Kelvin Smith Library

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. We are very proud of the three participants with perfect scores! Guillermo Fiallos-Gonzalez, a Chemical Engineering major, class of 2021...

Join the KSL challenge to celebrate Engineering Week (E-Week)! February 24; 9am - 7pm Challenge your research skills by answering ten questions about engineering sources. The top three winners will receive prizes provided by KSL! Register Today! Engineering Week takes place each year to celebra...

OhioLINK, Ohio’s academic library consortium, received $2.5 million from the Ohio Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds through the Ohio Department of Higher Education. As a result, Case Western Reserve University and other OhioLINK member institutions will receive new streaming videos ...

The University Technology ([U]Tech) C.A.R.E. Center in Kelvin Smith Library is open by appointment only for drop-offs and pick-ups from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (last appointment) Monday through Friday. The [U]Tech C.A.R.E. Center is located on the lower level of the Kelvin Smith Library. A CWRU ID ca...

Thanks to a generous gift from the Graduate Student Council (GSC), Kelvin Smith Library now offers the Case Western Reserve University community access to the prestigious Oxford Handbooks Online, a collection of peer-reviewed, scholarly publishing resources encompassing more than 35,000 articles acr...

Stephanie Becker, digital collections manager at the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship; Nora Blackman, archivist, and Anne Kumer, electronic resources metadata librarian, received an LSTA Metadata Mini-Grant from the State Library of Ohio, in conjunction with the Ohio Digital Network. The gran...

Kelvin Smith Library will reopen to the Case Western Reserve University community Sunday, Jan. 31, at noon. Please note that there is a new procedure for visiting the library. CWRU ID holders must reserve a place in the library in advance using the new seat reservation system. The reservation conf...

Kelvin Smith Library reminds faculty and instructors that the library has Canvas modules that support their instruction as students return for the new semester. There are 20 modules offered in the KSL Instruction Hub, with more to come. Faculty can add any of the modules to their Canvas courses by ...

George Blake and David S. Busch have received Digital Scholarship Grants from the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library for the 2020-21 academic year. This newly created grant program targets scholars who are not eligible for the Freedman Fellows Faculty or Student programs...

The Kelvin Smith Library will remain closed through Sunday, Jan. 3. However, temporary lobby pickup service for Case Western Reserve University faculty, staff and students is available from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. the following dates: Dec. 14–18Dec. 21–23 A valid CWRU ID card is required to enter. Pl...