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2022

• 1749 deed shows Native Americans sold Pittsburgh for tobacco, blankets, knives and gunpowder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 2, 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 has made the plan to renovate the historic Carrier Library official, Breeze TV, September 12, 2022.
• JMU Libraries prepare for Carrier renovations, The Breeze, September 15, 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