JMU Libraries in the News

This page includes JMU Libraries coverage by local and national media outlets. Visit our News page for JMU Libraries updates and announcements.

2026

• Etched in bluestone: The Class of 1976 comes home to Madison, JMU News, May 14, 2026.
• Faculty Focus, Madison Magazine, May 1, 2026.
• The Steps of the Shenandoah in Carrier Library: Rooted in the Valley, Reaching Toward Tomorrow, Madison Magazine, May 1, 2026.
• The Future of the Classroom, The Breeze TV, April 24, 2026.
• AI-Infused JMU, Being the Change Podcast, April 16, 2025.
• Yasmeen Shorish Elected ACRL Vice President/President-Elect, American Library Association News, April 7, 2026.
• The little Gallery Underground Sparks Inspiration in an Unlikely Space, The Madison App, March 2026.
• Inside Carrier Library, The Breeze TV, March 27, 2026.
• Inside the Renovated Carrier Library, The Breeze, March 16, 2026.
• JMU Makes Strides in Increasing Online Accessibility for Dukes, The Breeze, March 5, 2026.
• Navigating Generative AI with Care: Professor Yasmeen Shorish on Learning, Privacy, and Awareness, The CFI Faculty Lounge Podcast, February 23, 2026.
• Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin: A Rare Container of Unconditional Love, JMU News, February 23, 2026.
• A Miserable Revenge, With Good Reason, February 13, 2026.

2025

• JMU Okanagan Charter looks to the future after one-year anniversary of adoption, WHSV-TV3, November 3, 2025.
• Carrier Library books moved to ‘The Hub’ during renovations, The Breeze, October 16, 2025.
• Resources Used the Most by Graduate Students: The Libraries, JMU News, October 9, 2025.
• JMU receives national recognition for sustainability, Daily News Record, October 4, 2025.
• JMU recognized for sustainability research, WHSV, September 16, 2025.
• New library spaces will serve all students, JMU News, September 15, 2025.
• A book 150 years in the making, Arts and Letters Review (JMU), Fall 2025.
• Furious Flower Poetry Center receives space in renovated Carrier Library, The Breeze, September 11, 2025.
• JMU recognized for sustainability research, JMU News, September 10, 2025.
• Dukes’ FY25 giving surges by $4 million, JMU News, September 9, 2025.
• Carrier Library: ‘intellectual and literal crossroads of campus, The Breeze, August 21, 2025.
• JMU advances its campus with updates to Carrier Library, new residence hall, WHSV, August 20, 2025.
• A legacy lives on: Celebrating George A. Newman’s publication after 150 years, JMU News, May 12, 2025.
• JMU advancing well-being efforts as a Health Promoting Campus, JMU News, April 18, 2025.
• Uncovering Local History, Being the Change Podcast, April 10, 2025.
• In Video: The 34th Annual Stewardship Luncheon, JMU News, April 9, 2025.
• JMU joins universities, nonprofits across nation in data rescuing efforts, The Breeze, April 3, 2025.
• History professor awarded 4-VA grant, JMU News, March 26, 2025
• More dynamic Leadership Library makes its debut, JMU College of Business News, January 22, 2025.
• Facing the High Cost of Textbooks, Being the Change Podcast, January 21, 2025.
• Unlocking Learning: JMU Librarians Share Educational Escape Room Game on OSF, Center for Open Science Blog, January 21, 2025.
• Graduates of the past change Carrier Library’s future, JMU News, January 15, 2025.

