Category: JMU Libraries News

Posted December 9, 2020

JMU faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (or those with expertise in these disciplines) are invited to write a review of an online textbook or other open educational resource (OER) to receive a $249 honorarium from VIVA, Virginia’s […]

Posted December 4, 2020

Before Shenandoah National Park was founded, these lands were home for generations of Virginians. Some families lived on the same land for 250 years.  In the 1930s, over 2,000 people in eight counties in Virginia were removed from the land […]

Posted November 20, 2020

With this week’s feature, we’re shining the spotlight on Yasmeen Shorish, who is working hard to protect our privacy, promote open access to information, and help us consider publishing rights. Through dual roles, Yasmeen helps to promote equity and inclusion […]

Posted November 17, 2020

Access and support for RefWorks will end on October 1, 2020. You will be able to export your RefWorks citations until November 30, 2020.  Try Zotero: JMU Libraries recommends Zotero as an alternative to RefWorks, and we will offer support […]

Posted November 17, 2020

As Libraries Dean Bethany Nowviskie shared with the Faculty Senate earlier this year, JMU is in negotiations with Elsevier, one of the world’s largest and most profitable academic publishers. A revision to our Elsevier contract is on a faster-than-expected timeline due […]

Posted November 17, 2020

The JMU Libraries building hours during JMU’s Thanksgiving holiday will be: Day JMU Libraries Hours Friday, November 20 7:30am to 5:00pm Saturday, November 21 Closed Sunday, November 22 Closed Monday, November 23 1:00pm to 5:00pm Tuesday, November 24 1:00pm to […]

Posted November 13, 2020

In March of this year, JMU faculty were faced with an unimaginable task. They needed to move all their courses online in a week and a half so that students could leave campus in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Faculty […]

Posted November 6, 2020

Carolyn joined JMU Libraries in 2011. She became Interim Director of Research & Education Services in 2017, and in 2020 this role became permanent.  As Director of Research & Education Services, Carolyn leads our team of liaison librarians to each […]

Posted November 3, 2020

If you store Zoom recordings using Zoom’s cloud storage, please note that a 60-day limit has been set to ensure JMU stays within its institutional storage quota for Zoom. This means that your Zoom recordings will be automatically deleted 60 […]

Posted October 30, 2020

Professor Gianluca De Fazio (Justice Studies) has worked with JMU Libraries since 2017 to build a digital history project on lynching in Virginia – Racial Terror: Lynchings in Virginia. The resulting website acts as an essential, ongoing database of lynchings […]