News Stories
We are thrilled to welcome you to campus, whether you are returning after some time off or joining us for the first time.
After fifteen years as Director of the University Libraries’ Silver Special Collections and over thirty years of service to the University of Vermont, Library Professor Jeffrey Marshall will slowly transition to retirement.
Silver Special Collections is excited to present a series of online presentations about book arts in April.
Recent additions to the Rare Book collection include a 1499 treatise, a manuscript volume of short works copied between 1475 and 1485, and a rare copy of the first edition of Gerard’s The Herball.
Events
To celebrate Vermont Archives Month 2021, Special Collections invites you to help us finish transcribing the diaries of Mary Jean Simpson during our second annual Transcribe-A-Thon from October 25-29, 2021.
Our digital series, "Gathering Leaves: Conversations about Book Arts," continues with a presentation by UVM English professor Liz Fenton. Professor Fenton will discuss how an interest in the history of printing first emerged out of and then revitalized her work as a literary critic.
Join us on April 15 for the second presentation in our online series, "Gathering Leaves: Conversations about Book Arts," when anthropologist Luis Vivanco will publicly unveil his latest comic, explore the relationship between comics and book arts, and discuss some of the primary research, creative, and technical challenges involved in this project.
Photographer, printer and bookmaker Andrew Frost opens our digital series, "Gathering Leaves: Conversations about Book Arts" on April 1 with a discussion about artists' books.
A new exhibit space in the Davis Center provides a venue in which the work and struggles of Black, Indigenous and People of Color at UVM can be acknowledged and celebrated.The inaugural exhibit is centered on the experiences of Black members of the UVM community. Visit the Fireplace Lounge to see the exhibit or view it online.
@uvmlibraries is disappointed to announce that ClinicalKey, a large collection of biomedical books and journals, will no longer be available to the UVM community, starting on Friday, Oct 22. Unfortunately, negotiations with Elsevier, the publisher behind these resources, came to an unfruitful conclusion. Our budget cannot bear the quadrupled price increase Elsevier proposed. Learn more by going to the Dana Medical Library website: dana.uvm.edu. @uvmmedicine @uvmcnhs @uvmmedcenter #danamedicallibrary #uvmlibraries #uvm @universityofvermont #clinicalkey #elsevier