News

Posted April 4, 2022

Our partnership with the JMU History Department and Rockingham County Circuit Court to digitize thousands of courthouse records was covered by the Daily News Record, WHSV-TV3, NBC29, and The Harrisonburg Citizen.  Learn more about the Histories Along the Blue Ridge […]

Posted April 4, 2022

JMU is planning for an exciting renovation and expansion of Carrier Library. Hearing a wide range of student perspectives is a key part of this process. Please join an important discussion with architects and fellow students to help us envision […]

Posted March 22, 2022

JMU Librarians Carolyn Schubert, Malia Willey, and Alyssa Young were recently honored by an Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) committee for their exceptional work to create a new tutorial! Their online asynchronous tutorial, “What’s Behind a Web Search? Bias and Algorithms,” was inspired partly by […]

Posted March 21, 2022

You may have been using Techsmith Knowmia, a video platform for recording and sharing lectures online. Knowmia is being discontinued by the vendor on July 29, 2022.   Canvas Studio is JMU’s new platform for recording, storing, and sharing instructional media. […]

Posted March 16, 2022

All JMU faculty and staff are invited to join Intro to AudiAnnotate: A Tool for Transcribing and Annotating Audiovisual Content. You’ll get an overview of how JMU Libraries and Furious Flower are using AudiAnnotate, a project aimed at libraries, archives, […]

Posted March 15, 2022

We are no longer accepting applications for our Graduate Assistant (GA) positions for 2022-23. Please consider applying when future positions open up! More information about working at JMU Libraries is available on our Employment page. If you have questions about GA […]

Posted March 11, 2022

Free COVID-19 take-home self-test kits will be available to students, faculty and staff from February 28 through April 1 at Carrier and Rose libraries during regular library operating hours. Please bring your JACard to an Ask the Library desk; you will […]

Posted March 8, 2022

Posted March 5, 2022

Are you a staff member, instructor, or faculty member involved in advising students? Check out this series of hour-long conversational workshops, hosted by the Advising Resource & Collaboration Network @ JMU with support from University Advising, Academic Advising Board & […]

Posted March 3, 2022

It’s Open Education Week (March 7-11), and we’re celebrating not just because we’re excited about open education, but also because we still have a long way to go toward making education affordable and accessible at JMU and beyond. Here are […]