From Judy Thomas, Director of Faculty Programs: This year the Library offered Course Enrichment Grants to eight faculty who will partner with Library staff to integrate information, data, and digital literacies into their courses. We are pleased to announce this … Continue reading
On Earth Day, April 22, the Charles L. Brown Science & Engineering Library will present a slide show exhibition documenting creation of an art project designed by students in the Environmental Sciences class “Write Climate, Right Climate” taught by climate … Continue reading
The following open letter has been prepared and released by the Deans and Directors of the seven research libraries at public doctoral institutions in Virginia. It is part of an ongoing conversation with our campus communities about responsible stewardship of … Continue reading
By Brandon Butler, Director of Information Policy for the UVA Library. Follow The Taper, Brandon’s blog, for more on the Big Deal and other copyright and information policy issues. ******** Last week the University of California system (the UC) made a … Continue reading
The University of Virginia Library is pleased to announce that Dennis Clark will join its senior administration as Associate University Librarian for Public Services, beginning on February 19, 2018. Dennis has deep experience in public service leadership, having served in … Continue reading
snaccooperative.org The University of Virginia Library is pleased to announce that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the University of Virginia $750,000 to complete the work of establishing the Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Cooperative. For this final … Continue reading
The Library is pleased to offer UVA faculty the opportunity to apply for an Information Literacy Course Enrichment Grant—available to full-time or part-time faculty who are teaching semester-long courses. It’s part of the Library’s effort to equip students with the … Continue reading
Student Digital Research Internships Dates: August 15, 2017–May 31, 2018 Deadline for Application and Reference Submission: April 27, 2017 The Library is now accepting applications for Student Digital Research Internships. Each of the chosen applicants who successfully completes the expectations … Continue reading
On February 8, in an open letter to the Cavalier Daily about “Addressing high textbook costs,” Library Director of Information Policy Brandon Butler, Open Publishing Librarian Dave Ghamandi, and Director of Scholarly Repository Services Ellen Ramsey, responded to editorials raising … Continue reading
Wikipedia tells us the first use of the word “trivia” to describe a competition in which players vie with each other in their knowledge of useless-but-fun facts appeared in the Columbia Daily Spectator on February 5, 1965. It’s doubtful if that … Continue reading
