Libraries celebrate Open Access Week with Shulenburger Award |
During International Open Access Week, October 23-29, KU Libraries granted the 2023 David Shulenburger Award for Innovation & Advocacy in Scholarly Communication to two recipients: Bruce Lieberman, professor in KU’s Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and senior curator at the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum; and Cameron W. Piercy, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and Founding Director of the Human-Machine Communication Lab.
Established in 2014 through a gift by former KU Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor David Shulenburger, the Shulenburger Award recognizes KU faculty, staff, students and academic departments who champion open access and innovation in scholarly communication. The Award is given annually for exceptional efforts to advance innovations in open sharing and advocacy for positive change in the scholarly communication system.
Read more about this year’s award winners.
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Sprints Week advances research and teaching projects |
Areli Marina, associate professor of art history, had almost given up trying to wrangle the sprawling, multi-format data set that was stalling the momentum of her research.
Meanwhile, Sam Yates Meier, multi-term lecturer in visual communications, faced the daunting and important task of reexamining a history and philosophy of design course through a DEIB lens.
Both struggled with complex questions to which KU Libraries helped provide answers via Sprints Week, a five-day intensive collaboration that supports KU faculty and academic staff 's research and teaching projects to produce a tangible outcome or product during the spring-summer intersession. Sprinters are awarded a $1,000 stipend.
Applications for Sprints Week 2024 open in late January, and the resources and librarian expertise applied to Sprints projects are available year round.
Read more about 2023 Sprints.
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Anschutz Library Makerspace
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Among the many books, journals, and scientific papers supported by KU Libraries are robot parts, a tiny theater set, fruit fly containment panels, and podcasts on environmental geopolitics. These items have been added to the university’s scholarly outputs thanks to the Libraries’ Makerspace, a collaborative workspace for making, learning, exploring, and sharing.
Schedule a consultation to develop a plan for your classes, rethink assignments, or envision research in ways you haven’t before. The Makerspace creates a low barrier entry point for everyone to think about challenges, issues, and goals — no experience needed and curious minds welcome.
The Makerspace offers audio/podcast recording (sign up for training), A/V post production workstations, 3D printing, and more, available to faculty and students from all units and departments.
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KU Libraries are continuously working to improve reading and publishing opportunities for its users. Access resources with your KU online ID and password. Please reach out if you have questions.
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KU Libraries are committed to simultaneously providing access to content needed to support research and teaching and to preparing for and supporting the evolution of the scholarly publishing landscape towards a more sustainable future. The Libraries has negotiated opportunities for KU scholars to publish their work open without fees from publishers such as Elsevier, Cambridge University Press, and PeerJ, with more opportunities being added. Starting in 2024, KU scholars will be able to publish open without a fee in Frontiers and IOP. You can keep up with new opportunities on the Open Access Agreements & APC Discounts page.
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Access to a wide variety of educational films, feature films, documentaries, musical theater, dance, opera, and more is provided by KU Libraries: Streaming Video Access Lib Guide
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Jayhawk Book Club is open to all alumni, students and friends of KU. Each semester, KU Libraries staff selects a book and facilitates discussion in partnership with KU Alumni Association. This semester's selection is "The House is on Fire" by Rachel Beanland. Learn more or sign up.
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"The Jayhawk" by former KU University Archivist Becky Schulte tells the story of the beloved mythical bird’s origins and historical significance, role as mascot, relationship with student life and representation in campus publications, popularity in advertising and as merchandise, and much more.
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"To the Great Variety of Readers" at Spencer Research Library commemorates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio, the historical legacy of the publication and the importance of libraries in preserving arts and scholarship.
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LibArt: Student Art in the Libraries is a year-long juried exhibition organized and sponsored by KU Libraries. This year, 138 pieces of artwork from over 70 students in 35 disciplines make up the show.
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As a child, Carol E. Smith discovered dual-language books in her community library on Long Island, N.Y., poring over pages with English on one side and Spanish on the other, opening new worlds of curiosity and launching Smith on a path that has led her to become the next Dean of KU Libraries.
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Phil Cunningham will expand studies related to the African American experience in Kansas, as well as contribute to collection development, preservation, instruction and outreach efforts for the entire Kansas Collection.
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Amber Ovsak helps organize programs and opportunities for undergraduate students to interact with and feel comfortable using the libraries. She teaches information literacy classes and can provide one-on-one consultations for students to promote effective use of digital and physical collections.
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Eve Wolynes spends her days jumping across centuries as she works with materials as varied as medieval manuscripts, the natural history of plants and animals, and the personal papers of acclaimed science fiction writers.
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BiblioBios shine a light on the people behind the collections, programs and services at KU Libraries. Find your link to important information and resources by connecting with our faculty and staff through the KU Libraries Directory.
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