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Kelvin Smith Library becomes sustaining member of APTrust
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 an established community involved in digital…
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Open access policy allows faculty members to retain rights to their work
The Case Western Reserve University faculty adopted the Faculty Open Access (OA) Policy last March, enabling wider dissemination of their scholarly articles. This policy allows faculty members to retain rights to openly share and reuse their work, including posting it in CWRU’s open access…
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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. Originally published as Cleveland Town Topics and Country Club…
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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, including satellite imagery…
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. 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…
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Celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday by exploring the women writers who influenced her
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…
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Welcome to your new library experience!
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…
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Why Digital Preservation Matters: KSL joins APTrust
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…
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Final Game Night of the Semester
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…
CWRU Authors Save More Than $1.1 Million in Open Access Publication Fees
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…