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

From Jacob Lawrence to Tupac Shakur, check out UVA Library’s recommendations for Black History Month 2024

By UVA Library |
The theme for Black History Month 2024 is “African Americans and the Arts,” and UVA librarians are excited to offer recommendations for books, films, and even datasets that examine Black culture, history, and creativity.

Black history month, Culture, engagement, and community, Reading list

Don't miss this event! “Looking Back at the Harlem Renaissance”

By UVA Library |
On Wednesday, Jan. 24, join the curators of UVA Library's current exhibition, “Their World As Big As They Made It: Looking Back at the Harlem Renaissance,” for a virtual tour.

Events, Exhibits, News and announcements

Library guide offers support for navigating AI in the classroom

By Molly Minturn |
UVA Library’s new guide, “Generative AI at UVA,” features links and information about artificial intelligence, including ethical use, citations, considerations for use, and more. Librarians hope that the guide will help users to not only learn how to use AI tools, but also to critically analyze their impact on media, society, and ethics through using them.

Featured resources, Library stories, News and announcements

Open doors: First patrons explore the renovated main library

By Molly Minturn |
The main library opened its doors to the University community for the first time in nearly four years on Jan. 8 after a major renovation project transformed the building.

Library stories, News and announcements, Renovation

Renovated main library set to open on January 8

By UVA Library |
Doors open to the public at 9 a.m. We look forward to welcoming you!

Library stories, News and announcements, 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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