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Some 300 attend reading; poetry thrives at VCU
Yusef Komunyakaa, a renowed poet and teacher, presented March 22 at the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts. Some 300 attendees listened as he read and took questions. Event Web site To put...
View ArticleStudent photobooks on exhibit at Cabell
Student work from a spring semester topics course, "The Photobook," is on view in the Fourth Floor Gallery at James Branch Cabell Library. The Department of Photography and Film and VCU Libraries...
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Military Month exhibit features "Willie and Joe" creator
To mark May as Military Appreciation Month, two display cases on the fourth floor of James Branch Cabell Library pay tribute to the work of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist William...
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Richmond cartoonist Chick Larsen featured in Cabell exhibit
Longtime Richmond Times-Dispatch cartoonist Chick Larsen is the subject of a small exhibition in the Fourth Floor Gallery of James Branch Cabell Library. From 1950 to 1954, Carl E. "Chick" Larsen...
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"The Tri-State Gang in Richmond" book talk on June 20
Richmonder Selden Richardson, author of "Built by Blacks: African American Architecture and Neighborhoods in Richmond," will discuss his newly released book, "The Tri-State Gang in Richmond: Murder...
View ArticleGetting Your Bearings
Take advantage of orientations, tours, workshops and other events designed to help students and faculty succeed in their research. Consult the VCU Libraries calendar See the Libraries link at the...
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Exhibit in Cabell Library marks significant discovery in anthropology
From left to right: Jim Coleman, Dean of the VCU College of Humanities andSciences; the Honorable Ibrahim Rasool; John Ulmschneider, University Librarian;and Jim Moore, President of the VCU Friends of...
View ArticleHealth sciences service photos needed for gallery show and contest
Hundreds of MCV campus students take part in health-related community service projects each year. They work in free clinics, do rotations in community settings or go on group service trips such as the...
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Robert Browning artifacts on display through Dec. 7
W. H. Grove, Robert Browning, photograph, albumen cabinet card, [1889]. Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, on loan to the University of Delaware Library. In conjunction with the 2012 Victorians Institute...
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Exhibition: The toll of the Civil War
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences is hosting the traveling National Library of Medicine exhibit, "Life and Limb: The Toll of the Civil War" from Oct. 22 to Dec. 1 in the Special...
View ArticleOct. 29 Workshop: Arts and humanities resources for graduate students
New to graduate school? Short on time to search for the best online resources to find scholarly sources, images, and dissertations? This workshop will provide information on good places to start your...
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Health sciences library celebrates 80 years on 12th Street
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences will mark 80 years at 509 North 12th Street at a drop-in birthday party Monday, Oct. 29, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Members of the university community are...
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VCU Libraries' collections tied to annual symposium on architecture and...
Nov. 16 marks the 20th year for an annual conference organized by Charles E. Brownell, Ph.D., the head of VCU's Architectural History Program. Traditions IV: 20th Symposium on Architecture and...
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Collaborative course showcases innovative student work in 'Portrait as...
A collection of student multimedia projects documenting communities in and around Richmond runs Nov. 30-Dec. 9 at Anderson Gallery. "Portrait as Community" is the culmination of a special course...
View Article'Moving up to the cloud': Library technology leaders to gather at VCU Jan. 9...
As one of the first major research universities to launch a pioneering new cloud-resident enterprise library platform, Virginia Commonwealth University is hosting an educational session Jan. 9,...
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Exhibit marks 95 years of VCU's pioneering School of Social Work
In January 1917, the institution that became Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Social Work was founded by a small group of Richmond citizens interested in improving the social conditions of...
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New library programs serve international students
International students can receive special library tours and research workshops designed for them this spring. Language challenges and cultural differences can present barriers to academic success for...
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"Arabic Poems for English Readers" breaks barriers
A new exhibition at James Branch Cabell Library gives the Richmond community the opportunity to take down one wall to the Middle East: the language barrier."Breaking Barriers: Arabic Poems for English...
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"Sketchy Medicine" on view in Special Collections Reading Room
"Sketchy Medicine" is now on display at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences' Special Collections Reading Room. This small exhibit was inspired by the website Graphic Medicine that explores...
View ArticleClark lectures on re-imagining the library
VCU Libraries Associate University Librarian for Public Services Dennis T. Clark will speak at the University of Tennessee March 18. His topic will be "Re-imagining Library Services." At VCU Libraries,...
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Save the Date: Vess to speak at VCU April 18
World-renowned comic artist and illustrator Charles Vess, VCU alumnus and recipient of the Eisner and World Fantasy Awards, will visit the Monroe Park Campus under VCU Libraries sponsorship April 18....
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Registration Open: Digital Pragmata series for faculty and grad students
How scholars and artists share their work is changing. More and more, arts and humanities scholarship, creative activity and teaching occurs in the digital environment. VCU Libraries' new forum,...
View ArticleHave your voices heard at Cabell Life Forum April 3
By Yusef AriyibiMember, Cabell Library Undergraduate Advisory CommitteeAs you may have heard, James Branch Cabell Library is preparing to undergo major changes. The plans for a new building have begun...
View ArticleReception honors MCV campus class of 2013
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences honors MCV Campus graduates at a reception Thursday, April 25 from noon to 1 p.m. All grads are invited.
View ArticleVideo: 'Gabriel's Conspiracy"
In 1800, a literate slave known as Gabriel planned a rebellion that was to involve a march into Richmond. Although the action was suppressed, it confirmed the growing outcry for justice and the...
