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Grants result in improved research skills, and a book on historic murder cases

In the age of the Web and the instant gratification of Google, when information has never been easier to locate, the ability to find and recognize high-quality, accurate, and reliable information has...

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Anita Haney honored with emeritus status

Anita Haney of Blacksburg, college librarian for the humanities for University Libraries at Virginia Tech, was conferred the title, "assistant professor emerita" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors...

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Board of visitors approves 2007 promotions, tenure, continued appointments

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 4 meeting.

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University Libraries continues its work to build the archives of thousands of...

Virginia Tech's University Libraries is working with the university community and is guided by consultants from the Library of Congress to establish the archives for materials related to the tragic...

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Board of visitors approves first-ever promotion of instructors; 2008...

At their June meeting, Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors approved promotions for 45 instructors to advanced or senior instructor. These are the first promotions approved under the newly created career...

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Diary written by Virginia Tech's first president now part of University...

A diary written by Virginia Tech's first president is the latest addition to the Virginia Tech Libraries. Charles Landon Carter Minor, president of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College from...

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Images from University Libraries to be included in upcoming PBS documentary

Images from the Special Collections and Digital Library and Archives Departments at Virginia Tech's University Libraries will be featured during the documentary "The Polio Crusade," to air as part of...

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Caryl E. Gray honored with emeritus status

Caryl E. Gray, librarian for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the "assistant professor emerita for University Libraries" title by the Virginia Tech...

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Board of visitors approves 2009 promotions, tenure, continued appointments

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 1 meeting.

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University Libraries joins Center for Research Libraries

The University Libraries has joined the Chicago-based Center for Research Libraries (CRL), a consortium of over 200 North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries.

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Virginia Tech University Libraries acquires Carter-Cash family music collection

Materials related to musicians of the Carter and Cash families, including June Carter and Johnny Cash, are now available at Virginia Tech University Libraries' Special Collections.

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Economics student, Collegiate Times reporter named college reporter of the year

Collegiate Times writer Caleb Fleming, of Warrenton, Va., a junior majoring in economics in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been named the top college reporter in the country by the...

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Call for Submissions for International Archive of Women in Architecture Milka...

The International Archive of Women in Architecture, in Virginia Tech's School of Architecture + Design, invites architects, scholars, and researchers to honor the International Archive of Women in...

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University librarian Bruce Pencek receives 2010 Marta Lange/CQ Press Award

Bruce Pencek, assistant professor and college librarian for the social sciences at Virginia Tech, has been named the 2010 recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Law and...

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Culinary collection at Virginia Tech libraries celebrates 10 years

You are what you eat; and, a collection of books at the Virginia Tech Libraries dedicated to just that pursuit is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

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Christopher Peters wins 2010 Reference Service Press Award

Christopher Peters, stacks manager at Virginia Tech's University Libraries, is the co-recipient of the Reference Service Press Award, granted by the American Library Association's Reference and User...

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Board of visitors approves 2010 promotions, tenure, continued appointments

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 7 meeting.

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Charla Lancaster, Rebecca Miller join University Libraries

The University Libraries at Virginia Tech has named Charla Lancaster as director of assessment and library access services and Rebecca Miller as the college librarian for science, life sciences, and...

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Virginia Tech launches search for new dean of University Libraries

Virginia Tech announces an international search for a new dean of the University Libraries, a position that has been held by Dean Eileen Hitchingham who is retiring after a distinguished career as a...

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Graduate student receives Janet L. Cameron Scholarship

Margo Duckson, a second year doctoral student in the Department of Food Science and Technology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, received the Janet L. Cameron Scholarship, a $1,000...

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