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Category: JMU Libraries News

JMU Libraries and Furious Flower Poetry Center Welcome New Employees

Posted January 22, 2024

In 2022, the Mellon Foundation awarded JMU $2 million to secure the digital future of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, the nation’s first academic center devoted to Black poetry, through a partnership with the JMU Libraries.  Today, we’re thrilled to […]

Check Out the Latest JMU Libraries Magazine

Posted January 17, 2024

We’re excited to share the second issue of the JMU Libraries Magazine, with stories about our work and successes in 2022 and 2023. This biennial magazine celebrates the students, scholars, staff, supporters, and faculty who collaborate with us and help […]

Join Our Faculty Advisory Board

Posted January 12, 2024

Please consider joining our Faculty Advisory Board, composed of 10-12 faculty from across the university. By sharing your experiences with JMU Libraries, you can help shape our programs, resources, and services to ensure that they remain aligned with the evolving […]

Instructors: Level Up Your Canvas Skills this January

Posted December 12, 2023

Whether you’re exploring Canvas Studio, new to Canvas at JMU, or just want to learn more about these key teaching tools, these sessions for faculty are for you: In these sessions, you’ll get expert advice and personalized help from our learning technology […]

3D Printing Classroom (3SPACE) Now Open in Lakeview

Posted December 7, 2023

3SPACE has moved from Carrier Library to Lakeview Hall room 1102, and it is now available to faculty to request for their courses. What is it? 3SPACE is the first general-education college 3D printing classroom in the U.S. It offers 3D printing access […]

The Great Carrier Library Move: How We Did It!

Posted December 6, 2023

Here’s a riddle: How do you move 100+ staff offices, over 3,000 furniture and technology items, and a whopping 400,000 books out of a busy JMU building without disrupting the students studying there? This was the enormous task we undertook […]

Get Help With the Costs of Open Access Publication

Posted November 29, 2023

Did you know that you can apply for funding to help cover the cost of publishing an open access article? It’s true! Our Open Access APC Fund provides subsidies for some article processing charges (APC) for articles by JMU faculty […]

We Want Your College GameDay sign!

Posted November 16, 2023

Do you want your hilariously creative College GameDay sign to go down in history? Then donate it to JMU Libraries!  We’re setting up a booth in front of Moody Hall on November 18 from 10am to 2pm, and we want […]