Grants
American Library Association
$5,000
For Vaccine Confidence and Public Health Literacy: To create a public-facing website as a collection development tool for libraries and librarians, so more libraries can use children’s books to build vaccine confidence in their communities.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$150,000
For A Community Hub for AI and OER: UVA Library partnered with ISKME on a planning grant to develop a community web portal that focuses on harnessing generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to foster the creation and adaptation of open educational resources (OER).
The Virtual Library of Virginia
$10,000
For Literature in Context: To continue growing and enhancing the body of available texts in this open online resource (the federal grant supporting the project was cancelled however).
The Jefferson Trust
$83,500
For Sound on Grounds: Student Podcast Production and Distribution Team in the UVA Library. Funding to develop student podcasting skills.
Canceled grants
Literature in Context: An Open Anthology
This $303,105 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities was canceled as of April 2, 2025 with a loss of $158,580 in unspent funds.
Teaching and Learning William Faulkner
The UVA Library had a $15,000 subaward on this James Madison University National Endowment for the Humanities grant. The grant was cancelled as of April 2, 2025; however, the grant was due to end May 31, 2025, and the Library’s losses are minimal.
Florence Illuminated
The UVA Library had a $122,000 subaward on this University of Chicago National Endowment for the Humanities grant. The grant was cancelled as of April 2, 2025 with a loss of $79,027 in unspent funds.
Lecture series
Tracy W. and Katherine W. McGregor Distinguished Lecture in American History
Monday, September 30, 2024
“The Stadium in American Life”
Frank Guridy, Dr. Kenneth and Kareitha Forde Professor of African American
and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University
Will Cochran Library Lecture
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
“The Value of a Soul; the quilted portraits of Bisa Butler and her quest to illustrate the dignity and beauty of ordinary people”
Bisa Butler, award-winning textile artist
William and Rosemary MacIlwaine Lecture in American Literature
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
“This Aging Thing”
Dr. Charles H. Edwards II (College ’69), author and physician
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Distinguished Lecture
Monday, May 12, 2025
“Black Poets and the Patriots who Mocked Them in Jefferson's America: A Story about Literature, History, and Politics”
David Waldstreicher (College ’88), Distinguished Professor of History, City University of New York - Graduate Center
Professor Waldstreicher’s lecture was co-sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.