Kelvin Smith Library

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join Kelvin Smith Library for a webinar titled “Open Access Publishing in the Nature Portfolio” Thursday, June 3, at 4 p.m. This presentation will help demystify the journal publishing landscape with a particular focus on the…

Now through June 20, the Freedman Fellows Program is accepting applications from full-time faculty and students for the 2021–22 academic year. In addition to financial support, fellows also receive project guidance and technical assistance from experts at Kelvin Smith Library's Freedman Center for…

Members of the search committee for the vice provost and university librarian are scheduling a series of listening sessions to seek input from faculty, staff and students. At these sessions, the committee, along with the consultants from Storbeck Search, want to hear directly from members of the…

Congratulations to Mark Clemente on his Staff Diversity Excellence award from Case Western Reserve University's Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity CWRU! He was honored at the 12th Annual Diversity Achievement Awards, held virtually on May 5, 2021. Mark is the scholarly…

Join Kelvin Smith Library for presentations by the 2020-21 Freedman Fellows recipients during a two-day annual forum. The Freedman Fellowships presentations will be Wednesday, May 26, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Friday, May 28, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Since its inception, the Freedman Fellows…

Kelvin Smith Library will host a webinar titled “Tips and Strategies to Get Your Social Science Journal Article Published” Thursday, May 27, from noon to 1:30 p.m. This webinar will guide attendees through the author journey from article submission through working with the journal publisher. Led…

Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III has announced the search committee chairs and members for the new vice provost and university librarian search. Case School of Engineering Dean Ragu Balakrishnan and Associate Provost for Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Education and…

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, rare book dealer, author, and appraiser, gave an absolutely wonderful talk in which she took on the myths that surround book collecting, making…

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, May 26, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and Friday, May 28, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.  Register through Campus Groups. Wednesday, May 26, 11 a.m. - 12:30…

Help fix gaps in Wikipedia during an online edit-a-thon sponsored by the HUMN 212 class, “Interrogating Information: Research and Writing for a Digital Public.” Join the class Monday, April 26, and Wednesday, April 28, from 1 to 2 p.m. to address the gaps. No prior editing experience is necessary.…