Monthly Archives: November 2020

Virginia Folklore Society recordings

Through January, we’re publishing year-in-review highlights from FY2020. Download a full PDF of this year’s Annual Report to read more! In 2019, the Library began providing streaming access to recordings of traditional folk ballads included among the Papers of the … Continue reading →

Dedicating the Weinstein Library

Through January, we’re publishing year-in-review highlights from FY2020. Download a full PDF of this year’s Annual Report to read more! In June of 2019, staff from the UVA Library and other areas of the University gathered with members and friends … Continue reading →

HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service extended through spring 2021

The Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS) provided by HathiTrust will continue through the spring 2021 semester. ETAS allows access to digital materials that correspond to physical books held by HathiTrust member institutions that have been forced to close or restrict … Continue reading →

Dialogue through fun: Factuality gets things rolling/Writing Cafés

Through January, we’re publishing year-in-review highlights from FY2020. Download a full PDF of this year’s Annual Report to read more! Finding dialogue through fun: Game Factuality gets things rolling In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, UVA community members … Continue reading →

Extinction in the Archive / Art + Confrontation in the Americas

Through January, we’re publishing year-in-review highlights from FY2020. Download a full PDF of this year’s Annual Report to read more! Unexpected Evidence of Extinction in the Archive Students inspired by environmental humanities scholar Adrienne Ghaly’s course “Extinction in Literature and … Continue reading →

Please join us for Festival of the Book event “Evicted: An Evening with Matthew Desmond”

The University Library is pleased to join with UVA and community partners in sponsoring a Virginia Festival of the Book event, “Evicted: An Evening with Matthew Desmond,” December 9, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. This virtual event is FREE and open to … Continue reading →

I’ve Never Seen My Work Better Displayed — Patrick Oliphant

What a year! From now through January we’re publishing some stories about the biggest happenings from the 2019-2020 fiscal year. These stories and more can be found in this year’s Annual Report — download the full PDF to see more! When it … Continue reading →

Introducing the Library Swahili Studies guide: Learn more about this cosmopolitan African language!

What is Swahili — an African language, a people, a culture? The answer is yes, it’s all three, and you can learn more by visiting the UVA Library’s new Swahili Studies guide which brings together Library holdings and web resources … Continue reading →

#BlackWomenMatter

What a year! From now through January we’re publishing some stories about the biggest happenings from the 2019-2020 fiscal year. These stories and more can be found in this year’s Annual Report — download the full PDF to see more! … Continue reading →

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with a reading by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

The Library invites you to attend a virtual poetry reading on Monday, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. EST by Joy Harjo of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the first Native American to be appointed as U.S. Poet Laureate (2019-2021). Harjo is … Continue reading →