It's officially Watson Library Month! 📝 lib.ku.edu/watson100

KU Reads: A Common Book Experience is now accepting book nominations for 2025-26. All members of the KU community are encouraged to submit book nominations via the online form (commonbook.ku.edu) before Sept. 22. 📝 kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2l…

⌛The final countdown! Students, complete your Hawk Hunt and get your passport stamped at our library locations, including the finish at Watson Library by closing time on Friday (9/6 - 6 p.m.) to earn a limited edition Watson Centennial t-shirt.

A (mostly) red Thursday. #KULibraries x Kansas City Chiefs

𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘴: Music and Dance Library operations manager combines musical skills and lifelong connection to community. Get to know Chris Bohling and find a link to important information and resources by connecting with libraries staff. 📝 rockcha.lk/bbiobohling

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎! "We shared with our neighbors. We all helped each other, which was good." A look at depression-era recipes from the Katie Armitage Papers (RH MS 1479) in Kenneth Spencer Research Library. 📝rockcha.lk/ksrlblog

Visitors to the Murphy Art and Architecture Library have learned about Carmen Herrera, a Cuban-born American abstract, minimalist visual artist and painter. Herrera continued to paint until her death in 2022 at the age of 106. Here are a couple student examples in her style.

The first Saturday of every month Lawrence Mug Hunt hides local mugs around their favorite parks in Lawrence. Be on the lookout Saturday morning (9/7) for this month's clue (on their Insta or Reddit) and a chance to win some #KULibraries swag.

In our centennial era... 📝 lib.ku.edu/watson100

“This is all an effort to get a longer term view of a landscape. And sure, some of it is just fun and some of it is that kind of pre-science curiosity that turns into neat questions down the line.” 🎙️ Town Peterson Read more from KPR and check out the book in KU ScholarWorks.

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎! Spencer Research Library holds Lawrence Journal-World's physical photo collection - about 545 boxes of negatives and an additional 113 boxes of prints, from the 1950s through 2001. Many have been digitized for browsing. 📝rockcha.lk/ksrlblog

Get familiar with the Libraries' East Asian Collection and resources by attending one of our Graduate Discovery Workshops. Those begin today with a general introduction today (9/13) in Watson Library's Clark Instruction Center on the third floor. 📝 rockcha.lk/EAworkshops24

Proposals are being accepted for the 2025/2026 David M. Bergeron and Geraldo Sousa Exhibit Program, which showcases the research of University of Kansas faculty using the extraordinary resources housed within Kenneth Spencer Research Library’s collections. 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlexresearch

🔊 "Happy Birthday, Watson Library" ... celebrating 100 years at the heart of learning and discovery at KU. 📝 lib.ku.edu/watson100

📍Fridays on Fourth Literature Review Workshop Fridays on Fourth is research, write-ins, and workshops every Friday in Watson Library’s Graduate Student Study Lounge (410) and throughout the fourth floor. 📝 lib.ku.edu/fof