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Board of Visitors approves universitywide scholarly articles open access policy , articleBy making Virginia Tech research and other scholarly works openly available to the public, Virginia Tech authors will benefit from full dissemination of their work and an increase in its societal impact. This will also help Virginia Tech meet its mission as a global land-grant university.
Date: Apr 08, 2021 -
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Exhibit showcases student work in bringing digital literacy to rural Nepal , articleInside this exhibit, visitors will discover the steps technical writing students took to enhance digital literacy in Nepal in collaboration with international grassroots-level organization, Code for Nepal. It reveals the work they produced including their reflections on international service learning during a pandemic.
Date: Apr 02, 2021 -
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Virginia Humanities Conference to focus on democracy, technology, and social justice , articleSylvester Johnson, director of the Virginia Tech Center for Humanities, expects the Virginia Humanities Conference to “highlight the importance of human-centered scholarship in helping to shape a more equitable world.”
Date: Mar 23, 2021 -
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Living literature through gaming , articleThe University Libraries is introducing a new and engaging way to experience literature like never before through its Twitch channel. Patrons can now discover and explore books through gaming along with other innovative content the library is producing.
Date: Mar 19, 2021 -
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Mixing it up in library studios leads to dream job , articleDavid Kim '20 sharpened his passion for mixing, recording, and producing music in the University Libraries Media Design Studio B.
Date: Mar 15, 2021 -
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Team tackles the untold stories of the Civil War through augmented reality , articleVirginia Tech faculty members from four colleges and units are part of a research team that received funding to bring the stories of the Civil War to life through innovative technology.
Date: Mar 11, 2021 -
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The precious moments , articleFrom meeting her future husband, Nathan Cummings ’98, MS ’02, Ph.D. ’04, walking across the Drillfield at 8 a.m. in the dead of winter, to conducting undergraduate research on lizards, each moment is precious to Kendall Taney Cummings '97, DVM'02. Her time at Virginia Tech helped her grow, pushed her to get involved, and led to her success.
Date: Mar 05, 2021 -
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Policy Destination Area team develops COVID-19 database to spur policy and social science research , articleAs the coronavirus tightened its grip across the globe in late spring 2020, faculty members associated with the Policy Destination Area began brainstorming about how they could respond to the pandemic. What they created was a “database of databases” related to the policies around the pandemic, with direct links to data for researchers to use.
Date: Mar 03, 2021 -
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The path to professional success wound through Newman Library , articleLeslie Homzie '91 serves as senior research librarian for communication, sociology, and women’s and gender studies in the Boston College Libraries. Her interest in library science was sparked while a student employee in the University Libraries at Virginia Tech.
Date: Feb 19, 2021 -
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New environmental history collection comes to University Libraries , articleContaining a total of 182 cubic feet of materials, the M. Rupert Cutler collection documents Cutler’s environmental, political, and business activities prior to and following his service in President Jimmy Carter’s administration as assistant secretary for natural resources and environment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Date: Feb 16, 2021 -
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Civil War-era love letter remains a mystery , articleIn 1863, a young Virginia Cross penned poetry and crafted intricate art for her sweetheart, a newly discharged Civil War soldier. Cross's letter and rare scissor art are now in University Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives.
Date: Feb 11, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech Publishing partners with international association to publish engineering open textbook , articleUniversity Libraries’ Virginia Tech Publishing and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers published “Introduction to Biosystems Engineering,” a freely downloadable textbook written by an international team of authors.
Date: Feb 08, 2021 -
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Join a conversation with bestselling author Tara Westover , articleThe Moss Arts Center presents a conversation with the author of the New York Times bestseller “Educated” in an exclusive event livestreamed from Westover’s home on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Date: Jan 29, 2021 -
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Working through challenges of virtual experiential learning leads to lessons learned , articleStudents in the University Libraries' Applied Research in Immersive Experiences and Simulations program have successfully transitioned to all virtual work while learning new collaboration skills, time management practices, and resiliency along the way.
Date: Jan 25, 2021 -
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A passion for reducing barriers and serving others , articleFormer University Libraries student employee and College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences alumnus Rob Bohall '91 said his dual career in library science and web development offers him the opportunity to make a difference.
Date: Jan 15, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech collaboration helps equip teachers with tools and resources for virtual learning , articleFloyd County Schools, in collaboration with the University Libraries at Virginia Tech; the Science Museum of Western Virginia; and the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, received an Advancing Computer Science Education in Virginia Schools grant to help Floyd County teachers integrate computer science concepts into their hybrid and all-virtual instruction.
Date: Jan 08, 2021 -
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Class of 2020: Grace Baggett finds her bearings in words , articleFrom the illustrated stories she typed out on old-school technology as a child to her time spent in the publishing realms of Virginia Tech, the English major knows her passion for words, whether her own or those of others, will help her after she graduates.
Date: Dec 16, 2020 -
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Grant awarded to University Libraries to study curation of interdisciplinary data and collaborative research , articleThe project will generate deep knowledge of data practices in interdisciplinary research, engage the library and archives communities in collaborative development and evaluation, and enhance the long-term sustainability of these complex datasets and their necessary infrastructures for use in future research.
Date: Dec 09, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech Publishing and Virginia Tech Transportation Institute publish 'Survive the Drive' , articleIn the book, Tom Dingus, one of the foremost authorities on driving safety, describes how to reduce the risk of accidents while on the road.
Date: Nov 30, 2020
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