Join @atbw.bsky.social for our next series of webinars about the human costs of AI. We want to create a space where cultural memory workers can engage in critical and caring discussions about the broader impact of AI technology development. Register here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/
Thanks for posting this. Shannon has a copy on the New Books shelf but I just ordered a copy through the bookstore for Special Collections. The bookstore will also be ordering a few copies to have in stock.
We see UVA's Ctr for Digital Editing's CFP (due 5/10) for editing+recovery practitioners on e.g. power of editions, archives, research collections to construct/contest/reframe intellectual/political revolutions; amplify voices historically marginalized+silenced; invisible labor. Travel/hotel funded:
Congratulations! It’s definitely our loss.
Perhaps of interest?
If you live in the County, please do take some time to think about this & advocate for funding affordable housing. A one-cent increase would cost the median household $4 a month, but would go a long way to creating *reliable* public money available for affordable housing.
Screenshot of a portion of a parent's copy of a live birth certificate, reading "Dear Parents: Your child's birth certificate is one of the most important records he will have and use during his lifetime. It is to your advantage and his that it be correct in every way. Errors made now will be difficult to correct in later years."
Did you know that, without a court order, I can't get a certified copy of my own original birth certificate listing my name at birth?
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The @atbw.bsky.social Freedom School 2026 Series: Digital Literacy & Cultural Stewardship is dedicated to strengthening digital literacy, advancing archival practices, and safeguarding the web as a vital site of cultural memory. Register for the spring sessions: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/
That explains the ambulance and fire truck out there yesterday afternoon. I hope the person is okay.
Sheet with 40 portrait illustrations of an individual and a large coffee stain. Printed text: “Tom Phillips. Pella on Saturdays.”
Corner of a letter featuring signed initials “AH.”
Book open to title page for White Fire by Michael Laurie with embellishments in red ink.
In celebration of #ValentinesDay, UVA Today took a look at love letters, lithographs, poetry and first edition books, among other items, that document love that was sometimes hidden.
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DCL, one of North Carolina’s oldest Black-led nonprofit organizations, will enter a new era through a formal partnership and merger with the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University 📜
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"The Library Company of Philadelphia, in partnership with American Philosophical Society, presents:
Black Declarations of Independence:
Before and After 1776" librarycompany.org/academic-pro...
I was just giving a tour to non-Special Collections library colleagues & those tiki torches brought back unpleasant memories. Before the cross got its current housing, it was visible to those working in the stacks & it both traumatized & fascinated a student worker who later became a history prof.
The Rise of Nontraditional Leaders in Academia HIGHER CALLING SCOTT C. BEARDSLEY ONE PERSON'S JOURNEY FROM MCKINSEY TO MONTICELLO
As a public service, I am reading Scott Beardsley’s book on higher education.
Just as Beardsley sacrificed a lucrative career at McKinsey to take a $700k a year job as Dean of Darden on his way to the very sketchy appointment as UVA president, I paid $12 for the kindle edition of “Higher Calling.”
A new issue of our open-access journal, The Political Librarian, includes ‘Inclusive Collection Development Doesn't Stop at the Statement: Access and Reference Service at Schlesinger Library as Case Study’ by Mimosa Shah and Madeleine Murphy.
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Charlottesville! Coming through with The Trouble of Color, Wednesday!
A screenshot from working with Capture One software showing a 4”x5” black-and-white film target and object, content, and speculative artist’s intent versions of two plates featuring African American women.
New on our blog: Senior Imaging Specialist Stacey Evans reflects on the process of re-digitizing African American portraits in the Holsinger Studio Collection for our 2022-23 Visions of Progress: exhibition. Read her post here: smallnotes.library.virginia.edu/2025/10/21/h....
Join the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, @johnedwinmason.bsky.social, the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, and @uvalibrary.bsky.social in revisiting these beautiful portraits during the exhibition catalog launch celebration October 25, 3-5pm @ JMRL’s Swanson Room!
An individual seated at a desk in a well-appointed office with bookshelves, a large window, and a computer.
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!
Local folks, Wed 9/17 5:30pm visit UVA Special Collections for the catered opening of a new exhibit of microexhibits. 48 of our library staff curated quick+deep dives into an "A-Z" of topics they care about in our collections, from Artist Books to Zines, Sea Monsters to Pandemic Books. Pls register:
Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
A vertical graphic shows a photo of a man in glasses and a black t-shirt looking up to examine a small piece of parchment that he is holding raised between two fingers. A black horizontal band across the top of the image bears the RBS logo and, in white text, “$150K Matching Challenge,” while below this, in black and red text, it reads, “Double your impact today! Rarebookschool.org/donate"
Thanks to the RBS Board of Directors, all gifts made to the Annual Fund before September 30 will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $150,000.
The Annual Fund is essential to our work, funding scholarships and fellowships to support RBS students. You can help now. Visit rarebookschool.org/donate.
Know your rights if stopped by police in D.C. * Ask: “Am I free to leave?” and “Am I under arrest?” * If police stop you, they might ask if they can search you. You do not have to give the officers permission to conduct a frisk or a search, though in some circumstances they can do so anyway. Telling police that you do not consent to a search is a good way to protect your rights to the greatest extent possible. * You do not have to answer questions that police ask you, except to give your name and address if asked in some situations. * If you are arrested, you should tell the police that you are invoking your right to remain silent (say so explicitly) and that you want to speak with a lawyer. From there, you should not answer any other questions, except your name and address if asked. * If you are detained by ICE or Border Patrol, you have the right to hire a lawyer, but the government does not have to provide one for you. Ask for a list of free or low-cost alternatives. * It can be dangerous for people to argue about police misconduct in the street, especially for Black and Brown people. Keep yourself safe and file a complaint later.
Some useful advice fromt he the ACLU.
A few folks have DM’d me abt the Frederick Douglass passage I excerpted at the rally. Here it is:
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; 1/
@dem8z.bsky.social Thanks for your speech. Both your words and the Douglass quote were energizing.
BREAKING: Justice Jackson cites the Colored Conventions Project Digital Archive her dissent in Medina v. Planned Parenthood. These public collective digital projects MATTER and they WILL be heard. 👏👏👏
@ccp-org.bsky.social
@profgabrielle.bsky.social
@jimccasey1.bsky.social
Woke up this morning unemployed from our federal government positions.
Might we make a small request? Please spend a few minutes today browsing the names & bios of #NEH staff, most of whom are now without jobs, before the agency erases us from its memory. #humanities
www.neh.gov/about/staff
