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08/24/2026

We missed you all summer! Welcome back, Hokies! Be sure to stop by Newman Library during the first week of classes.📚🍁🧡

08/21/2026

“This is a story about honoring people and the importance of relationships. It’s a story about the value of teaching materials as scholarship, about how open educational resources can advance instruction and learning in technical fields, and how collaboration across time can make a difference to students and industry.” —Anita Walz, assistant director of open education and scholarly communication librarian

The freely available textbook fills a significant gap between theory and practice in aerospace education, offering practical design perspectives that are often underrepresented in traditional curricula yet essential to both students and industry professionals. There is no comparable resource availab...

08/20/2026

Stay connected, Hokies! Follow University Libraries for resources, events, and more! Your semester starts here.📍

08/19/2026

On today's we're scooping up some history with the "Eat-It-All" Ice Cream Cone Collection. Come get a taste of this sweet food history at 3 p.m. 🍦

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08/18/2026

📚 Are your textbooks too expensive? The library might already have it! Hokies, check out our guide to see what course materials are available to you through the library to borrow, at a lower-cost, or even FREE. ➡️ bit.ly/2-expensive

08/14/2026

One book can take you anywhere. 📖✨

08/14/2026

08/12/2026

👽 An alien society deep beneath the ocean! That’s where the 19th and final story from Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 list of sci-fi classics will take us. Join us today at 3 p.m. for Davy Jones' Ambassador by Raymond Z. Gallun.

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08/11/2026

A campus collaboration is making clackers more accessible to Virginia Tech students. 🦷

“We have a large number of students, but a limited number of clackers,” said Fawzy Elnady, associate professor of anatomy and embryology.

"This collaboration demonstrates that we're more than individual departments, we're one campus working together toward a common goal," said Jennifer Goyne, assistant director for digital library development.

Digital technology and models of horse dental specimens give students and educators expanded access to an important teaching collection.

08/07/2026

🫶 Newman Library 🫶