Category: Featured News
Celebrating Pride Month
Posted May 30, 2025
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is a national, annual celebration observed in June to honor the LGBTQ+ community. It serves as a time for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies to celebrate diversity; promote inclusivity; and raise awareness […]
JMU Libraries and University/Community Partnership Publish 1875 Novel by Harrisonburg Black Educator George A. Newman
Posted May 29, 2025
In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator named George A. Newman arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. Nearly 150 years later, Newman’s work, A Miserable Revenge: A Story of […]
Supporting Digital Accessibility at JMU: What Staff Need to Know Now
Posted May 19, 2025
As you may have heard, updates to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act mean that most online resources from JMU will need to meet basic digital accessibility standards by April 24, 2026. This federal mandate now includes a […]
Improvements to Library Search
Posted May 18, 2025
We’ve been working hard to update Library Search, the primary tool for finding books, ebooks, articles, journals, videos, digital media, and more from JMU Libraries. Where can I find Library Search? The main entry point to Library Search is near […]
Fun Reads and Movies for Summer
Posted May 14, 2025
Looking for something fun to read or watch this summer? Check out our Fun Reads and Movies guide for titles available through JMU Libraries. Don’t forget, if you’re looking for something specific and we don’t have it in our collection, […]
Supporting Digital Accessibility at JMU: What Faculty and Instructors Need to Know
Posted May 7, 2025
As the Provost shared on May 6, updates to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act mean that most online resources from JMU will need to meet basic digital accessibility standards by April 24, 2026. This federal mandate now includes […]
Summer Hours in the Libraries
Posted May 5, 2025
The Libraries’ hours for the summer are now posted on our Hours page. Here’s what you need to know about summer access to our facilities: Rose Library: Hours of operation for the summer (May 19 to August 14) will generally […]
A New Way to Share Scholarly Audiovisual Materials Online: Announcing Aviary
Posted May 5, 2025
You now have access to a new tool for sharing your scholarly audiovisual (AV) materials online! We recently launched Aviary at JMU, an online repository that will host: Coming soon: Aviary will soon be the home for recordings of musical […]
Extra Study Spaces for Finals at JMU
Posted April 30, 2025
Buildings across JMU open up extra study space at the end of the semester to support you as you prepare for final exams.
AI Summer Bootcamps
Posted April 29, 2025
Explore the complex and ever-changing world of artificial intelligence (AI) in one of our AI workshops for JMU faculty and staff this summer. Choose one or both of these workshops, held in a hybrid format in Rose Library or on […]
