Kelvin Smith Library

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, including satellite imagery…

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. Originally published as Cleveland Town Topics and Country Club…

Last March, CWRU faculty adopted the Faculty Open Access (OA) Policy to provide wider dissemination of faculty’s scholarly articles. The OA Policy allows faculty members to retain rights to openly share and reuse their scholarly articles, including publicly posting their article in CWRU’s open…

Kelvin Smith Library will join worldwide events, festivals, exhibitions and performances in celebrating the 250th Birthday of Jane Austen, her enduring legacy and her continued impact on literature and culture. Allison McGreal, an MA candidate in English literature, instructs the Spring 2025…

New Library Services Platform will Go Live June 23! What you need to know! Updated: 6/18/2025 Beginning June 23, explore a modernized search platform designed to make discovering and accessing library resources more streamlined! The OhioLINK academic library consortium, which includes…

Kelvin Smith Library has been welcomed as the newest sustaining member of APTrust, a consortium that accepts digital materials in all formats from member institutions and provides high quality digital preservation storage, active monitoring, and has established a community involved in digital…

Don't miss out on the last library Game Night on Wednesday, March 26 from 7-9 PM in the Freedman Center. Whether you bring your favorite game or choose one offered by KSL, it's a perfect opportunity to take a break, enjoy some snacks, hang out with a friend, or make new ones! Register on…

In 2024, CWRU authors were able to publish 298 articles open access without paying article processing charges (APCs) through OhioLINK’s Open Access Publishing Agreements. These agreements saved authors more than $1.1 million in publication fees without adding additional costs to CWRU…

As part of Kelvin Smith Library’s software migration, faculty members are asked to request book purchases by Feb. 28, as the upgrade will temporarily pause some services this spring. Read more about the project timeline and how to submit your requests.

Are you ready to dive deeper into the world of artificial intelligence (AI)? The newly launched CWRU AI Playground developed by [U]Tech in collaboration with the AI Task Force is available to help you explore a variety of AI applications that can increase your workflow productivity and…