Explore this collection of spooky stories about possible ghosts in the stacks, creepy items found in Special Collections, and recommended horror reading from two of our librarians.
October 2024
Open Access Week: The best of both worlds with Aperio and Diamond OA
In this final post for Open Access Week, learn about the Library’s open publishing imprint, Aperio, which is an example of a “Diamond OA” publisher.
Open Access is free
In our second post of the week celebrating Open Access Week this week, we examine the differences between open access as a copyright choice, open access as a compliance step, and open access as a business model for commercial publishers.
Supporting open publishing at UVA
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.
A thoroughly modern exhibition
The latest first-floor exhibition in Special Collections, “Issuing Modernisms: Modern Stories, Types, & Aesthetics,” examines early 20th-century advertisements, playbills, wordless novels, magazines, and cartoons.
Art in Shannon Library
The recently opened Edgar Shannon Library is busy and bustling, 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.
Call for artistic proposals: Shannon Library 2nd floor gallery
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.