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Kepler at 450: An Interdisciplinary Celebration
The Kelvin Smith Library 25th anniversary event series concludes with "Kepler at 450: An Interdisciplinary Celebration," a two-day event that includes music, lectures and a roundtable discussion about Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), one of the first to argue for the sun’s centrality in the solar…
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Trivia Game Night at Kelvin Smith Library
Kelvin Smith Library's Game Night will return for the final time this semester with a trivia competition Thursday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. Students are invited to bring a team of challengers, join a team at the library or play solo. Board games are also available in the Dampeer Room. Register for…
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3C GIS Day and GIS Week at Kelvin Smith Library
Join the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship of the Kelvin Smith Library Nov. 15–19 to celebrate GIS Day(s), a slate of programming about geographic information systems (GIS). GIS is being used across many disciplines and industries to drive innovative research and gather, analyze and visualize…
GIS Day is November 17
GIS Day is an annual event celebrated worldwide to bring attention to the many ways that Geographic Information Systems are fueling innovation in research and industry. CWRU has been celebrating GIS Day since 2019, and we have now grown our event to a multi-institution collaboration including UC…
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Kelvin Smith Library Celebrates Open Access Week, Oct. 25–31
Celebrate Open Access Week at Kelvin Smith Library, Oct, 25–31! Visit Kelvin Smith Library's second floor from today, Oct. 25 through Sunday, Oct. 31 to learn about Open Access (OA) during Open Access Week, a global annual event now entering its tenth year. Collect an OA Week button, take a flier,…
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"Building the Future We Want: Centering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Libraries"
The Kelvin Smith Library 25th anniversary events series continues with a lecture by Elaine L. Westbrooks, vice provost for university libraries and university librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Westbrooks will discuss "Building the Future We Want: Centering Diversity,…
Open Access Week: October 25-31, 2021
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 knowledge equity: It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity Visit KSL's second floor between October 25-31st to find an OA Week…
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CWRU team wins grant to develop standards education for biomedical engineering curricula
A team from Case Western Reserve University was selected for an educational grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to incorporate technical standards in the biomedical engineering curricula and beyond. The team is composed of Colin Drummond, professor and assistant chair in…
Historic Karamu House donates archives to Kelvin Smith Library
Karamu House, the nation’s oldest African American producing theatre and cultural arts center, is donating its archives to Kelvin Smith Library for preservation and to make its historical treasures accessible to the public for education, research and general interest.  Kelvin Smith Library is also…
KSL Hours Extended for Midterms
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 information on extended hours and fall break hours.