U.Va. Librarian Keith Weimer elected as President of Virginia Library Association

Congratulations to Keith Weimer, Research Librarian for History, Politics, and Religious Studies, on his election as Vice President/President-Elect of the Virginia Library Association. Keith will serve a three-year term as President-Elect in 2016, President in 2017, and Past-President in 2018. … Continue reading

“A Quiet War Against Time”

UVA Today features U.Va. Library Book Conservator Eliza Gilligan and her efforts to preserve an exceedingly rare eighteenth century botanical guide, Figures of the Most Beautiful, Useful Plants Described in the Gardener’s Dictionary. Our copy was donated by the Rev. … Continue reading

New this Fall—Changes at the U.Va. Library

Welcome back to the University of Virginia Library! We look forward to helping you find and use the information you need, sharing our expertise on scholarship and research methods, and providing environments for individual study, intellectual exchange, and group collaboration. … Continue reading

“Sister Talk”—New Streaming Audio in Virgo

The Library now has 93 episodes of Sister Talk, a joint radio production between WTJU and U.Va.’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality program (WGS), available as streaming audio in Virgo! Hosted by Anne Lane, former director of the WGS program, Sister Talk is … Continue reading

Not on Our Grounds: A University of Virginia Initiative to End Sexual Violence

The Library supports the “Not on Our Grounds” initiative, which aims to end sexual violence in our community through awareness campaigns, prevention education, and outreach efforts. On Fridays through October, you may see Library staff wearing “#HOOSsGotYourBack” t-shirts and buttons. … Continue reading

R.I.P. Julian Bond, 1940-2015

The Library remembers H. Julian Bond, Civil Rights leader and long-time U.Va. professor, who died last Saturday at the age of 75. Bond was a legend of the Civil Rights movement long before he came to the University in 1992, where … Continue reading

Open Access: Helping Researchers Navigate Shifts to Funding Policies

“UVa has anticipated that public availability of full data from research — not just research papers — will be the next mandate to come down from funders.” Sherry Lake, librarian for data and computer science, is featured in this article … Continue reading