The University of Kansas’ dean of libraries is taking a job on the East Coast, leaving KU looking for a new leader as talk intensifies on a proposed major renovation of Watson Library. Kevin Smith has ...

ST MARYS — What is the purpose of a public library? It is a question that has transfixed and roiled hundreds of communities across the country and in Kansas as controversies over books on racial, ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. — "Freshman year when I'd feel homesick, I'd go to Watson and do my homework because it was quiet and I didn’t know my roommate," said University of Kansas sophomore Emilie Theophile.

A Colorado librarian who wants to turn historic Watson Library into a true campus hub and gathering space has been named the next dean of libraries at the University of Kansas. Carol E. Smith, ...