I curated "Z is for zines" in this! My 5 example zines: 1. Erin Moore's "How We Got Them Printed: a sampling of lesbian press history" 2. @tuck.bsky.social @nikostratis.com "2 Trans 2 Furious: An Extremely Serious Journal of Transgender Street Racing Studies" 3. @halperta.bsky.social "Risottograph"+

Attended the opening last night but had to leave early. I look forward to delving into every letter. I work with fascinating people at @uvalibrary.bsky.social!

New exhibition—the ABCs of the UVA Library! From Artists' Books to Zines, with 24 stops in between. (Actually more, as the article notes) This evening's event is a sold out full house, but the exhibition will be up for the academic year at @rareuva.bsky.social (with outposts in other libraries)

A tremendous pick for very big shoes. Lo's work on AI Literacy has been very useful for my current research, and Unsworth's work was essential for launching the digital humanities. UVA sure knows how to pick them.

Opening lecture & reception for the Furcy Madeleine exhibit is this evening! Sept. 16 5:30-7:00 Shannon Library, Rm. 330 Professor Sue Peabody of Washington State will speak on "Freedom: Law and Practice in French Imperial Archives" french.as.virginia.edu/opening-lect...

This morning we welcomed Leo S. Lo to the Library as the 16th University Librarian, as he begins his tenure as University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, Professor of Education, and Advisor to the Provost for AI Literacy. Welcome to UVA and the Library, Dean Lo!

"I think the advice I would offer is to remember that leadership is a service role. Your job as a leader is to support the people who work for you, to protect them, to listen to them, & prioritize them." ARL Views with John Unsworth, UVA University Librarian 2016-2025 www.arl.org/blog/john-un...

Coming up this Friday, join @rarebookschool.bsky.social on the 2nd floor of Shannon for the exhibition celebration! Come for the entire event or drop in as your schedule allows.

Incoming University Librarian and Dean of Libraries Leo Lo on the water and energy costs of artificial intelligence. Hint: "“Artificial intelligence systems are thirsty." #ai #artificialintelligence

Join RBS on 12 Sept. to celebrate the opening of our 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 & 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴 exhibition! The show includes printed books, ephemera, and curiosities drawn from RBS’s acclaimed teaching collection. Details at rarebookschool.org/all-programs/exhibitions/famous-forgotten/ #Cville #UVA

Stop by the UVA Library tent today and chat with librarians and learn about the Library. (& grab some swag). They'll be there until about 2 pm. Happy Wahoo Welcome!

More info on the fall events in @uvalibrary.bsky.social's yearlong Zines Now! series here. All events are free & open to the public:

We're happy to announce Dr. Lisa Blackmore has joined @uvalibrary.bsky.social as Faculty Director of the DH Center (an umbrella partnering SLab+frequent scholarly co-conspirators Institute for Advanced Technology & the Humanities), + UVA A&S as Professor of Spanish and environmental humanities:

Several UVA Library locations are open this weekend if you need to beat the heat. Always free and open to anyone in the community! Come in, charge your devices, sit down and/or explore, but most of all, cool off. Locations & hours: library.virginia.edu/hours

Stay tuned for a free zine workshop+talk series from @uvalibrary.bsky.social this fall+spring. As part of it, SLab will host events teaching: letterpress-printing zine covers, zinemaking for community advocacy, turning your research into zines, zine content design, zinemaking intro; & a zine exhibit

TODAY! Join us in person or via Zoom livestream. @womenknowhistory.bsky.social

Nathan Tallman of @aptrust.bsky.social on why collaboration, coordination, and community offer a path forward for work in the open infrastructure ecosystem. aptrust.org/2025/06/23/a...

The Broad Majestic Shannon river -- quite a bit of rainfall outside of Shannon Library over the last hour. Be safe if you're out and about!

On Friday July 4, libraries are closed, but on Thursday July 3, join printer Josef Beery from 1-3 pm as he recreates the first printing of the Declaration of Independence in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. No tickets required! cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/14873234

Happening on Thursday the 3rd! (libraries are closed for the holiday on the 4th)

Mark McConnell will give the 2025 Karmiole Endowed Lecture on “Publishing in the Renaissance: Christophe Plantin’s Business Strategy” at 5:30 p.m. ET on 9 July [date corrected from prior post] in UVA’s Special Collections Library Auditorium or via Zoom. Details: rarebookschool.org/programs/lectures

A reminder that UVA libraries are open today if you need to beat the heat—the forecast continues to call for a high heat index today & for the next few days. Come in, charge your devices, sit down and/or explore, but most of all, cool off. locations & hours at the link library.virginia.edu/hours

We will be closed on Thursday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. We'll reopen on Friday the 20th. Check out Visit Charlottesville for ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Charlottesville & Albemarle County: www.visitcharlottesville.org/blog/ways-to... #Juneteenth #FreedomDay

We are delighted to announce that Leo S. Lo, experienced library leader, expert in AI literacy, & champion of open education, will be the next UL & Dean of Libraries at UVA! Read more in UVAToday: news.virginia.edu/content/acco... @ala-acrl.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

Reference Librarian Anne Causey recommends Patchwork Voices by Emilee Taxman as part of @uvalibrary.bsky.social's compilation of book and film recommendations exploring the history, present, and future of trans people for #PrideMonth. Explore the full list at library.virginia.edu/news/2025/ce....

