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Get to know Leo S. Lo as he begins his tenure as University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, Professor of Education, and Advisor to the Provost for AI Literacy at the University of Virginia.
A new exhibition at the UVA Library curated by staff celebrates and showcases the depth of the Library's collections.
The card catalog "donor wall" in Shannon Library is celebrating donors to the renovation — and winning awards
When the Rotunda burned down in October of 1895, UVA officials immediately pushed to rebuild, and in 1896 the Board of Visitors hired prominent New York architects McKim, Mead & White. The firm went on to design many iconic buildings on Grounds, and those drawings are now available online in an easy-to-use format as part of the McKim, Mead and White architectural drawings collection.
The Edgar Shannon Library has been open a little more than a year, and in that time, it’s welcomed several hundred thousand visitors and hosted hundreds of events, workshops, and presentations. Enjoy this photoessay featuring unusual angles, interesting patterns, and unexpected views!
A look at current and upcoming exhibitions at the UVA Special Collections Library.
The Library’s Scholars’ Lab is helping Professor Fotini Kondyli with archaeological data visualization for her "Inhabiting Byzantine Athens” project.
The new College Topics online archive, from Vol. I, No. 1 of January 15, 1890 to Vol. XXVII, No. 64 of June 14, 1916, represents a run of 1,270 issues and 7,663 pages.
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.
After years of planning, renovation, and construction, UVA’s main library opened for business in January 2024 and celebrated a new era with a grand celebration and ceremony in early April in which the building was dedicated as The Edgar Shannon Library, named for UVA’s fourth president.