Category: JMU Libraries News
Movie Screening: Paywall: The Business of Scholarship
Posted November 27, 2018
THE LIBRARIES will be hosting a screening of Paywall: The Business of Scholarship on Friday, November 30 at noon in Carrier 301. Bring your lunch and join us for this hour-long documentary that focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind […]
Comic Books, Analysis, and Digital Scholarship
Posted November 5, 2018
Dr. Brian Flota, Humanities Librarian, and Dr. Steven Holloway, Director of Metadata Strategies, are co-teaching an Honors 300 course titled “Advanced Special Topics in Honors—Comic Books, Analysis, and Digital Scholarship.” The first goal of the class is to immerse students […]
I Married a Park Ranger and Became a Park Wife
Posted October 25, 2018
All faculty, students, staff, and community members are invited to the final Special Collections Speaker Series of this semester: Local author Phel Jacobsen will speak about her new book, “I married a Park Ranger and became a Park Wife,” on […]
Making Information Literacy a Habit
Posted October 24, 2018
For students, keeping up with the rapidly changing information landscape requires continuously learning new skills. Just in the past couple of years, we have experienced fake news and net neutrality changes that have altered the way we access, manage, and […]
October is Health Literacy Month!
Posted October 16, 2018
JMU Libraries recognize the importance of health literacy for our campus community. Health literacy is “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions” (Healthy […]
Black Secret Technologies and Remaking of the Future
Posted October 8, 2018
Black Secret Technologies and Remaking of the Future In 1997, filmmaker John Akomfrah created a short film called The Last Angel of History that was a love letter to Afrocentric electronica. In it, he refers to the Blues as a […]
A New Toolkit for a New Information Landscape
Posted September 26, 2018
A New Toolkit for a New Information Landscape Our goal is to introduce all entering students to the scholarly information landscape and prepare them to be critical information consumers and producers. We achieve this goal through the Madison Research Toolkit […]
Two JMU Library Employees Receive Grant to Explore Open Access Collections in Libraries.
Posted September 19, 2018
Yasmeen Shorish, Data Service Coordinator, and Liz Thompson, Instruction and Educational Resources Coordinator, received an $89,333 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grant. In collaboration with the Association of Research Libraries, they will convene a series of national forums to […]
Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime
Posted September 5, 2018
All students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to the first Special Collections Speaker Series of the academic year: Dr. Deborah Whaley, Professor of American Studies from the University of Iowa, will give a presentation on her recent publication Black […]
Rose Library Celebrates 10 Years!
Posted September 5, 2018
JMU Libraries invites you to join us on Saturday October 27 from 10:00 a.m. until noon to celebrate 10 years of Rose Library. Come see how Rose Library is inspiring creativity at JMU! Staff will be on hand to answer […]