Monthly Archives: September 2017
The Library Welcomes New Staff Members!
The Library is pleased to announce four new staff additions! Zoe LeBlanc will join the Scholars’ Lab research and development team on October 2. She’s currently ABD in history at Vanderbilt University and holds an M.A. from Vanderbilt and a … Continue reading
The Hathi Trust Research Center offers Scholars a Sneak Preview of Research Tools!
The Hathi Trust Research Center (HTRC) is working to promote one of the hottest areas of literary research. Text-mining and non-consumptive research refer to a type of literary analysis in which the close reading of text is irrelevant. The important … Continue reading
Get the Latest Reports on Business Conditions with the Library’s New Online Resource, IBISWorld
If you own a business and need information on market conditions, you don’t have to spend a lot of time and money getting the facts. Get up-to-date, comprehensive information, fast, from the Library’s new online resource IBISWorld—”the largest provider of … Continue reading
UVA Today Features Article on Library Employee & Resident Playwright Sean McCord
Library audio-visual/information technology engineer Sean McCord has a play opening tonight, September 7, at 8:00 p.m.at the Belmont Arts Collaborative, 221 Carlton Rd. in Charlottesville. According to an article in UVA Today, McCord’s play “Moving” will be the first production … Continue reading
Ivy Stacks users may see delays during construction
In preparation for eventual renovations in Alderman Library, construction of the Ivy Stacks addition, an expansion of our off-site storage facility, began in summer 2017. The facility will double our current capacity, provide improved preservation conditions, and give the Library … Continue reading
The Brown Science & Engineering Library Sports a New Look for Fall!
The Charles L. Brown Science & Engineering Library has been given a fall makeover. Seventeen sculptures dangle from the ceiling of the Library’s west wing reading room—sea creatures fashioned by Australia’s indigenous artists out of plastic fishing nets that have … Continue reading