ChatMarch 16, 2015 — Kelly Gotschalk has been appointed Director of Development and Major Giving for the VCU Libraries, effective April 10, 2015.
May 14, 2015 — VCU Anderson Gallery to close Though its legacy of artistic innovation will endure on campus at James Branch Cabell Library
September 22, 2015 — VCU Libraries introduces a trial of Kanopy, one of the largest, educational streaming video services. Try and provide feedback by Oct. 14.
December 16, 2015 — Researchers studying planning, history, architecture and similar subjects that involve built environments now have a new national resource. The Stubbins Collection of U.S. County Courthouse and Municipal Building Postcards has been digitized and is now freely available online.
September 8, 2015 — Students, faculty, staff and health professionals are invited to take a break to enjoy engaging documentaries on health science topics followed by discussion about how the film relates to current work at VCU and impacts global health.
December 1, 2015 — VCU Libraries is embedded in clinical practice. Evidence-based medicine relies on medical literature to effectively guide clinical practice. The model de-emphasizes intuition for clinical decision-making and instead stresses examining evidence from clinical research.
November 5, 2015 — To get an edge on testing and job hunting, browse books in the Academic and Careers section on the first floor of Cabell Library. Most of these books may be checked out for three-day loans.
December 17, 2015 — Cabell Foundation awards $1M challenge grant to bolster VCU’s new library
December 17, 2015 — Explore some "Star Wars" holdings in VCU Libraries Comic Arts Collection.
December 15, 2015 — Library spaces operated on reduced hours during winter break.
December 15, 2015 — Faculty are invited for speed networking and lunch Jan. 14.
December 11, 2015 — Services at Cabell Library streamlined during Dec. 28-Jan. 9 Intersession.
December 11, 2015 — Tours of Cabell Library will be given Jan. 21-28. They begin promptly. Meet in the lobby.
December 3, 2015 — One of the emerging and expanding roles of libraries is the creation of scholarship. This work, which adds to the ongoing role of libraries to provide protection, perservation and access to scholarship, was explored in a Transcribaton in partnership with the respected Folger Shakespeare Library.
December 1, 2015 — Resource Sharing and Delivery, which includes Interlibrary Loans, will not operate during the VCU's winter closing, Dec. 19-Jan. 3, 2016.
November 24, 2015 — Reduce exam stress with free snacks, meditation mini-course, LEGOs, coloring, Dogs on Call visitors, all at Tompkins-McCaw Nov. 30-Dec. 10.
November 25, 2015 — A joint project between VCU Libraries and the Department of History illuminates the roots of racism in the 20th century United States 1915 and 1940.
August 3, 2015 — Postdocs: Submit proposals for teaching topics for new lunchtime speaker series by Sept. 2.
October 22, 2015 — "Superheroes in Gotham" exhibition featured in New York Times, Village Voice and more.
October 14, 2015 — A show featuring anatomical images, "Unmasked: A Visual Dissection," runs Oct. 22-Jan. 31, 2016. Nickolai Walko, a graduate of the VCU School of the Arts, has developed a unique and eye-catching form of image-making that hybridizes classical drawing and pop art.
November 11, 2015 — The Virginia Commonwealth University community is invited to take part in a "transcribathon" at which they will transcribe and encode two 17th-century manuscripts from the collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
November 25, 2015 — It's almost over. Final construction tasks are scheduled for December. Be prepared for noise.
November 24, 2015 — Free study break on Dec. 1, 6-8 p.m., Cabell Library, second-floor Multipurpose Room (250).
November 5, 2015 — Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences will host a live simulcast of selected programs from TEDMED 2015, Nov. 19-20.
October 27, 2015 — The temporary entrance is no more. The new revolving doors are open. Furniture is being unwrapped and positioned in big new student spaces.
October 21, 2015 — Funds available to faculty, grad students, postdocs and professional students who want to publish in open access journals.
October 15, 2015 — Create, collaborate and share. VCU Libraries invites you to a LEGO build Oct. 19-23 in Cabell Library.
October 12, 2015 — To raise awareness of the prevalence of domestic violence, a crime that constituted nearly 36 percent Virginia homicides in 2013, Wilder School students are collaborating with VCU Libraries and the Wellness Resource Center to present a traveling memorial. “Silent Witness” is on display Oct. 12-16 at the James Branch Cabell Library.
September 21, 2015 — Hosting Journals and Conference Proceedings with Scholars Compass will be the topic Oct. 19 for a lunch presentation, noon to 1 p.m., James Branch Cabell Library, Room 250.
September 28, 2015 — Are you ready for public access to your research? VCU Libraries invites researchers to an Oct. 22 luncheon program, noon to 1 p.m., Tompkins-McCaw Library, first floor conference room to discuss the latest requirements from the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
September 30, 2015 — New workshop series explores copyright and the creative process. University Counsel Madelyn Wessel presents.
September 25, 2015 — Friends board names new chair and members for 2015-16.
September 21, 2015 — Agnes Kathy Bradshaw (Kathy) has been named Assistant University Librarian for Organizational Development, effective Oct. 25, 2015.
September 21, 2015 — VCU postdoctoral researchers share hands-on knowledge and insights in a new speaker series, How-to Talks by Postdocs, sponsored by Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, the VCU Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the VCU Postdoctoral Association. The series starts Oct. 12 and runs through Nov. 23.
July 17, 2015 — The annual open house welcoming first-year, new and returning students will take place Monday, Aug. 17, 2-4 p.m. at James Branch Cabell Library.
September 17, 2015 — What do the words of the U.S. Constitution mean to you? How does this document, dating to September 17 of 1787, affect the lives that we live now in the 21st century? We invite you to stop by James Branch Cabell Library to pick up a free copy of the U.S. Constitution this week in honor of Constitution Day 2015.
