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Have a book in need of repair? Check out the Community Book Clinic!

By Molly Minturn |

Sue Donovan was raised in Middle Tennessee, where her mother was a storyteller and worked at the county library. “We basically grew up in the library. I brought books to school to read behind the books that we were supposed to read in class,” she said. Now as Conservator for Special Collections at the University of Virginia Library, Donovan still spends her days surrounded by books, mending torn pages and repairing broken bindings. Later this month, she is offering her services to the local community, in partnership with the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library (which was named the Virginia Library Association’s 2022 Library of the Year).


Events, Library stories, News and announcements, Preservation

Join us for a special event: “Keep the Music Playing!”

By Amber Lautigar Reichert |

The UVA Library welcomes members of the Charlottesville community to celebrate eighty years of Music Department history!

Join us at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26, for celebration and performances reflecting on musical recordings dating as far back as the 1940s. The celebration marks completion of a digitization project, making these recordings available for years to come. The event will take place in the auditorium of Harrison/Small; doors open at 1:30.

The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. It is presented by the University of Virginia Library and sponsored by the UVA Arts Council.


Events, Grants and special projects

Access Wall Street Journal and New York Times through UVA Library

By Amber Lautigar Reichert |
The Library is now offering access to the Wall Street Journal, including daily news reporting and coverage from around the world.
Featured resources, News and announcements

5 Books for Arab American Heritage Month

By Molly Minturn |
You can help celebrate the many cultures represented by Arab Americans by exploring the wealth of literature and poetry held by the University of Virginia Library.
Arab American Heritage Month, Reading list

‘Literature in Context’ seeks to provide a digital alternative to print anthologies. A new NEH grant will help.

By Molly Minturn |

Literature in Context logo

Six years ago, University of Virginia English professor John O’Brien and his colleague Tonya Howe, a professor of literature at Marymount University, were both wrestling with a problem in their classrooms. Students, up against rising textbook costs, were coming to class with free, but unvetted versions of assigned reading. “These digital versions of literary texts were poorly edited and annotated — if they were edited at all,” Howe said. 


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