Monthly Archives: February 2022
Celebrate Black history all year round with HistoryMakers Digital Archive
February 28 is the end of Black History Month but not Black history. You can find Black history all year round in the HistoryMakers Video Archive, the largest resource of oral African American history in existence. This fascinating resource contains … Continue reading
Explore the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science
Environmental Science, with its rich, interdisciplinary complexity, poses important questions for planet Earth: Where have efforts to respond to threats against the environment led? And how can government, science, and industry best ensure a sustainable relationship with local, national, and global … Continue reading
UVA Today features valentines from Special Collections Library
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, UVA Today is featuring a story on items drawn from Special Collections’ holdings of “delicate cards, miniature books and personal albums, all celebrating love.” Items pulled for UVA Today by Library exhibits coordinator Holly Robertson and Special Collections curator … Continue reading
UVA Library is hiring an Associate Dean for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility
The Library hopes anyone interested in this role will consider joining a webinar on March 4, 12 – 1 p.m., to learn more and ask questions. Anonymous participation is welcomed. Learn more and sign up now. The UVA Library is … Continue reading
Celebrate “Love Data Week” with the Library, February 14-18!
Don’t let your love go unrequited — check out the Library’s Research Data Services, where we love everything data, and please attend one of the following workshops to find out how loving data can spice up your research: Organizing for … Continue reading
Krystal Appiah appointed to new role as curator in the Small Special Collections Library
In December of 2021, the University Library announced the appointment of Krystal Appiah as curator in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library where she will help develop a vision and strategy for growth in the library’s local, state, … Continue reading
The rise of industrialization and reform in “The Gilded Age and Progressive Era”
Technological innovation, the concentration of vast wealth in few hands, government corruption, anti-immigrant hysteria, and progressive proposals to combat social and economic disparities: These may seem like items pulled from today’s headlines, but they entered America’s consciousness more than a … Continue reading
Find diasporic streaming content this Black History Month 2022 and beyond!
This month’s post comes to us from Katrina Spencer, Librarian for African American and African Studies. It’s February and again we gather a variety of content from the UVA Library to feature and present to you. The aim of Black … Continue reading