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Reporting the Truth in a Post-Truth World

On Sept. 8, join us in the Freedman Center from 12-1 p.m. for a conversation with journalists and leaders from CWRU and Cleveland about the realities of reporting today and adapting to technological change. See the CampusGroups event page for featured panelists and submit questions ahead of time for our speakers.

Instagram Follow Contest. Enter by September 8 and win a $25 Dunkin' gift card.

Enter our Instagram follow contest

Follow @KelvinSmithLibrary on Instagram and comment on our pinned contest post by Sept. 8 to enter to win a $25 Dunkin' gift card! For alternate entry options other than Instagram or social media, check out the full contest rules.

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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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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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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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Learn more about KSL's AI research assistant

Introducing Scite, an AI-powered research assistant with access to scholarly literature. Learn more about Scite.

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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 has been relaunched with a new space, new services, and new equipment. Our staff assists with everything from helping you find what software is on our computers to advising on initial project consultations, partnering on digital projects, and providing guidance on best practices in research data management and open-access scholarship. 

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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

  • The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library.
    The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship: 20 Years of Innovation
    September 14, 2026
    Celebrate two decades of discovery at Kelvin Smith Library and Case Western Reserve University with digital scholarship workshops and an afternoon of programming.
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    Join Kelvin Smith Library's Student Advisory Committee this fall
    August 28, 2026
    The Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) is recruiting Case Western Reserve University undergraduate and graduate students to serve on its Student Advisory Committee and partner with the library to share feedback, ideas and perspectives on its resources, services, spaces, tools and expertise.The committee…
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    2026 open access limit reached for Wiley journals
    August 21, 2026
    Case Western Reserve University’s open access (OA) publishing agreement with Wiley through OhioLINK has reached its annual limits. APC coverage is no longer available under the Wiley agreement in 2026. Due to changes in Wiley's procedures, this process differs from previous years:For Wiley’s fully…
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