Special Collections presents Mini-Exhibition on “Black Girlhood”

As part of UVA’s observance of Martin Luther King Day, the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library opens a mini-exhibition, “The Sounds and Silences of Black Girlhood,” today, January 27, in the First Floor Gallery of the Harrison Institute … Continue reading

The Library Combats Fake News with Educational Guide

The Library now offers a helpful site where people who get their news over the web can go for information about how to spot fake news. The library guide—by showing how to identify the growing number of insidious stories that … Continue reading

Will Rourk Joins with UVA Faculty to Model Interactive Tibetan City

The Fall 2016 issue of UVA’s Arts Magazine features an article about a project funded by the the Mellon Foundation, and led by Cultural Heritage Data Specialist Will Rourk of the Library Scholars’ Lab, director of UVA’s Tibet Center David … Continue reading

Peter Kaufman to Speak about the Challenges of Open Educational Resources at Harrison/Small

The Library welcomes Peter Kaufman—author, educator, film producer, and advocate of open educational resources—who will speak on “Knowledge Production and Free Licenses: Challenges and Benefits for the Modern University” in the auditorium of the Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections … Continue reading

The Library Welcomes New Staff Members!

The Library is pleased to announce that on January 9 April Baker joined the Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library as the new desk manager; and that today, January 17, Drew MacQueen joins the Scholars’ Lab as a GIS specialist, and … Continue reading

Director of Information Policy Brandon Butler has Advice for U.S. Copyright Office and Congress

In a new article, “Library Experts Weigh in On Next Register of Copyrights” (Library Journal 1/12/2017), UVA Library Director of Information Policy Brandon Butler joins with Harvard University Copyright Advisor Kyle K. Courtney; Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow Mary Minow; … Continue reading

The Library Joins Community to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

From January 16–31 UVA will join with the community to celebrate the life and legacy of slain civil rights champion Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a program of events centered around the theme “Silence as Betrayal,” taken from a … Continue reading

UVA Today Offers a Preview Glimpse of the Upcoming Library Exhibition “Faulkner: Life and Works”

The UVA Today article “The Many Faces of William Faulkner” previews a few of the photos, manuscripts, works of art, documents, and artifacts that will be on display in the main exhibition gallery of the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library … Continue reading

Governor McAuliffe Comes to Harrison/Small to Sign Executive Order Barring Discrimination

On January 15th, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe—visiting UVA for a retreat at the Frank Batten School of Leadership—chose the auditorium of the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library to sign Executive Order 61. The new rule requires that future state contracting … Continue reading