November 24, 2015 — Free study break on Dec. 1, 6-8 p.m., Cabell Library, second-floor Multipurpose Room (250).
September 10, 2015 — VCU Libraries offers reduced hours during bike race week.
September 3, 2015 — New research tools, materials and expert help introduced for fall 2015.
September 10, 2015 — Three fall semester exhibits showcase the history of nursing.
August 12, 2015 — Director of Research Data Management shares her Top 10 in blog post for the College of Humanities and Sciences.
August 14, 2015 — We are currently planning our library events for the 2015–16 academic year. See here for our fall lineup thus far. Please save the dates. All of these events are free, public programs designed to generate community dialogue and assist researchers. There are many more events in the works, and as details are finalized, they will appear in our complete list of events for 2015-16.
August 17, 2015 — VCU faculty from various disciplines and points of view are offering short topics courses tied to the UCI Road World Championships. The deadline for registration is Aug. 24. To prep for classes or study on your own, VCU Libraries resources can help.
August 14, 2015 — The big blue crane is gone. Vertical construction is complete. The windows are installed. Returning students and faculty will see firsthand huge strides forward in the making of the new Cabell Library (#newcabell). Most of the loudest, jack-hammering level, work was completed during the summer.
July 30, 2015 — At the semester's start, both James Branch Cabell Library and Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences offer tours to orient users to spaces and services. The complete schedule
August 4, 2015 — Inspiration and Improvisation: Images, sounds and text found in Cabell Library lead to dance creations.
August 12, 2015 — An important publication in the arts world, The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, now has a new publishing base: Virginia Commonwealth University’s Scholars Compass. For the first time, the peer-reviewed journal’s full archives, from the first issue in 1980 to the present, are openly available online.
August 10, 2015 — 2015 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award won by Boris Fishman. He will read from and discuss his novel Nov. 10.
July 20, 2015 — Library gallery artist featured in "Secret Lives of Dentists" article.
August 7, 2015 — Tompkins-McCaw Library hosts open houses Aug. 18 and 20, schedules tours and other Welcome Week activities.
August 7, 2015 — Cabell Library is closed Aug. 8-9. Power to be shut off.
July 15, 2015 — VCU Libraries in 2015 expanded its access to Web of Science (WOS) databases.
July 29, 2015 — Cabell Library will switch from its summer operating schedule to its regular academic schedule Sunday, Aug. 16.
June 10, 2015 — VCU Libraries offers trio of free webinars on NCBI databases for beginners, June 22-25, noon to 1 p.m. each day.
March 16, 2015 — VCU Libraries announces fine amnesty on overdue books as a thank you to students. Program begins at close of "topping off" ceremony March 18-March 31.
March 16, 2015 — VCU Libraries announces fine amnesty on overdue books as a thank you to students. Program begins at close of "topping off" ceremony March 18-March 31.
May 19, 2015 — Cabell Library board preserves, inspires and invests in future
July 29, 2015 — VCU presenters offer scholarly voices at RVA comics convention July 31-Aug. 2.
January 20, 2015 — Changes in database and research guide search function should improve research experience.
July 16, 2015 — Levis Prize goes to Sandra Lim. She will read from her work Oct. 8. VCU Libraries is a sponsor.
June 19, 2015 — Copies of 2015-16 Common Book, The Secret History of Wonder Woman, are available for checkout at VCU Libraries. Author Jill Lepore, a Harvard historian and New Yorker staffer, blends scholarship and pop culture in this much-talked-about book.
May 14, 2015 — What's ahead for summer season construction at Cabell Library?
April 13, 2015 — VCU and East Marshall Street Well Project Planning Committee announce ‘community consultations’
April 10, 2015 — Free study break on April 22, 6-8 p.m., Cabell Library, second floor Multipurpose Room (250).
April 15, 2015 — VCU Libraries announces the next stage in telling an important and little-known story of the once-vibrant Historic Fulton community that fell victim to 1970s urban renewal.
March 23, 2015 — VCU collects significant documentaries on a range of topics and at faculty request. Have ideas about films we should purchase? Contact us. Want to reserve a film for classroom use? We’ll have the film ready for you when you need it. Here is a short list of some of the more than 9,000 DVDs in VCU Libraries collection.
March 30, 2015 — Team serves Wilder School; new position posted
March 26, 2015 — Growth and breadth of scholarship on leadership topics reflected in expanding collection
March 3, 2015 — Interactive map from 1889 reveals Richmond's rich architectural history
March 16, 2015 — Activities to top off new library on Monroe Park Campus March 18. All in the VCU community are invited to join in.
February 17, 2015 — Because of winter weather conditions, the two Cabell Library Graduate Students Forum sessions, originally scheduled for February 18 at 2 and at 5:30 p.m. in the second-floor Multipurpose Room at Cabell Library, have been postponed.
March 16, 2015 — Library's photo collections added to Flickr's The Commons, greatly expanding public access.
March 3, 2015 — VCU Libraries Makerspace Open Forum will be held March 31, 6 to 7 p.m., in Cabell Library, Room 250.
March 16, 2015 — Business and Collections Librarian Pattie Sobczak offers expertise on gaming and virtual worlds and their applications to the real world of your teaching and research.
March 17, 2015 — VCU Libraries leadership has unveiled a new strategic framework to align with new mission statement. These published, working documents are the result of a months-long inclusive process of planning and re-visioning with the purpose of setting clear priorities for the immediate future.
January 20, 2015 — VCU Libraries articles on Freedom Now Project, comic arts, microscopic images are among the year's most popular news items from VCU.
March 16, 2015 — VCU Libraries' Innovative Media team will be on the Compass Wednesday, March 18, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. offering a green screen photo opp tied to the Topping-off Ceremony for the new library building.