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Congratulations to recipients of the 2022-23 Course Enrichment Grants!

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Mitch Farish

From Judith Thomas, Director of Faculty Programs The Library is pleased to announce recipients of Course Enrichment Grants for 2022-2023. The Course Enrichment Grant (CEG) program supports faculty who would like to enhance their students’ abilities to seek, evaluate, manage, and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Announcement, News | Tagged academic engagement, awareness, Course Enrichment Grants, research, Teaching & Learning

Pandemic children’s collection helps prepare for health education post-COVID

Posted on May 2, 2022 by Mitch Farish

Although COVID-19 hospitalizations are down, the virus has not gone away, and neither has its effect on mental health, including that of children. An October 2021 study indicates that over 140,000 children have experienced the death of a primary or … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic engagement, awareness, books, Brown Science & Engineering Library, COVID-19, library resource, Teaching & Learning

Banned books find refuge in UVA Library

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Mitch Farish

April 3-9 is National Library Week, a time to celebrate libraries, library workers, and to promote library use and support! As the American Library Association observes, this year’s celebration comes as efforts to ban certain books from school curricula and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic engagement, African American, Brown Science & Engineering Library, IDEA, library resource, Teaching & Learning, Women and Gender

Library efforts to collect and promote “Vinegar Hill Magazine” featured in Cavalier Daily

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Mitch Farish

An article in the Cavalier Daily features efforts by the University Library to promote the local publication Vinegar Hill Magazine, which was founded in 2011 to amplify Black stories in Charlottesville. According to the article, the University holds an indefinite … Continue reading →

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Posted in Announcement | Tagged academic engagement, African American, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, awareness, IDEA, library staff

Pop-up exhibition of African American photo portraits featured in UVA Today

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Mitch Farish

The identity of a young African American woman wearing a flowered hat and a lacey blouse, looking out from a photo portrait taken over a century ago, is a mystery under investigation. It’s only one of the Holsinger studio photos … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic engagement, African American, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, collaboration, history, Holsinger collection, IDEA

It’s Open Education Week — Help build a more equitable learning environment for all

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Mitch Farish

Welcome to Open Education Week (March 7-11, 2022)! Please join with the Library in supporting Open Educational Resources (OER) — media released under a license that allows access with few restrictions and no cost. The use of OER helps to create … Continue reading →

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Celebrate “Love Data Week” with the Library, February 14-18!

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Mitch Farish

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 →

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Find diasporic streaming content this Black History Month 2022 and beyond!

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Mitch Farish

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 →

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Posted in Black History Month, Reading List | Tagged academic engagement, African American, awareness, Heritage Months, IDEA, library resource, Teaching & Learning

January workshops for help with data management, visualization, and computing

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Mitch Farish

Through January, the Library is offering a variety of data workshops that can help with your research. Invest time in learning new skills and find out what data collection and analysis can do for research in your discipline. Browse the … Continue reading →

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Deadlines coming up for Course Enrichment Grants and Research Sprints

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Mitch Farish

Information sessions and application deadlines are coming up soon for Course Enrichment Grants and Research Sprints. Both programs provide substantial support for instructors at UVA — one in the classroom and the other in your area of research, no matter … Continue reading →

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