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

Behind the scenes of cultural heritage imaging

By Molly Minturn |
Take a peek into how the Library's Digital Production Group captures and documents historic objects.

Featured resources, Sustainable scholarship

10,000 miniature books — and counting!

By UVA Library |
In 2024, a major milestone was reached as McGehee Rare Book Librarian Kim Cull cataloged the 10,000th volume in the McGehee Miniature Book Collection.

Featured resources, Library stories

Start your new year with a reading challenge!

By Amber Lautigar Reichert |
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.

Featured resources, Grants and special projects

Oral history interview with Alexander G. Gilliam

By UVA Library |
A 2012 conversation between UVA legend Sandy Gilliam and Sheree Scarborough (of the University of Virginia Oral History Project) is available through LibraOpen, the online archive of UVA scholarship.

Featured resources, Library stories

Our favorite books read in 2024

By Molly Minturn |
We asked UVA Library staff to recommend their favorite books they read this past year and received an extensive list, ranging from this year’s National Book Award-winner to an unfinished Dostoyevsky novel. See what made the list!

Library stories, Reading list

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