This fall, we invite the Villanova community to join us for a taste of mindfulness meditation on Mondays from 12:30- 1 p.m. This virtual series will begin with the first meditation on Monday, Aug.17 and run on Monday afternoons throughout ...

Falvey Memorial Library staff have been working diligently to prepare the Library to reopen this fall and support students and faculty in coursework and research. To help students navigate Falvey’s building and services, we have created ...

By Regina Duffy Interested in digital scholarship and scholarly communication? Join us this fall semester as Falvey Memorial Library offers several opportunities for you to learn more about digital tools, pedagogy, scholarly publishing, copyright, ...

By Rebecca Oviedo   Distinctive Collections and Digital Engagement is pleased to share a new guide on finding, using, and doing transcriptions in our collections. This resource, Transcribing History in Villanova University’s Digital ...

  During the month of July, Falvey Library was honored to work with Villanova’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) to help promote their conversation series based off of Robin DiAngelo’s book White Fragility. The series was ...

We present items digitized earlier this semester and published over these last weeks including: more story-papers and newspapers including issues the Gaelic American; 5 minute books from the Irish American Club, as well as more photographs of ...

By Daniella Snyder   Happy birthday, Harry Potter! While fans of the Harry Potter series would have met the beloved wizard in 1997, he was actually born years earlier, in 1980. Author J.K. Rowling gave the young wizard a July 31 birthday, the ...

By Linda Hauck Course materials are a small portion of total student costs, but they are a piece that faculty and support staff can positively impact.  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost of college textbooks has increased 87.5% ...

Many people’s summer travel plans have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but you can still get a taste of places near and far through our newly-launched website, Projecting the World: An Audio Tour of the John F. Smith, III and Susan B. ...