Posted February 17, 2017

It’s the last day of Love Your Data (LYD) Week! But what if not all data is loved? Our theme today is rescuing unloved data. Legacy data can still provide valuable information, but it may require some TLC to get […]

Posted February 16, 2017

Over halfway through Love Your Data (LYD) Week! Our theme today is finding data. Re-using data is a vital part of research and data science. But how can you find good data to re-use? Your librarian can point you to […]

Posted February 15, 2017

It’s the Hump Day of Love Your Data (LYD) Week! Our theme today is good data. Good data are FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable. We’ve learned about documentation, but can you find your data? Data should be shared via […]

Posted February 14, 2017

It’s day two of Love Your Data (LYD) Week! Our theme today is documenting, describing, and defining. Good documentation confers trust because it enables replication and validation. Documentation isn’t just for other people to understand your data, it’s for you […]

Posted February 13, 2017

It’s the first day of Love Your Data (LYD) Week! Our theme today is data quality. Are you using good data? Are you creating good data? Bad data can negatively impact conclusions and have a real $$ cost. Data must […]

Posted February 9, 2017

For over sixteen years, the JMU community has submitted photographs to the Office of International Programs documenting its travels outside the U.S. and around the globe. The JMU Libraries celebrate the winners by decorating the walls of Carrier and Rose […]

Posted February 8, 2017

JMU Libraries is excited to participate again this year in #ColorOurCollections, a week-long event in which libraries and museums across the world make images from their collections freely available for anyone to color. You can learn more about this campaign […]

Posted February 6, 2017

JMU Libraries is participating in #ColorOurCollections again this year with with a collection of images sourced from the JMU yearbooks!  Download the pdf here and start coloring: JMU_Color_Our_Collections. Need more information? #ColorOurCollections is a week-long coloring fest on social media […]

Posted January 31, 2017

GEOLOGY (noun) ge-ol-o-gy: the science that deals with the Earth’s physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it. In other words: the study of the Earth. Why is Geology an important science? We live on […]

Posted January 20, 2017

On this Inauguration Day we continue to reflect on civic engagement and the importance of education, literacy, and libraries in our free and democratic society. As Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, recently noted, “Frederick Douglass said, “Once you learn to read, […]