News, announcements, updates, and happenings in the UVA Library

‘Free to Be’: New art installation in Shannon investigates our shared Charlottesville landscape

By Molly Minturn |
UVA art professor Maria Villanueva’s collages of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the area’s urban spaces are presented on giant scrolls and welcome viewers to find their own favorite place in the visual narrative.

Art in libraries, Culture, engagement, and community, Events, Exhibits, Grants and special projects, Library stories, News and announcements

After managing UVA’s biggest Library challenges, Dean turns final page

By UVA Library |
University Librarian John Unsworth, who oversaw a four-year renovation to the main UVA library and a two-year pandemic that shut down the libraries and all of Grounds, has announced he will retire at the end of the academic year.

News and announcements

The colors are brilliant, and the poisons are real

By Amber Lautigar Reichert |
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.

Grants and special projects, Preservation

Love Data Week: Preventing research misconduct & data management

By UVA Library |
We talked to Kristen Schwendinger, Director of Research Integrity and Ethics at UVA’s Office of the Vice President for Research, to help us understand the intersection of data management and research integrity. Kristen provides research ethics advice that benefits all data stakeholders.
Love Data Week, Sustainable scholarship

Staff spotlight: Award-winning film editor Josh Thorud teaches students the art of digital storytelling

By Molly Minturn |
Thorud, an Associate Librarian in UVA Library’s Robertson Media Center, urges students and faculty to come by and learn about filmmaking, podcasting, and music production.

Library stories, Staff accomplishments

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