Library Stories

Minuet Curry is 2024-2025 student editor for VCU Libraries’ Jurgen Comics Contest. An Arts Foundation student, Curry brings many interests and talents to the project, promoting the contest, organizing entries and sharing the complex story of art censorship with other VCU students. Why did this job as student editor of the comics contest interest you? I […]

Research and Education Librarian Roy Brown has been selected for the Professional Coaching Program for Mid-Level Managers Pilot offered by the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) with funding support from the Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 1. Selection into the inaugural cohort was highly competitive. At the Health Sciences Library, […]

Leslie Madden attended VCU for both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in English. She worked at Cabell Library throughout her studies, eventually coming to a full time position during her master’s program. She now works as Team Leader for Library Services for Arts & Humanities and Research & Engagement at Georgia State University.  “I really […]

In the realm of academia, where the past meets the present to shape the future, Elizabeth Roderick (M.P.A ‘18) and John Kneebone, Ph.D. stand as advocates for preserving history. Their fervent support for VCU Giving Day 2024 echoes their deep-seated belief in the significance of the VCU Libraries Special Collections and Archives Endowment. The couple […]

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: Caroline Cobb, Ph.D., College of Humanities and Sciences, Department of Psychology Resource: Biological Basis of Behavior, […]

Did you meet your special someone at VCU Libraries as a student? Or spend many an evening together on study dates in the stacks of VCU Libraries? Are you a VCU Family with degrees spread across the campuses? One thing every VCU graduate shares is VCU Libraries. This Valentine’s Day, we ask you to share […]

Growing up in Richmond’s West End, Ricky Waller came to VCU in 1976 to study psychology after graduation from Douglas Freeman High School in Henrico County. At that time, VCU’s campus had a much smaller footprint and was more blended with the City of Richmond. Waller met his wife, Gloria Jean Atwood-Waller (GJ) in 1980 […]

Carolyn Duckworth (BFA ’76/Arts) and Jeff Wagner (BFA ‘77/Arts) met as undergrads in the 1970s on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus and formed a lifelong friendship. Following in the footsteps of older sister, Susie Duckworth (BFA ‘71/Arts), Carolyn came to VCU from Northern Virginia in the summer of 1973. Her first summer here was spent in […]

With a busy fall on the horizon at VCU Libraries, the Friends of VCU Libraries Book Club has set a schedule and invites you to join us for discussion of these books, all of which are tied to upcoming events at VCU. The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature by […]

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 […]