This page includes JMU Libraries coverage by local and national media outlets. Visit our News page for JMU Libraries updates and announcements.
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.
- Despite Carrier Library closure, study spaces abound on campus, JMU News, February 7, 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.
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.
- 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.
- Madison SNP Condemnation Records Presented To County Historical Society, The MadRapp Recorder, May 18, 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.
- 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.
- JMU industrial design students leading campus effort creating face masks, CBS19 News, April 8, 2020.
- SADAH Staff Help Create Face Shields for Medical Staff, JMU News, April 8, 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.