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1 day ago
In advance of our grand opening celebration on April 4, take a look at this photo essay of The Edgar Shannon Library, with 20+ images taken by Tom Daly.
1 week ago
In advance of the grand opening celebration of The Edgar Shannon Library on April 4, we’re taking a deep dive into historical photos of the building and comparing them with the renovated space today.
4 weeks ago
This year’s Women’s History Month blog post focuses on another big event that happens every spring: The Oscars! Librarians Anne Causey and Cecelia Parks share books, films, and archival material related to women involved in this year’s Oscar-nominated films and lesser-known women actors and filmmakers through Hollywood history.
1 month ago
On March 1, the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors voted to name the University’s newly renovated main library The Edgar Shannon Library, in honor of UVA’s fourth president.
1 month ago
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.