Category: Featured News
Feature Friday: Getting Black Humanities Research on the Map
Posted September 19, 2024
For the last nine years, JMU faculty member Mollie Godfrey and former faculty member Seán McCarthy have been working alongside local Harrisonburg community members and students on a project to recover the histories of a local Black teacher–Lucy F. Simms–and […]
Celebrating the Worlds of Black Poetry (Book Display)
Posted September 13, 2024
The first Furious Flower Poetry Conference was held in 1994, bringing together dozens of Black poets, including the legendary poet Gwendolyn Brooks, to James Madison University’s campus. Due to the overwhelming success of that initial conference, the Furious Flower Poetry Conference has been […]
Feature Friday: Meet Your New Data Services Librarian
Posted September 12, 2024
JMU faculty, staff, and students, if you are trying to figure out how to manage your research data, we’d like to introduce you to someone. Meet your new data services librarian! Samantha Harmon (M ‘22) joined the team in JMU […]
Top 7 Collaborations Between JMU Faculty and The Makery
Posted August 27, 2024
You probably know The Makery—the makerspace in Rose Library that offers workshops and multimedia software and equipment to JMU students, faculty, and staff. Maybe you’ve attended a workshop or stopped by to use the sewing machines, laser cutters, electronics workbench, […]
Americans Who Tell the Truth (Book Display)
Posted August 26, 2024
Visit our new Americans Who Tell the Truth Book Display online or in Rose Library. Portraits from acclaimed artist Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth series are being showcased at JMU and Massanutten Regional Library this fall, and we are honored to co-sponsor and celebrate […]
Carrier Library on Schedule to Reopen for Fall 2026
Posted August 19, 2024
Fall semester 2026 is the planned grand reopening date for the renovated and expanded Carrier Library. We’re so excited to welcome everyone back! Whether you are looking forward to the sweeping views from the grand reading room or the expert help […]
Director of Research & Education Services Position Open
Posted July 29, 2024
JMU Libraries seeks a Director of Research & Education Services (RES). We are looking for a colleague who is constructive, curious, and excited to support a dynamic team. The Research and Education Services (RES) team, comprised of liaison librarians, provides information literacy leadership on campus. This is a full-time, twelve-month, tenure-track […]
Instructors: Try Free and Low-Cost Online Textbook Options
Posted July 18, 2024
Next semester, try open textbooks! They offer a more affordable alternative for students without compromising on quality. With open textbooks, you have the flexibility to save, share, and revise the material to align with course learning outcomes and equity and […]
Celebrating Three Faculty Members Retiring from JMU Libraries
Posted July 18, 2024
Best wishes to these retiring Libraries faculty members. You will be missed! Brian Cockburn, the JMU Libraries Music Librarian and instructor in the School of Music, is retiring after 30 years! Brian came to JMU because of the opportunity it […]
Read the Washington Post, NYT, WSJ, Chronicle Higher Ed & More
Posted July 9, 2024
Did you know that JMU faculty, staff, and students have online access to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and many other newspapers and magazines? Here are just a few of them: Looking for other news sources from the Libraries? […]
