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
On March 15 (the “Ides of March!”), from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Alderman 421, Sarah Bond, associate editor of Pleiades, a “community-built gazetteer” of ancient places, will guide an interactive event: “Linking the Ancient World: A Pleiades Workshop,” … Continue reading
Geographic Information Science specialist Chris Gist has been working with religious studies professor Benjamin Ray in the Scholars’ Lab to confirm the exact spot in Salem Massachusetts on which researchers believe nineteen people were executed for witchcraft in 1692. Ray, … Continue reading
Wednesday, November 18th is GIS Day, and we’re celebrating! From 1:30 to 3 p.m. the Scholars’ Lab (in Alderman Library) will continue its tradition of hosting presentations from people around UVA who are using GIS in their projects. Also a tradition, following the presentations … Continue reading
Interested in learning how technology is transforming instruction in higher education? Want to find out what the Library is doing to make it happen at U.Va.? Ask the six Library representatives at the Poster Sessions of the Teaching with Technology Fair … Continue reading
From making your first map to georeferencing and editing in ArcGIS, take control of your spatial data by taking one or more of our GIS workshops. Workshops are on Thursdays from 3-4 pm in Alderman’s electronic classroom adjacent to the … Continue reading
