{"id":124,"date":"2020-04-02T16:04:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T16:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/?page_id=124"},"modified":"2025-05-13T17:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:29:30","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6435\/2022\/05\/ClassVisitGardenClubBooks-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Students looking at rare book\" class=\"wp-image-478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6435\/2022\/05\/ClassVisitGardenClubBooks-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6435\/2022\/05\/ClassVisitGardenClubBooks-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6435\/2022\/05\/ClassVisitGardenClubBooks-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6435\/2022\/05\/ClassVisitGardenClubBooks-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6435\/2022\/05\/ClassVisitGardenClubBooks-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6435\/2022\/05\/ClassVisitGardenClubBooks-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students looking closely at a rare book in ODU&#8217;s Special Collections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Old Dominion University Libraries&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/library\/special-collections\">Special Collections and University Archives<\/a> preserve, share, and promote the Libraries&#8217; unique and most rare holdings&nbsp;for use by&nbsp;the university&#8217;s academic&nbsp;community, visiting scholars, and the general public. We support the University&#8217;s academic program and its instructional and research interests, document&nbsp;the cultural heritage of the Coastal Virginia region, and&nbsp;maintain the historical record&nbsp;of ODU. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our collections are for everyone! We encourage you to <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.odu.edu\/view.php?id=419308\">schedule a visit<\/a> to our Reading Room to view our collections, or browse and search the <a href=\"https:\/\/olddomuni.access.preservica.com\/\">digital collections<\/a> online.  Our archivists are also available for instruction sessions and research consultations for both students and faculty. To learn more about our collections and services, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/library\/special-collections\">website<\/a> or email libspecialcollections@odu.edu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old Dominion University Libraries&#8217; Special Collections and University Archives preserve, share, and promote the Libraries&#8217; unique and most rare holdings&nbsp;for use by&nbsp;the university&#8217;s academic&nbsp;community, visiting scholars, and the general public. We support the University&#8217;s academic program and its instructional and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/about-us\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3954,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3954"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124\/revisions\/607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/scua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}