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The Library welcomes applications to four programs with application deadlines in March — two for UVA-affiliated instructors and researchers, two for non-UVA researchers who are seeking to pursue study in Special Collections.

In nature, bright colors are often indicative of danger — poisonous spiders and insects (and their imitators) often adorn themselves with electric coloring as a warning to potential predators. Turns out, some books inadvertently do the same. Read more about the Poison Book Project, and efforts at UVA Library to find and identify these unique volumes.

Herbert Friedman, a day shy of 14 years old, boarded a train in Austria bound for England. It was the eve of World War II, and he was one of thousands of children rescued from Nazi-controlled territory across Europe. Eighty-seven years after Friedman’s departure from Austria, his personal effects — including the number assigned to him on that fateful train — were gifted to UVA Library by his sons.

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.

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.

It's Open Access Week! Learn more about how the UVA Library aims to facilitate open publishing through tools, assistance, and the power of the academic community.

In partnership with UVA Arts, the Library’s Art in Library Spaces committee welcomes proposals for artistic works to be displayed in Shannon Library’s second floor gallery. Submission deadline is October 28, 2024.

It’s Fair Use Week! UVA Library’s Director of Information Policy, Brandon Butler, penned a piece for Harvard’s Fair Use Week series that examines the origins of AI training data and its intersections with court cases such as those around HathiTrust and Google Books.

It’s Love Data Week! Senior Research Data Management Librarian Laura Hjerpe shares some resources for using data to better understand central Virginia and the lives of its inhabitants.

Feeling silly? We support this. Here are some jokes to help you spread the goof.