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
The Library is pleased to announce that on January 9 April Baker joined the Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library as the new desk manager; and that today, January 17, Drew MacQueen joins the Scholars’ Lab as a GIS specialist, and … Continue reading
It’s that time again. Papers are coming due and you need to nail down a thesis and find some sources. Is the topic is still too broad? Are your sources good ones? With a grade riding on these questions, don’t … Continue reading
Celebrate Global Week at the Special Collections Library’s Harrison/Small Auditorium this Friday, October 28, from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., as the Library hosts “UVA Library: Your Passport to Global Experiences.” See the many ways the Library supports global initiatives, and explore the … Continue reading
The Library welcomes Fang Yi and Bethany Mickel who begin today, October 3, as part of the Library’s Teaching & Learning team. Fang is the team’s new Educational Technologist, and Bethany is the Teaching and Instructional Design Librarian. Fang comes … Continue reading
