Category: General Collections News
Virginia’s Public Academic Research Libraries Welcome White House Guidance to Make Taxpayer-Funded Research Freely Available Without Delay
Posted December 16, 2022
Virginia’s public academic research libraries at the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University, William and Mary, George Mason University, James Madison University, and Old Dominion University welcome guidance recently released by the White House Office of Science and […]
Carrier Library Renovation and Expansion: Update on Books and Other Collections
Posted November 7, 2022
You can expect to see some changes in the library buildings this school year as we adjust furniture and collections to prepare for the start of construction. In early spring semester, we will work with professional movers to relocate these […]
Publishing an Open Access Article? You Need to Know about our APC Fund Pilot
Posted October 24, 2022
It’s International OA Week! To celebrate, we’re promoting several online OA Week events and sharing important context on our new pilot program to help faculty and staff with the costs of publishing open access articles: Why is there a fee […]
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 […]