Category: JMU Libraries News

Posted October 25, 2018

All faculty, students, staff, and community members are invited to the final Special Collections Speaker Series of this semester: Local author Phel Jacobsen will speak about her new book, “I married a Park Ranger and became a Park Wife,” on […]

Posted October 24, 2018

For students, keeping up with the rapidly changing information landscape requires continuously learning new skills. Just in the past couple of years, we have experienced fake news and net neutrality changes that have altered the way we access, manage, and […]

Posted October 16, 2018

JMU Libraries recognize the importance of health literacy for our campus community. Health literacy is “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions” (Healthy […]

Posted October 8, 2018

Black Secret Technologies and Remaking of the Future In 1997, filmmaker John Akomfrah created a short film called The Last Angel of History that was a love letter to Afrocentric electronica. In it, he refers to the Blues as a […]

Posted September 26, 2018

A New Toolkit for a New Information Landscape Our goal is to introduce all entering students to the scholarly information landscape and prepare them to be critical information consumers and producers. We achieve this goal through the Madison Research Toolkit […]

Posted September 19, 2018

Yasmeen Shorish, Data Service Coordinator, and Liz Thompson, Instruction and Educational Resources Coordinator, received an $89,333 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grant. In collaboration with the Association of Research Libraries, they will convene a series of national forums to […]

Posted September 5, 2018

All students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to the first Special Collections Speaker Series of the academic year: Dr. Deborah Whaley, Professor of American Studies from the University of Iowa, will give a presentation on her recent publication Black […]

Posted September 5, 2018

JMU Libraries invites you to join us on Saturday October 27 from 10:00 a.m. until noon to celebrate 10 years of Rose Library.  Come see how Rose Library is inspiring creativity at JMU!  Staff will be on hand to answer […]

Posted September 5, 2018

JMU now has a school-sponsored membership to the Wall Street Journal, thanks to the College of Business Dean’s Office and JMU Libraries. The Wall Street Journal is a business-focused newspaper, featuring stories, photos, videos, detailed analysis and in-depth reporting of breaking news and current headlines […]

Posted August 21, 2018

Welcome (back) to campus! Here’s what you need to know about the Libraries this fall: We hope that fall semester goes well for you!  Contact us via Ask the Library or askthelibrary@jmu.edu if you have any questions about JMU Libraries.