Category: Carrier Renovation News
How Many Miles of Books Do We Have?
Posted November 5, 2025
Even as we support our increasingly digital world of information, JMU Libraries maintains an impressive collection of physical materials—over 10 miles of them, to be exact! If you are curious where the 4 miles of books from Carrier Library have […]
We Deliver! Campus Mail and Scanning Services
Posted October 31, 2025
Get Books Delivered to a Campus Mailbox Did you know that you can have library books delivered directly to your campus mailbox if you are a JMU faculty/staff member or doctoral student? This service includes books and other items from JMU […]
Carrier Library books moved to ‘The Hub’ during renovations (from The Breeze)
Posted October 16, 2025
Before construction, Carrier Library’s walls were lined with bookshelves filled with information from all subjects. Now, the walls are bare and the library is empty, leaving many Dukes wondering: What happened to the books? The books from Carrier were temporarily […]
From 1992 to Today: The Spirit of Change in JMU Libraries
Posted October 7, 2025
As you reminisce during Homecoming, imagine opening a time capsule from 1992 and glimpsing how people at JMU envisioned the future of our campus libraries. You’d find predictions about technology in classrooms, distance learning, and preparing to teach things that […]
Furious Flower Poetry Center receives space in renovated Carrier Library (from The Breeze)
Posted September 16, 2025
Among the many additions coming to the newly renovated Carrier Library in 2026 is one room set to highlight a historic and inclusive organization: a space for the Furious Flower Poetry Center, an academic center focused on Black poetry. The center […]
Video: How to Use the Libraries During Construction
Posted September 15, 2025
Wondering how to use the Libraries while Carrier Library is closed for construction? Check out this 90-second video outlining what you need to know this fall, including information about our pickup and delivery services, the JMU study spaces map, and […]
New library spaces will serve all students (from JMU News)
Posted September 15, 2025
When Carrier Library reopens in Fall 2026, Dukes will discover new, specialized spaces open to all students and designed to enhance learning. Members of the Madison community named many of these innovative spaces through philanthropic gifts that will help bring […]
The Top 5 Things that Future Dukes Need to Know about JMU Libraries
Posted September 1, 2025
1. JMU Libraries helps students with their academic and creative projects, for classes or for fun! We help students level up their research skills to meet the challenge of college-level assignments. But we also help them explore their creative side […]
No Permit? No Problem! 15-Minute Parking at JMU Libraries Express
Posted August 30, 2025
All our library locations are easily accessible by bus for free (see routes), but if you are traveling by car and don’t have a parking permit, JMU Libraries Express (our temporary library location at 1050 S. Main Street) is the […]
Carrier Library Renovation Enters Final Year Before Fall 2026 Reopening
Posted August 20, 2025
We are just one year away from welcoming the JMU community back to a refreshed and expanded Carrier Library, with the building on track to reopen in August 2026. The project has been progressing as planned, with structural work nearing completion and […]
