Highlights & News

Kelvin Smith Library’s parent and family weekend program, Tales from Tin Pan Alley: The Cover Story of Digital Sheet Music, offered the community an engaging…

Join KSL and University Health & Counseling Services on Monday, December 9, anytime from 11am to 2pm for a relaxing wellness break to recharge and destress.…

The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library has announced the recipients of the 2024–25 Freedman faculty and student fellows. The annual…

Navigating the Information Landscape: Misinformation on Social Media 

Enroll in a 3-credit course on misinformation in the digital space, taught by…

Learn more about an exhibit, contest, and the University Archives.

Homecoming and Alumni Weekend…

Kelvin Smith Library will host a visit with therapy dogs on Monday, December 2, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the first floor.

Build a study break into…

Join the Kelvin Smith Library on Wednesday, November 6 from 7pm - 9pm in the Freedman Center for a celebration of International Games Month!

This year,…

Don't let your upcoming assignments scare you! Come see the KSL librarians in the Cramelot Cafe on Wednesday, October 30 from 5 - 6:30 p.m.

Librarians…

Visit KSL in your costume on Oct. 31 for a chance to win one of five $25 Amazon gift cards! 

Calling all CWRU students! Dress your spookiest, your…

Join us for Being an Informed Voter in the 2024 Election and Beyond Workshop 

How do you make an informed decision as a voter in today’s current…

Kelvin Smith Library’s Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship will host three tours during CWRU’s Innovation Week 2024. 

Tuesday, October 29th from…

Kelvin Smith Library is your partner in research & engagement, instruction, and digital scholarship!

Collection Access…

Visit the CWRU Democracy Fellows table at Kelvin Smith Library for your voting needs on Monday, Sept 30, from 2 to 3 p.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 2, from 12:45 to 1:…

Case Western Reserve University libraries and the OhioLINK Consortium are upgrading their library services platforms (LSP) in June 2025 to Ex Libris Alma/…

Join us on September 18, 2024 at 4 PM for a celebration of CWRU Faculty and Staff authors and editors with special guest, Joy K. Ward, Provost and Executive Vice…

Graduate students: enter the lottery to receive your own desk in KSL Case Western Reserve University graduate students are encouraged to apply for the Kelvin…

Join us on Wednesday, October 2nd at 7PM and learn to play Lotería - a traditional game of chance similar to bingo. There will be prizes (swag and gift cards)…

KSL Features Book Pop-up On the first floor of KSL, browse and borrow librarian-selected titles representing authors from and…

Explore the possibilities of digital scholarship through a series of library workshops this Fall R, Python, ArcGIS, Constellate, Census Data, Open Access!…

Help us welcome the Kulas Music Collection to its new location within Kelvin Smith Library!

Join us on Friday, September 27 at Noon for an opening…

Join us on Thursday, September 12th, 2024, at Kelvin Smith Library for Generative AI & Information Literacy Day. This event is perfect for educators,…

Here's a few things to know about KSL as we begin a new academic year!

Collections of books, electronic resources, and more!  At Kelvin Smith…

Join Kelvin Smith Library for the traditional start-of-the-semester Trivia Night on Wednesday, September 4 from 7 to 9pm in the Lower Lever Classroom (LL-06…

Kelvin Smith Library is now accepting course reserve requests for the fall 2024 semester. Accepted materials include books and audiovisual materials (DVDs, Blu-…

In Kelvin Smith Library’s Hatch Reading Room, you will find on display four plates from the collection of John James Audubon's Birds of America. These plates are…

KSL Features Book Pop-Up On the first floor of KSL, find librarian-selected fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, and traditional titles that highlight LGBTQIA+…

SAVE THE DATE!

September 18, 2024 at 4PM Kelvin Smith Library, Freedman Center Collaboration Commons

Save the date for a celebration of CWRU…

The Freedman Fellows Program is now accepting applications from full-time faculty for the 2024-2025 academic year. 

The Freedman Fellows Program,…

As we commemorate Juneteenth, join Kelvin Smith Library in reflecting on the ongoing journey towards freedom for all people, equality and knowledge. 

