Kelvin Smith Library

Dave Lucas, poet laureate of Ohio and full-time lecturer in Case Western Reserve’s Department of English, will celebrate the writings of Cleveland poet Hart Crane in Kelvin Smith Library’s Dampeer Room on March 25 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Known for his difficult and highly stylized modernist poetry,…

Before digital cameras made it easy to capture a rare bird, the tools of observation were pencils and brushes. Before Google Images, scientists and students turned first to the great works of scientific illustrations. Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to learn…

Kelvin Smith Library and the Judge Ben C. Green Law Library will welcome Travis McDade, the curator of law rare books and associate professor of library service at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, to campus for a talk. McDade is the country’s foremost expert on crimes against rare…

The way we work and live today demands students are adaptable to communicating using a variety of new media forms. While the traditional term paper remains a staple of academic output, alternate assignments can challenge students intellectually and creatively. They have the potential to motivate…

Kelvin Smith Library invites students to put away their laptops and meet with friends for a night of board games. All students are welcome to attend the game night Thursday, March 7, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Kelvin Smith Library's Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship. Snacks and soda will be…

In her art history and museum studies master’s program at Case Western Reserve University, Tori Laser is accustomed to being able to see—but not touch—history. Now, with support from a Rowfant Club of Cleveland fellowship, Laser is able to hold centuries-old books at Kelvin Smith Library in her…

Aaron Perzanowski Copyright law is meant to encourage creativity and the advancement of cultural and scientific progress. It is vitally important to innovation, creativity and scholarship. Case Western Reserve University community members are invited to join Aaron Perzanowski, professor of law at…

The next session in the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship and University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) workshop series will be held Tuesday, Jan. 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the library’s Freedman Center (on the first floor). This session will be titled…

All international students are invited to join the Center for International Affairs for a special event to learn about all the Kelvin Smith Library has to offer the Case Western Reserve University community. This International Student Success Series event will feature a personalized, hands-on tour…

All students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in a walking tour of four campus libraries: Kulas Music Library, Judge Ben C. Green Law Library, Lilian & Milford Harris Library and Allen Memorial Medical Library. The tour will take place Thursday, Feb. 21, from 3 to 4:15 p.m. The…