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Preservation Week, April 22-26
Preservation Week returns to Cabell Library April 22-26. This year, Patricia Selinger, Head of the Preservation Department, will demonstrate the art of book repair in the lobby from noon to 4 p.m....
View ArticleVCU Libraries hosts TEDMED 2013 simulcast April 16-19
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences will host a live simulcast of TEDMED 2013, April 16-19, during regular library hours. The University community is invited to join colleagues to listen to...
View Article'Rams Reaching Out' photo exhibit runs April 18-September
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences opens "Rams Reaching Out," a photography exhibition featuring contest entries about the outreach activities of VCU health sciences students from urban...
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Lamp exhibit to light up Cabell Library
During the spring semester, a group of students from the Department of Interior Design and the Department of Crafts and Material Studies met in Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives to...
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Talk on cartoonist Billy DeBeck and his comic strip Snuffy Smith
American cartoonist Billy DeBeck (1890-1942) created many popular comic strips over the course of a career spanning nearly 40 years. Among his best-known strips are ones that involve characters Barney...
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Congratulations to VCU's new graduates
On Friday, May 3, hundreds of students preparing to graduate from VCU gathered at the Science Museum of Virginia for the event Your Passport to the World. Held annually, the event celebrates the...
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VCU Libraries 2012-2013 events in review
As the 2013 spring semester ends and the summer begins, we look back on an academic year packed with public events. A glance through the list reveals an astonishing variety, from an exhibit of fossils...
View ArticleDonate books and materials for the 2013 sale
Save the dates of Oct. 21-25 for the 2013 VCU Friends of the Library Book Sale. As in the past several years, the sale will be held in the basement of James Branch Cabell Library, in room B7. Expect...
View ArticleTalk looks back on cartoon character Snuffy Smith and his creator
Many know comic-strip character Snuffy Smith, but attendees of a talk in James Branch Cabell Library on May 23 were treated to a behind-the-scenes look into his origins. Snuffy Smith first appeared in...
View ArticleRams Reaching Out Winners
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences organized a photography contest and exhibition designed to showcase MCV Campus service projects around the globe. The photographs are on display in the...
View ArticleEncampment for Citizenship revives summer program
This July here at VCU, the Encampment for Citizenship relaunches its celebrated summer youth program, which has been on hiatus for more than 10 years. From July 1 through 15, high-school students from...
View ArticleGeorge Washington and colonial medicine
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences is hosting the traveling National Library of Medicine exhibit, "Every Necessary Care and Attention: George Washington and Medicine." George Washington,...
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Library Fest Aug. 19 welcomes students, faculty and staff to Monroe Park campus
VCU Libraries, Dining Services and Technology Services will present the third annual Library Fest, an open house tied to Welcome Week orientation activities for new students. Library Fest will be held...
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Sept. 10 event and new digital collection look back at civil-rights protests...
Historians Brian J. Daugherity, assistant professor of history at VCU, and Brian E. Lee, a doctoral candidate in history at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, visit the James Branch Cabell...
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VCU Libraries 2013-2014 Events Lineup
VCU Libraries is off and running for the 2013-2014 academic year with a full schedule of events. These events, which are but a small part of all that VCU Libraries accomplishes each year, give an idea...
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VCU Libraries 2013-2014 Major Exhibits
VCU Libraries hosts a wide variety of exhibits throughout the academic year. Some are traveling exhibits, and others are original, featuring materials from our own collections or created by others in...
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Award-winning cartoonist James Sturm comes to VCU
James Sturm, award-winning creator of graphic novels such as "Market Day" and "The Golem's Mighty Swing," comes to VCU on Monday, Sept. 16, for a 7 p.m. talk at the W.E. Singleton Center for the...
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Migrating Archives brings LGBT history to Cabell Oct. 21-Dec. 31
VCU Libraries has a commitment to collecting with various Richmond communities firmly in mind. Many of these collections are in the arena of new social history--materials, interpretations and...
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Comic arts giant Stephen R. Bissette to speak Oct. 14
Stephen R. Bissette, one of the biggest names in the comics industry today, comes to VCU to speak on Monday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Grace Street Theater. Bissette's many contributions to graphic...
View ArticleInaugural Advance Your Research session set for Oct. 15
VCU Libraries will present Advance Your Research on Tuesday, Oct. 15, a full day of walk-in workshops for graduate students and faculty designed to help make their research process better, faster and...
View ArticleDigital Pragmata: Curating digital objects topic Nov. 21
"Curating Digital Objects" will be the topic of discussion Nov. 21, 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Cabell Library. Museums, libraries and archives rely on the digital environment to save, manage and provide access...
View ArticleArt of War: VCU Libraries sponsors events honoring vets with alumni...
Photographer Chad Hunt and writer Kevin Powers use their art to illuminate and document powerful truths about military life and the human face of war and conflict. Both alumni, Hunt and Powers will be...
View ArticleBookshelves as Art: Students find inspiration in the mundane
You may be surprised when stepping off the elevator on the fourth floor of James Branch Cabell Library. But don't worry, that's not a piece of driftwood you're looking at. It's a bookshelf. Cabell...
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Looking back on the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Night
Thanks to everyone who helped to make this year's VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Night one of the best attended in the award's 12-year history. Approximately 270 people from around VCU and the wider...
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