Check out some library resources that can help you into the future:

CWRU Alumni Library Accounts Kelvin Smith Library and…

Join us on Tuesday, May 14 in KSL's Freedman Center Collaboration Commons, to celebrate the 13th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)!

Hosted by…

Maximize your success during finals week with extended library hours and resources.

Extended library hours From today until May 9th, KSL will be open 24…

Recent alumnus Samuel Nemeth, PhD (GRS ‘24, musicology), spent nearly 3 ½ years writing his dissertation titled, “‘Ces Magnifiques Instruments: Sound, Power, and…

Join KSL and UH&CS for a finals wellness break. There will be food, a make your own tea bar, rock painting, chair massages, coloring, socializing , and more…

Explore the university’s rich history through digitized yearbooks, images, and commencement activities in the online archives and a special pop-up exhibit. From…

Congratulations to the winners of the Kelvin Smith Library's Student Book Collecting Contest!

The winners were:

First place, graduate students:…

Join Kelvin Smith Library, Flora Stone Mather, and Arianna Papai, painting student at the Cleveland Institute of Art, for a blackout poetry crafting event on…

You've almost made it to the end of the semester! Take a break at the Kelvin Smith Library on Monday, April 22 anytime from 12:30 - 2:00 p.m to visit with…

Publisher's Symposium - April 5, 2024

Hear directly from publishers at Springer Nature, Elsevier, IEEE, and more!

Join us on Friday, April 5th…

As a spatial epidemiologist, Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor Jacqueline Curtis, PhD, collects and looks for geographic patterns in disease,…

April 22, 2024 from 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Kelvin Smith Library, Freedman Center Collaboration Commons

You’re Invited to the Freedman Fellows Forum!

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An innovative collaboration of the classics, art history and computer science showcases the shared goals of three Kelvin Smith Library student employees to…

We are delighted to announce the exceptional winners of our 5th Art of STEM Competition, where creativity and scientific exploration converged spectacularly!…

Are you working on a research project or paper and need to find information sources? You don’t have to go it alone! KSL has librarians who are trained to work…

Check out the many ways KSL is celebrating Women's History Month!

Read Aloud Tuesday, March 26 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the KSL Art Gallery

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Want to avoid the stress of an all-nighter and stay ahead on your upcoming assignments? Come join us on Wednesday, March 6 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Cramelot…

CWRU Students who have built a collection of 10-50 books based on a theme are encouraged to enter a book collecting contest sponsored by Kelvin Smith Library.…

African American Studies Research Guide On this guide, find links and collections for reference works, primary and secondary sources, scholarly journals, news,…

Gain insights into the publishing process during library workshops this spring!

The Early Career Research, Visibility, and Publishing Series continues…

Black Voices in Special Collections features books and archival materials from Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections spanning different genres, periods, and…

Beginning Jan. 1, Case Western Reserve University’s network of libraries now has agreements with Elsevier and Springer Nature—through OhioLINK—increasing…

CWRU's University Libraries received the 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, the largest and…

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 from 7 to 9 pm in KSL's LL06 classroom.

Gather your friends and join us for our first Game Night event of the Spring Semester…

In 2021, Case Western Reserve University’s Kelvin Smith Library acquired the archive from Karamu House, the oldest African-American producing theater in the…

Faculty, staff, and students now have access to all journal titles from Taylor & Francis - adding over 2,000 new online journal titles to the CWRU Libraries…

Kelvin Smith Library will offer a Digital Scholarship Workshop Series this spring to…

Each year, Case Western Reserve University honors Martin Luther King, Jr.—the holiday, the man and the legacy—with a celebration that includes a range of…

Join us for a variety of de-stress events, dedicated relaxation spaces, and online resources at Kelvin Smith Library.

