Kelvin Smith Library

Early classicists and archeologists of the 19th and 20th centuries used paper in an interesting way: As they could not bring entire stone structures back to an epigraphist's home institution, they used paper to make impressions of the inscriptions they wanted to study after leaving a cultural herita...

Meet Barney Taxel, a Cleveland food photographer and Case Western Reserve University alumnus, and Noelle Celeste, creator of Edible Cleveland, in Kelvin Smith Library’s O’Neill Reading Room on Friday, Oct. 12, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Taxel has chronicled Cleveland’s food scene for decades as a food pho...

Kelvin Smith Library recently added ProQuest Full-Text Dissertations to its database offerings. Individuals can use the program to read and download full-text dissertations and theses written by peers in their field. Members of the campus community can try out the program for full-text access to g...

It is well known that Kelvin Smith Library provides books, articles and other resources to support research for faculty and students. However, many are not as familiar with the library’s potential to transform students’ classroom experiences. As a central campus hub for research and learning, Kelvi...

Faculty can sign up now for the Kelvin Smith Library faculty study space lottery. The deadline to enter the lottery is Friday, Oct. 5. The lottery provides quiet spaces where faculty can conduct research and write, and use as an office or meeting place. Faculty members are assigned the space for o...

A book bound by S.A. Neff Jr. Bibliophile and angler S.A. Neff Jr. will give a bookbinding demonstration and gallery talk on his works at Kelvin Smith Library Thursday, Oct. 4. While inspired by traditional bookbinding practices, Neff uses a contemporary approach that results in binding design whol...

Put away laptops and phones and play old-fashioned board games with friends at the next Kelvin Smith Library Game Night Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. in the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship. The library will provide food and soda. View the CampusGroups event page....

The Kelvin Smith Library is now accepting applications for the 2018-19 Freedman Fellows Scholarship. The Walter Freedman and Karen Harrison Freedman Student Fellowships give undergraduate and graduate students funding to complete targeted digital projects. About the fellowship Students can follow on...

Kelvin Smith Library will offer a series of workshops to support faculty as they prepare for the promotion and tenure process and graduate students as they prepare for publication or employment. The workshop series, “Managing Your Scholarly Reputation: A University Libraries Workshop Series,” will ...

Need help with your current research project or assistance finding the appropriate resources for an assignment? Kelvin Smith Library research services librarians are available to help. Individuals can connect with research services librarians by starting an online chat, stopping by the walk-in rese...