Kelvin Smith Library

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

From Nov. 30 to Dec. 17, the Kelvin Smith Library will be closed. The library will offer a temporary lobby pickup service for CWRU faculty, staff and students from Monday, Nov. 30, to Thursday, Dec. 17. Items are available to request from the catalog. After items have been collected and processed,…

The Walter Freedman and Karen Harrison Freedman Student Fellowships give undergraduate and graduate students funding to complete targeted digital projects under the guidance of Kelvin Smith Library's Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship Team. The Freedman Student Fellowship program provides…