News, announcements, updates, and happenings in the UVA Library

McKim, Mead and White architectural drawings, 1895-1907

By Jeff Hill |
When the Rotunda burned down in October of 1895, UVA officials immediately pushed to rebuild, and in 1896 the Board of Visitors hired prominent New York architects McKim, Mead & White. The firm went on to design many iconic buildings on Grounds, and those drawings are now available online in an easy-to-use format as part of the McKim, Mead and White architectural drawings collection.

Featured resources, Preservation

Stay cool with summer reading

By Molly Minturn |
After the success of a UVA Today story, Library staff members are recommending a few more titles.

In the news, Reading lists

Celebrate Pride Month with 9 books and films on the trans experience

By UVA Library |
For LGBTQ Pride Month, two librarians recommend books and films exploring the history, present, and future of trans people.

Pride month, Reading lists

Keep coming back: Library services for alumni and community

By UVA Library |
Shannon Library during its grand opening, with colorful baloon garlands and students milling outside
A quick overview of UVA Library services available to alumni and community members. Plus, a new self-guided tour!

Featured resources, Renovation

Shannon Library: It’s in the details

By Jeff Hill |
The Edgar Shannon Library has been open a little more than a year, and in that time, it’s welcomed several hundred thousand visitors and hosted hundreds of events, workshops, and presentations. Enjoy this photoessay featuring unusual angles, interesting patterns, and unexpected views!

Art in libraries, Library stories, Renovation

UVA Library news from around the world

  • WRIC ABC 8News
    The Library of Virginia and the University of Virginia will host a talk in late September about the role libraries play in an increasingly AI-driven world.
  • UVA Magazine

    How four UVA alumni helped shape the “golden age” of puzzles. Plus: Play our three UVA-themed games (with Library-related clues!).

  • UVA Today

    “The idea is to train an artificial intelligence model to help with this speech recognition into text, and that requires a significant data set,” said Lisa Blackmore, the faculty director of UVA Librarys Digital Humanities Center. “This project is a great example of how AI can be used in experimental and creative ways as part of socially engaged research.”

  • Virginia Living

    “Reading feeds every creative community,” says Dr. Leo Lo, UVA’s university librarian and dean of libraries. “It expands what people can imagine, improves how they communicate, and trains the patience needed to make original work. Libraries keep that creative fuel available to everyone.”

  • Inc.

    “The same quality that makes a book valuable as training data makes it likelier to be scarce in the world,” Leo Lo, university librarian and dean of libraries at the University of Virginia, told Inc.

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