Finals Week Study Room Giveaway!
Posted April 18, 2019
This year, Libraries staff are meeting students where they are during finals week… literally. We all know they are in the Libraries, so obviously that means adding in some friendly competition! On Friday, April 19, 2019, JMU Libraries social media […]
Explore Prohibition in Rockingham County
Posted April 17, 2019
A new collection of prohibition-related records will soon be on the Exploring Rockingham’s Past web site. This web site is an ongoing, collaborative, scholarly project to digitize, describe, organize, and publish collections from the Rockingham Circuit Courthouse’s substantial archival materials, which go […]
Bicycling in the Shenandoah Valley & the Rise of the SVBC
Posted April 11, 2019
Created in 2008 from a merger of the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Club (formed in 1982) and the Shenandoah Mountain Bike Club (formed in 1996), the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) envisions an active and organized cycling community in the central […]
Statement from Deans and Directors of Virginia Research Libraries on the University of California System’s Termination of Contract with Elsevier
Posted April 10, 2019
This open letter has been prepared and released by the Deans and Directors of the seven research libraries at public doctoral institutions in Virginia. It is part of an ongoing conversation about responsible stewardship of our investments in research. *********** […]
JMU Integrative Design Technology Fellowship
Posted March 26, 2019
The JMU Integrative Design Technology Fellowship is a professional development program for faculty to learn about the design and implementation of curriculum to teach in the JMU 3SPACE 3D Printing Classroom. This Fellowship is a partnership between JMU Libraries, JMU […]
STS Futures Lab Receives Grant with Libraries Support
Posted March 26, 2019
Drs. Emily York and Shannon Conley, faculty within Integrated Science and Technology, in collaboration with Eric Stauffer, Director of Instructional Design and Technology within JMU Libraries, received a $4,000.00 College of Integrated Science and Engineering (CISE) Faculty Development Grant. This […]
JMU Libraries Faculty Member Awarded VIVA Course Redesign Grant
Posted March 15, 2019
Dr. Christie Liu from JMU Libraries and Dr. Elizabeth Johnson from Geology and Environmental Science were awarded a Course Redesign Grant in the amount of $16,145.00 through Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA). The VIVA Course Redesign Grant’s goal is to make textbook and course […]
Beyond Opening the Doors: Accessibility in Action
Posted March 14, 2019
Now on display in Rose Library: Come celebrate JMU’s 10th annual Disability Awareness Week with us! This year’s theme, “Beyond Opening the Doors: Accessibility in Action”, focuses on going beyond simply giving access, to creating a community where inclusion of […]
The Anthropocene & Us: Navigating Humanity’s Impact on Our Planet
Posted March 14, 2019
Now on display in Carrier Library: Feminist scholar Donna Haraway, in her 2016 book Staying With the Trouble, writes that, “Bounded individualism in its many flavors in science, politics, and philosophy has finally become unavailable to think with, truly no […]
Learn More about Disability Studies!
Posted March 11, 2019
JMU celebrates Disability Awareness Week from March 25 through March 29 this year. Check out the programming coordinated by the Office of Disability Services, including a book display in Rose Library. Want to learn more about a cultural and social approach to disability? The Disability Studies […]