Events
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University Archives & Special Collections

University Archives and Special Collections are home to the records of Case Western Reserve University, and to Kelvin Smith Library’s rare books and manuscripts collections. 

 

Digital Scholarship workshop series
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship

In the Freedman Center, the Digital Scholarship Team brings expertise and technology together in support of students, faculty and staff pursuing interdisciplinary, collaborative and experimental research and learning. Attend one (or all!) of the workshops available this spring that will allow you to explore new ways to advance your scholarship.

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EXHIBIT

250 years of Jane Austen

Kelvin Smith Library, Special Collections, Hatch Reading Room, 2nd Floor

2025 is a celebration of 250 years of Jane Austen! KSL recognizes this momentous year with the exhibit Jane Austen's Library.

Save the date and join us on April 22, 2025 as KSL hosts the rare book dealer from Pawn Stars and author, Rebecca Romney, for a presentation based on her current publication, Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writer Who Shaped a Legend.

Highlights

PhD candidate uses Freedman Fellowship to integrate data and advance sustainable agriculture

Case School of Engineering PhD candidate Olatunde Akanbi’s agricultural and geospatial research synthesis involves so much data that a regular computer would crash trying to process it. Monitoring crop health and soil nutrient flows requires aggregating massive datasets,…

Student innovates with AI to bring The Cleveland Bystander to life

The Cleveland Bystander offers a fascinating glimpse into Cleveland’s high society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is now accessible online through Digital Case, the university’s platform for curated digital content.

Happy Anniversary, Faculty OA Policy!

Last March, CWRU faculty adopted the Faculty Open Access (OA) Policy to provide wider dissemination of faculty’s scholarly articles.