Kelvin Smith Library

There will be a screening of the deeply personal first-hand documentary account of living life beyond the binary gender construct of male or female, titled We Exist: Beyond the Binary. The film will be followed by a discussion. All are welcome to attend the event Tuesday, May 7, from 6:30 to 8…

Finals week evokes plenty of emotions, and Kelvin Smith Library is here to help in any case. If you need to hit the books, the library has extra-quiet study spaces, available 24/7 starting today (April 30) and available through next Thursday. This week, Cramelot Café has extended hours to keep you…

Kelvin Smith Library Preservation Officer Andrew R. Mancuso will lead a workshop on the art of paper marbling, the designs that appear painted on books’ bindings. The workshop will take place Friday, April 26, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Kelvin Smith Library lobby. Several historic examples of this…

As part of Preservation Week, Kelvin Smith Library will host a lecture titled “Preserving Your Family History: Tips from an Archivist and Family Historian” Wednesday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to noon in Kelvin Smith Library, Room 215. This presentation will provide information on the challenges of…

With the Crooked River Contrasts exhibit as a backdrop, Paul Nelson, historian of the Western Reserve Fire Museum, will give a lecture discussing the history of 15 major fires along the Cuyahoga River and the battles to extinguish them. Nelson’s lecture, titled “River Fire & Fire Boats:…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to compose a haiku (three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables) for Kelvin Smith Library’s 2019 National Library Week Haiku Contest. The first-place winner will receive gift cards to both Barnes & Noble and Target…

Kelvin Smith Library will host April Lancaster from the Cleveland Public Library for a discussion on The Library Book by Susan Orlean Wednesday, April 10, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Dampeer Room. The Library Book chronicles the 1986 fire that destroyed 700,000 books in the Los Angeles Central…

The Open Science Framework is a solution for data management, project collaboration and research workflows in an open access world. Kelvin Smith Library, University Technology and the Center for Open Science will host a day-long workshop teaching easy, practical steps to increase the…

As part of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, graduate students at Case Western Reserve University are invited to Kelvin Smith Library's “Building Community Luncheon” Thursday, April 4, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the library’s second-floor Research Commons area. Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate…

The last Kelvin Smith Library game night of the semester will be Trivia Night, hosted by the library and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Teams and solo players will be able to test their trivia knowledge while eating pizza Thursday, April 4, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Kelvin Smith Library, Room…