2024

• Nikki Giovanni: Poet. Beacon. Legacy., JMU News, December 13, 2024.
• JMU receives $2.5M gift for new library wing, Virginia Business, December 12, 2024.
• It’ll be there long after we’re gone’: Carrier Library wing to be named after alumnus, The Breeze, December 5, 2024.
• A Library of the Future, Being the Change Podcast, December 4, 2024.
• A Museum Without Walls, JMU News, November 14, 2024.
• Couple invests $2.5M to name new wing of Carrier Library, JMU News, November 12, 2024.
• New Art Display in the Music Library, Breeze TV, October 13, 2024.
• AI at JMU, Being the Change Podcast, October 4, 2024.
• Wintergreen Women Writers Collective awarded $750,000 from the Mellon Foundation, Wintergreen Women Writers Collective, October 3, 2024.
• Valley Archives Fair to show off local history at library next week, Daily News Record, September 30, 2024.
• Wintergreen Women Writers Collective Receives $750,000 Award from Mellon Foundation to support “The Women Gather: Building a Network to Embrace Black Women Writers”, Educopia, September 17, 2024.
• Modern, gorgeous and classic: Carrier Library’s historic revival, The Breeze, September 3, 2024.
• In a year of change, Dukes deliver: $28.1 million giving total is second highest in JMU history, JMU News, August 22, 2024.
• University Welcome highlights: Administration leans on past to strengthen future, The Breeze, August 22, 2024.
• Open Educational Resources address college costs, JMU News, August 9, 2024.
• In the News: EMU, JMU partner together to preserve historic Green Book house, EMU News, August 8, 2024.
• Green Book house a ‘time capsule’ rich in Black history, JMU News, August 2, 2024.
• Reed, JMU Work To Save Historic House, Daily News Record, August 1, 2024.
• James Madison University studying all sides of A.I. use as semester approaches, WHSV-TV3, July 23, 2024.
• Shenandoah Valley Ever Green: Summer 2023, WMRA, July 9, 2024.
• JMU Joins Effort To Preserve Veteran’s Stories, Daily News Record, May 21, 2024.
• Academic libraries support student well-being in a number of ways, PressReader Blog, May 21, 2024.
• Carrier Library renovation progresses after a full school year, The Breeze, May 13, 2024.
• Grant will help place Harrisonburg Green Book House on National Register, Rocktown Now, May 7, 2024.
• Carrier Library Remains Under Renovation, Breeze TV, May 3, 2024.
• Worth the Wait: Carrier Library memories inspire alumni to name new spaces, Madison magazine, April 30, 2024 .
• JMU, MRL Seed Library Fosters Green Thumbs Across Community, Daily News Record, April 23, 2024.
• Tips for finding study spaces leading up to finals, JMU News, April 16, 2024.
• JMU, Circuit Court Celebrates ‘Histories Along the Blue Ridge’ Award, Daily News Record, March 31, 2024.
• Photo timeline | Busy builders, The Breeze, March 28, 2024.
• Circuit court, JMU digital archive project wins state award, WMRA, March 25, 2024.
• ‘You are not alone’: ‘Butterflies for Ben’ signifies growth, beauty, hope, The Breeze, February 29, 2024.
• Opinion | The importance of student employment for JMU students, The Breeze, February 26, 2024.
• Opinion | The JMU Bookstore should rework its textbook buyback system, The Breeze, February 22, 2024.
• As Carrier construction reaches 9 months, students adapt to new norm, The Breeze, February 8, 2024.
• Photo timeline | Putting the pieces together, The Breeze, February 6, 2024.
• A Liberal Arts Legacy Fund Teacher-Scholar, JMU Arts and Letters Review, January 31, 2024.
• Author of Virginia lynching story speaks on remembering Virginia’s past, The Breeze, January 31, 2024.
• Creating Space: Be)Holding Love and Loss, JMU Arts and Letters Reivew, January 31, 2024.

