When you support KU Libraries, you support all Jayhawks. Your gift empowers the discoveries made, the stories written, the minds expanded with impacts that shine across the university, the greater community and the world.
When you support KU Libraries, you support all Jayhawks. Your gift empowers the discoveries made, the stories written, the minds expanded with impacts that shine across the university, the greater community and the world.
You remember your favorite study spots in Watson, late nights in Anschutz gathered around group projects, or the librarian at Spencer Research Library who helped solve your research challenges. So much of student life and academic success happens at the library.
The world of information is constantly changing and increasingly challenging to evaluate and use effectively. Today’s students need access to a wide range of digital resources and — now more than ever — they need guidance in how to use them. Faculty researchers gain insights and advantages not only from employing KU Libraries’ tools and technologies, but from fundamental collaboration with our librarian experts.
KU Libraries are where we connect, a community platform that propels each Jayhawk to rise.
KU Libraries are at the heart of learning and discovery and a key partner in student success and scholarly impact in the digital age. Through leadership in open resource sharing, our libraries enable student and faculty researchers to connect to information without cost barriers. KU Libraries also provide a powerful framework to broaden the reach of faculty projects in a worldwide network of scholarship. Our Makerspace teaches creative problem-solving skills and encourages inventive course assignments using 3D printing, podcasting, A/V postproduction and more. Outreach to K-12 schools and off-campus groups allows the greater community to discover stories from KU, Kansas and around the world through encounters with rare and historic items within our remarkable collections.
The libraries’ work strengthens Jayhawk contributions to the international network of knowledge and ripples out to magnify efforts in every academic department at KU, continuously enabling student and faculty success. When you support the libraries, you support the entire KU mission.
In 2024, Watson Library celebrates 100 years as a cornerstone of the KU community. When you support the Centennial Renovation of Watson Library, you will join us in ensuring the continued evolution of library spaces as effective, welcoming environments; providing access to cutting-edge technology and information; and building the human connections essential to navigating the current world of knowledge.
Now is the time to make a transformative gift to the Libraries to address the following priorities:
Your support for the Centennial Renovation of Watson Library helps bring the Gothic beauty of the library’s exterior inside, creating a vibrant gathering space that reflects the values of our community, a central hub in an evolving ecosystem of modern, user-centric libraries that advance research and discovery across campus.
People are at the heart of libraries and drive our work as multidisciplinary laboratories of learning and research. An investment in an endowed library position will enhance the stewardship of invaluable and increasingly diverse collections; enable greater capacity for leading-edge initiatives such as open scholarship, digital humanities and systematic reviews; and advance our commitment to empowering all students with the information, research and critical analysis skills so essential to success in the digital age.
As the world of information changes, so do libraries. Whether it’s new student-driven technology additions for our popular Makerspace, a new “Gadgets-to-Go” technology lending collection, or the complex library systems that drive digital information access, technology investments are key to library advancement. Your contribution can provide equitable access to technology-infused resources, tools and spaces for students across all disciplines, enabling multidisciplinary tech collaboration and experimentation, and fueling innovation and discovery.
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