Category: JMU Libraries News
Read Magazines for Free with Flipster
Posted February 14, 2024
Explore 65 magazines online with Flipster—no subscriptions, physical copies, or recycling needed! Read entire magazines cover to cover, including images, ads, comics, and even crosswords. You can flip through or search for something specific. To share content with others, you […]
Learn New Skills with LinkedIn Learning
Posted February 13, 2024
Have you explored the thousands of videos at your fingertips through JMU’s subscription to LinkedIn Learning? All JMU students, staff, and faculty can watch short videos or even take online courses on topics including infographics, web design, data management, leadership […]
Need Something We Don’t Have? Try Interlibrary Loan
Posted February 12, 2024
You may be familiar with Interlibrary Loan (ILL) – when you need a book, article, or another resource that’s unavailable or not part of JMU’s collection, you submit an ILL request, and we use a global network of libraries to […]
Read the Washington Post, NYT, WSJ, Chronicle Higher Ed & More
Posted February 8, 2024
Did you know that JMU faculty, staff, and students have online access to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and many other newspapers and magazines? Here are just a few of them: Looking for other news sources from the Libraries? […]
Publishing Open Textbooks at JMU: A Self-Paced Online Workshop for Faculty
Posted February 6, 2024
Faculty: Apply for a Grant to Transition to Open Textbooks & Course Materials
Posted February 2, 2024
Are you concerned about the high cost of course materials for your students? Consider applying for a grant of $4,000 to $50,000 to help reduce the costs of higher education for Virginia students by eliminating the costs of textbooks and […]
Wish You Could Relive a Great JMU Musical Moment?
Posted February 1, 2024
Maybe you can! JMU’s Music Library offers streaming access to almost all major JMU ensemble recordings from 1943 to the present! We have other music, too! Stop by the Music Library in the basement of the Music Building to browse our physical music collections. […]
JMU Day of Community Conversations Advising Conference: February 28
Posted February 1, 2024
Register by February 20, 2024 to join A Day of Community Conversations Advising Conference to be held on Wednesday, February 28, 2024! All JMU faculty and staff who serve in an advising function are invited to attend this free conference […]
New Aerial Video of Carrier Library Construction Progress
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!
African Books Collective: Thousands of Ebooks Published in Africa
Posted January 29, 2024
Exciting news for JMU! We can now access the African Books Collective (ABC) collection of about 2,000 scholarly and children’s ebooks published independently in Africa. What’s in the collection? The ABC has something for everyone, with ebooks on African culture […]