2023

• Opinion | Students need more quiet study spaces on main campus, The Breeze, December 12, 2023.
• JMU students discuss final exam stress, resources to succeed, The Breeze, December 7, 2023.
• Lack of single study and dining spots fields mixed reactions from students, The Breeze, December 7, 2023.
• On to scaffolding: Dec. 5, 2023 (from the Photo Timeline), The Breeze, December 5, 2023.
• JMU Special Collections preserving College GameDay signs, WHSV-TV3, November 18, 2023.
• Hour by hour: What to expect Saturday with ESPN College GameDay, The Breeze, November 17, 2023.
• JMU Special Collections Preserves History Through GameDay Signs, Daily News Record, November 16, 2023.
• JMU makerspace offers resources to students, faculty and professors, The Breeze, November 9, 2023.
• Poetry center hosts event aimed at development of open-access curriculum, Madison Magazine, Fall 2023.
• A library of the future, Madison Magazine, Fall 2023.
• A library of the future, JMU News, October 20, 2023.
• JMU Día De Los Muertos celebration sees largest turnout yet, The Breeze TV, October 6, 2023.
• Leveraging Technology to Scale Library Research Support: ARCH, AI, and the Humanities, Internet Archive Blogs, October 3, 2023.
• An intellectual and cultural crossroads, Madison Magazine app, September 2023.
• Carrier Library through the years, Madison Magazine app, September 2023.
• A nostalgic study space, Madison Magazine app, September 2023.
• Photo timeline | Tracking the Carrier Library renovation project, The Breeze, September 28, 2023.
• ‘Grief & Belief’ JMU Faculty Talk Love And Loss, Daily News Record, September 22, 2023.
• Rockingham Circuit Court ‘Histories Along the Blue Ridge’ Project recognized with prestigious award, WHSV-TV3, September 22, 2023.
• Two projects at James Madison University honored with prestigious technology awards, Augusta Free Press, September 21, 2023.
• Laying a foundation: Sept. 20, 2023 (from the Photo Timeline), The Breeze, September 20, 2023.
• Drifters cafe provides new study spot for JMU students, The Breeze TV, September 7, 2023.
• Where to get coffee on and off campus without Carrier Starbucks, The Breeze, August 31, 2023.
• More than just logistics: Integrity of manufactured products hangs from a ‘digital thread’, JMU News, August 31, 2023.
• Gutted and illuminated: Aug. 26, 2023 (from the Photo Timeline), The Breeze, August 26, 2023.
• Where to study during the Carrier Library renovation, The Breeze, August 17, 2023.
• Editorial | JMU is changing. We’re here to cover the change — and embrace it, The Breeze, August 17, 2023.
• Construction underway: Aug. 15, 2023 (from the Photo Timeline), The Breeze, August 15, 2023.
• A new chapter for JMU Libraries, The Breeze, August 11, 2023.
• Sacred Work: Wintergreen Women Writers Collective Receives Grant To Preserve History, Daily News Record, July 21, 2023.
• Furious Flower Poetry Center hosts more than 20 scholars and poets to create an open-access curriculum, JMU News, July 17, 2023.
• Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education, WIA Report, July 17, 2023.
• Wintergreen Women Writers Collective Receives $150,000 Award from Mellon Foundation, Wintergreen Women Writers Collective, June 27, 2023.
• JMU Special Collections material in the local news, WHSV, June 25, 2023.
• History students rediscover alleged local plot to kill George Washington, JMU News, June 23, 2023.
• An alleged plot to kill George Washington in 1779 gets new scrutiny, Cardinal News, June 15, 2023.
• Wintergreen Women Writers Collective receives $150,000 award from Mellon Foundation, JMU News, June 6, 2023.
• JMU Innovation and Entrepreneurial Spaces, ShenandoahValleyLiving.com, May 2023.
• JMU Libraries work toward affordable textbook options, The Breeze, April 21, 2023.
• JMU staff uses yearbooks, scrapbooks to uncover dark parts of school history, The Breeze, February 16, 2023.
• JMU announces temporary library in preparation for Carrier renovations, The Breeze, February 15, 2023.
• Shenandoah Valley Ever Green: Winter 2023, WMRA, February 13, 2023.
• Have a need for seeds? There’s a library for that, The Harrisonburg Citizen, February 13, 2023.
• How the JMU community can honor Black history on campus and in the Valley, The Breeze, February 2, 2023.
• JMU Students Seek Affordable Textbooks, Breeze TV, January 27, 2023.
• Carrier Library renovation to begin in May, Madison Magazine, Winter 2023.

