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Celebrate 20 years of the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship

On Friday, Sept. 25, you're invited to our anniversary celebration, an afternoon packed with hands-on technology demonstrations, Freedman Fellow presentations, a retrospective digital exhibit, and more. RSVP on CampusGroups to save the date and check out the program and featured faculty presenters.

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Your voice matters at the library: join the Student Advisory Committee

Share your ideas and perspectives on our spaces, services, resources, and more by joining the KSL Student Advisory Committee. Fill out the interest form by Sept. 30 and help us to continue to improve the student experience at KSL.

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Building a Legacy: Cleveland Play House & CWRU Connection

This homecoming weekend, hear from alumnus Alexandru Zaharia and the Cleveland Play House about the nearly century-long partnership between CPH and CWRU. Enjoy refreshments and learn the unique history of CPH’s many buildings, including the 77th Street Theater and its significance to theater history.

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Celebrate CWRU's bicentennial with a history of the libraries

KSL's exhibit, Backstory: The Libraries of CWRU, explores the evolution of library collections, buildings, and the people who have supported the intellectual heart of the university. View the digital exhibit.

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Download the CWRU libraries app

Viewing your library account, searching our collections, and getting expert help has never been easier. Download the OhioLINK Libraries app on the Apple and Google Play stores today.

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Roman Coin exhibit in Special Collections

After more than fifty years, the KSL Special Collections Coin Collection is back on display. See historic coins from ancient Antioch that made their way to Cleveland, now on view on the second floor in the Hatch Reading Room.

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University Archives & Special Collections

For the first time in over fifty years, one of CWRU’s oldest collections is back on display. The Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections Coin Collection holds over three hundred coins spanning 600 years of ancient history, and a small group of historic coins from the modern era. Ancient Antioch to Contemporary Cleveland reintroduces the collection through the coins of the ancient city of Antioch and their journeys to Cleveland in the 19th century. On view now in the Henry R. Hatch Reading Room, located on the second floor.

 

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The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship

The Freedman Center is 20! In Fall 2026, join us for workshops on digital scholarship topics like open-source AI, working in virtual reality, and using ArcGIS. We are hosting a celebration for the Center in September. All students who attend a workshop or other Freedman Center event will be entered to win Starbucks gift cards and other prizes. Each workshop is another entry.

The Freedman Center supports technology-enabled research, teaching, and learning at CWRU. Learn more about the Freedman center at this link.

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Celebrating CWRU's 200th Birthday!

In 2026, we celebrate CWRU's 200th birthday. For the 150th birthday, or sesquicentennial celebration of the founding of Western Reserve College in 1826, CWRU created heraldic banners representing CWRU's schools from its past. Nine of these have been replicated and are on display in the central staircase of Kelvin Smith Library. 

Exhibits on View

Highlights

  • Hand holding a phone with the OhioLink Libraries app at Kelvin Smith Library.
    Download the new Case Western Reserve University libraries app
    September 14, 2026
    The libraries of Case Western Reserve University are now available on the OhioLINK Libraries app, which provides access to library information, services and resources. With the new app, users can:View your library account: See checkouts, holds and loan limits for borrowed materials;Search our…
  • The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library.
    The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship: 20 years of innovation
    September 10, 2026
    Celebrate two decades of discovery at Case Western Reserve University's Kelvin Smith Library with digital scholarship workshops and an afternoon of programming.
  • Three side-by-side-by-side school photos of Andrew Mancuso in elementary school, Phaedra Norrell in high school and Brock Schroeder in high school
    A blast from the past: See nostalgic school photos of CWRU faculty and staff
    September 10, 2026
    Case Western Reserve University is home to faculty and staff who play critical roles in helping students grow and prepare for careers of their own.But before they arrived at CWRU, those faculty and staff had years of education of early learning that shaped who they are and how they landed in their…
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