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

4 Books to honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May

By Molly Minturn |
Our librarians recommend books created by, for, and about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month, Reading list

“For the Common Good” — Collective bargaining sees new life in Library exhibition

By UVA Library |
“Collective Bargaining for the Common Good” explores 22 years of labor advocacy at UVA and in the Charlottesville area, ongoing through this day. Under the guidance of instructor Piers Gelly, the exhibition is the first to be curated by first-year UVA students. Visit the exhibition in Harrison/Small through June 20, 2024.

Events, Exhibits, Library stories

April is Arab American Heritage Month! Enjoy these recommendations of books and films by Arab American women.

By UVA Library |
This April, the UVA Library honors National Arab American Heritage Month. Leigh Rockey, Librarian for Collections Management and Video Resources, recommends the following titles.

Arab American Heritage Month, Featured resources, Reading list

‘Double Happiness’: Reception celebrating a new Shannon Library art installation set for April 12

By Molly Minturn |
Artist Amy Chan’s vinyl scrolls were inspired by a group of undergraduate students who asked for more contemporary Asian or Asian American art in Library spaces.

Art in libraries, Culture, engagement, and community, Events, Grants and special projects, Library stories, News and announcements

Participants selected for 2024 Archives Leadership Institute at the University of Virginia

By UVA Library |
In a competitive application process, 25 archivists have been selected as participants in the 2024 Archives Leadership Institute, hosted at UVA.

Grants and special projects, News and announcements

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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