the pages crinkle from centuries of broken hearts and surprise questions on exams that we didn't even learn about this in class, it was in the optional reading? srsly? 💔 waterfalls of weepings 😿 UK has free mental health resources for students! https://pres.uky.edu/mental-health-resources

the rainbow road of the universe bends toward Willy T 🌈 it's a barn of gold! 🪙🐴

work is fun!! we love work!!!

UK Libraries collections are full of materials documenting the powerful history of Kentucky workers fighting for their rights. Explore the powerful Herndon J. Evans Collection here: https://bit.ly/4pJwYop

fall is in the air 🍂 and you know what that means! ✨it's Three Academic Articles Season!! 😻 we are here to help you search for articles like a pro, learn what makes an article “scholarly,” and knock your assignments out of the park 🧢 just use our Scholarly Articles tutorial: https://bit.ly/46zAedd 🪞

both valid concerns, honestly 🏈 there are many ways to be a Cat!! 😻 but POT did drop the ball on the SOC 235: Inequalities in Society group project (how ironic) and we had to pick up the slack *at the Big Kroger* 👀 so don't blame us for feeling a little spicy!! 🌶️

On Thursday, September 25, UK Libraries will welcome Jessica K. Whitehead to share the fascinating life story of the Kentucky writer, artist, and sustainability pioneer Harlan Hubbard. Find more info and RSVP here: https://bit.ly/4moqZ5o

use your Cat paws! 🐾 hear the creaky wheeze of the machine! 🔩 feel alive again! ✨ remember what it is to touch things and be one with them! 😻 smash your screen! 💥 scoop the Goose and get down with the Printing Bug -- it's catching!! 🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿

we are this boy 👔 this boy is us 📝 we are the surprised promise of 1991 talking to Jim Beam master distiller Frederick Booker Noe II in a rare interview from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the latest episode of WUKY's Saving Stories, here: https://bit.ly/4mjBAPd

they're so cute we could just squeeze em till their plush popped! 😻 squeeze em until their cute little pillows rolled down the stairs! 😻 squeeze em until we and they were one contiguous uncleftable chair! 😻 give em a squeeze and find our poll here: https://bit.ly/4pl8jGp

along with small boxes, crowded countertops, and other Cozy Cat Palaces to Bloom the Mind & Brain 🧠📔😻✏️🛌

Join us on Tue. Sept. 16 for the 2025 Earle C. Clements Lecture-Symposium featuring Gayle Jessup White, author of Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for Her Family’s Lasting Legacy. More info here: https://bit.ly/3VDlDZc

didn't even give us a waffle fry 😿

never a dull moment in the Big Barn 😻 find more info about these and other future happenings right here: https://bit.ly/3lFiQjY

when research feels uncannily akin to circling a drain 🌩️ and you want to hurl your laptop into the dark & stormy deep 🚨 never fear! the LibKey Nomad browser extension is here to help you find safe harbor 🕯️ learn more about unlocking your research potential right here: https://bit.ly/3HNhEpK ~

could searching databases and sinking putts have more in common? rolling past hazards down slopes into the Cup you Seek?? we think not!!! schedule a one-on-one consultation with a librarian who will help you find Precisely What You're Looking For -- right here: https://bit.ly/41pKjYF

beginnings are beautiful 😻 the sky is filled with smiles 🌞 we are here to help you make your very Cat-ful dreams come true ✨ sit and stay awhile ☕ find your home away from home away from home 🧦

we can't wait to see you 😻

It's workshop season! For info and registration links: 😻 Medical Center Library Research Workshop Series & Research Impact Week: https://bit.ly/3JipOH8 😻 Digital Scholarship & Data Workshop Series: https://bit.ly/4oIr1aM 😻 Reproducible Research with Python Workshop Series: https://bit.ly/4mW1PvY

We're moooooooooooovin in!!! 😻 oh my CATS it's here!!!

K-Week is almost here!! Join us for two food- and fun-filled events at UK Libraries😻Find more details on our Fall 2025 events calendar: libcal.uky.edu/calendar/?ci...

The recipients of the 2025 Earle C. Clements Innovation in Education Award are leading the charge in the brawl for a better future. We couldn't be more excited to acknowledge their creativity, enthusiasm, and tireless effort in classrooms across the Commonwealth 🍎😸 libraries.uky.edu/news/uk-libr...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A special episode of WUKY's Saving Stories shares the harrowing first-hand account of Aiko Nakashima Allen, who survived the bombing of Nagasaki as a 14-year-old: bit.ly/4frgLzo

it's you 😻 it's us 😸 it's you 😹 it's we 😺

With tens of thousands of digitized photographs of campus life freely available through ExploreUK, everyone in the Wildcat community has an opportunity to take a dive into over 150 years of UK history. 📸 Learn about our amazing photographs collections here: libraries.uky.edu/news/campus-...

pretend it's Pedro

Ahoy! Did you know that Long John Silver's was born on Southland Drive right here in Lexington? WUKY's Saving Stories takes a behind-the-scenes look at the city's role in launching the chain from its humble beginnings into a nationwide experimental fast food concept. Listen here: bit.ly/46Aq7GS

it's a cat 😻 it's a barn 🐴 it's

In June 1845, publisher William Neale and editor Cassius Clay established their abolitionist newspaper the True American on Mill Street in downtown Lexington, just a block away from one of the largest slave markets in the United States. Learn more here: libraries.uky.edu/news/dedicat...