Therapy Dogs …

Kelvin Smith Library presents the 5th edition of the Art of STEM Competition and Exhibit that showcases scientific work through creative visuals and explanations…

Case Western Reserve University has launched a new research data website to help researchers gather, and find resources to measure, analyze, preserve and…

Since Kelvin Smith Library opened its doors in 1996, the Case Western Reserve University’s undergraduate population has grown by 79.5% and technology used for…

To celebrate LGBTQ History Month, KSL and the university’s LGBT Center invited the community to make zines (taken from “magazine”). Participants learned about…

The library’s annual Homecoming and Reunion Week programming included a talk about one of the world’s most popular beverages, tea. Beth Schreibman Gehring,…

The library celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, with a read-aloud session. The event was held in collaboration with the Office for Diversity…

The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library has announced the recipients of the 2023–24 Freedman faculty fellows. The annual fellowship…

Case Western Reserve University graduate students are encouraged to apply for the Kelvin Smith Library study carrel lottery. The study carrels offer a space to…

Designed to support graduate and PhD students, postdocs, and everybody else interested in publishing, this series provides insight into successfully navigating…

Kelvin Smith Library has partnered to instruct two, for-credit courses in Spring 2024 taught by KSL Librarians. Both classes will take place in KSL and address…

Kelvin Smith Library shared the The Many Faces of Wonderland, a special collections exhibit curated by Arnold Hirshon, retired CWRU Vice Provost and University…

Kelvin Smith Library is introducing a new feature this fall - the Zen Zone, located on the first floor near Cramelot Cafe. This area is specifically designated…

Digital Case is Case Western Reserve's online source for curated digital content about the University: photographs and audio recordings from University Archives…

Explore Kelvin Smith Library's four floors, miles of movable shelving, and over 900 seats to find YOUR space. We want to see any area in which you might feel…

Gather your friends and join us for our first Game Night event of the academic year...Trivia! 

Bring a team of up to six people, or be matched with…

Kelvin Smith Library is open 24 hours a day, 5 days a week during the academic year. Find cozy armchairs, supportive desk chairs, individual study, quiet areas,…

Drawings of Robert Duncan O'Neill Reading Room Walls, KSL 2nd Floor Currently on display through August 2023

Robert Duncan (1919-1988) was one of the…

Faculty Freedman Fellowships are open to all current full-time CWRU…

Learn from Scholarly Communication & Copyright Librarian, Karen Caputo, about the proposed Faculty Open Access (OA) Policy being considered by the Faculty…

Scholarly Commons @CWRU, an online archive that provides access to scholarly output from Case Western Reserve University, has reached an impressive milestone of…

The online scholarly presence of a scholar is built with information coming from multiple sources. Take control of your online presence by curating selected…

Join us for the opening of VIBE, an exhibition by the talented painting student, DeAnne Smith studying at the Cleveland Institute of Art. DeAnne's acrylic works…

Kelvin Smith Library celebrated National Library Week 2023 by hosting a Six Word Story Contest with the theme, "There's More to the Story..." Over 100 CWRU…

Kelvin Smith Library invites you to celebrate National Library Week 2023 with the theme of ‘There's More to the Story,' suggesting that your campus library is so…

When David Rothenberg, PhD, professor and chair of Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Music, teaches classes about early music history he often…

Leading a Commercially Successful Company with a Social Mission

Join us on Wednesday, April 26, 4 - 6 PM for the Case Western Reserve University…

As we're winding down the semester, take a break and join DeAnne Smith, Cleveland Institute of Art painting student, and Kelvin Smith Library in a pop-up…

Join us for the last session of the Graduate Student Publishing Series this Wednesday, April 12 from 4 - 5 p.m. in the Freedman Center Collaboration Commons…

HoloUniversity (HoloU) is a collaboration between UTech, the Interactive Commons (IC), and the Kelvin Smith Library (KSL). Collectively, we work together to…

Kelvin Smith Library and the Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship (SAGES) program are helping students navigate and decipher social media and…

Braided Memories is on display in the Kelvin Smith Library Art Gallery through April 21, 2023. A unique collaboration between Chilean Jewish poet Marjorie Agosín…

Join KSL for the last game night of the Spring Semester on Wednesday, April 5 from 7 - 9 p.m. in the Freedman Center!

