JMU Libraries Making Headlines: Recent Features and Collaborations

Posted September 17, 2024 in JMU Libraries News

In case you missed them, here are recent stories by local media and JMU News that feature projects supported by JMU Libraries:

• Artificial intelligence: In an interview with WHSV-TV3, Libraries dean Bethany Nowviskie weighed in on JMU’s approach to artificial intelligence, citing “its potential impact… on our ability to foster our students’ critical thinking [and] their capacity for creative output, and on everybody’s collective production of new knowledge.” The AI Task Force at JMU includes 13 staff and faculty from JMU Libraries.
• Green Book house: The Daily News Record and JMU News recently covered the story of a collaboration between JMU and Eastern Mennonite University faculty members to preserve the history of the Francis House, Harrisonburg’s last remaining Green Book-listed property, a safe place for Black travelers to visit in the 1950s and early 60s. JMU Libraries is proud to support this effort.
• Open Educational Resources: This recent JMU News story features JMU Libraries’ efforts to address textbook affordability by promoting open textbooks and other open course materials.
• Carrier Renovation: A recent story by The Breeze describes the future Carrier Library, which is on track to reopen for Fall semester 2026. JMU News also published a story about major donor gifts inspired by the Carrier Library project.

Find these stories and more on our JMU Libraries in the News page.