Kelvin Smith Library

The university community is invited to the Digital Scholarship Colloquium: “The Digital and Democracy” Nov. 1-2. The event, hosted by Kelvin Smith Library, will to bring together the vanguard of professionals using digital tools to advance democracy. The colloquium will delve into how research can ...

Kelvin Smith Library offers carrels for graduate students to work quietly for the entire academic year and keep personal study items. The carrels are on the main floor near the journal shelving, on the third floor in the Quiet Reading Room and along the third-floor stacks perimeter. Each carrel fea...

Case Western Reserve University has partnered with The HistoryMakers to provide students, faculty and staff with access to thousands of African-American oral history videos, including information highlighting the university and its alumni. CWRU is the first organization in Cleveland to have access ...

Until the beginning of the fall semester (Aug. 27), Kelvin Smith Library will operate on a shorter summer schedule. The library will be open to Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Institute of Art and Cleveland Institute of Music community members on the following schedule: Sunday: Closed ...

Kelvin Smith Library recently launched its beta version of Digital Case, Case Western Reserve University’s institutional repository. Digital Case houses the university’s scholarly publications and research data from faculty, staff and students, as well as photographs, audio recordings and copies of...

Need help with your current research project or assistance locating the appropriate resources for a finals assignment? Kelvin Smith Library research services librarians are ready to help you during finals. There are three ways to take advantage of this resource: Chat with a librarian through Ma...

The winners of Kelvin Smith Library's 2018 #NationalLibraryWeek Haiku Contest have been announced. The first-place poet will receive gift cards to both Barnes & Noble and Target, totaling $100. Second- and third-place winners will receive Case Western Reserve University apparel. First place Katherin...

Kick off Preservation Week at Kelvin Smith Library’s Preservation Parlor at noon on Monday, April 23, with tips and tricks to preserving photographs, books, letters, newspapers and family artifacts. See a live demonstration of the various techniques used to treat and preserve damaged artifacts. Fol...

The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship is accepting proposals for the 2018 Freedman Fellows Program. This annual award is given to full-time Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff whose current scholarly research projects involve the use of digital tools and processes that are of sch...

As part of National Library Week, Kelvin Smith Library invites the community to participate in the week’s planned activities: a haiku contest and an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) Open House. ORCID Open House Researchers, faculty and students looking to publish are welcome to attend the ...