December 2024

In 2024, a major milestone was reached as McGehee Rare Book Librarian Kim Cull cataloged the 10,000th volume in the McGehee Miniature Book Collection.

In January 2025, the UVA Library is starting an annual reading challenge that will explore one author a month through a novel or short stories. This year we'll dive into Gothic literature written by women authors, and you can follow along by email or join the discussion on Facebook.

A 2012 conversation between UVA legend Sandy Gilliam and Sheree Scarborough (of the University of Virginia Oral History Project) is available through LibraOpen, the online archive of UVA scholarship.

We asked UVA Library staff to recommend their favorite books they read this past year and received an extensive list, ranging from this year’s National Book Award-winner to an unfinished Dostoyevsky novel. See what made the list!

Juggling childcare and academia can be hard! The University of Virginia Library wants to make it easier. Childcare Fun Packs are designed to serve a variety of developmental phases and are available for check out to caregivers of all kinds.