VCU James Branch Cabell Library

VCU Libraries does its part to support students with babies by providing lactation rooms in library buildings on both Monroe Park and MCV campuses.

https://news.vcu.edu/article/2024/07/from-clinical-rotations-to-diaper-changes-how-parents-in-medical-school-make-it-work?

From clinical rotations to diaper changes: How parents in medical school make it work For medical students with children, time management and strong support systems are key components in the balancing act.

In VCU Libraries massive Comic Arts Collection – one of the largest in the nation – are many items that reflect the LGBTQIA+ community and its contributions to comics.

Check out this Fall 2024 Online Course! Foundations of Bilingual Education (TEDU 551).

ABOUT TEDU 551: The course will focus on the historical foundations of bilingual education in the U.S., current models of bilingual programs in PK-12 school settings and contemporary understandings of bilingualism/biliteracy development using sociolinguistic and sociocultural perspectives.

✅ Open for registration today!

✅ Online-Asynchronous

✅ 3 credits

Summer is here! And we have a new season of courses and programs to boost your career or prepare you for a new opportunity. Take a look at our summer schedule in this recent newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e476417ffe4e/summer-vcu-cpe

HOLIDAY HOURS: The VCU Health Sciences Library will be closed Saturday-Monday and James Branch Cabell Library is open for the weekend but will be closed Monday to honor Memorial Day. All hours: https://www.library.vcu.edu/spaces-tech/hours/

As spring semester exams come to a close, so do our extended hours. Beginning tomorrow, Thursday, May 9, our building hours will be reduced, until Monday May 20, when the first summer sessions begin!
You can check our hours online anytime at library.vcu.edu/hours

Please support VCU Libraries' priorities. go.vcu.edu/librariesgivingday

With a generous gift to the Affordable Course Content Initiative, Leslie Brown is helping to drive meaningful change. This VCU Libraries initiative creates free or low-cost textbooks and has saved students and their families more than $10 million. As a leader in higher education, Brown understands student needs. Her Giving Day donation will make a difference in students’ lives. She says: “This is the only giving opportunity that I know of in the university where you make a donation and the rate of return just keeps going up. Every time a professor teaches, the impact of your gift doubles.” She encourages others in the VCU community to help. “People remember the teacher who was the difference maker. We could, each individually, be a spark for students through this initiative,” Brown reflects.
https://blogs.vcu.edu/librarystories/2024/04/08/making-waves-in-education-the-ripple-effect-of-strategic-giving/

In the realm of academia, where the past meets the present to shape the future, librarian Elizabeth Roderick (M.P.A ‘18) and historian John Kneebone, Ph.D., stand tall as advocates for preserving history. They are making a challenge grant to the Endowment for Special Collections and Archives. Thank you for leading the way! Donors like them, and you, can play a crucial role in ensuring the sustainability and accessibility of VCU’s archival treasures for generations to come. https://blogs.vcu.edu/librarystories/2024/04/09/voices-of-giving-day-a-special-dedication-to-special-collections-and-archives/

Please support VCU Libraries' priorities in your Giving Day gifts! go.vcu.edu/librariesgivingday

Did you know that it's ? It is! So we asked students "what do you LOVE about libraries?" We are definitely feeling the 💛🖤❤️🥹

Did you know that you can get a library card for the Richmond Public Libraries even if you *don't* live in the city of Richmond? It's true! VCU students, faculty, and staff that live on campus or in surrounding counties can get a library card for free and check out books, DVDs, audio and ebooks, online newspapers, and more.

Friendly staff from the Richmond Public Library will be in Cabell Library tomorrow from 11 a.m -1 p.m., so stop by and talk with them about it. More information is available on their website here: rvalibrary.org/services/get-card/

Happy National Library Week!

Join us tomorrow for an event highlighting the history of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students at Virginia Commonwealth University The event is open to the public, as well as students, faculty, and staff at VCU. This event is presented by AAPI Affinity, VCU Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA), VCU You First, and VCU Libraries.
This event will be held in the lecture hall (room 303) from 4:30 - 6:30, and there will be food and a raffle. AAPI Heritage Month is usually celebrated in May each year, however, that's when final exams are scheduled, and then the start of summer, so we're celebrating a bit early. Come and join us!

Richmond magazine https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/news/2024-news/publishing-awards-.html shines light on The Mighty Pen Program, which captures veterans' accounts. The program’s creator, David L. Robbins, a New York Times bestselling author, playwright and writing professor at VCU, partners with the Virginia War Memorial and VCU Libraries to archive these veterans’ powerful stories. More than 200 accounts have been saved via the VCU Scholars Compass publishing platform, with 150 to 200 downloads a week. One of these writers is the recipient of a 2024 VCU Publishing Award. https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/news/2024-news/publishing-awards-.html

Today, March 14, is Pi Day. 3.14 To mark the date, the folks at the StudyWell table in the lobby of James Branch Cabell will be serving pie. Until supplies run out. Stop by at lunch, beginning at 11:30 a.m.

The annual Friends of VCU Libraries design contest invites students and recent alumni to submit artwork that VCU Libraries features on T-shirts and other promotional items. Prize is $500. Deadline is April 21. Details go.vcu.edu/foldesigncontest Shown is the 2022 winning illustration by Laura Bendick, a May 2022 graduate with a major in communication arts and a minor in art history.

You don't have to live in the city of Richmond to get a library card from the Richmond Public Library! Come to Cabell Library this Wednesday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and meet the friendly RPL folks at a table in the lobby to sign up for a library card. Signing up for a card is easy. All you need is a state or federal issued ID (like a VCUCard!) and a document with your current address. With your card you can access the physical and digital collections including books, audiobooks, movies, music, newspapers and magazines.
Questions about whether you qualify for a Richmond Public Library card? Check out the details here: https://rvalibrary.org/services/get-card/

VCU Libraries invites students to apply for funding to attend the American Library Association Conference in San Diego June27-July2. The program seeks applicants interested in libraries or writing or illustrating children’s or young adult literature. Apply by March 18. https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/news/2024-news/christenbury-award.html.

For those on campus during spring break week (like us!), we will be opening a little later than usual tomorrow morning, at 8:30 a.m. Not to worry, though, all of our online resources are available to VCU students, faculty, and staff 24/7 and from wherever you are!

You can always see our building and services hours online here: library.vcu.edu/hours

Great article about this recent event!

Author and alum Jeffrey Blount visited Cabell Library to discuss his new novel, “Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way.” He shared his inspiration - and a life lesson that still resonates.

Read more: https://news.vcu.edu/article/2024/02/vcu-alum-jeffrey-blount-shares-the-inspiration-for-his-new-novel

Spring break is next week😂and our hours will be reduced a bit beginning tomorrow. All our building hours are available online here: http://library.vcu.edu/hours

Over spring break, some 70 pieces of furniture at Cabell Library will be out of service for reupholstery. Most of this furniture is from the second floor or the lower level. Please excuse any inconvenience.