Library welcomes a new cohort to the Women’s Maker Program

Guest post from Jenny Coffman, Science and Engineering Research Librarian, and Izzy McReynolds, Women’s Maker Program intern: After a successful pilot of the Women’s Maker Program in spring 2020, we are happy to announce our continuation of the program with … Continue reading

University of Virginia Librarian Selected as SPARC Open Education Leadership Fellow

Judith Thomas from the University of Virginia Library has been selected as a fellow in the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program, an intensive professional development program to empower library professionals with the knowledge, skills, and community connections to lead successful … Continue reading

Library Welcomes Six New High School Interns

We have six new interns! The Library High School Summer Internship program is in its third year and offers paid internships to local high school students so they can learn more about libraries. Our interns will be blogging every day … Continue reading

Bibliographical Society of UVA Announces Battestin Fellowships for Grad Student Summer Research

The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia is pleased to announce its seventh round of Battestin Fellowships, a program of summer fellowships in bibliographical and textual studies, named in honor of Martin Battestin, former Professor of English at UVA, … Continue reading

Adventures in Conservation: Our 2018 Summer Conservation Intern

Sara Belasco spent four weeks in the Library’s conservation lab gaining new skills and learning about how conservation fits into the larger library program.  We asked her to share a few words about her experience. This summer I was a … Continue reading