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Newly gifted collection illustrates the story of a young refugee who escaped Nazi Germany
4 days ago
Herbert Friedman, a day shy of 14 years old, boarded a train in Austria bound for England. It was the eve of World War II, and he was one of thousands of children rescued from Nazi-controlled territory across Europe. Eighty-seven years after Friedman’s departure from Austria, his personal effects — including the number assigned to him on that fateful train — were gifted to UVA Library by his sons.
UVA Library receives Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award
6 days ago
Insight Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education, is honoring academic libraries’ programs and initiatives that encourage and support inclusive excellence and belonging.
‘It does matter’: Inhabiting Byzantine Athens
1 week ago
The Library’s Scholars’ Lab is helping Professor Fotini Kondyli with archaeological data visualization for her "Inhabiting Byzantine Athens” project.
The original Cavalier Daily
2 weeks ago
The new College Topics online archive, from Vol. I, No. 1 of January 15, 1890 to Vol. XXVII, No. 64 of June 14, 1916, represents a run of 1,270 issues and 7,663 pages.
A day in the life of a Reference Librarian
3 weeks ago
UVA Library’s reference team had a busy 2024 with the opening of Shannon Library and media attention surrounding the library’s last active card catalog.
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