Category: JMU Libraries News

Posted March 29, 2017

Looking for more than textbooks? Check out scholarly monographs released under Creative Commons licenses, also known as Open Access Books. To find a variety of open access books, visit Knowledge Unlatched, JSTOR Open Access eBooks, OAPEN, and University of Michigan Press.

Posted March 28, 2017

Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed” according to the Open Textbook Library. To find open textbooks in your subject, visit the Open Textbook Library, OpenStax, Open SUNY Textbooks, and College Open Textbooks.

Posted March 27, 2017

In November 2016 James Madison University created a video as part of a nationwide campaign to let international students know that they are welcome on our campus. Around the same time JMU Libraries and Educational Technologies (LET) publicly affirmed our commitment to creating […]

Posted March 27, 2017

This week JMU Libraries are celebrating Open Educational Resources Week! Follow along to learn more. Open Educational Resources (OER) are “high-quality teaching, learning, and research materials that are free for people everywhere to use and repurpose” according to William & Flora […]

Posted March 20, 2017

By: Jenne Klotz We have all probably been surprised by the cost of a textbook at some point.  And we’ve probably all experienced frustration about what to do about it—we choose the best resources for our classes but we have […]

Posted February 23, 2017

Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2017Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pmLocation: Duke Hall JMuse Café, JMU School of Art, Design and Art History, and the JMU Civic Engagement Task Force present Envisioning Change: Activism in Art. This dynamic event, held in the Duke Hall Courtyard, […]

Posted February 17, 2017

It’s the last day of Love Your Data (LYD) Week! But what if not all data is loved? Our theme today is rescuing unloved data. Legacy data can still provide valuable information, but it may require some TLC to get […]

Posted February 16, 2017

Over halfway through Love Your Data (LYD) Week! Our theme today is finding data. Re-using data is a vital part of research and data science. But how can you find good data to re-use? Your librarian can point you to […]

Posted February 15, 2017

It’s the Hump Day of Love Your Data (LYD) Week! Our theme today is good data. Good data are FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable. We’ve learned about documentation, but can you find your data? Data should be shared via […]

Posted February 14, 2017

It’s day two of Love Your Data (LYD) Week! Our theme today is documenting, describing, and defining. Good documentation confers trust because it enables replication and validation. Documentation isn’t just for other people to understand your data, it’s for you […]