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Alumni scrapbook provides documentary (and physical) evidence of building’s christening
Posted June 13, 2019
A recently donated collection of alumni papers is now available for research! Pearl Haldeman Stickley’s great nephew, William M. Beck of Fredericksburg, donated his aunt’s scrapbooks to JMU Special Collections last week. The scrapbooks – full of concert and theater […]
Read with Pride
Posted June 3, 2019
Now on display in Carrier Library: Celebrate Pride Month all summer long with titles featuring LGBTQA+ characters! With colorful casts and covers, you’ll surely find a new favorite story (or two or three) to last you through beach vacations, sunny […]
Local History Celebrated in Libraries Collaborations this Spring
Posted May 22, 2019
The last few weeks of the Spring 2019 semester delivered several celebrations of projects led by JMU students relating to local Harrisonburg and Shenandoah Valley history. The Libraries assisted with key components to four of them. On April 24, 2019, […]
JMU Libraries Collaboration Project “Exploring Rockingham’s Past” Recipient of 2019 TechNite Innovation in Community Impact Award
Posted May 22, 2019
On April 29, at the Nineteenth Annual Shenandoah Valley Technology Council Awards Gala, several individuals from JMU Libraries and their project partners were recognized with the JMU College of Integrated Science and Engineering’s Innovation in Community Impact Award for their work […]
De-Stress for Success Spring 2019
Posted April 25, 2019
Can you believe it’s finals week already? Neither can we! That’s why we’re bringing back our semesterly program: De-Stress for Success. We’ve got snacks, puzzles, coloring, aromatherapy, and so much more. Check out our schedule below! Thursday, April 25 Friday, […]
Finals Week Study Room Giveaway!
Posted April 18, 2019
This year, Libraries staff are meeting students where they are during finals week… literally. We all know they are in the Libraries, so obviously that means adding in some friendly competition! On Friday, April 19, 2019, JMU Libraries social media […]
Explore Prohibition in Rockingham County
Posted April 17, 2019
A new collection of prohibition-related records will soon be on the Exploring Rockingham’s Past web site. This web site is an ongoing, collaborative, scholarly project to digitize, describe, organize, and publish collections from the Rockingham Circuit Courthouse’s substantial archival materials, which go […]
Bicycling in the Shenandoah Valley & the Rise of the SVBC
Posted April 11, 2019
Created in 2008 from a merger of the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Club (formed in 1982) and the Shenandoah Mountain Bike Club (formed in 1996), the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) envisions an active and organized cycling community in the central […]
Statement from Deans and Directors of Virginia Research Libraries on the University of California System’s Termination of Contract with Elsevier
Posted April 10, 2019
This open letter has been prepared and released by the Deans and Directors of the seven research libraries at public doctoral institutions in Virginia. It is part of an ongoing conversation about responsible stewardship of our investments in research. *********** […]
JMU Integrative Design Technology Fellowship
Posted March 26, 2019
The JMU Integrative Design Technology Fellowship is a professional development program for faculty to learn about the design and implementation of curriculum to teach in the JMU 3SPACE 3D Printing Classroom. This Fellowship is a partnership between JMU Libraries, JMU […]