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Three books for Native American Heritage Month

By UVA Library |

November is Native American Heritage Month – a perfect time to honor Indigenous traditions, cultures, and histories. At UVA Library, we’re highlighting work created by and about Native Americans.

Thanks to Librarian for History and Religious Studies Keith Weimer, and Curator of Material Culture Meg Kennedy for the book recommendations below.

National Indigenous / Native American heritage month, Reading list

Happy Halloween from UVA Library

By mwm7b |

It’s nearly Halloween, and to celebrate the holiday we’ve put together this compilation of chilling stories about UVA Library covering supposed spirits in the stacks, creepy items found in Special Collections, and recommended horror reading from two of our librarians. Stop by one of our six locations to check out a book, pick up a specialized sticker, or perhaps hunt for a ghost.

In the news, Library stories

Open Access Week: The best of both worlds with Aperio and Diamond OA

By UVA Library |

The post below was originally published by Brandon Butler in 2023 and has been updated for Open Access Week by Scholarly Repository Librarian Sherry Lake.

The 2024 Open Access theme of Community over Commercialization continues last year’s theme prioritizing approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community.

Open Access week, Sustainable scholarship

Open Access is free

By UVA Library |

The post below was originally published by Brandon Butler in 2023 and has been updated for Open Access Week 2024 by Scholarly Repository Librarian Sherry Lake.

Open Access week, Sustainable scholarship

Supporting open publishing at UVA

By akl3b |

The post below was originally published in 2023 and has been updated for Open Access Week by Scholarly Repository Librarian Sherry Lake.

The theme for Open Access Week 2024 is a continuation of 2023’s “Community over Commercialization,” focusing on prioritizing approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community.

Library communities have long sought to facilitate the sharing of knowledge — they lessen financial barriers, seek to understand their audiences, and encourage discovery and innovation. The UVA Library supports quite a few programs to this end, and aims to facilitate open publishing through tools, assistance, and the power of the academic community.

Featured resources, Open Access week, Sustainable scholarship

A thoroughly modern exhibition

By mwm7b |

What do sketches of “Gibson Girls,” with their sumptuous bouffants, have in common with the abstract covers of The Craftsman magazine or the stark, black-and-white woodblock prints in early graphic novels? They all represent American modernity at the start of the 20th century, illustrated through innovations in print culture.

This past spring, four graduate students enrolled in the art history seminar “American Modernisms,” taught by University Professor of Art Elizabeth Turner, delved through the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library as part of their coursework. They found and analyzed early 20th-century advertisements, playbills, wordless (graphic) novels, magazines, and cartoons. The students, along with Turner, curated their findings, turning their work into the latest first-floor exhibition in Special Collections: “Issuing Modernisms: Modern Stories, Types, & Aesthetics.”

Events, Exhibits, Library stories

Art in Shannon Library

By jph9e |

The recently opened Edgar Shannon Library is busy and bustling with the beginning of the semester, and the space is also enlivened by new art throughout the building. The art is part of the Art in Library Spaces (AiLS) initiative, designed to create inclusive artistic spaces for the University and Charlottesville communities and strengthen the UVA Library’s presence as a place of belonging for all. AiLS is currently focused on Shannon Library but will bring art into all the buildings in the University Library system. The initiative is steered by the AiLS Standing Committee, co-chaired by Library Associate Dean for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility Catalina Piatt-Esguerra and Curator of Material Culture in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Meg Kennedy, and made up not only of Library staff but also members of the arts community at UVA and in the surrounding area.

Renovation

Call for artistic proposals: Shannon Library 2nd floor gallery

By akl3b |

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. Faculty and staff at UVA are welcomed to apply, and the selected recipient(s) will receive $5,000, paid to their department to fulfill the project.

Submission deadline is October 28, 2024.

Read the full call for proposals and learn how to make a submission.  

Eight colorful vertical panels are on display in an open hallway. They read phrases in various languages, each translating to a positive or uplifting message.
Amy Chan’s “Double Happiness” is currently on display in the second floor gallery in Shannon Library.

 

 

 

 

Exhibits, In the news

Recommended reading for Hispanic Heritage Month

By UVA Library |

Guest post by Miguel Angel Valladares-Llata, Librarian for Romance Languages and Latin American Studies

Here I present my selection of books to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep. 15 – Oct 15, 2024). Six books are included in this list; one inspirational for UVA’s own Latino community; another two describe a current painful reality for the Latino community in the U.S., and three of the books celebrate the literary and vital creativity of Latino writers and poets. Enjoy!

Hispanic heritage month, Reading list

From “Bridgerton” to bookbinding: Here are 5 upcoming events at UVA Library

By mwm7b |

The University of Virginia Library has six locations; an array of cozy study spaces; millions of books, journals, videos, newspapers available for checkout or browsing; and new resources arriving each day. And did you know we also offer events ranging from exhibitions to concerts for UVA and the Charlottesville community throughout the year?

Below, check out five upcoming events for those who love crafting, bookbinding, spatial mapping, and more. All Library events are free.

Events

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