University of Virginia Library

Announcing Revolutionary Printing: FREE FAMILY FUN on the Fourth of July!

https://at.virginia.edu/revolutionary

Join us at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library on Saturday, July 4, 2026, from 11am - 3pm for an day of celebrating the materials, crafts, and stories of the Revolutionary Era.

PRINT YOUR OWN copy of the Declaration of Independence, and view demonstrations of HAND-MAKING PAPER and MIXING IRON GALL INK. Sign a GIANT copy of the Declaration with a quill pen, hear MUSIC of the American Revolution, or fold a PRINTER’S HAT. Create a custom silhouette, beadwork, sewing sampler, or screen print a keepsake to take home. Make history YOU can hold!

See special exhibitions in the Small Special Collections Library and UVA Rotunda. and on July 4, 2026: the ONLY place in the world where you’ll be able to see two rare Dunlap broadsides of the Declaration of Independence in one day!

Event day parking is free in UVA’s Central Grounds Garage. All programs free—some space-limited workshops require a timed ticket.

A slight change this summer to the hours of Harrison/Small and the Special Collections Reading Room.
You can view hours for all of the libraries at https://library.virginia.edu/hours

The Small Special Collections Library Reading Room will have slightly different hours this summer:
Monday: 1-5
Tuesday-Friday: 10-5

For updated hours and holiday closures, always check:
https://library.virginia.edu/hours

If you're a UVA alumni, did you know you can still access Library resources? We offer a host of services for alumni, including access to more than 100 databases (and of course, you can check out with your alumni ID number).

Find Alumni services https://library.virginia.edu/services/alumni

p.s. If you're back for Reunions, come in and see us!

Welcome back to Grounds for Reunions, Hoos! The genealogy seminar is full, but the Library has a number of other events today, Friday June 3.

From 11 to 1, an open house — drop in and begin at either the reference room on the 4th floor of the Edgar Shannon Library, or the auditorium at Special Collections.

From 2:30 to 4, former student library workers should drop by Shannon Library room 330 (the Seminar Room), for “From the Stacks: A Hands-On Library Memories Lab”—offering alumni the opportunity to reconnect by creating a small personal artifact—and/or contributing to a collective Library memory archive.

And in the 4th floor reference room from 4 to 5, join Cavalier Daily staff and UVA librarians for an alumni reception with a chance to reminisce over historic issues of the Cav Daily.

However you choose to spend the day, welcome back and have fun!

In 2015, a group of academics, publishing and business professionals, and funding agency representatives worked together to establish a set of principles making research data more sharable and easier to access. They defined these as “FAIR”: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. Also in 2015, the UVA Library launched LibraData, UVA’s data repository — and since then LibraData and UVA have been following the FAIR principles over a decade of steady growth.

https://library.virginia.edu/news/2026/uva-fair-and-libradata-10-years-making-data-more-open

Now through the end of June — don't miss your chance to support the Library and snag a limited-edition Blue Ridge-themed UVA pouch! Make a gift of $25 or more before June 30 to claim your pouch.

https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/79284/donations/new?a=13274400&designation_id=04168&

A few good reads for hitting the road ... or the beach ... or the couch. Enjoy!

From spicy romances to alien adventures, the University of Virginia Library staff recommends page-turners perfect for summer travel. https://uvatoday.me/3RS7rgd

ICYMI!

We the People(hood)

For Jewish American Heritage Month, Director of Technology Solutions Carla Arton and Economics & Commerce Research Librarian Nicholas Cummins celebrate 250 years of Jewish America with works tracing an arc across American history: from the search for religious freedom, to migration and community building, to participation in civic life, and finally to ongoing reflection on identity and belonging.

https://library.virginia.edu/news/2026/we-peoplehood-250-years-jewish-america

CALL FOR ART PROPOSALS!

Deadline is coming up fast but there's still time to apply!

Have you, your lab, or your colleagues or collaborators created a striking image, schematic, model or other visual element related to produced research? We invite submissions for an exhibition celebrating the visual language of research at UVA.

Submissions should be derived from existing research. No new creation of works is required.

NOTE: The deadline for submissions is Friday May 29, 2026.

Details at https://library.virginia.edu/news/2026/art-research-calls-proposals-celebrate-visual-language-research

It's Memorial Day weekend — just a reminder that we'll be closed on Memorial Day itself, Monday the 25th.

As always, check library.virginia.edu/hours for Library hours.