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Funding secured for congressional archives enhancements, civics and history education

WVU Libraries received $1.5 million in congressionally directed spending to expand utility, usability and capacity of the American Congress Digital Archives Portal and to equip West Virginia and other states' K-12 educators with resources and tools for refortified civics and history education.

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WVU Libraries welcomes these new librarians.

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The Awards Committee of the West Virginia University Library Faculty Assembly has presented the Distinguished Service Award to David Roth as a digital education specialist in the Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support with 28 years of service.

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The Awards Committee of the West Virginia University Library Faculty Assembly has selected Lori Hostuttler, interim director of the West Virginia and Regional History Center, as the Outstanding Librarian for 2022.

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One thing we missed during the pandemic was marking the 40th anniversary of Evansdale Library opening its doors. So, it’s with some extra exuberance that we celebrate Evansdale Library’s 42nd anniversary.

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The WVU William A. Neal Museum of Health Science opened to the public this year. The museum was conceptualized by the late Dr. William A. Neal, pediatric cardiologist, author of “Quiet Advocate: Edward J. Van Liere's Influence on Medical Education in WV."

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Before classes began in January, librarians welcomed 19 graduate students to a three-day intensive workshop designed to improve participants’ research skills with hands-on activities and demonstrations on a variety of resources, methods, tools and topics.

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WVU Libraries receives support during the year from donors and the community through cash and endowment gifts as well as gift-in-kind in the form of artifacts and archives for the West Virginia and Regional History Center, and books.

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Historians statewide will benefit from a $1.4 million estate gift from a late West Virginia University professor to support the West Virginia & Regional History Center at WVU Libraries.

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After a year-long process of iterative internal conversations and activities, distillation of hundreds of potential action items and a series of campus stakeholder feedback, WVU Libraries has launched its 2021-2024 Strategic Roadmap.

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"As society grapples with problems around inequity, being a model of social equity requires finding ways to elevate and center voices and contributions of individuals who have been historically marginalized." -Dean Karen Diaz

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