Bring your favorite game or play…

Founded in 1963, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program offers rigorous, hands-on training in statistics,…

Join us Tuesday, April 4 from 4 - 5 PM in the Dampeer Room at Kelvin Smith Library for Exploring queer-trans intimacy, disability aesthetics, and community…

Green Open Access (OA) or self-archiving allows authors to openly share their scholarship regardless of whether they published their work open access.  Many…

The ILiADS (Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship) Steering Committee welcomes proposals for the eighth Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship!…

Join Chilean Jewish poet Marjorie Agosín and Chilean Jewish photographer Samuel Shats for refreshments and the multimedia exhibit, Braided Memories, in which…

Avoid the stress of an all-nighter and get ahead on your upcoming assignments with the help of KSL librarians in the Freedman Center Collaboration Commons on…

History of Cleveland's Chinatown documentary screening & Faces of Chinatown exhibit reception

Wednesday, February 22 4:30 - 7:00 PM

We invite…

Join Kelvin Smith Library in celebrating Black History Month!

Our Voices: Stories From Black Authors

Wednesday, February 22, 3:00-4:00 PM in the…

You may have heard the phrase “publish or perish” in relation to academia, but it can be difficult to know where to begin in the world of publishing. This series…

Case Western Reserve University’s Department of English will host several events with award-winning author Garth Greenwell as the 2023 Stonum Writer-in-Residence…

In partnership with the Office of Faculty Development, CWRU's new faculty members are invited to attend a brief orientation/tour of Kelvin Smith Library. Members…

Join Kelvin Smith Library in commemorating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a showing of the documentary film:

King in the…

Gather your friends and join us for the popular KSL Trivia Game Night! Create a team of up to six people, or we'll match you up with a group when you arrive.…

This past year marked the 50th anniversary of our Special Collections department. The unique collections of rare books, manuscripts, and fine and performing arts…

KSL is extending hours during finals! 

Beginning on Sunday, December 11, KSL will be open 24 hours until Wednesday, December 21 for the last day of…

Take a wellness break with therapy dogs at KSL!

Back by popular demand the K9 Caring Angels Therapy Dogs are returning to KSL. These certified dogs and…

Join KSL for an end of the semester craft activity featuring art, fate, food, and giveaways! 

In response to National Human Rights Month and World…

Participate in the KSL Online Entrepreneur Challenge!

Check out our Entrepreneurship@CWRU online research guide and learn some new resources in a variety…

How do you take your research data to the next level? Consider exploring GIS! (Geographic Information Systems)

The Kelvin Smith Library is celebrating…

Kelvin Smith Library held its annual Library Resources Lab on Wednesday, Sept. 28 in Nord Hall.

Attendees experienced the library’s best resources and…

Join KSL on November 2, 7-9 p.m. in the Freedman Collaboration Commons for the first International Games Month!

International Games Month is an…

Beat the post-break blues with free pizza and get ahead on your upcoming assignments! 

On Wednesday, November 2 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., connect with…

In the last blog post, we discussed Open Access (OA) and OA Week. In this and following posts throughout the week, we will dive deeper into this year’s theme,…

In the last blog post, we discussed the connections between climate justice and open access (OA). In the following  post, we will provide resources…

In the last blog post, we discussed climate justice. In the following  post, we will discuss how climate justice relates to Open Access (OA) and the…

OA Week (October 24-30, 2022) is a time to bring together individuals and communities across the globe to participate in OA…

CWRU Alumna Shares Tapestry Expertise with Library Audience

Case Western Reserve University alumna Julia LaPlaca (GRS ‘19, art history and museum studies…

Join KSL's Game Night as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Loteria - a traditional game of chance similar to bingo - on Wednesday, October 5 from 7-9 PM…

A big THANK YOU to everyone who entered the Picture Yourself in KSL photo contest and helped make it a success! We are pleased to announce our winner of an…

Kelvin Smith Library recognizes and supports our researchers on campus and will be hosting activities that highlight the ways in which peer review contributes to…

Improve your H-Index, shape your reputation, and find new opportunities to collaborate with other peers by learning advanced tips on how to get the most out of…

Kelvin Smith Library invites the campus community to its annual Library Resources Lab on Wednesday, September 28, from 12 pm to 3:30 pm in Nord Hall 356. …

Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) has a lot to offer to help make your first year successful!

