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🚧 Anschutz Library 🚧 Restrooms on the first level of Anschutz Library are out of service for repairs through (11/17). Restrooms are available on levels 2-4 of the building. Thanks for your patience as we improve the space with new single-occupant restrooms and lactation room.
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What's the history behind Día de Muertos? Explore the origins and evolution of this vibrant tradition in a new post from Spencer Research Library. 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlblog
The Aztec god of death Mictlantecuhtli and god of life Quetzalcoatl in Spencer’s facsimile copy (page 56) of the Códice Borgia, a pre-Columbian manuscript, 1993. Call Number: D3918.

ALT The Aztec god of death Mictlantecuhtli and god of life Quetzalcoatl in Spencer’s facsimile copy (page 56) of the Códice Borgia, a pre-Columbian manuscript, 1993. Call Number: D3918.

Students participating in a Día de los Muertos activity on Wescoe Beach, 2001. The event was hosted by KU’s Hispanic American Leadership Organization (now known as LASU). University Archives Photos. Call Number: RG 67/593/UP 2001 Prints: Student Organizations: HALO.

ALT Students participating in a Día de los Muertos activity on Wescoe Beach, 2001. The event was hosted by KU’s Hispanic American Leadership Organization (now known as LASU). University Archives Photos. Call Number: RG 67/593/UP 2001 Prints: Student Organizations: HALO.

A poster from the 2015 Día de los Muertos art exhibit and street festival organized by Kansas City’s Mattie Rhodes Center. Call Number: R97.

ALT A poster from the 2015 Día de los Muertos art exhibit and street festival organized by Kansas City’s Mattie Rhodes Center. Call Number: R97.

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This summer, KU librarians traveled to Nairobi to co-host a conference with Kenya National Library Service. Tuesday, KNLS leader Purity Kavuri joins our Global Conversations in Librarianship series to share insights on literacy & community outreach. 🗞️ rockcha.lk/igelkavuri
Kansas skyline graphic featuring text "Global Conversations in Librarianship"

ALT Kansas skyline graphic featuring text "Global Conversations in Librarianship"
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Open scholarship makes research go further. During Open Access Week, we're celebrating 2026 Shulenburger Award recipients Michael Vitevitch and Emily Casey for their leadership in sharing knowledge beyond traditional barriers. 🗞️ rockcha.lk/26shulaward
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An inspiring visit at Spencer Research Library on Saturday. "If we get a generation of young readers out there who love books the way we've grown up loving books, our civilization, our society will be better for it." - Angela Cervantes, KU Grad & American Girl Author
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KU alumna Angela Cervantes is the award-winning author behind American Girl’s character Raquel Reyes of Kansas City. 🎀 She will speak Oct. 17 at the Spencer Research Library as part of Hispanic Heritage Month and American Girl’s 40th anniversary. bit.ly/4ytpJov

KU Libraries to host KU alumna, American Girl author Angela Cervantes for Hispanic Heritage Month

Angela Cervantes, the KU alumna behind American Girl's 2026 Girl of the Year character, will return to the university on Oct. 17 for a free family event celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.

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KU Libraries are "Stacked with Impact." Our Hawk Week activities provided thousands with a link to library spaces and resources but broader effects extend beyond the data. From a freshman: “I feel more likely to visit and use those spaces than I would have exploring on my own.”
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A curator went looking for one thing in the stacks and found another. That detour led to the Kiowa Six. Likewise, the resulting exhibit at Spencer Research Library, Kiowa Indian Art, is “a springboard to learn more about these artists and the purpose behind this portfolio."
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🚀 Fantastic flight crew for last night’s “From Lawrence to Low-Earth Orbit: An Evening with Loral O’Hara,” part of the KU Reads program.
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Had a blast with KU alumni astronaut Loral O’Hara and our friends at @lawrencelibrary Friday morning, extending KU Reads: A Common Book Experience into the community.
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"And we have touchdown!" 🤝 KU astronaut connection. Join us for the KU Reads keynote, "From Lawrence to Low-Earth Orbit: An Evening with Loral O'Hara," Thursday night at the Union Ballroom, starting at 7 p.m.
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🚀 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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Take a behind-the-scenes tours of Spencer Research Library for American Archives Month (reg. required): 🗓️ 10/8 - Digital Lab 🗓️ 10/15 - Stacks Flashlight Tour 🗓️ 10/22 - Conservation Lab 🗓️ 10/29 - Manuscripts Processing 🗞️ rockcha.lk/aamtours 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlblog
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Loral O’Hara, a KU alumna and NASA astronaut who worked on the International Space Station, will provide a real-life perspective of life in space at the Oct. 8 KU Reads event discussing "Orbital,” an acclaimed work of fiction about life on the ISS. 👩‍🚀 bit.ly/3VrGamN

KU alumna, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara to headline KU Reads event Oct. 8

The University of Kansas will welcome home one of its own this fall when KU alumna and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara returns to Lawrence for a public event celebrating the 2026–27 KU Reads: A Common...

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New at KU Libraries: the Library of Things. Check out board games, console games, crafting supplies, kitchen items and more for 7 days with pick-up and return at the Anschutz Library Service Desk. 🗞️ rockcha.lk/lotnews 📝 guides.lib.ku.edu/LOT
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Day on the Hill is back Oct. 6! 🎶 Explore its prior run through University Archives posters, VIP badges & photos, plus year-by-year lineups from the newly digitized UDK. 📝 rockcha.lk/ksrlblog
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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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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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Book people are our people … visit KU Libraries at @suaevents’ Book Fair on the Plaza (indoors at Alderson) from noon to 2 p.m. on Friday (9/25).
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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/KUReadsNomination…
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Our exploration of American Girl's 40th anniversary continues. Meet Josefina Montoya through @KULibraries 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.

ALT 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.

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.

ALT 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.

The title page of 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.

ALT The title page of 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.

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