Category: General Collections News
Funding Available for Publishing Open Access Articles
Posted October 7, 2022
JMU Libraries and JMU Research and Scholarship have launched a new pilot program to help faculty and staff with the cost of open access article publication charges (a.k.a. article processing charges or APCs). This is great news for JMU researchers […]
Collections Update: Carrier Library Renovation and Expansion
Posted October 3, 2022
On your next visit to Rose Library or Carrier Library, you may notice changes in our collections areas. We are preparing for the upcoming Carrier renovation and expansion with help from professional movers. In October, we are: Moving journal issues […]
Children’s Books Moved Back to ETMC
Posted October 3, 2022
The children’s literature, young adult literature, and teacher study books are back in the Educational Technology and Media Center (ETMC) after a temporary location change to Carrier Library to support the renovation in Memorial Hall. Our library catalog reflects the […]
Pilot Fund for Open Access Article Publication Charges
Posted August 30, 2022
The Libraries and JMU Research and Scholarship have launched a new pilot program to help faculty and staff with the cost of open access article publication charges (a.k.a. article processing charges or APCs). This is great news for JMU researchers […]
We’ve Added 2,000 More Ebooks Thanks to a New Open Access Project
Posted February 25, 2022
Explore over 2,000 ebooks from MIT Press: We are pleased to announce that the JMU community now has access to over 2,000 ebooks from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s MIT Press. JMU Libraries also helped facilitate opening the Spring 2022 title […]
New Access to Diverse Collections Thanks to Statewide Partnership
Posted February 9, 2022
We are excited to announce that the JMU community now has access to six new collections of primary source materials related to gender diversity, African American history, and Indigenous history and culture: Where did funding come from? These resources are […]
VIVA and JMU Expand Open Access Options with New Publisher Agreements
Posted November 2, 2021
Did you know that VIVA and JMU Libraries provide seamless support for some article processing charges (APCs)? This means that, as a JMU author, you have the opportunity to make your articles open access in participating journals. We have established […]
Publish Open Access Articles in Wiley Journals
Posted October 27, 2021
Soon you will be able to publish in some Wiley journals as Open Access (OA) without paying article processing charges. A new agreement, which allows you to publish original articles or review articles in Wiley’s fully gold open access journals […]
Expanded access to read and publish in Cambridge Journals
Posted April 12, 2021
JMU faculty, staff, and students can now publish in Cambridge’s open access journals without paying article processing charges, if the corresponding author on your article is from JMU. Find publishing instructions and more information in our Open Access Agreement with […]
New Access to Over 17 Million Digital Items Through HathiTrust
Posted January 26, 2021
The JMU community now has access to the HathiTrust Digital Library with over 17 million digitized books, journals, and other publications. What is HathiTrust? Founded in 2008, HathiTrust is a not-for-profit collaborative that shares and preserves millions of titles digitized […]