News Stories
The University of Vermont's Center on Disability & Community Inclusion, in collaboration with the UVM Libraries Center for Digital Initiatives, announces the availability of a new digital resource, Absurdities and Realities of Special Education. The new collection includes over 300 cartoons depicting issues and research findings about special education, schooling, and disability-related issues
Negotiations to renew UVM's ScienceDirect contract have failed, as Elsevier has come nowhere close to offering a price we can afford. The UVM Libraries remain committed to obtaining any Elsevier articles you need. Interlibrary Loan will fill without charge every request you send us.
Read on to find upcoming dates and services for the Dana Medical Library, Howe Library, and Silver Special Collections Library.
New books recently added to the Vermont Research Collection include a biography of a Vermont hill farmer, life stories of refugees and immigrants now living in Vermont, two long winter journeys, and the history of beekeeping.
During our October Transcribe-A-Thon, over 50 volunteers transcribed 668 pages of Mary Jean Simpson’s diaries in just five days.
Events
To celebrate Archives Month, we’re inviting you to join us in a Transcribe-A-Thon during the last week of October.
On March 4, Julian Barnett, artist-in-residence in UVM's Department of Theater and Dance, will give a performance/lecture highlighting his most recent professional work, shedding light on multicultural processes and contexts, and examining the role vulnerability has played in his choreographic life.
The current exhibit in Silver Special Collections, "Work of Art: Dancing Together in Vermont," examines the process involved in creating diverse dance communities.
Join us as we celebrate the launch of a new book by Stephen Terry and student research assistant Louis Augeri.
Fleming Museum curator Alice Boone curated the new Special Collections exhibit, “Archives of Activism.” Drawing from documents and ephemera produced by students, faculty, and administrators, the exhibit focuses on anti-war and related protests during the late 1960s, the call for divestment from apartheid-era South Africa in 1985, and the occupations and protests of 1988 and 1991.
Have you heard? @netflix is teaming up with @ibramxk on a series of documentaries based on Kendi’s works on anti-racism! No official word on a release date yet, so in the meantime click the link in the bio to brush up on Kendi’s books like “Stamped” and other racial justice & anti-racism resources. We’ll be doing the same & (not so) patiently waiting for these adaptations! #librariesofinstagram #uvm #uvmlibraries #research #antiracisim #racialjustice #research #researchguides #2021