ChatDecember 14, 2021 — Registration is open for the 21st annual Black History Month Lecture Feb. 10 at James Branch Cabell Library.
December 14, 2021 — Online teaching tool for Focused Inquiry students will be updated and improved for spring 2022.
December 6, 2021 — The graduating School of the Arts student has made her mark, uncovering lost information to tell a more complete picture in a groundbreaking VMFA photo exhibit on Man Ray.
December 14, 2021 — New round of funding available for VCU faculty's open course materials projects.
November 16, 2021 — The second Richmond Indie Comic Expo featured art, comics and more for sale by VCU alumni, students and local creators, as well as panel discussions and presentations.
October 15, 2021 — This year’s theme, “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity," aligns with the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.
September 13, 2021 — The site will expand the availability of letters and papers at Cabell Library and highlight Cabell’s legacy at the university.
September 10, 2021 — Take a few minutes to take the survey.
September 8, 2021 — Award-winning article is based on Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project
September 8, 2021 — Honoree is a senior graphic arts major.
September 8, 2021 — Faculty: Librarians will help you navigate publishing avenues.
September 7, 2021 — The love of art, of life and a deep-rooted love for each other guided Joan Gaustad and her husband, Gerald “Jerry” Donato, throughout their marriage and their lives. That devotion never wavered when Donato was diagnosed with early onset dementia and died eight years later at age 68.
September 6, 2021 — Leila Chatti is the winner of the 2021 Levis Reading Prize for her poetry collection “Deluge.”
August 31, 2021 — New this fall: Course covers Gene, BLAST, Variation tools, GEO and GDC.
August 20, 2021 — Series of events focuses on students' success and building healthy habits for study and life.
August 20, 2021 — Note these new rules for libraries buildings in fall 2021.
August 19, 2021 — As part of VCU’s Weeks of Welcome, incoming students can sample the resources and research support that VCU Libraries has to offer through Library Fest, a series of brief, casual videos featuring a variety of library departments and services.
August 16, 2021 — Undergraduates are needed for the 2021–22 term for the Cabell Library Undergraduate Advisory Committee (CLUAC).
July 29, 2021 — Deadline for applications is noon Sept. 7.
July 28, 2021 — New projects announced.
July 27, 2021 — Please give to help achieve challenge grant.
July 22, 2021 — VCU Libraries receives first-time Quest support.
July 6, 2021 — Raven Leilani has won the 2021 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, which honors an outstanding debut novel published during the preceding calendar year. Her winning book, Luster, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, tells the story of Edie, a 23-year-old Black woman and aspiring artist, who after losing her job finds herself living with her much older lover, his enigmatic wife and their adopted daughter.
July 1, 2021 — VCU fares well in latest round of open-access grants from VIVA.
June 28, 2021 — Virginia Library Association honors VCU Libraries' organizational development chief.
June 16, 2021 — Libraries buildings on both campuses are open to all users.
June 8, 2021 — The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Committee has recently announced the three finalists for the 2021 award.
June 7, 2021 — Apply by June 11 for LGBTQIA+ session.
June 2, 2021 — The VCU Libraries Community Zooms series has evolved with the times to reflect community interests and provide meaningful content throughout the pandemic.
May 24, 2021 — Three exceptional staff members honored.
May 24, 2021 — Inge’s contributions of comics, art, memorabilia and letters were instrumental in the creation of VCU Libraries’ Comic Arts Collection.
May 12, 2021 — VCU Libraries has launched two fun in-person exhibits to catch the end-of-semester bustle. Both exhibits deal broadly with the past and provide fascinating and light-hearted perspectives on recent and ancient history.
May 10, 2021 — Plan ahead: First-floor stacks at Cabell will close for summer.
May 6, 2021 — Award honors excellence in communicating about science.
May 3, 2021 — New dean brings 30 years leadership experience to VCU Libraries.
May 2, 2021 — VCU Libraries staffer and alumnus elected Staff Senate President.
April 20, 2021 — Awards enable faculty to create free materials for teaching.
April 9, 2021 — End-of-semester hours and services
April 8, 2021 — Students, staff and faculty needed for user-experience focus groups.
April 7, 2021 — Health and Wellness Librarian Dana L. Ladd helps with inaugural conference on health literacy and equity.
April 5, 2021 — Alumna wins 2021 VCU Libraries design prize.
April 5, 2021 — The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Committee has just unveiled the short list of the 20 top books submitted for this year's contest.
March 30, 2021 — Honorees for 2020 noted.
March 30, 2021 — Food for Fines now a year-round project.
March 17, 2021 — VCU Publishing — is seeking contributions for “Imagining Black Futures in Richmond,” a curated open access anthology that will imagine and explore futures for Richmond through an Afrofuturist lens.
March 16, 2021 — Research and Education Librarian Talicia Tarver and Library Specialist for Comic Arts Cindy Jackson discuss graphic medicine in a video recording and Q&A.
June 30, 2021 — “Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore,” a 2018 book that provides a look at the impact of climate change and rising sea levels on coastal communities, is Virginia Commonwealth University’s 2021-22 Common Book.
March 3, 2021 — Be prepare for changes in libraries operations for in-person return to campus.
February 25, 2021 — VCU Libraries celebrates Open Education Week, a global event to share and learn about the latest achievements in Open Education worldwide.
February 23, 2021 — Inaugural Friends scholarship open for applications.
February 22, 2021 — The Friends resprise annual design contest.
February 16, 2021 — The Black Lives Matter RVA Art Show features works from dozens of artists that highlight inclusivity and racial justice.
January 22, 2021 — Be aware of changes at VCU Libraries for spring 2021.
January 11, 2021 — Four new projects selected for financial awards that support creation of open, affordable materials.
January 11, 2021 — Marcia Chatelain, Ph.D., a professor of history and African American studies at Georgetown University and author of the new book, “Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America,” will deliver VCU Libraries’ 20th annual Black History Lecture.
January 7, 2021 — Due to lower building traffic, operating hours at the Health Sciences Library will be adjusted effective Monday, Jan. 11.
January 1, 2021 — Monthly newsletter round-up
September 27, 2021 — The contest coincides with the recent launch of a new web portal, “James Branch Cabell: Literary Life and Legacy,” which explores censorship of the novel in detail.