Contact your Library Advisor to help answer questions, assist you…

KSL offers monthly game nights throughout the academic year.

This year, we're kicking off the semester with Trivia Night on Wednesday, September 7, 2022…

Beginning Monday, August 29, 2022, KSL will offer study spaces throughout the first floor of the building all night long - Sunday through Thursday nights. If you…

On Aug. 22, 1,550 first-year students and their families visited Kelvin Smith Library to attend the Information Fair, one of the first events during new student…

You're officially alumni! Take KSL on your personal lifelong learning journey and apply for your alumni card today.

Benefits include access to valuable…

The Freedman Student Fellowship program will provide undergraduate and graduate students the ability to partake in an internship or grant track. Applications…

The Freedman Fellows Program supports and funds full-time, board-appointed, tenured or tenure-track faculty, and clinical research faculty, at the rank of…

Founded in 1963, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program offers rigorous, hands-on training in statistics,…

Want to learn how to navigate the challenges of reading and writing in STEM fields? 

The Writing Resource Center and Kelvin Smith Library are…

Join Kelvin Smith Library for presentations by the 2021–22 Freedman Fellows recipients during its annual forum Tuesday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to noon in the…

Due to ongoing delivery issues, OhioLINK will change CWRU's campus libraries delivery provider. There are important points to be aware of as you plan for library…

Congratulations to our Kelvin Smith Library staff members for their recent notable achievements: Daniela Solomon, research services librarian for chemistry and…

An opening reception and awards ceremony will be held Wednesday, March 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Kelvin Smith Library, to celebrate winners of the Art of STEM…

On Jan. 1, 2022, Kelvin Smith Library welcomed Yolanda Cooper as vice provost and Lindseth Family University Librarian. For more information, please read the…

October is here, which means it's time to celebrate Open Access Week (OA Week).  Each year's OA Week is guided by a theme, and this year focuses on…

KSL's hours have been extended to 2 am for midterms beginning Monday, October 11 - Friday, October 15 for all current CWRU ID holders.

Go here for more…

Karamu House, the nation’s oldest African American producing theatre and cultural arts center, is donating its archives to Kelvin Smith Library for preservation…

Stop by Kelvin Smith Library's Art Gallery located on the first floor near Cramelot Cafe and view an exceptional exhibit from seven artists within the Cleveland…

Join Kelvin Smith Library as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary with a series of events throughout the fall semester. We kick off the celebration with…

Kelvin Smith Library will reopen to the public for in-person use Thursday, July 1. Non-CWRU guests must show identification to enter the building and masks will…

For the first time, a collection of posters from Intersections has been added to Digital Case, Case Western Reserve’s online source for curated digital…

Congratulations to Mark Clemente on his Staff Diversity Excellence award from Case Western Reserve University's Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal…

The Freedman Fellows Program is now accepting applications from full-time faculty and students for the 2021-2022 academic year. Since its inception the program…

Join us for an informative webinar featuring Jessica Lipowski and Karen Shrayer, Publishing Editors at SAGE Publishing as they break down each step of the…

As part of the CWRU Department of Music's graduate seminar on medieval chant and liturgy, Rosemary Heredos, a doctoral student in the CWRU Historical…

In case you missed it...