2022

• 2022: A JMU news look back, JMU News, December 19, 2022.
• Opinion | JMU’s campus needs to prioritize more study places, The Breeze, December 7, 2022.
• JMU’s Carrier Library to enter new era with $95M renovation, addition, The Winchester Star, December 5, 2022.
• Editorial: Eighteenth century deed selling Pittsburgh to colonists belongs here, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 2, 2022.
• 1749 deed shows Native Americans sold Pittsburgh for tobacco, blankets, knives and gunpowder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 2, 2022.
• JMU’s Carrier Library to enter new era with $95M renovation, addition, The Northern Virginia Daily, November 21, 2022.
• Carrier Library To Enter New Era With $95M Renovation, Addition, Daily News Record, November 18, 2022.
• JMU announces Carrier Library renovations, WHSV, November 1, 2022.
• JMU announces Carrier Library renovations, JMU News, October 18, 2022.
• Augusta County and JMU partner to digitize history records, WHSV-TV3, October 18, 2022.
• Augusta County Circuit Court enters partnership with JMU, WHSV, October 17, 2022.
• JMU Libraries prepare for Carrier renovations, The Breeze, September 15, 2022.
• Before construction: Sept. 14, 2022 (from the Photo Timeline), The Breeze, September 14, 2022.
• JMU has made the plan to renovate the historic Carrier Library official, Breeze TV, September 12, 2022.
• JMU unveils three-year renovation plans for Carrier Library, The Breeze, August 23, 2022.
• New Report: “Furious Flower Poetry Center and James Madison University Libraries Release ‘Flowerings: A Framework for Mutual Growth’”, Library Journal, August 12, 2022.
• The Furious Flower Poetry Center and JMU Libraries Publish “Flowerings: A Framework for Mutual Growth”, Surge Columbus, August 11, 2022.
• Furious Flower Poetry Center and JMU Libraries release “Flowerings: A Framework for Mutual Growth”, JMU News, August 11, 2022.
• These Old Houses: Terrell Family Donates Trove Of Research On Historic County Homes, Daily News-Record, July 29, 2022.
• A Digital Future for Black Poetry at JMU, Madison Magazine, Spring/Summer 2022.
• Opinion | Libraries should be both digital and physical, The Breeze, May 5, 2022.
• Historic display celebrates The Breeze’s centennial, The Breeze, April 7, 2022.
• Collaborative project at courthouse casts local history in modern new light, The Harrisonburg Citizen, March 25, 2022.
• For crisper class projects, collaborating with a librarian can be your gDNA, ASBMB Today, March 21, 2024.
• The Library of the Future: How the heart of the campus is transforming, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 3, 2022.
• Local Circuit Court Fuels Growing Digital Resource For Genealogists, Historians, Daily News-Record, February 19, 2022.
• JMU history students continue to add to Rockingham County historical database, WHSV-TV3, February 12, 2022.
• JMU history students continue to add to Rockingham County historical database, NBC29, February 12, 2022.
• James Madison University’s Furious Flower Poetry Center receives $2M from Mellon Foundation, Library Journal, January 24, 2022.
• Acclaimed Furious Flower Poetry Center to create living, digital archive of Black poetry’s past, present and future, The Harrisonburg Citizen, January 17, 2022.
• Local poetry center awarded $2 million grant, WHSV-TV3, January 17, 2022.
• Students learn ancient art of Buddhist printing, JMU News, January 6, 2022.
• Writer’s block: Students learn ancient art of Buddhist printing in The Makery, Madison Magazine, Winter 2022.
• By the numbers: JMU Libraries, Madison Magazine, Winter 2022.
• A digital future for Black poetry at JMU, thanks to new $2 million grant, JMU News, January 4, 2022.

2021

• Carrier and Rose libraries’ hours of operations extended, The Breeze, November 11, 2021.
• JMU librarian collects and shares vintage comic books, The Breeze, November 10, 2021.
• New book display aims to inform and start conversations about Afghanistan, The Breeze, October 7, 2021.
• Students envision an inclusive and integral Carrier Library, The Breeze, September 30, 2021.
• Storytelling through clothing: A history of women’s rights at JMU, JMU News, August 23, 2021.
• Storytelling through clothing – The 19th Amendment: A history of women’s rights at JMU, Madison Magazine, Fall 2021.
• Tiny shrews proving efficacy of JMU professors’ invention, JMU News, August 23, 2021.
• Black representation in comics, JMU News, May 26, 2021.
• 7 study spots to prepare for finals, The Breeze, April 29, 2021.

2020

• JMU Libraries battle to stay open during the coronavirus, The Breeze, August 20, 2020.
• JMU Libraries Bolsters Community Effort to Produce Personal Protective Equipment for Local Needs, JMU News, April 13, 2020.
• JMU Seed Library Offering Seed Pick Ups, Daily News-Record, April 14, 2020.
• JMU Departments Creating Partnerships To Produce PPE, Daily News-Record, April 9, 2020.
• SADAH Staff Help Create Face Shields for Medical Staff, JMU News, April 8, 2020.
• JMU industrial design class launches project to create hundreds of masks, WHSV3, April 7, 2020.
• James Madison University President: People are the most important strategic resource, ZDNet April 6, 2020.
• JMU professors switch to online teaching due to COVID-19, The Breeze, March 22, 2020.