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Gradescope Bubble Sheet Replacing Scantron

Posted November 11, 2024

We are happy to share that JMU will soon offer a new and improved test scoring system to replace Scantron. Introducing: Gradescope Bubble Sheet!    Benefits: Gradescope Bubble Sheet offers a more efficient and cost-effective method for grading multiple-choice exams, saving […]

Honoring National Native American Heritage Month

Posted November 11, 2024

November is Native American Heritage Month, an opportunity to honor, celebrate, and learn. Here are 5 ways you can join the celebration: 1. Watch a movie from the Native American film collection of 302 streaming videos in Kanopy – an […]

screenshot of 4 movies from the Kanopy collection

Open & Affordable Community Forum on November 15, 2024

Posted November 11, 2024

Learn more about open and affordable textbooks, open education, and open pedagogy at the Open & Affordable Community Forum on November 15.   Register now, and join the sessions that interest you on November 15! 

You’re Invited! Honoring Día de Los Muertos in the Shenandoah Valley (Nov. 7 Event)

Posted October 23, 2024

Join us on Thursday, November 7 at 6pm in Memorial Hall to learn from and experience artistic expression related to Día de los Muertos and other Latinx cultural commemorations of loved ones. Crafting Local Commemorations: Honoring Día de los Muertos […]

6 Reasons to Add Your Work to the JMU Scholarly Commons

Posted October 21, 2024

Find out how you can increase the visibility and accessibility of your work by adding it to JMU’s institutional repository, JMU Scholarly Commons.  By adding your work to JMU Scholarly Commons: Did you know? Learn More Need help with the […]

More Ebooks at Your Fingertips Thanks to An Open Access Project Supported by JMU Libraries

Posted October 21, 2024

In 2022, the JMU community gained access to over 2,000 ebooks published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s MIT Press when JMU Libraries joined the Direct to Open (D2O) project. Since then, the JMU community has gained access to more […]

Open Access is More than Articles – It’s Books, Too!

Posted October 21, 2024

You may be familiar with open access (OA) journal articles, which are freely available to anyone, but did you know that books can also be published open access?  Open Access Week is a great time to explore how you can publish […]

Open Access Publishing Options at JMU 

Posted October 21, 2024

Did you know that publishing your work in an open access (OA) venue increases the global readership and has a positive effect on citation? At JMU, there are many ways to make your work openly available:  Contact: To learn more, […]

Open Access = Greater Impact: Insights from JMU’s Ben Selznick 

Posted October 19, 2024

In celebration of International Open Access Week (October 21-27), we interviewed JMU faculty member Ben Selznick, an associate professor in the School of Strategic Leadership Studies who has published 5 articles in open access journals.  Keep reading to find out […]

Preserving JMU Tradition: The Bluestone on the Carrier Library Renovation and Expansion

Posted October 17, 2024

Take a moment to envision JMU’s gorgeous campus. What’s the first image of our campus that comes to mind? Is it the vibrant purple and gold flower beds, the sunsets from east campus, or the iconic bluestone that gives the […]