From Judy Thomas, Director of Faculty Programs: October 19-25 is International Open Access Week, and this year carries the theme “Open with a Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion.” One way the Library pursues equity and inclusion … Continue reading
Whether you are a student researching a literature term paper or an instructor planning a literature course, a great place to start is the Library’s new resource ProQuest One Literature, providing online access to 3 million literature citations from thousands … Continue reading
As UVA shifted to online learning in the spring 2020 semester, the Library’s Teaching & Learning team drew on expertise with Library media resources and online research materials to craft a guide for Teaching Online. This fall, remote teaching is … Continue reading
Over the next few years, Scholars’ Lab will operate from the 3rd floor of Clemons Library as renovations to the main library progress. And while COVID-19 mitigation efforts have caused the Library to scale back in-person operations, virtual consultation sessions … 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
The Library has added three new databases from ASM International (the world’s largest and most established materials information society) featuring information about alloys — combinations of metallic elements designed to provide greater strength and prevent corrosion, and without which much … 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
New! The Library offers access to the Colored Conventions digital humanities project (CCP), a research hub that gathers primary resources and recent scholarship shedding light on a neglected chapter of Black activism that began decades before the end of slavery. … Continue reading
Although much has changed at UVA due to COVID-19 mitigation efforts, the Library continues to offer a robust calendar of workshops, classes, and activities for faculty and students. Some classes are even more relevant now that more research is being … Continue reading
New! The Library offers American Indian Histories and Cultures and Indigenous Peoples of North America — complementary resources providing information on how, for five centuries, Native Americans have continued to define themselves in the face of colonization and genocide. American … Continue reading
