Category: JMU Libraries News

Posted October 26, 2016

Upon retiring after more than three decades as a full-time JMU faculty member, Dr. William H. Ingham (Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy) donated his professional papers to JMU Special Collections in October 2013. The processed collection, Special Collections’ largest […]

Posted October 25, 2016

Celebrate American Archives Month with JMU Special Collections as JMU professors Mollie Godfrey and Seán McCarthy present Building Archives, Celebrating Local History: The Lucy Simms Project on Thursday, October 27, 4-5pm. Celebrating Simms: The Story of the Lucy F. Simms School, the […]

Posted October 13, 2016

On October 13, American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was announced as the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. This makes him the first American recipient of the Prize since Toni Morrison in 1993. You can check out Bob Dylan’s music and […]

Posted October 12, 2016

Stop by Rose or Carrier on Saturday afternoon, October 15, to meet some friendly therapy dogs! We’ll have dogs visiting outside Rose’s main entrance from 1 to 2pm. And then we’ll have dogs visiting outside Carrier’s starbucks-side entrance from 2:30 […]

Posted September 30, 2016

REMIX | Art from the Archives is a contest to inspire literal and figurative out-of-the-box ideas for cultural heritage collections. Archives aren’t just about serious research—they can be about serious (or not so serious) art! Redaction poetry, GIFs, collages, coloring pages, […]

Posted September 27, 2016

James Madison University is hosting The 1st Annual Pulp Studies Symposium: Sensational Scholarship on October 7 & 8, 2016. The deadline to registerr is September 30.  The registration fee includes dinner on Friday as well as breakfast & lunch on Saturday.  Don’t […]

Posted September 25, 2016

This week is Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of the freedom to read. Why do we celebrate this week? James Madison, for whom our university is named, is known as the “Father of the Constitution.” The first amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects freedom […]

Posted September 22, 2016

As we find ourselves in the thick of a Presidential Election cycle, we will engage conversation focusing on the role media can and should play in encouraging active engagement in civic life during and beyond elections, both nationally and closer […]

Posted September 19, 2016

Celebrate the re-opening of the historic Carrier entrance by the Centennial Fountain, as well as other space updates made in Rose & Carrier Libraries, at the Carrier Library Grand Re-Opening! All students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members are invited to this […]

Posted September 13, 2016

2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park System and the 90th anniversary of the authorization of Shenandoah National Park. To mark these events, JMU Special Collections presents Researching and Writing “Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal” on Wednesday September […]