• Director Interview in Eurekalert

    Director Interview in Eurekalert

    An interview with Kula Director Matt Huculak was featured in Eurekalert this week. Huculak talks about the hopes in founding the Kula: Library Futures Academy on research at the University of Victoria, including…

  • The Role of the Storyteller in Society (Launch Video)

    The Role of the Storyteller in Society (Launch Video)

    We are pleased that the first video from the Kula: Library Futures Academy Launch on September 15, 2025 is now available. Moderator Shelagh Rogers is joined by authors Richard Van Camp, Esi Edugyan,…

  • Science + Art = Action

    Science + Art = Action

    Kula: Library Futures Academy co-hosted with the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Climate Disaster Project, and Department of Geography a transdisciplinary presentation and discussion with visiting Swiss glaciologist Dr. Andreas Linsbauer, whose work…

  • Vancouver Island Premiere of The Librarians

    Vancouver Island Premiere of The Librarians

    Join us for the Vancouver Island premiere of Kim A. Snyder’s The Librarians followed by a special panel discussion/audience Q & A You are invited to participate in the Vancouver Island premiere of the award-winning documentary, The…

  • Kula Team Presents at ICA Barcelona 2025

    Kula Team Presents at ICA Barcelona 2025

    Kula had two presentations accepted at the 2025 International Archives Conference held in Barcelona, Spain October 27-30. Director Matt Huculak and University Librarian Jonathan Bengtson presented a “Co-Lab” session in which global participants were asked…

  • AI & Research: Beyond the Hype

    AI & Research: Beyond the Hype

    Kula: Libraries Futures Academy and the office of the Vice President Research & Innovation held an unconference & interdisciplinary forum to explore how emerging developments in AI are transforming UVic Research. The event…

  • Lambert Heller Awarded Inaugural International Visiting Fellowship

    Lambert Heller Awarded Inaugural International Visiting Fellowship

    By Christian Schmidt, Kula Librarian Research Associate. In July 2025, Kula welcomed German librarian Lambert Heller as its first Visiting International Fellow. Lambert leads the Open Science Lab at Leibniz Information Centre for…

  • Kula Launch

    Kula Launch

    The Kula: Library Futures Academy formally launched with a public event on September 15 & 16, 2025. Day 1 featured a series of moderated panel discussions. Speakers included University of Oxford Bodley’s Librarian…

  • Kula Postdoctoral Fellow Interviewed by Associated Press (AP)

    Kula Postdoctoral Fellow Interviewed by Associated Press (AP)

    The work of Kula & Aspiration Post-doctoral Fellow Nathaniel Brunt was featured by the Associated Press.  The article, “Iraq’s Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in a museum archive,” explores the partnership…

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