Kelvin Smith Library

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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:…