Exploring the ABCs of the UVA Library

A library is home to a host of books, yes, but also artifacts, objects and even movies. The University of Virginia Library’s collection is no different. It contains everything from the earliest printed materials to the Tibetan Book of the Dead to student-made advertisements for something called the “experimental university.” These items, along with roughly 200 others, will be on display for a yearlong exhibition, “The ABCs of the UVA Library,” hosted in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, as well as the Shannon, Clemons, Fiske Kimball Fine Arts, and Charles L. Brown Science & Engineering libraries. The exhibition opens Wednesday, two days after Leo Lo, the new University librarian and dean of libraries, steps into his role.