Category: JMU Libraries News
Centering and Celebrating Black History
Posted February 16, 2024
February is Black History Month, an opportunity to bring intentional focus to the centering and celebrating of Black history. We’ve compiled this list of local Black history resources, books, films, and other avenues to dig deeper into our local and […]
Interior Photos of Carrier Library Construction Progress
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 […]
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
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 […]