Celebrate #Pride Month with books and films on the trans experience recommended by UVA librarians — from a classic sci-fi novel and an artist's book to a book of poems, a documentary, and a memoir by a central Virginia author.

Our @walshbr.bsky.social & @literaturegeek.bsky.social are presenting at the ACH conference next week, as are @uvalibrary.bsky.social colleagues @spw4s.bsky.social, Mira Waller, @stangunn.bsky.social. Virtual, low reg cost for a conference, keynotes+talks+cowork on a social-justice-prioritizing DH:

June is #PrideMonth, but it’s also #RainbowBookMonth — a celebration of LGBTQIA+ books, authors, and stories. Find reading lists, tools for libraries, and graphics to help you celebrate: bit.ly/4kKOkOg Read with pride, in all of its colors. 🌈

It's summer, and that means summer reading, and that means recommendation from our librarians! From memoirs to the Beach Boys to a lesser-known Jane Austen novella, a few suggestions: news.virginia.edu/content/uva-... #beachbooks #summerreads

Delighted to be part of a UVA Arts Council award to @uvalibrary.bsky.social supporting a year of UVA zine events, e.g. artist+archival talks; free public workshops on letterpress for zines+cartonera, zines for social justice advocacy+community building, & how to make your research public via zines.

Join us for a free public lecture by @metmuseum.org conservator Mindell Dubansky, on “A Parallel History of Books and Blooks” at 5:30 p.m. ET on 2 June in UVA’s Edgar Shannon Library, Room 330 or via Zoom livestream. Details at rarebookschool.org/programs/lectures/. @uvalibrary.bsky.social

We were delighted to host former UVA librarian Mary Catherine Dunnigan for a tour of Shannon Library, and delighted that UVA Today came along and wrote a story about her visit. As Ms. Dunnigan said, "What a great way to celebrate turning 103!" news.virginia.edu/content/103-...

The Cville-Albemarle Black Business Expo is returning to the Jefferson School African-American Heritage Center, Sat, June 14, 9am-3pm. Since 2017 the Black Business Expo has featured vendor booths, panel discussions, a pitch contest & entertainment for all ages. Learn more at BlackBusinessExpo.org.

Thread on our interdisciplinary, grad DH fellow team's year of work, from their final presentation today:

While planning our current exhibit: “Seeing Stars: The Universities Earliest Observatories,” we never imagined that the University’s first telescope—an 1828 W. & T. Gilbert four foot refractor—might still be on Grounds nearly two centuries later!

Happening today! Come on by, it's quiet on Grounds today!

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Lecture will be given on Mon, May 12 at @rareuva.bsky.social & (free) tickets are still available. Historian @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social will speak on Black Poets & the Patriots who Mocked them in Jefferson's America. Full info: www.eventbrite.com/e/thomas-jef...

In celebration of #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth, two UVA librarians asked Jewish scholars and community leaders for book recommendations that help explore a simple but profound question: What does it mean to practice Judaism in America today? #JewishAmerican library.virginia.edu/news/2025/wh...

Wonderful story in UVA Today about the friendship between two fourth-year student workers in our Digital Production Group. Congratulations to Andrew & SuLing and all the Class of 2025! library.virginia.edu/news/2025/st...

Rare Book School is thrilled to announce this summer’s lecture series at the University of Virginia. All talks are free and open to the public. For the first time, RBS also will offer an option to attend virtually via Zoom livestream. Details at rarebookschool.org/lectures.

It's May Day—In the photo (nd), a "Lawn Event" w maypole set up outside of the Rotunda. Originally a spring festival, #MayDay became associated with the labor movement & is now also International Workers' Day. Happy #MayDay! Happy #InternationalWorkersDay! search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/imag...

Proud to work w/Scholars' Lab's makerspace crew+expert Ammon, & of the variety of methods our students design+teach free public workshops on. If you're local or visiting, our @uvalibrary.bsky.social home means we're free+open to you (+all!)—come visit us during open hours! scholarslab.org/makerspace

MaKshya Tolbert's talk is this evening, 5:30-6:30 in Shannon Library! cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/143977...

National Poetry series winner MaKshya Tolbert, the inaugural Art in Library Spaces Artist-in-Residence, will deliver a talk on place-based poetics & creative process on Thur April 18. Hope to see you there! Read more including details on the talk: library.virginia.edu/news/2025/na... #Poetry #Arts

Today we remember the late John Casteen—UVA’s seventh president from 1990-2010 who passed away last month. Casteen was a library student assistant while studying @uva in the 1960s and an avid supporter of the @uvalibrary system throughout his career.

All things AI at the Snack & Generate expo is today! Stop by—2-4 pm in Brown Library 133, in Clark Hall. cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/14448209

The Tibetan Collection open house is happening TODAY! Come by between 2 and 3, grab a snack, and learn all about UVA's amazing and extensive collection of Tibetan materials! www.virginia.edu/calendar/?tr...

Happening tomorrow, Tues 4/15—@scholarslab.bsky.social Virtual Artist in Residence @claudiaeberger.bsky.social will virtually present their data quilt project, Footpath for the People? The event is virtual, learn more and register at the link: cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/13722387

We are event-heavy this month—coming up next week, Snack and Generate: An AI Expo—a variety of AI-related topics covered through informative lightning talks from Library folks. Plus, interactive tables to explore AI tools. Plus, snacks. A drop-in event—Weds 4/16. cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/14448209