When the Library exhibition “Oliphant: Unpacking the Archive” went on display in September 2019 — bringing together for the first time the cartoons, sculpture, and paintings of renowned editorial satirist Patrick Oliphant in the Small Special Collections Library — a … Continue reading
While COVID-related restrictions are in place, Library users can find research materials by requesting them through Virgo to pick up at the service desk, by accessing full-text titles from the HathiTrust Digital Library in Virgo, and by logging in with … Continue reading
You’ve heard the saying “When one door closes, another door opens”? With the Library, there is some truth in the old cliché. Lately, there has been a lot of info about how the Library is changing services this semester to … Continue reading
“Sisterhood: Cultural Portraits of African-American Women,” is a 2020 Black History Month original exhibition on the 400-year redemptive odyssey of African-American womanhood, 1700s-2000s. From auction blocks to corporate boardrooms, this distinctive exhibition emphasizes the commonality of their praiseworthy lives and … Continue reading
A featured article in UVA Today, “Digging into the Archives, UVA Library Brings Old Folksong Recordings to Light,” tells about a Library project to digitize 1930s field recordings of traditional Virginia ballad singers. The recordings, mostly of Appalachian singers, many … Continue reading
A UVA Today article, “A Walk in the Park: Central Park becomes a Classroom for 15 UVA Students,” relates the experiences of UVA students enrolled in the landscape architecture seminar “Central Park: Public Space as Conceived, Perceived and Lived.” Students … Continue reading
According to an article in UVA Today, a plan by Ph.D. candidates Neal Curtis, Samuel Lemley, and Madeline Zehnder’s to project an early 19th century chart of the heavens on the inner dome of UVA’s Rotunda began when they discovered … Continue reading
Cross-posted from Notes from Under Grounds, the blog of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Just a stone’s throw away from #13 West Range—the purported room of the University of Virginia’s masterful matriculate of the macabre, Edgar Allan … Continue reading
The UVA Library presents Independent Voices, an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines, and journals. Funded by donors and libraries, the database is a work-in-progress, constantly expanding to include new special collections material from academic institutions across … Continue reading
The October 7 issue of UVA Today features an article on the Library exhibition “Extinction in the Archive,” composed of images and documents that trace the extinction of animal and plant species throughout history. The exhibition, which will run through … Continue reading