KSL is delighted to share with you the recording of our recent book collecting event that took place on April 13. Rebecca Romney…

Please join us for presentations by the 2020-2021 Freedman Fellow recipients. The forum will occur in two shorter, thematic zoom sessions to be held Wednesday,…

Have you ever thought to yourself "Why isn't there more information on my favorite topic in Wikipedia?" Now is your chance to fix a gap in a Wikipedia article!…

Campus faculty and staff are invited to join in celebration of scholarly books published by CWRU authors in 2019 and 2020 in a virtual event Thursday, April 22,…

The Faculty Senate Committee on University Libraries and the four University Libraries invite CWRU faculty to participate in a campus forum about a possible…

Kelvin Smith Library will present "Mythbusting Book Collecting" with Rebecca Romney, a rare book dealer, appraiser, author and specialist on the HISTORY Channel'…

On Wednesday, February 24, Anastasia Tsang, a student assistant at KSL, wrote a blog post on the library as part of an Instagram takeover with CWRU Undergraduate…

Welcome back to the Kelvin Smith Library! Our highest priorities are to ensure your health and safety and to provide a warm,…

As part of the Engineering Week (E-Week) activities, the KSL Challenge dared students to test their research skills with ten engineering source-related questions…

Join the KSL challenge to celebrate Engineering Week (E-Week)! 

February 24; 9am - 7pm

Challenge your research skills by answering ten…

GIS Day is an annual event for students, staff, faculty and the broader community to learn more about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and to celebrate the…

The Walter Freedman and Karen Harrison Freedman Student Fellowships give undergraduate and graduate students funding to complete targeted digital projects under…

Take a study break and join Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) for a special edition of Virtual Game Night featuring trivia Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. Trivia night will…

Join the Kelvin Smith Library for a Virtual Library Resources Lab on Wednesday, September 23 from 1 to 3 p.m. The Virtual Library Resources Lab will feature…

Join Kelvin Smith Library in celebrating all CWRU peer reviewers during the Peer Review Week!

Peer Review Week is a yearly global event celebrating the…

The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library is now accepting applications for Digital Scholarship Grants for the 2020-2021 academic year…

The Walter Freedman and Karen Harrison Freedman Student Fellowships provide funding for undergraduate and graduate students to complete targeted, digital…

This information applies only to Kelvin Smith Library. The service information may vary for the other campus libraries (Health Sciences, Law, and Mandel School…

Kelvin Smith Library is pleased to announce that starting Monday, July 27 until Friday, August 14, we will offer a temporary lobby pickup service for…

As of May 15, 2020, KSL will begin licensing Kanopy films on a title-by-title basis, as a more cost effective model for providing this service.

Please…

Your KSL Research Services Librarian is available to assist with library resources and any of your research needs! Check out the following list of answers…

On Monday, May 18, 2020, the CWRU Library catalog (catalog.case.edu) is being upgraded to new servers. The upgrade will take a majority of the day to complete,…

The Kelvin Smith Library's Student Book Collecting Contest is one that we look forward to each year, and are excited to learn about the collections the entrants…

The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship is now accepting applications for the 2020-2021 Freedman Fellows Program…

Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library is seeking to document the personal experiences of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and other…

Congratulations to the winners of the 3rd Annual Art of STEM Competition! We had an enthusiastic response with seventy-one submissions. All entries can be viewed…

By Erin Smith, research services librarian for the humanities

Hello from Kelvin Smith Library! The semester is well underway, and now is a good time to…

Students who have built a collection of 10-50 books based on a theme are encouraged to enter a book collecting contest sponsored by Kelvin Smith Library. Winners…

Join us for a dialogue on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm in Kelvin Smith Library's Dampeer Room located on the second floor.

The Bamileke…

Join us in the Freedman Center on Thursday, February 13th from 3:30-4:30 pm to meet the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship Team and a few of this year's…

Come experience virtual reality with the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship team in our dedicated VR space located on the first floor of KSL! …

Tuesday, February 4, 2020; 12:30 – 2:00 pm Kelvin Smith Library, 2nd floor, O’Neill Reading Room

Frederick Douglass was a Martin Luther King, Jr. of the…

There's still time to participate in the Art of STEM competition! Look at science and research from an artistic angle and share its inherent beauty with the…

This is the exhibits article type.  It works just the same as a regular news article.  You can add a gallery of images to the bottom, and you must tag…

Brian C. Gray, special project officer at Kelvin Smith Library, and E. Gail Reese, public engagement services and library administration associate director, co-…