Staff Senate honors Alice Chambliss with career award
The VCU Staff Senate presented Alice Chambliss with the Guiding Star Award for Career Achievement at a ceremony May 25. The award is given to a long-serving staff member — at least 25 years — who dedicated the vast majority of their professional career to providing exemplary support or service to the VCU community. Awardees […]
The Friends of VCU Libraries Book Club to meet on Sunday, July 9 to discuss Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Friends of VCU Libraries Book Club will meet at 2 pm on Sunday, July 9 to discuss Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. The book has been called, “an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow’s unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.” From the publisher’s website: “For fans of A […]
VCU librarians create free nursing text in pioneering ‘book sprint’
VCU librarians participated in an inaugural statewide rapid publishing exercise to develop a free and openly licensed nursing textbook. Organized by VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium, the effort tested a new publishing model for Virginia for the creation of high-quality Open Educational Resources (OER). OER are free to access and have licensing that allows for […]
The Friends of VCU Libraries Book Club to discuss ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ on April 30
Join the Friends of VCU Libraries Book Club on Sunday, April 30 at 2 p.m. at the Cabell Library to discuss Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. This 2022 publication has appeared for 44 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list as well as being included on many lists of best books for the […]
New research librarian serves School of Pharmacy
As of spring semester 2023, as a Research and Education Librarian, Jessica Jones works to support the research and educational needs of the students, faculty, and staff on the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) Campus. In her role as liaison to the VCU School of Pharmacy, Jones will engage directly with School of Pharmacy faculty, […]
New to VCU: Samantha Guss supports public health programs
As of spring semester 2023, as a Research and Education Librarian, Samantha Guss supports public health programs. This is a new focus for the position and is designed to meet the growing needs of VCU’s burgeoning public health programs including those long established through the School of Medicine and those developing in other disciplines such […]
University Librarian visits VCU’s library on Qatar campus
In February, Dean Irene Herold, Ph.D., spent five fully scheduled days at VCUArts Qatar in Doha. The library at Qatar is one of the four libraries Herold supports as Dean of VCU Libraries and the University Librarian. Her schedule included: Informal sessions with VCU Qatar alumni and the Library Student Advisory Council; Meeting with Amir […]
Save the date: Opening art show reception April 7 at Health Sciences Library
A fresh group of works by alumnus artist Nickolai Walko will be exhibited at the Health Sciences Library this semester. An events page with details will soon be posted. Friends of VCU Libraries and other library and arts supporters are welcome to attend the opening reception April 7.
Why Middlebrooks chooses open: cost, learning, diversity
The interview series “Why We Choose Open: OER Stories” invites VCU community members to share why they use, adapt or create Open Educational Resources (OER) and what impact that work has on their students, teaching experiences, and/or career. Faculty: Laura Middlebrooks, Teaching Assistant Professor, School of World Studies Resource: Taller Real (Recursos Educativos Abiertos y […]
Brown serves on futures task force for Medical Library Association anniversary
The Medical Library Association (MLA) is celebrating its 125th Anniversary in May 2023. As part of this celebration, the MLA board of directors created several task forces, each building on the MLA strategic goal, Building a Better Future. The task forces are to build upon MLA’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in supporting the […]
