Category: JMU Libraries News
Learning Access Through Universal Design (LAUD) Honored with a Commonwealth Technology Award
Posted October 2, 2023
The Learning Access Through Universal Design (LAUD) project recently received a Commonwealth Technology Award! LAUD blends a self-paced course with seminars for JMU faculty who want to apply fundamental principles of universal design for learning (UDL) to their teaching for […]
Try Open Textbooks (And Apply by Oct. 6 for $200 Stipend)
Posted September 28, 2023
Instructors: it’s textbook adoption time! The deadline to nail down your Spring 2024 textbook choices with the bookstore is October 15. Want to try open textbooks? They offer a more affordable alternative for students without compromising on quality. How to get […]
If You Can Dream It, You Can Make It: A Shoe Story
Posted September 13, 2023
What does it mean for JMU that all students, faculty, and staff can use cutting-edge technologies like 3D printers, laser cutters, and 3D scanners in The Makery, a makerspace in the Libraries? For Industrial Design major Quinn Gagne, it meant […]
Aerial Footage of Carrier Library Construction Progress
Posted September 12, 2023
Curious to see how construction on Carrier Library is coming along? Check out this before-and-after aerial video of the project site from mid-May to early August! Want more construction updates? Check out the construction site camera for photos taken at […]
Feature Friday: Meet Our Newest Librarians
Posted September 8, 2023
Meet our newest librarians: Liana Bayne-Lin and Kathryn Eckler recently joined our team as liaison librarians to College of Science & Mathematics students, faculty, and staff. JMU’s liaison librarians are experts at finding, using, and sharing information relevant to their […]
New Canvas Tools to Enhance Teaching & Learning
Posted September 5, 2023
As previously announced, we have added new tools to Canvas this year. You can enable them in Canvas to start exploring how they can enhance student learning and streamline your teaching tasks: How to enable them? Instructors can choose which […]
Be)Holding Love & Loss: An Interdisciplinary Arts and Humanities Series on Grief
Posted August 30, 2023
What is it to love another, in this life and beyond? When we lose the people we love, can that love somehow keep them alive? Might those we grieve be nearer than we think, just—as it were—on the other side […]
New Tools to Support Teaching and Learning at JMU
Posted August 29, 2023
We’re excited to introduce a range of innovative educational technology tools at JMU that can enhance teaching and learning: We are here to help instructors integrate these tools into your teaching! To get started, you can: Finished designing your fall […]
Carrier Construction Update (8/21/23)
Posted August 21, 2023
Construction on Carrier Library is progressing on schedule! New images: We’re excited to share photos of the construction progress on our website, where you’ll also find a link to the site camera from the construction team! This recent construction photo […]
Newest Video About the Future Carrier Library
Posted August 14, 2023
Get a preview of the future Carrier Library in this 47-second video about the Carrier Library renovation. For more info, check out our Carrier Renovation website (which just won another award!).