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Kelvin Smith Library to host “Universities at War: The CWRU Student Perspective of World War I” exhibit, lecture series
In the early 20th century, the American college experience began to encompass the fun, frivolity and new friendships that coexist with the learning environment on campus. However, when the United States entered World War I in 1917, the college experience changed dramatically on many campuses,…
Incoming students: Explore resources at Information Fair during New Student Orientation
New students are invited to attend the Information Fair Monday, Aug. 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Kelvin Smith Library during New Student Orientation. Students can learn about many of the resources available at Case Western Reserve University, including education abroad, undergraduate…
Incoming students: Learn about personal librarians
Kelvin Smith Library’s Personal Librarian Program provides each first-year Case Western Reserve University student with a personal librarian as a point of contact with the library. Personal librarians can help students navigate the library, assist with research and answer library-related…
Kelvin Smith Library offers digital archives of research
Check out Kelvin Smith Library's digital library at library.case.edu/digitalcase/, which archives, preserves and disseminates the intellectual output of research at the university in electronic formats, as well as collections of historical library materials that have been digitized. View and…
Faculty, grad students invited to submit Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship Colloquium proposals by July 31
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library will host its annual Digital Scholarship Colloquium Nov. 6-7. This year’s colloquium will focus on digital research pedagogy and practices in the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Proposals by faculty and graduate students…
Latest issue of KSL Connects is now available
The Spring/Summer 2014 issue of KSL Connects is now available. For the past three years, Kelvin Smith Library's strategic plan has been the roadmap guiding efforts related to all aspects of its mission. The latest issue of KSL Connects takes readers through the library's journey to be the…
”Alice in Wonderland" illustrations on display at Kelvin Smith Library
Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) students re-imaged Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland in a series of illustrations that range from edgy to whimsical. The illustrations are on display at Case Western Reserve University’s Kelvin Smith Library through Oct. 31. The students were inspired by…
Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship Colloquium proposals due July 16
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library will host its annual Digital Scholarship Colloquium November 6-7. This year's colloquium will focus on digital research pedagogy and practices in the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Proposals for panels, papers and…
Theater professor’s new book chronicles Cleveland Play House’s 99 years
Since the Cleveland Play House’s founding in 1915, it yearned to find a place to call home, establish financial stability and define its mission. Those challenges are the backbone of America’s First Regional Theatre: The Cleveland Play House and its Search for a Home (Palgrave Studies in Theatre…
Recipients of the 2014 Freedman Fellows Awards selected
Kelvin Smith Library and the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship announced the recipients of the 2014 Freedman Fellows awards: Melvyn Goldstein, John Reynolds Harkness Professor of Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet Justin Gallagher, assistant professor,…