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Read Magazines for Free with Flipster

Posted October 29, 2025

Explore more than 65 magazines online with Flipster—no subscriptions, physical copies, or recycling needed! Read entire magazines cover to cover, including images, ads, comics, and even crosswords. You can flip through or search for something specific.  To share content with […]

Join Our Self-Paced Course to Make Your Courses More Accessible

Posted October 29, 2025

Learn how to apply the fundamental principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in this self-paced, award-winning Canvas course. Engaging with the course should take approximately 2-4 hours. Instructional designers will be ready to meet with you for additional support.  […]

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Celebrating American Archives Month

Posted October 21, 2025

October is American Archives Month! We’re celebrating by sharing our digital collections of Shenandoah Valley and JMU history, including JMU historic photographs, ESPN College GameDay posters, Shenandoah National Park oral histories, and a recent addition to our online collection: black-and-white […]

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Open Access is More than Articles – It’s Books, Too!

Posted October 20, 2025

You may be familiar with open access (OA) journal articles, which are freely available to anyone, but did you know that books can also be published open access?  Open Access Week is a great time to explore how you can publish […]

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Who Owns Our Knowledge? Open Access Week 2025 at JMU

Posted October 17, 2025

Scholarly work and research created at JMU advances the public good and the global academic community. However, getting new knowledge into the hands of scholars, policymakers, students, and the public is often harder than it should be. Too often, commercial […]

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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 […]

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Fall Break Hours in the Libraries

Posted October 8, 2025

JMU Libraries will offer modified hours during JMU’s Fall Break. If you plan to visit a library or access a service from October 22-26, 2025, please check our Hours page ahead of time. 24/7 Space: As always, you can swipe […]

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Faculty: Apply for a VIVA Open Grant to Switch to Open Course Materials

Posted October 7, 2025

Are you concerned about the high cost of course materials for your students? Apply for a VIVA Open Grant of up to $50,000 to help eliminate textbook costs and reduce the financial burden of higher education for JMU students.  Offered […]

New Workshop for Instructors: Writing Effective AI Prompts for Teaching

Posted October 7, 2025

Discover the emerging practice of artificial intelligence (AI) prompt engineering—the skill of writing effective prompts or inputs to generate useful, accurate, and ethically responsible outputs from AI tools.  Our new workshop will introduce the fundamentals of prompt structure, showcase examples tailored […]

Writing Effective AI Prompts for Teaching

When to Visit the JMU Writing Center vs. JMU Libraries

Posted October 1, 2025

JMU students, whether you’re in the middle of a big research paper or figuring out where to start, JMU has your back. The JMU Writing Center and JMU Libraries can help you with your research assignments in slightly different ways. […]