University of Kentucky Libraries

08/31/2026

now's your chance, Cats! 🤖 to fulfill those digital dreams 💽🖥️🌟 this semester, learn to program, wrangle data, and write a flawless data plan through our Digital Scholarship & Data Workshops 😻

find the full schedule here: https://bit.ly/4cook9Y

08/28/2026

in the great marble hall there was a welcome desk and one more campus tour and a tapestry of a horse galloping over a brook 🐎 and there were three little books resting quietly in nooks 📚 and two hot coffees and Dante's Inferno copies ☕ and a weary student whispering "C's get degrees" 🙀

goodnight W***y T 🌝 goodnight horse galloping over a brook ⛺ goodnight books and goodnight nooks 🍂 goodnight mouse 🐭 goodnight Dante 😈 goodnight Kentucky coffee trees 🌳 goodnight five flights of stairs 📶 goodnight warm sounds of friendship everywhere 😻

08/26/2026

as the Margaret I. King Library nears its 100th year, it’s closing for renovations and upgrades that will restore some of its original functions as a gathering place for students 😻 we took the opportunity to look back on what the library has meant both to the campus and the Commonwealth

check out the story here: https://bit.ly/4wPhzoM

08/24/2026

wheel in the launchpad 🌞 it's time to take off 🚀 also we might just stay in the box 😻

08/21/2026

as the air starts to smell like studiousness and Cats everywhere stretch awake from their summer slumber 🏖️ it's time for one last look at the Course Catalog! 🌞 and if you're already ready for Fall, well, all the better 😻 for you can peruse the past for all its delightful offerings thanks to UK Libraries' Course Catalog collection, dating all the way back to 1865 🕰️ try balancing out BACT 272: Viruses and Rickettsiae with PSYCH 520: Mental Hygiene 🦠 or if you're feeling a bit 19th-century, illuminate your brain with Towne's Algebra and Snell's Olmsted's Mechanics 🧮 and there's no better well of retro style! 🎷 find them all at exploreuk.uky.edu

08/19/2026

this Friday! grab some slices and sink some putts in W***y T! 🍕⛳

for more info visit the link in our bio 😻

08/18/2026

*UPDATE 8/19: This event has sold out. To join our waiting list, please visit: https://form.jotform.com/262304748907160

Please join us Tuesday, Oct. 13 for an evening with Percival Everett, National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.

Held at the Kentucky Theatre in downtown Lexington, the event is free and open to the public. Tickets are required, and are available here: https://bit.ly/3S0lwsF.

One of the most inventive and incisive writers in contemporary literature, Everett challenges readers to reconsider what it truly means to be human and demonstrates the power of literature to change the way we see the world.

University of Kentucky Libraries and the Lexington Public Library are thrilled to bring this American literary icon to Lexington. We hope to see you there!

Join us for an evening with Percival Everett, National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.

08/14/2026

W***y Teems 🌱😻

*all critters, beasts, floras, faunas, and fungis found in, at, and around the W***y T Wilderness 🦅🌳🐞🐝🍄

08/12/2026

Sitting at the intersection of technology and community, Nunn Center Director Doug Boyd's research ensures that Kentuckians' voices are discoverable and that new tools enhance human connection.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3TP6fvi

08/11/2026

sometimes you may feel a little tiny 🫛 that's okay! 😻 for your heart is a cauldron of mightiness 💗 and you are always drawn to scale 📏 multiply yourself into greatness, dear Cats! build yourselves grand and tall! 🏗️