University of Kentucky Libraries is now accepting applications for their Undergraduate Diversity Scholar Internships through Sept. 10. This paid internship will provide students who have an interest in diversity and promoting multicultural awareness the opportunity to experience professional level work within an academic library setting and gain valuable research and communication skills.
Alex O’Keefe, a recent University of Kentucky library and information science graduate, joins the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library and Yale Center for British Art Research Library at Yale University as a Samuel H. Kress Fellow in Art Librarianship.
Kentucky's literary heritage is being featured around Lexington as part of the new Book Benches public art exhibit to encourage reading.
The 36 fiberglass benches, which depict colorful artistic renderings of books by Kentucky authors, were unveiled in Gratz Park before being stationed in spaces around the city last month. The project, a collaboration between Arts Connect, LexArts and the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, features 24 page-turning sculptures with connections to the University of Kentucky including three benches showcasing books by three professors in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences — Gurney Norman, Frank X Walker and Crystal Wilkinson.
Amanda Lopez, a library and information science graduate student in the University of Kentucky’s School of Information Science, a part of the College of Communication and Information, was awarded the 2018-2019 Spectrum Scholarship by the American Library Association.
University of Kentucky Libraries will honor Catherine "Kate" Seago, director of Acquisitions and classics academic liaison, with the 2018 Paul A. Willis Outstanding Faculty Award at tonight’s UK Libraries Spring Gala, at William T. Young Library.
A new mobile app by Dagmawi Nadew, an information communication technology major in the College of Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to simplify and enhance the photo editing experience.
If you're unaware that your tweets could be analyzed by researchers and published in studies without your consent, you're not alone. A majority of Twitter users don't know that researchers often gather and study their tweets – and occasionally, even the deleted ones.
Virginia Eubanks, author of "Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor" will speak at the University of Kentucky on Wednesday, April 4, as part of the School of Information Science’s scholarly talk series, “SIS Talks.”
Two city officials, Aldona Valicenti, chief information officer for Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG), and Scott Shapiro, chief innovation officer for Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, will speak at the University of Kentucky on Monday, Feb. 26, about LexGig, a high-speed broadband initiative.
