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.

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.
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.
Creating Space: Be)Holding Love and Loss, JMU Arts and Letters Review, February 1, 2024.
A Liberal Arts Legacy Fund Teacher-Scholar, JMU Arts and Letters Review, February 1, 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 News, 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.