Category: Carrier Renovation News

Posted March 1, 2024

We asked, you answered! JMU Libraries and Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance are working together to find the best study spots off campus, and here are the spaces you told us that you already love. They’re cozy spaces with access to coffee […]

Posted February 16, 2024

There comes a time in every construction project when you can begin to see the completed building. The project usually begins with drawings, site-work, and the delivery of materials. Progress can feel slow. And sometimes progress is hidden; spaces are […]

Posted February 16, 2024

If you haven’t visited our Carrier Library Renovation and Expansion site recently, you might have missed the recent photos of construction progress of the interior, including some comparison shots of the construction site next to images of Carrier Library past […]

Posted January 30, 2024

This new 46-second video offers birds-eye views of the Carrier Library renovation and expansion at four stages between May 2023 and January 2024. Check out our playlist on YouTube for more videos!

Posted January 17, 2024

We’re excited to share the second issue of the JMU Libraries Magazine, with stories about our work and successes in 2022 and 2023. This biennial magazine celebrates the students, scholars, staff, supporters, and faculty who collaborate with us and help […]

Posted December 7, 2023

3SPACE has moved from Carrier Library to Lakeview Hall room 1102, and it is now available to faculty to request for their courses. What is it? 3SPACE is the first general-education college 3D printing classroom in the U.S. It offers 3D printing access […]

Posted December 6, 2023

Here’s a riddle: How do you move 100+ staff offices, over 3,000 furniture and technology items, and a whopping 400,000 books out of a busy JMU building without disrupting the students studying there? This was the enormous task we undertook […]

Posted November 13, 2023

Did you see the images of the future Carrier Library in the Fall 2023 issue of Madison Magazine? Check out the story to see artist’s renderings of the interior and exterior and to learn more about the Carrier renovation and […]

Posted October 31, 2023

The Makery in Rose Library recently helped to bridge the gap between the past and the future of Carrier Library using the power of 3D scanning and printing technology. While preparing for the renovation of Carrier Library, the construction team […]

Posted October 24, 2023

Do you know that feeling you get when you find something you didn’t even realize was lost? It’s that mix of gratitude and delight with a dash of surprise. That’s the feeling we had in the Libraries when we uncovered the […]