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Category: Carrier Renovation News

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 […]

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 […]

screenshot preview of new Carrier Library overlaid with text that says Carrier Library Renovation

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 […]

artists rendering of the Jones Wing of Carrier Library at JMU

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 […]

interior view of the jones wing of carrier library

How to Use JMU Libraries: 2025-26

Posted August 6, 2025

You can get library services and resources in four locations and online! Learn more below or in our 90-second video. Four Library Locations JMU Libraries offers a variety of spaces for studying, working in groups, printing, and more: Rose Libraryon […]

Top Tips for Using JMU Libraries This Fall

Posted July 30, 2025

Even though Carrier Library is closed until Fall 2026 for renovation and expansion, you still have access to all the usual library services in four locations and online! Here are our top 4 tips for how to use JMU Libraries […]

an aerial view of Carrier library, june 6, 2025

The Road to Reopening: Countdown to Carrier

Posted July 18, 2025

Carrier Library is still on track to reopen in time for Fall semester 2026! As the building exterior takes shape, we are preparing to welcome you back to a more modern, spacious, and user-friendly Carrier Library in August 2026.  So […]

an aerial view of Carrier library, june 6, 2025