Doug Boyd, Director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, has worked with Kentucky Educational Television -- "Kentucky's largest classroom" -- for years to collect and share stories from across the Commonwealth. Learn more about their unique collaboration here: ket.org/making-a-dif...

they grow up so fast 😭😭😭 found this scrapbook in Momma T.'s Memory Box aka ExploreUK.uky.edu 😻🖇️🩵

like a glove

plz judge these books by their covers 📕 they are Beautiful and Rare and inside they are Winsome too 🪽 you can gently breeze the bonny leaves at ExploreUK.uky.edu ~~~~ bop the Rare Books button and you'll be there 😻

A very happy Father's Day to the Real Daddy of Willy T, Storm Cat 🐎📖😻🩵🐝

Spotted critically acclaimed Emmy, Tony, and Golden Globe Award-Winning actor Jeremy Strong at Cannes a few weeks ago 👀 looking quite a lot like a BOOK we all knew 📘 took a dive and realized he's been getting fashion inspa from our collections for YEARS 👔👓👞 Who Wore It Better? 😻😻😻

where librarians become @lexingtonlegends ⚾😻🧢

Calling all sports researchers! 🏀😻🏆 The Claude Sullivan Research Fellowship is open to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to archival materials housed in UK Libraries’ collections. Fellows will be reimbursed up to $2,500 for domestic travel. libraries.uky.edu/research-sch...

Know an amazing Kentucky K-12 history or civics teacher? Encourage them to apply for the Clements Award by May 30! Up to five educators could win $1,000 each. Apply here: uky.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Oh how far you've come 😻✨

Sometimes you stay up late during Finals Week to finish the semester strong. Sometimes you stay up late during Finals Week for far nobler and grander things.

The Seven Dwarfs as UK Libraries 🍎 Artsy (Fine Arts Library) Healthy (Medical Center Library) Dusty (Special Collections Research Center) Learny (Education Library) Bunsen Burner (King Library Annex) Judgey (Law Library) Willy (obvi)

Tired Cats, Steamrolled Cats, Grumpy Ones, remember! Remember you are Wild, remember you are More Than Your Grades, remember you are Growing and that Working Hard Fills the Balloon of Your Heart. You are right where you need to be and becoming who you really are!

From the beginning of time, humans have endeavored to describe the complexities of the body and develop treatments for its infirmities. Scholars of this ongoing and often Sisyphean journey can track centuries of these efforts in the magnificent Ambrose Collection: libraries.uky.edu/news/cure-al...

This is Wildhorse the Derbycat. Wildhorse needs no hat. Wildhorse knows who wins. Look into that Wildhorsey eye. "Stake it all," comes a prognosticating whisper. "Throw the horseshoe. Roll the dice." 🧲🏇🔮

This Friday! Miyazaki Movie Marathon in the Young Library Auditorium! 🍿😻📽️ 6pm – Castle in the Sky 8pm – Princess Mononoke 10pm – My Neighbor Totoro Take a study break and bedazzle your eyes with movie magic! Drop in for your favorite or stick around for all three!

Starting today through June 7, visit the Medical Center Library to see "Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited," a traveling exhibition from the National Library of Medicine! 💊 Stop by our Exhibit Opening May 5 at 11:30. Learn more here: libcal.uky.edu/event/14437570

Spring for Cats 😻🌼🐝

We've got the travel bug — and you can catch it too! Just scratch and sniff each of those little baby heads (the famous charioteering Kids from Richmond), clinkle your kitty spurs, and you'll be whisked to any Destination you Desire ✨ If that doesn't work, take a trip to ExploreUK.uky.edu ~~~

A hearty thanks to Lexington artist Virginia McClure for leading us on a journey through space and time, charting the complexities of reprinting a 500-year-old map using letterpress techniques! Find more of McClure's work at the Marcona Press: www.marconapress.com

Join us in the Great Hall in the Special Collections Research Center this Friday from 2pm to 4pm to hear about the amazing projects conducted by the 2024-25 Learning Lab cohort. Want to be part of one of the most unique and transformative experiences on campus? Apply here: bit.ly/492qGHY