platform training at Watson Library worth it.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Before there was soccer, there was "foot-ball" – trace the origins of the beautiful game, alongside 400+ years of Algerian history in our new World Cup pop-up exhibit. Free and open in Spencer Research Library through Aug 14. 📝 rockcha.lk/fifa26
A photograph of the Baker University soccer team in Baldwin City, Kansas, 1911. Leonard Hollmann Photograph Collection. Call Number: RH PH 536. An illustration of the Algerian capital Algiers in Description de l’Afrique [Description of Africa] by Olfert Dapper, 1686. Heavily defended under Ottoman rule during the 1500s and 1600s, Algiers was protected by the series of fortifications, walls, and gates seen in this image. Call Number: Summerfield E1118.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
How did 17th-century antiquarians, Victorian collectors, and modern librarians shape what we know about medieval seals? Find out at this free hybrid symposium, July 2-3, with scholars from KU, Oxford, France & beyond – live from Oxford's Weston Library. rockcha.lk/seals26
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Connecting Codes conference is LIVE! 🌍 Scholars, librarians, and technologists from across Africa and beyond - including KU - are gathering to explore AI, digital humanities, and the future of information. Join the live sessions: lib.ku.edu/igel/connecting-codes
Kenya National Library Service Building in Nairobi
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Discover children's books in Special Collections. "(These books) are more than paper and ink. They are anchors ... memory‑keepers ... the quiet, steady companions that shaped childhoods, sparked imaginations, and offered refuge on difficult days." 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlkids2
Selected pages in Rumpelstiltskin, 1973. Call Number: Children C262.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Bringing a perspective that reaches across continents, KU Libraries has welcomed Patience Ocloo from Ghana as its first International Librarian-in-Residence — the latest step in a partnership years in the making. Learn more in the story 👇 🗞️ rockcha.lk/igelocloo
Patience Ocloo stands in front of KU's Watson Library
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Knowledge is best when it's shared ... thanks to our friends at Lawrence Public Library for organizing another great "How-to Festival" highlighting tremendous community resources.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
American Girl turns 40 this year 🎉 Our staff is celebrating by connecting Spencer Research Library's distinctive collections to AG's original historical characters. First up: Felicity Merriman, set in 1774 Williamsburg. Read to see what we found! 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlag1
The title page and a selection of treatments in Every Man His Own Physician by John Theobald, London: 1766 (a “new edition, improved). Call Number: B9522.Selected pages in The Ladies’ Diary, or, Woman’s Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1774. Call Number: Bond B17 1774. The box lid for Dolls with Williamsburg Colonial Dress, 1940. Call Number: H180.The “first anatomical table of the muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins, glands, and cartilages” in The Anatomy of the Horse by George Stubbs, London: 1766. This volume includes “eighteen tables [illustrations], all done from nature,” each accompanied by explanatory text. Call Number: Ellis Omnia H16.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
More than a century of KU student journalism is now freely available online through Kenneth Spencer Research Library's digital repository. 🗞️ rockcha.lk/digistudentnews 🔗 digital.lib.ku.edu/
A stack of newspapers holds up an ipad featuring the online portal showing a historic student newspaper cover page.
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
A love of language and libraries leads KU graduate Daphne Tibbetts to Rubinstein/Mason scholarship, as announced recently by the KU Libraries committee. 🗞️ rockcha.lk/rm-tibbetts
Daphne Tibbetts in front of a portion of the East Asian Collection in Watson Library.Story text offering a preview of the Daphne Tibbetts story, available at lib.ku.edu: Love of language and libraries leads KU graduate to Rubinstein/Mason scholarship.Daphne Tibbetts talks about an exhibit she created a display for in Watson Library's East Asian Collection.Quote graphic featuring Daphne Tibbetts saying: “I became so interested in Korean language and culture that now I want to be a Korean studies librarian specifically. I want to use my language skills in my work and help other scholars in my field.”
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Work on three KU Libraries Sprints Week projects is underway - focusing on utilizing open access materials, a course redesign, and research data management. Hear from participants during the Sprints Showcase in Watson Library on Friday. 🗞️ rockcha.lk/sprintselect26
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Two student employees who do vital work in Spencer Research Library's public services and a KU Libraries student ambassador were recently honored among their peers at the 14th annual Dean's Award for Student Employee Excellence (DASEE) luncheon. 📝 rockcha.lk/dasee26
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
How can libraries build more open, inclusive & connected systems of knowledge? Hear from former KU Libraries Dean lorraine haricombe at the next Global Conversations in Librarianship in Watson 3 West – May 20 at 10 a.m. Free & open via Zoom! More Info & Registration ⬇️ rockcha.lk/IGELharicombe
Global Conversations in Librarianship
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KU Libraries @kulibraries.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
What's inside a 16th-century book binding? Medieval manuscripts. KU's Spencer Library is tracking down fragments of handwritten texts – including a hymn to St. Louis and music from "Lauda Sion" – repurposed as bookbinding scraps centuries ago. 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlblog
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