The University of Virginia’s main research library, built in 1938, has never had a major renovation. And when funding for such a project comes through, some faculty fear 2 million of Alderman’s 3 million books will be shipped to the Ivy Stacks, off-campus storage on Old Ivy Road, never to return. English professor David Vander Meulen rang the alarm at an April 17 lecture attended by former UVA president John Casteen, and accused the library staff of being secretive about plans that he believes will gut Alderman of its printed books, leaving digital versions with “irreversible...