The Taper: Welcome to 'No Big Deal?'
Today we are launching 'No Big Deal?', a new feature of UVA Library News that will track the latest events and scholarship about the biggest vendors serving research libraries like ours.
Statement from Deans and Directors of Virginia Research Libraries on the University of California System’s Termination of Contract with Elsevier
The following open letter has been prepared and released by the Deans and Directors of the seven research libraries at public doctoral institutions in Virginia. It is part of an ongoing conversation with our campus communities about responsible stewardship of our investments in research.
Meg Kennedy
As the Albert & Shirley Small Special Collection’s Curator of Material Culture, Meg oversees curation, description, and access to the University’s Fine and Decorative Arts Collection and several significant archaeological and records collections including the Flowerdew Hundred Collection and recently excavated and legacy collections of archaeological artifacts associated with the history of the University of Virginia.
Library Renewal
Alderman plans a $160M next edition, with a new back cover
Walt Whitman at 200: Still ‘Encompassing Multitudes’ After All These Years
A 19th-century printer, journalist and essayist, Walt Whitman became America’s renowned poet many years after he shocked and unsettled American culture with the first publication of “Leaves of Grass” in 1855.
Six Things UVA Researchers Need to Know About the UC System Walking Away from Elsevier
In February, the University of California system (the UC) made a remarkable announcement: they are not renewing their “Big Deal” subscription with Elsev
Collections Disclosures
In the first of many steps to promote openness about our spending, we are releasing the following information, outlining the costs and usage of several large journal packages, which together represent nearly 40% of our collections budget. We expect to release more detailed information, including title-level data, on a regular basis.
David Ross Hennigan
Public Access and Research Infrastructure Librarian
Encompassing Multitudes: The Song of Walt Whitman
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman, the exhibition pays tribute to the incalculable cultural influence of the great American poet through display of first printings of his immortal work, Leaves of Grass, early drafts of his poems in manuscript, personal correspondence, and photographs.
Public Domain 2019
After nearly a century, everything first published in 1923 has finally ascended to the public domain and is free for all to use and share. An exhibition by the UVA Library tells the story of copyright, from Jefferson to how 1923 got free, and what took so long.