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Unlimited possibilities @ your library: celebrate National Library Week April 12-18
Posted April 13, 2015
(Harrisonburg, Virginia) –This week, the JMU Libraries joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week, a time to highlight the changing role of libraries, librarians and library workers. Libraries today are more than warehouses for […]
The Mystery of Our Oldest Book
Posted April 10, 2015
Catalog link De raptu Proserpinae : omni cura ac diligentia nuper impressus : in quo multa: quae in aliis hactenus deerant : ad studiosorum utilitatem : addita sunt : opus me Hercle aureum : ac omnibus expetendum … Claudianus, Claudius […]
About the Collector: The Brian Flota Comic Book Collection
Posted April 2, 2015
This is the second in a series of posts about our newest accession, the Brian Flota Comic Book Collection. Read about our first steps in processing the collection here. Dr. Brian Flota is the English Liaison Librarian here at JMU […]
Harry Potter’s World: Reniassance Science, Magic, and Medicine
Posted March 18, 2015
In 1997, British author J. K. Rowling introduced the world to Harry Potter and a literary phenomenon was born. Millions of readers have followed Harry to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he discovers his heritage, encounters new […]
Center for International Stabilization and Recovery Book Display
Posted March 18, 2015
The Center for International Stabilization and Recovery’s (CISR) Post-Conflict Recovery Week (PCRW) presents the current book display in Rose and Carrier Libraries through the end of April 2015. Please browse our displays to learn more about post-conflict recovery topics, including removing landmines; […]
New Accession: The Brian Flota Comic Book Collection
Posted March 16, 2015
This is the first in a series of posts about our new comic book collection – today we delve into the first steps: processing. Last week while the students were out on Spring Break, Special Collections and Preservation staff took […]
Now & Then: Histories of Women from the 1950s to Today
Posted March 2, 2015
“Now & Then: Histories of Women from the 1950s to Today” is the current book display in Carrier and Rose Libraries for the month of March, in celebration of National Women’s History Month. Browse through some collections of ads and […]
Dressing for Education: JMU in the Founding Years 1908-1928
Posted March 12, 2007
A Centennial exhibition, “Dressing for Education: JMU in the Founding Years 1909-1929,” runs until May 2008 in the historic lobby in the 1939 wing of Carrier Library. The display features photographs, yearbooks and ephemera from the library’s Special Collections’ JMU […]